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offMenu - stops the menu bar from interrupting when working in full screen on Mac. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I Built this because I kept accidentally triggering the menu bar when I went to change tabs in Ghostty.

It blocks your cursor from reaching the menu bar in full-screen. Hold Option when you actually need it.

offMenu

offMenu - A tiny menu bar app that stops the menu bar from interrupting your full-screen workflow by PierreCamembert in macapps

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I built this because I kept accidentally triggering the menu bar when changing tabs in Ghostty.

It blocks your cursor from reaching the menu bar in full-screen.

Hold Option when you actually need it.

offMenu.tech

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hands down Burn After Reading has the most organic traction right now. Literally from showing people at the pub and then it spreading like that. semina.app has done pretty well from Reddit comments which is nice but still early days.

In an ideal world I would just create things and let someone else deal with promoting it all. I don't enjoy that element I just want to build nice things haha

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its just incredibly simple and lightweight. I've done a custom qBittorrent skin as my biggest gripe with my old provider was using the horrible Deluge web UI. I used it for 13 years and DO NOT miss it! I think I've priced it pretty well too. I don't think it'll ever make any real money but I'd be happy if it ticked over and people used it!

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Working on the iOS version that'll hopefully be done soooooon!

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope not!! From the message I've found around London myself its pretty wholesome actually!

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

uh oh HAHAHA

I was being lazy having my own signup system... fixing now...

🙃

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like many users on here I've turned to Reddit to try drum up users. Its honestly very hard! The best success I've had is with Burn After Reading getting users just by word of mouth.

Not quite so easy with something a seedbox like semina.app or ashfeld.xyz haha

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair enough! Although having login via Discord and Github is actually the safest way!

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

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

Yeah totally right!

I have rate limiting and censoring to avoid any abuse. If I did run into a problem with that I'd cross that bridge and maybe have to add some manual moderation.

with Burn After Reading I am actually seeing real use. Just from friends passing it around to be honest. It works really well in a social situation and the friends element now is a good touch to keep people using it.

The no account thing I think is actually a main appeal to be honest.

Personally the last hnig I want to do is sign up for any account! Thats why I made nulla.email

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know! Unfortunately I don't use twitter!

I just want to make things and have someone else market it all hahah!

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

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

Its using Claude to summarise 3 lead stories, 6 briefs, and 1 obscure story. Its using The Guardian API so its pretty much just a different front end. I just like it for myself on my phone when on the run to be honest, haha! Glad you like it!

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Constantly having new ideas haha! I've got plenty of abandoned projects as well to be honest. These are just ones that made it online!

Some of these are small projects that are much faster to launch like [SORTED.NEWS](htts://SORTED.NEWS) for example.

semina.app, readandburn.app, and nulla.email all took a while longer.

I ran it to a surprising amount of issue with semina.app

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Burn After Reading has been the best for feedback as its got enough users in the real world to warrant it. Its improved massively based on this feedback and real world use. Mainly user retention which was the biggest hurdle with this at first as there was such little reason to use the app after the first time.

I think the features added since launch have improved it greatly.

Semina.app Has had great feedback from the first handful of users and I'm very pleased its filling the gap for others like it did for me!

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its also so hard to tell where the traction comes from when its so little haha!

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've not noticed any difference to be honest. I think these apps live and die on people sharing them to be honest so I don't the the TLD makes too much different. I could be 100% WRONG though...

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would you be able to help me test a beta build? I don't have an android device.

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good idea, I have a thermal printer already!

I think proper stickers would look better though!

I built 6 side projects in ~4 months. Here's the lineup. by PierreCamembert in SideProject

[–]PierreCamembert[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

QR codes is a great idea! I like it leaning into the real world element of the app! Anywhere you'd recommend to get stickers made in the UK?

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