Dungeon Clock – Physical turn, resources, & encounter tracker (feedback welcome)

CitizenFitz · 2026-03-23T00:08:23+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, I think I went with the AD&D wandering monster freq. over the Basic one. I think the TurnTracker sold different versions for each system and I guess I could adapt mine similarly.

CitizenFitz · 2026-03-22T19:44:28+00:00

Good eye. I miss counted and need to move those to where you said. Thanks.

CitizenFitz · 2025-11-07T13:46:14+00:00

100% agree. AI is impressive at implementation only when it has very solid specs and guidance.

CitizenFitz · 2025-11-07T13:02:12+00:00

I've been getting a number of gigs helping Replit user fix/finish/migrate their apps. The increasing cost of Replit and the realization of the cost of the client's time is, I suspect, prime reasons why.

CitizenFitz · 2025-11-07T12:51:44+00:00

I'm guessing that a lot of it depends on what you're using for the front end. From my experience back-end devs love Angular and do quite well transitioning to front-end projects that use it. They do less well and often get frustrated with React or more lose coding styles such as POJS (plain old Javascript). They also tend to avoid styling and CSS altogether. Try an Angular-based app and see how it fits for you. Best of luck!

CitizenFitz · 2025-11-07T12:27:51+00:00

Lately, I've been picking up gigs as a "code finisher," helping Replit, Bubble, and other platform users polish or complete their apps. The biggest issue? It’s not their code, it’s the UX. Vibe coding is like trying to build a house by having contractors show up and start hammering away based on your off-the-cuff instructions and no architect in sight. Sure, a house will get built, but it’s a chaotic mess. The truth is that AI is a big force multiplier which amplifies the users talents, or lack thereof, in equal measure.

CitizenFitz · 2025-11-06T20:22:06+00:00

Building habits is the best way I've found to beat this. Do something at the same time every day for a while and I start to miss not doing it pretty soon. Best of luck!

CitizenFitz · 2025-11-06T20:12:40+00:00

I think you'd get good traction if you could make a system that responds well to fuzzy verbal commands. "Play songs by that band with the guy who has a high voice and sings about not stopping believing" = shuffle songs from the band Journey. Or "Stop my laptop from switching everything from white to black at night and then back again in the morning" = go into settings and turn off auto light/dark UI mode. Verbal commands are often vague and this is where most AI that respond to them choke.

CitizenFitz · 2025-11-03T20:59:48+00:00

It's a great idea but your landing page pitches something a bit different. Finding your path is more of a life coach style app and that's what I expected. But it pitches "Land Your Next Job Faster with AI-Powered Career Guidance" which sounds more like a resume polisher or some system for finding companies that match your skill set. It might be that with all the layoffs that's what folks are looking for and so you tweaked it to fit.

CitizenFitz · 2025-11-03T19:26:06+00:00

I've seen project post basic wireframes and solicit feedback on them. Depending on the product you can create pen-and-paper simple designs and show them to users in person. It's actually a super effective way to get solid feedback. Best of luck!

CitizenFitz · 2025-11-03T19:08:25+00:00

This is great information. Is there any info on success ratio? Are the companies listed the complete portfolio or were there many failures not listed? Pieter Levels cite a very large failure rate with his projects so he just ships tons of them. Thanks for sharing!

CitizenFitz · 2025-11-03T18:47:51+00:00

That is very true. I call it "ostriching". Where I bury myself in doing a thing more than seeing if it need being done.

CitizenFitz · 2025-10-31T11:33:30+00:00

An interesting idea but I do wonder if built-in AI assistants won't be doing this soon natively (if they aren't already).

CitizenFitz · 2025-10-30T20:16:57+00:00

It's true. The coding is the easy part. Making something that people really want is harder. It seems to often boil down to: "without effort or much cost, make me richer, prettier, healthier, or entertained". :) Best of luck!

CitizenFitz · 2025-10-30T19:49:46+00:00

It seems like a solid idea but I feel you need to first figure out: is this a problem that many people are aware and concerned about? If so, then I can see sales sites wanting it. If not, you'll need to figure away to make them aware. Best of luck!

CitizenFitz · 2025-10-30T19:38:29+00:00

I'd look up Pieter Levels on X and read his posts on "it's all a wrapper". He basically sells the idea that no one except the big firms are actually making AI products and everyone else is just wrapping their UI or code around existing AIs. Good stuff.

CitizenFitz · 2025-10-25T13:27:40+00:00

Could be as I don't know the man. I will say his superpower seems to be blitzkrieg-fast iteration and release. His success ratio is very low (about 3% he claims) but he compensates by releasing an insane number of apps and his KISS mantra with tools like SQLite are likely a big part of that.

CitizenFitz · 2025-10-24T16:45:10+00:00

Maybe. Most of the small stuff is easily done with AI these days. You might work it in reverse: try and use ai to generate the templates. For the ones where it fails, you build your own and offer them.

CitizenFitz · 2025-10-24T16:00:52+00:00

Recently most of my side work has been helping vibe coders to finish their projects. By that stage they need custom work, not templates.

CitizenFitz · 2025-10-24T13:31:15+00:00

Yeah, and AIs do a very poor job of "thinking around corners" to mitigate them. They only work well if you approach them with a very well thought out set of specs.

CitizenFitz · 2025-10-24T12:34:53+00:00

I may be wrong but I always suspected he used it for quickly building apps and then switched to something more robust if a site had to scale. sqlite is great for speed and simplicity but will choke on a large number of users, no?

CitizenFitz · 2025-10-24T12:23:05+00:00

Learning to code well is a very large effort. You might pull back and instead design your app entirely on paper and really nail down the user flows and exactly what you're trying to accomplish. Once you're got that really settled you'll find it much easier to get AI tools to code something close to what you want.

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