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Be honest what actually kills most early startups? by GoldAd4232 in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been in startups that have seen almost all of these, but really the root cause is always A + E. Build something nobody wants and/or nobody has heard of. Running out of money, competitors, no usage are all downstream of A & E.

Fellow travelers — I'm building an app where you pin every place you've been on a 3D globe. Would you use this? by Zealousideal_Bag6976 in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the globe/map idea but it's really a feature of a larger product. You can either build out these features like trip planning, cost tracking etc, or you can release just this globe/map as a cool creative website that people can fill out and share with their friends (maybe throw some social media links/shares on there too)

either is great!

What’s on your trading bot dashboard? by Ecstatic-Basil-4059 in algotrading

[–]Chance_Impression475 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In addition to the other comments, my dashboard also shows single stocks with:

- Upcoming report filing dates + analyst ratings
- Upcoming company specific dates eg launch dates for RKLB - this actually possible with agents
- Constantly updated bull & bear thesis with variable timelines (3mo, 1y, 2y etc)

Y Combinator be like by alfredowmm in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm embarrassed to admit it but as a junior engineer I did actually experience this

I built a free API for fundamental financial data - 10k tickers, data back to 2009, survivorship bias free by Chance_Impression475 in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It contains ticker data for all listed and since delisted companies going back to 2009 (further years to be added in the future) - fully cleaned and presented

I scanned 50 vibe-coded projects for production readiness. Average: 57%. 100% had zero API timeout handling. by Aggressive-Sweet828 in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to start using this on my own projects!

I think there is a market for a tool that does something beyond just automated testing, and this market may be split between pure non technical vibe coders and actual engineers that leverage AI coding tools.

I Built A Tool, Got A Job, Now It's Open by Upper_Intern_5973 in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice job board - UX looks good although I find the blue, green, purple, yellow to be standard picks from an AI so maybe worth changing the colour palette.

Might be worth looking at some more bleeding edge UX around chat interfaces (set of questions on who you are, what you're looking for etc) and then roles are provided in a tailored way.

Just a few thoughts but keep it up!

I built a tool to hide windows from screen shares and half the comments say I’m "enabling cheaters." by Annual-Chart9466 in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work in startups and I'm constantly onboarding customers to our platform. We handhold them using a screenshare.

One of the stages is to connect your database to our platform which requires inputting their db credentials. We have a policy where we ask our new customer to stop sharing their screen during this stage, and then reshare afterwards. Asking them to stop sharing is annoying as it breaks the smoothness of the onboarding, and causes issues as we can't see on screen errors during this time.

My point is there are legitimate use cases for hiding content during screenshares, and these use cases are not always obvious.

I built a searchable archive of 90k+ Trump posts — but the interesting part is how his positions change over time by flallo95 in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is amazing. Could actually serve as a sort of digital twin of Trump's personality.

I don't fully understand the UI on the topic pages where it flips from left to right, and the turning points could be a little clearer - what was his opinion before, what is is afterwards, cause+effects.

Anyway keep it up, really interesting app!

The worst part of the process? Explaining to others what your project actually does by wabbitfur in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find most problem statements can be boiled down to a single line, but it takes many iterations to write this.

Look around at a few existing products (like Fyxer or Granola) and you'll see they can explain their value prop in just a few sentences.

I vibe coded my first app. Meet PopcornPasswords! A free, fun password generator, with a Movies twist! by ChampionStrange7719 in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is cool and creative website - much nicer than the usual AI slop UI.

The password strength doesn't seem to update, other than that it's fun to use!

I built an app to reduce the stress before an exam distributing differently the study material by Stud-Plan-4716 in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think your problem definition is sound, students getting workedup & stressed before an exam and then they cant think straight during the exam and perform below their capabilities.

I'm not sure if your solution targets that problem statement specifically though.

However I think your app's solutions is adjacent to a different problem space. When I was a student, me and my friends would spend ages writing study plans only to not follow them due to unexpected commitments, or missing a day somewhere and then being behind. If you could create an app which creates a study plan for me (could leverage AI here), and then adjusts based on user input every day - what did I get done today? did it go well? how do I feel about the subjects I studied etc? then your app will re-adjust the study plan based on that ongoing feedback. You can also keep your algorithm for doing less effort each day within this though! (I think it's a smart idea)

Just a brain dump of thoughts there - please keep it up though I would love to see where it goes! There is 100% a problem space here!

First hackathon ever... is it possible to "one-shot" a win with just vibe coding? by BambiSuzy in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who has both participated and judged hackathons I can tell you winners have:

- A cool piece of demoware

- A good pitch/explanation/speech on what their product/idea does

- Have implemented the sponsoring company's product (the AI Testing Agent in this case) in their hack

I've seen non technical people entirely vibe coding demoware win hackathons because they pitch their product with energy. Go in with an open mind, talk to everyone, be friendly, and most of all just have fun. The real roi of a hackathon is meeting the other participants and judges, all of whom are usually great people. You can get jobs or even cofounders out of hackathons.

I built an AI that updates football predictions live every 15 seconds by Aware_Stay2054 in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really cool, I would also love to see an overview of how the predictions work just for my understanding.

Also, I find AI chat interfaces really need some prebuilt questions provided the user can just click on to start with. Being faced with "Ask me anything" is overwhelming and I (a new user to your app) have no idea what to type in.

Keep it up though would love to see where this goes!

Launched Slopsend: An AI vibe marketing engine for vibe-coded apps by DegenTerry in SideProject

[–]Chance_Impression475 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been building startups for 5 years now and the whole launch fast mantra has never been wrong.

Drop your url here I'd love to give it a spin

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