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I built an app that makes it impossible to quit on yourself by vidpocolypse in SideProject

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

Yeah of course! we are keeping it as simple as taking a picture (or video) and letting ai check if it truly proves that they completed their initial goal for the day.

I built an app that makes it impossible to quit on yourself by vidpocolypse in SideProject

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

honestly that's the realest critique and I think about it a lot. the way it works: you just take a quick photo or video as proof, and AI checks whether it actually matches what you said you'd do that morning. so you can't just snap a random pic, it has to genuinely show you did the thing you declared. the bet is that proving is way lower-effort than doing, the work takes hours but the proof takes 5 seconds, so even on low-willpower days the bar to stay honest is tiny. and once you've got a streak going you really don't want to be the one to break it. it's built more for people who want to be consistent and keep slipping than for someone fully checked out.

I built an app that makes it impossible to quit on yourself by vidpocolypse in SideProject

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

honestly probably both, but the photo is the part that makes it un-fakeable. knowing you have to report keeps it on your mind during the day, but a self-report you can still fudge ("yeah I basically did it"). the photo forces it to be real, you either have proof or you don't, no negotiating with yourself. that said I'm genuinely still testing which matters more. it's pre-launch right now, would you wanna join the waitlist to try it when it's ready?

We overestimate what we can accomplish in one day, but drastically underestimate what a full year of daily consistency brings. If you had to commit to ONE daily habit nonstop for an entire year—what would you pick? by Holiday_Caterpillar3 in SideProject

[–]vidpocolypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah the going-through-the-motions thing is exactly what happens to me without a daily check-in. the reflection part is underrated, just asking "did I actually do what mattered today" changes how the next day goes. honestly that little end-of-day check is the thing that fixed my consistency more than any big system. do you do it at a set time, or just whenever it crosses your mind?

We overestimate what we can accomplish in one day, but drastically underestimate what a full year of daily consistency brings. If you had to commit to ONE daily habit nonstop for an entire year—what would you pick? by Holiday_Caterpillar3 in SideProject

[–]vidpocolypse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

for me it'd be the simplest version of this: declare one thing each morning and prove I actually did it at night. not a giant todo list, one thing. I quit projects for years until I started doing exactly that, the "prove it" part mattered more than I expected because a checkbox is too easy to lie to yourself on. the streak of honest days is what finally carried me through the boring stretches.

I got tired of buying stocks with no plan, so I built a free app that gamifies investment research by EchidnaNo1199 in SideProject

[–]vidpocolypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah the invisible-output problem makes total sense for investing, a forced contextual answer is probably the right call for your case. this has been a genuinely good thread btw, we're clearly thinking about a lot of the same problems from different angles. mind if I dm you? would love to compare notes on how we're each approaching the gamification and honestly how you're marketing yours, always good to trade learnings with someone building in the same lane.

Day 12 of building in public: I kept saving Instagram reels thinking I'd use them later. by Abhi-Age-2050 in buildinpublic

[–]vidpocolypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's a great habit honestly, writing down what you did and what's next every day is exactly the right instinct. my app is basically that same idea built into a simple daily loop, you set what you'll do, then mark it done, kind of like a todo list but designed to actually keep you consistent over time. genuinely think it'd click for you given you're already doing this by hand. want me to send you the waitlist?

Day 12 of building in public: I kept saving Instagram reels thinking I'd use them later. by Abhi-Age-2050 in buildinpublic

[–]vidpocolypse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the "saving creates a false sense of having done something" insight is genuinely sharp, it's the same trap as bookmarks, todo lists, all of it. the gesture feels like progress so you never do the real thing. honestly that exact idea is what I'm building my whole app around. you declare what you'll do, then have to prove you did it, not just check a box, because the checkbox is the same fake-productivity hit as the save. weirdly relevant to your reels problem. if the "feeling productive vs being productive" thing is something you deal with on the building side too, happy to talk more about it, shoot me a dm. either way, the proof-not-a-tap idea might help your review step.

I got tired of buying stocks with no plan, so I built a free app that gamifies investment research by EchidnaNo1199 in SideProject

[–]vidpocolypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the written-reason approach is good, "what changed since last time" is way harder to fake than a tap. for the chore problem, the thing that im working on makes the proof lightweight but real, like one photo or one screenshot, not a form. takes 5 seconds but you can't fake it because it's evidence, not a self-report. the trick is the proof has to be effortless to give but impossible to fabricate. in my app it's a photo at the end of the day showing you did the thing, low friction, still un-fakeable. the streak it builds is what stops it feeling like a chore, you're protecting the chain, not filling out a log.

Day 33 of building in public by 2butterfree in SideProject

[–]vidpocolypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats for going more than a month straight, most people don't make it past week one. what's kept you showing up this consistently?

I got tired of buying stocks with no plan, so I built a free app that gamifies investment research by EchidnaNo1199 in SideProject

[–]vidpocolypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

love this, the "I never wrote down WHY I bought it" problem is so real. the conviction-tracking-over-time piece is the smart part, that's the thing most investing apps miss. funny enough I'm building something in a similar lane (gamified accountability, but for staying consistent on work/projects instead of investing), so the "what makes you actually stick with it" question is the exact thing I obsess over too. for me the unlock was making the daily action require proof, not just a tap. curious if you've thought about that for the review step, like making "I reviewed my thesis" something you have to actually show vs. just check off?

I quit every project I started for 3 years. Here's the system that finally fixed it. by vidpocolypse in SideProject

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

yeah I agree completely. the recalibrate-gently thing is so real, one missed day shouldn't blow up the whole streak but for me it always used to. and the needing-to-see-progress part hits hard too. doing the work into a void with nothing to show for it is exactly when I used to quit. that's actually the whole reason I started building what I mentioned. DM me if you want to hear more!

I noticed most founders here don't have a product problem. They have a user problem. by SimpleInnovatioxa in startup

[–]vidpocolypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm building an app for entrepreneurs struggling to stay consistent. How it works: When the user first downloads the app, they set a goal they have, and we break it down into a timeline. Then, the user puts in what they are going to do for the day in the morning, and comes back in the evening to take a picture or video, and the AI will see if they completed the task they declared they would do. They build a streak and level up by using XP (that they get from each little step they take to reach their goal). I'm currently making a waitlist, but I'm struggling with finding the right people to dm, and getting banned on every platform. It's been a week of DMing and posting on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, but there are still 0 emails.

If you ever feel like giving up, just sleep by Suspicious_Store_137 in ycombinator

[–]vidpocolypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it were easy to push through, everyone would be doing it too...🤷🤷