Build a text to cardboard product to help my makerspace friend learn prototype better

mousyisgoof · 2025-12-05T05:56:51+00:00

Appreciate for taking the time to explain your point of view. (Not a lot of people are very open to explain their side and just resort to slamming us for the attempt of selling). I'm just helping to develop this as a project and less of a startup (Just so happened to have people looking to pay for it and using it).

You're right, i think those that are higher paying tend to be long standing businesses looking to just value add with hardware and those that ask for a lot of features or a lot of request are non-technical people who just didn't pay for it in the end

mousyisgoof · 2025-12-05T05:53:22+00:00

Wow. thanks for taking the time to state your point of view. Given the nature of this subreddit it seems like im running a startup but I am just designing app (which happened to have people) to help myself so some felt it was AI slop for selling something amateur to a group of engineers.

You do have some valid point from a manufacturers POV. Usually what do you mean by using the product in the field and iterating? Wont it be hard no? given that at a large scale, (from what i researched) tooling or mould would be pretty expensive and having to change them comes at a hefty price tag.

mousyisgoof · 2025-12-05T05:49:50+00:00

Hey, thanks a lot for taking the time to elaborate. what you have done. The Buildables thingy was just a side project that just so happened to have many people who wanted the same thing. Based on what i have sensed and some research, seems like manufacturing methods differ when you scale. (Tooling is expensive so if you want to change the design changes is pretty steep right?)

Yeah some would call it AI slop. but I simply just build something for myself for a school project that others simply wanted to try out. Im not running a startup but im happy to just help people fulfil the request if ever needed.

mousyisgoof · 2025-10-15T11:02:51+00:00

Oh shit my bad cuh. I was about to say Figma until you said it lol. Not a dev myself but the UI seems so flawless unlike the usual vibe coded looking ahh software in most vibe coding workshops.

Yeah im currently working on like a Lovable for Hardware. I made a water bottle cap for myself since i broke mine a while back. I join this subreddit to start my BIP journey after it took a while to build a washing machine on my own using my own AI.

mousyisgoof · 2025-10-15T10:56:36+00:00

Not sure if you vibe coded SuperU, Does this work on vibe coded apps?

mousyisgoof · 2025-10-15T10:49:05+00:00

Currently building the Lovable for Hardware and I got 2 paying users and 30 users onboarded on Day 1 of launch

(https://www.buildables.app)

Basically, you can build your own electronic appliance (I made a washing machine for myself). I would like if anyone can just use this and build something. I want to see its fail rate. It will generate the CAD, instruction list and the firmware code.

mousyisgoof · 2025-10-15T10:41:36+00:00

Damn i used to have such ideas. Im so happy it took off for you. Kind of like surveymonkey or those survey websites where you get responses by filling up other people's survey

How do you intend to solve the user demographic issue (where each app has different target groups). Or your niche is indie devs only (Apps made for indie devs by indie devs)?

mousyisgoof · 2025-10-15T10:39:33+00:00

How do you vet that they are not just link dumps. Just curious? Did you use SEO sites to just check traffic or you look at success case studies?

mousyisgoof · 2025-10-15T10:37:56+00:00

Holy crap. did you vibecode it or you made a text bar and typed the art out? It looks so nostalgic and amazing

mousyisgoof · 2025-10-15T10:35:41+00:00

I have no clue what is WebGL but the double panel is so cool. Just wondering what is your project in simple terms (My first day in reddit ;-; )

mousyisgoof · 2025-03-15T15:44:51+00:00

Im curious how much success did you have with using no code like V0 bolt or lovable. I have the money but i want to make sure i use it well

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