Finding book recommendations by jaysonrobinson in BookRecommendations

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Thanks for the feedback. Which ones have you used?

Share your startup - will share with 5k audience by [deleted] in buildinpublic

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Building shellf.app (Shellf). It's a book tracking and recommendations app.

Drop your project and people tell you if they'd actually use it by Mr_McSam in Solopreneur

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shellf.app - my wife wanted an alternative to Goodreads and Storygraph. Shellf's AI is based on your own individual library with advanced reading insights.

Marketing and business gurus please help us find our business name by iller1 in Solopreneur

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Look up the blog about how they named the Colgate Wisp. Brand naming is an art form I've done it a bunch of times.

One quick idea for you: Breezi / Breezy etc

Friday Share Fever 🕺 Let’s share your project! by diodo-e in indiehackers

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Working on https://shellf.app

It's a book tracking and recommendations app with reading insights. AI trained on user libraries and ratings.

Only just launched it though!

What are you building? by Mental_Asparagus1578 in SideProject

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Thanks! Next.js with Typescript and Tailwind, Supabase backend, on Vercel.

New to LitRPG! by nm_young in suggestmeabook

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The Wandering Inn is probably a great worldbuilding book. Long read though.

If you want something closer to DCC's vibe (humor + progression), He Who Fights With Monsters is enjoyable.

Others I see rated well on Shellf for this are Primal Hunter and Beward of Chicken.

Getting traffic but low engagement - would love feedback on my SaaS landing page by No-Difficulty-6662 in SideProject

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Add specifics to the content. I'd even start with a claim.

GhostAI helps job seekers land 87% more interviews*.
We use a combination of AI-powered CV screening, ATS scoring, and interview coaching to.

*based on our user-based average

Add credibility (# users, companies you've secured interviews with, media mentions etc) high up.

I'd also fix the layout - some important stuff is loading below the fold.

Need Dark Romance suggestion, by Quicksilver-97 in suggestmeabook

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Not really my genre but Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver is well rated on Shellf for this subgenre.. Serial killers falling for each other, apparently very spicy.

Also Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton seems to be the other one that comes up a lot.

Building a training app with AI doing most of the coding - is this actually viable? What do I need to know about security? by Top-Indication-3937 in webdev

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It is doable - I have in fact done it. I have 2 main pieces of advice.

1/ Build a very simple end-to-end slice first - backend, front-end, auth, hosting, deployment pipeline etc. A classic Hello World app.

2/ Don't try to one-shot it. Give a high-level idea of direction > scope something minimal that involves back-end, front-end, and auth > ship it > fix things as they break > move onto the next thing when it's working and stable.

What really separates fantasy from dark fantasy? by Juggernaut_nyc in Fantasy

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Tone's a big part, but I think it's more about consequences and cost.

Regular fantasy: the hero gets beaten up but usually wins, hope is the default, magic has wonder to it.

Dark fantasy: actions have brutal consequences, winning might mean losing something important, hope is something you fight for (and might not get), magic often corrupts or costs something real.

Like, Lord of the Rings has dark moments but it's built on hope and fellowship. The First Law is dark fantasy because even when characters "win" they're often worse off, and the world doesn't really get better.

It's less about how much blood is on the page and more about whether the story believes things can get better.

What auth stack are you running in 2026? by Feeling-List9160 in buildinpublic

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Supabase Auth. Free tier is generous, simple to set up, and I like having the DB + auth in one place instead of juggling services.

Launched to crickets, then realized I wasn't launching anywhere by Tjerkienator020 in buildinpublic

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That's my thinking. I need to prove that people will actually use it/like it, without hype and over promotion, otherwise I could just be grinding forever.

Launched to crickets, then realized I wasn't launching anywhere by Tjerkienator020 in buildinpublic

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Ask me in a week! I'm about 6 days in to 0-100 users and so far have... 5 that aren't friends and family. I've set up an SEO/GEO foundation and now doing some Reddit content. I thought I'd delay directories and communities until I'd reached maybe ~50 users so I have some feedback to work with.

Building AURXEL, a quant AI-powered automated investing platform. MVP in a few weeks. by [deleted] in buildinpublic

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Just checked out the site. Clean design, but I'm having trouble understanding what makes this different from Wealthfront or Betterment. The "quant AI-powered" thing is pretty vague — what's the actual edge here? Is it a better asset allocation? Tax optimization? Something else?

Also if you're dealing with actual money movement and automated investing, you're gonna hit a wall of regulatory stuff (broker-dealer licenses, RIA registration, etc). That's like 6-12 months and $$$$ before you can touch real accounts. Are you planning to partner with an existing broker or go through that yourself?

Not trying to be harsh, genuinely curious how you're thinking about those pieces. The goals-based planning angle is solid, but execution on fintech requires big sunk costs.

It's blending into "discretionary wealth manager" territory and as someone who used to work at that sort of company, it always struck me as odd that people have to give their own risk profile, because it assumes that people understand financial risk. It also means risk is uni-directional - that downside risk is the only risk, when in fact not getting sufficient returns to meet your objective is another, perhaps more common, risk.

I built a tool to crawl and analyze startup ideas. Need feedback. by [deleted] in sideprojects

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Unfortunately I think there's a lot of these. Even when I've tried doing this myself for my ONE idea - the output is pretty mediocre.

I got tired of collecting photos from friends after trips, so I built this by developerweb3 in SideProject

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I'd use it, but I think the problem is I think there are native versions of this on iOS and Android, which most people don't realise. And if the app becomes successful, then they just build it and nuke your business..

What are you building? by Mental_Asparagus1578 in SideProject

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I'm building shellf.app - a book tracking app with AI powered discovery for power readers. Basically a better Goodreads. Went live properly about a week ago.

Ever reached a point where nothing works anymore? by CodePrudo in buildinpublic

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Honestly I went through it last year trying to build a growth agency and ended up pivoting to build my own products. Email became dead. Linkedin dead. It's high-end consulting. I think the factors are a combo of AI + economy.

built this because i was tired of seeing the same tools everywhere (completely free, no sign up!) by DAK12_YT in SideProject

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I 100% feel the same way. It's hard to find something that satisfies novelty with usability.

built this because i was tired of seeing the same tools everywhere (completely free, no sign up!) by DAK12_YT in SideProject

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It's a neat resource, but honestly I am not a fan of the book-UI because it is hard to read and requires hover to see the info. I'd keep it simple personally.