I believe that founders who use their own products will always win. So, do you use your own product(s) on a daily basis?

In the comments, write your side project and how you use it on a regular basis.

  • bohdan-v@alien.topOPBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    My side-project - https://pomotastic.com/

    Pomotastic is a Pomodoro timer online that works right on your desktop or mobile browser. The aim of this web app is to help you focus on your work or study in a more productive way. The Pomodoro Technique is used for that.

    I use it almost every day, except Sunday since I don’t work on Sundays. It helps me stay focused on my work and have short breaks regularly.

    • Absolutelyphenomenal@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Saw your comment yesterday and started using it. I’ve known about pomodoro but never used it because I hate using the timer app on my phone.
      Been using your website and I love it, its a great way to initiate work and stick at it. Thank you!

    • Irantwomiles@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Cool little idea, but please provide a way to change the red color scheme, it actually gave me a headache.

  • practisingdeeplurk@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Every day! Tatask is a task management app I designed specifically for my own workflow.

    I released it online after building it for a weekend project and others seemed to like it so I kept improving it and turned it into a fully-fledged project.

    • witcher9931@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Wow, first project I have ever seen where 12 monthly payment reflects 1 year payment, respect! Usually you get a discount if you pay upfront for a year, but you pay all 12 months, and I think it’s a trashy thing to do to make the distinct between payment types.

  • MexicanPete@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve ran my agency for over a decade using our product [AnyHow] (https://anyhowhq.com). We use it to manage internal and client facing collaboration as well as general business and project (financial and reporting side anyway) management.

    Unfortunately the product never took off. We have some customers but no where near enough to make it sustainable. I pay to keep it updated because it’s that valuable to us and the company.

  • bitanath@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m probably the odd one out but I don’t use my product every day. Maybe once a week. I’m also not saying this as a self promo, and I don’t necessarily think using your product frequently means you’ve made a good one. You’ve just made a good enough product for yourself. Which, end of the day may not be what the wider market wants.

  • Mojomoto93@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    yes I use it almost daily, I made a journaling app called memoiri and I made it because of two things: privacy, I want all my data on my device, and because of simplicity. I want an app that I simple open up and can start writing down

  • Free_willy99@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes I actually created keywrds for myself. It originally was just a collection of Python scripts to automate keyword research.

    It turned into what it is today because I realized that there was real demand for something like this.

  • thievingfour@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I agree with this and I have reached the point where I literally cannot use my computer without my own product