Side Project Founders Seek User Growth
18 posts across 4 communities in the last 60 days; 56% from r/SideProject.
“I haven't tested the weekday filters, so I can't say whether they work smoothly. For that Friday-evening-to-Sunday glitch, record the airport, dates, selected times and what appeared instead; that gives the developer a reproducible case rather than just “the filter glitched.”…”
“Thanks a lot for taking the time, this is really helpful! 1.There's already a manual backup to a file, but saving straight to Google Drive is a great idea. 2.Definitely the next big step. 3, 4, 5: I'll look into what APIs I can use for these. Good point about clarifying what…”
“That makes a lot of sense — showing where the hours come from and when they were last updated would help people know how much to rely on them. I’ll look into what update information Tripadvisor provides so the note is actually useful. Thanks again for taking the time to share…”
Multiple creators are actively seeking user engagement and feedback for their side projects, ranging from a wiki website to trip planners and international calling apps. They're looking for ways to overcome initial adoption hurdles.
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“Tested the public weekend search in the Codex browser: London → anywhere, Friday 17:00+ / Sunday 16:00+. It completed and returned round-trip totals. One oddity: “Next month” showed an October 2026 calendar and October departures; today is 6 October. Worth checking that preset. I’m also…”
^ ^ [re: I built a site that gives you a straight answer to "will I actually see the northern lights tonight?"]
“I haven't tested the weekday filters, so I can't say whether they work smoothly. For that Friday-evening-to-Sunday glitch, record the airport, dates, selected times and what appeared instead; that gives the developer a reproducible case rather than just “the filter glitched.” The previous link is there if you need it.”
“I'm Mike. I love traveling, but planning often means jumping between a social feed, maps and booking sites. Some sites feel more focused on pushing an offer than helping me find what I need. I wanted a place that starts with travelers helping each other. That's why I'm building Tripovela. It's a social travel website with stories, questions, place collections and shareable routes, plus place search and a map. The part I'm trying to get right is what happens after you read a u”
“Thanks a lot for taking the time, this is really helpful! 1.There's already a manual backup to a file, but saving straight to Google Drive is a great idea. 2.Definitely the next big step. 3, 4, 5: I'll look into what APIs I can use for these. Good point about clarifying what works offline too. Good luck with your app as well!”
That sounds fun—I'd be curious to see what you come up with!
“That makes a lot of sense — showing where the hours come from and when they were last updated would help people know how much to rely on them. I’ll look into what update information Tripadvisor provides so the note is actually useful. Thanks again for taking the time to share your feedback, I really appreciate it!”
“Nice, the trip-mode-only prompt is a smart way to get Always access without spooking people. And yeah, stale hours from a third party are a headache — maybe a note in the UI like “hours from Tripadvisor, last updated X” could at least set expectations?”
“I've been working on a travel planning site called WanderBudget and finally moved it over to its own domain: https://wanderbudget.org/ The idea is pretty simple: enter a destination and your dates, then get a better idea of what the trip might actually cost by looking at flights, hotels, car rentals, and other expenses together. It's free and doesn't require an account. If anyone wants to try it out, I'd appreciate the feedback! submitted by /u/careersnatcher [link] &”
Appreciate it, thank you :) There’s a Mac version coming soon as well
“Can confirm. I did make my own, linked elsewhere in the thread, but what I thought would be a quick two week adventure, has now taken 8 months or so, and only now it's close to something I can consider a non-beta release.”
