I've built Audio Diary (https://audiodiary.ai) which is in a similar space to Obsidian and found this post interesting, but very puritanical. Using funding as a "shortcut" to growth is very important as time is limited (by runway, lifespan, motivation, etc). He even says at the very start that he doesn't expect his app to live forever. If so, why not get some help to have the best chance of growth and get a great... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

I am working on https://audiodiary.ai as a solo founder, I recently have been getting enough income to just about cover my living expenses and haven’t received any funding and didn’t do any marketing, with 9k users so far since launch last May. It’s fulfilling and great to see people use and love a product I’ve built. I’m obviously highly motivated to grow so it keeps me busy. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

Https://audiodiary.ai is a flutter app i’m building atm and it’s helped me get a few contracts. not really a side project and tbh I think it turns some people off. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

Completely agree with the other commentator here—AI apps are lame. Disagree with the article though as I think there are use cases where calling ChatGPT is more than enough. What I did was build an simple old-school type app that aims to be solid and useful, and then add AI to give the user nice features on top of it. Users seem to be really happy with the result so far. https://audiodiary.ai. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

Nice app! I have an app in roughly the same vein (both introspection apps) which I’m also releasing. Would love to know your thoughts! https://audiodiary.ai What framework did you use for this? - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

I made an add-on that syncs esports schedules to my Google calendar. The first iteration took me a weekend and the current iteration has over 100 users at https://tournacat.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

Esports related - an add-on that syncs upcoming Esports matches to your Google Cal: https://tournacat.com it's not printing a lot of money but it's smth I personally use every day! - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

A lot! I've just written everything down here: (https://jerrynsh.com/a-look-back-on-7-years-of-automating-stuff/); it was alot of fun and a good reminder of why I started programming the one that meant the most for me was earlier this year, I made an add-on for me and my friends that automatically syncs esports matches (e.g. Valorant, CS, LoL etc.) to Google Calendar . Things took some turns 10 months later I now... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

(shameless plug) That brings us to Tournacat — a simple Google Calendar add-on that syncs upcoming Esports tournaments right to your Google Calendar. Source: 11 months ago