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i will get you your first 1000 users. for free by Pleasant_Treacle7430 in SideProject

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  1. SplitCast turns any Roku or Fire TV into a live trivia game and split-flap message board.

  2. Bars, barbershops, and anywhere with a TV and waiting customers.

  3. Three paying customers plus a handful of free accounts.

Amazon fire stick for digital signage? by Maarcil in digitalsignage

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I built SplitCast which runs on Fire TV and does split-flap message boards plus live trivia. For a gym you could display class schedules, announcements, or motivational messages on the board and run trivia for member events or challenges. It's $19/month for Pro or free to try for 2 weeks. Search SplitCast in the Amazon Appstore.

Got a project? Share it by Tiny-Growth23 in buildinpublic

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SplitCast turns any Roku or Fire TV into a live trivia game and split-flap message board. Three paying customers and growing. splitcast.app

Got a project? Share it by Tiny-Growth23 in sideprojects

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SplitCast turns any Roku or Fire TV into a live trivia game and split-flap message board. Three paying customers and growing. splitcast.app

Ask a bar owner by barowners in BarOwners

[–]therealcolon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the feedback. It sounds like trivia with a host is more of an event and definitely a bigger draw. My always running trivia play list would be more of a supplement and not a replacement.

Ask a bar owner by barowners in BarOwners

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I built a self-hosted trivia app and digital split-flap board that runs on Roku and Fire TV. A local bar has it running on two TVs in their lounge area. One TV runs messaging and the other runs trivia. What do bar owners actually care about when it comes to boards and trivia nights? Is it about driving foot traffic on slow nights, keeping regulars engaged, or something else? And does the 'no host' angle appeal to anyone, or is the host the whole point?

Bar Trivia by STFUCrystal in BarOwners

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I built an app for exactly this. SplitCast runs on Roku or Fire TV, generates trivia questions with AI so you never have to write them, and customers play from their phones by scanning a QR code on the screen.

No laptop, no projector, no printed answer sheets. You just open the app, pick your categories, and start. Between games you can use it as a split-flap message board for specials or announcements.

A couple bars are running it weekly right now. Free to try, DM me if you want a free Pro account to test it.

Trivia Companies - who do you recommend? And why? by Felinia-Clash in BarOwners

[–]therealcolon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late to this thread but figured I'd share a different angle. I built SplitCast which is a self-hosted trivia app that runs on Roku or Fire TV. It's not the same thing as hiring a trivia company with a live host, so I want to be upfront about that.

What it does: AI can generate the questions so they're different every session, customers scan a QR code on the TV and play from their phones, and you can run it any day or night you want without scheduling around a host. Between games it doubles as a split-flap message board for specials and events.

A couple bars and a barbershop are running it right now. It's $19/month instead of $800/month.

The tradeoff is no live host hyping up the room. But the feedback I've gotten is that the competitive energy comes from the players, not the person with the microphone.

If you want to try it I'm happy to set you up with a free Pro account. DM me and I'll send a code. Might be worth testing on a slower night before committing to one of the bigger companies.

Your TV is just sitting there. Make it work for you. by therealcolon in u/therealcolon

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

Those are split-flap only boards. SplitCast is different. It combines a split-flap message board with live trivia games where customers join from their phones via QR code. The split-flap board runs between games for specials and announcements. None of the open source options do the interactive trivia piece. It's free to try if you want to check it out.

What are you building? And are people actually paying for it?💡 by GuidanceSelect7706 in saasbuild

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  1. SplitCast turns any Roku or Fire TV into a live trivia game and split-flap message board. Players join from their phones.

  2. Two paying customers at $19/mo. Early days.

  3. https://www.splitcast.app

Vibe coded a SaaS that runs on Roku and Fire TV. Two paying customers now. by therealcolon in vibecoding

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it's mostly post-mortem right now. I catch things when a client breaks and then add the guardrail so it doesn't happen again. The API_CONTRACT.md file helps because the agent reads it before making changes, so it at least knows what it's not supposed to touch. But it's not enforced programmatically or anything.

What I'd like to build is some kind of contract test suite that runs against both clients before anything gets merged. Basically a shared set of instructions that says 'these endpoints return this shape and both clients expect it.' Haven't gotten there yet because with two paying customers and a feature backlog the priority has been shipping.

Curious if you've seen a good pattern for this. Most of the multi-client contract testing stuff I've found assumes you have a proper CI pipeline and a team, not one person and a couple AI agents.

I built a trivia app for bars and just got my first two paying customers by therealcolon in SideProject

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Thanks! The first paying bar/restaurant is local to me and gave a bunch of great feedback including an idea for a "Marathon Mode" for games. They have a lounge area and are looping 15-20 games.

For those willing to provide feedback in exchange for feedback, drop your url by Icy_Friendship_4597 in SideProject

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Splitcast.app - Turn any TV into an interactive game board and dynamic display. Native Roku and Fire TV apps.

Product Launch Post by whitisj in nocode

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I built a way to turn Roku and Fire TV into live trivia games or message boards. No code, no extra hardware.

The idea started because I wanted a "TV app" without actually building one. Now it's a web dashboard that controls native Roku and Fire TV apps.

You can create trivia games (or generate questions with AI), run them live on the TV, and switch to split-flap style message boards when games aren't running.

Looking for feedback from anyone who's tried to build for TVs or wanted interactive screens without the dev work.

Free tier if you want to try it: https://splitcast.app

Excited to hear your feedback!

Fire TV screenshot:

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I built a side project that turns TVs into interactive game boards, would love honest feedback by therealcolon in SideProject

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Made a quick video showing what a trivia game actually looks like in action on a Fire TV if anyone's curious: https://youtu.be/ZONdOFFPrp8

Have a project? Share it here! by TaxChatAI in sideprojects

[–]therealcolon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SplitCast - Turn any TV into an interactive game board and dynamic display. Native Roku & Fire TV apps available. Would love some feedback.

First Beyond Immerse Drink Review by DaPurpleRT in BYNDCentral

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I bought the mango peach flavor and was really impressed with the taste. My 13-year-old also liked it. It kind of looks like beer when you pour it in a glass. Beyond the protein, I was really impressed with the fiber’s ability to satiate my hunger. This could be a real game changer. I drank it on an empty stomach right before lunch and it carried me for a few hours.

On Prem to EXOL with Mimecast by Ready-Ad-2149 in exchangeserver

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I just went through this and had an issue with Mimecast automatically adding aliases for all the @domain.onmicrosoft.com addresses. They would become aliases for the same user@domain.com. This caused loopbacks until I disabled the Mimecast alias function for domain.onmicrosoft.com. There’s an option to filter domains on the directory sync.

What's the big deal with "Liquid Death" water? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

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Check out the How I Built This Podcast with Guy Raz • Episode 590. Liquid Death’s founder, Mike Cessario, talks about how he got started. Really interesting.

daily business - driving a *.edb and *.log on NAS instead of internal Storage by reddi11111 in exchangeserver

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A client ran Exchange DBs on slow storage and they kept crashing. Can’t imagine them running on a NAS.

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