“I kept finding astronomy calendars that were either very dense or made me open several pages before answering a simple question: what is coming up, and will I actually be able to see it from here? So I built Sky Almanac , a free web calendar for astronomical events. It has a month view, an upcoming-events timeline, a printable year sheet, Moon phases, conjunctions, meteor showers, oppositions, eclipses and seasonal events. The part I cared about most was making the information practical rather t”
“Half of this exists, and the two halves combine well: any booking page that reads Google Calendar (Google's own appointment schedules, Calendly, Cal.com) will refuse a slot that's busy — so the trick is getting the travel onto the calendar as a real event before the client looks. That second half is what I built DOFOTT for (disclosure): it adds travel blocks before and after every event with an address, using live Google Maps durations, so the booking page simply never offers 3:00 when y”
“Thank you so much for testing the app, and glad you liked it! For the custom day/sunset/night mode, in next update it will be included in for the free versions as well. Please enjoy! 😊”
“Solid suggestions! Thank you for the input! - More cities definitely coming - Great idea, will have to fit that somehow into the platform - would love to hear more about what you mean by ratings from visitors”
“For anyone wanting to check out the layout directly or test a city, I have it running at triptiming.xyz”
I kept checking the UV in weather apps and still having to translate a number like 7 into an actual decision, so I made this. It uses your location, or any of…
“Have you personally planned a city trip in the last six months, or are you planning one in the next three? I'm Matias, building Wayozi, and I'm looking for five volunteers to give feedback in a 20-minute call. I'll share a local prototype on my screen using sample places. We'll look at organizing daily stops and discuss an optional paid AI idea. Live maps and AI are not part of this demo; there is no app download or public test link yet. The session is unpaid. No account, purchas”
“Year to month does work, but month to day never did, which was extremely frustrating if I wanted to look at a specific day in the past. Having a text/date picker to select a day or range wouldn't hurt. I did vastly prefer the map view on Reitti, but unfortunately there were too many usability challenges for me personally.”
“thats wild, love when something you were just wishing existed actually shows up”
“I made time zone converter. This is mostly a passion project. Just to see if I could improve on some of the more established tools out there. To make this short here are some considerations I had when designing It keeps DST schedule in mind and explains whether and/or when time difference between two cities change (because some cities do ont observe DST and many change at different times). This schedule is periodically checked against official documents automatically so if a country changes thei”
“UV Calculator shows the UV levels and how much time you can safely spend in the sun: https://apps.apple.com/rs/app/uv-calculator/id6785883634”
“Its a great ui great work and btw i have one suggestion from my side is when click the venue at least the map go in depth and visualise something i know its bit tough but if you implement its awesome”
“Interesting concept, the travel stories sound particularly interesting. I signed up!”
“I’m building a free travel-planning website focused on one outdoor-tourism corridor. It helps visitors decide where to stay, eat, refuel, hike, handle closures, and change plans when weather or access problems interfere. The intended revenue model includes local sponsorships and featured listings, lodging and activity referrals, and potentially custom guest guides for lodging partners. I’m not looking for general opinions on whether the idea sounds viable. I’m looking for comparable experiences,”
“Are you like me and keep an eye on the weather for an upcoming trip, even 10 days in advance? I noticed I was doing this for an upcoming trip and I'd have to open my weather app, find the 10 day forecast and scroll to get to my dates, if they were even there. Lots of noise. So I created tripcast - the weather app you never have to open. The digest email focuses just your trip's days, pulling weather data 10 days in advance from WeatherKit. If you have an upcoming trip , sign up and let m”
“WikiLaxus is basically Wikipedia, but for adding almost anything, no matter if it’s real or not, as long as it follows the rules! (hence the ”almost”). I have been maintaining this website for months now (at the time of writing this post), and I want y’all to make it thrive before it gets deleted off of the internet. All you have to do is create an account and start editing! (Also: you can read the tips page for creating articles, which is found on the main page!) submitted by /u/Fic”
“The problem: I kept driving hours to beautiful spots and getting flat midday light, or showing up "an hour before sunset" (the internet's advice) and missing the actual window, because golden hour is a sun-angle thing that shifts with date and latitude. Weather apps tell you if it'll rain. Nothing told me when the light would actually be good, here, on this date. So I built a trip planner that scores the light. You add destinations and dates, and every shot gets a 0–100 score —”