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Never run out of things to write about.

Every complaint is a post, a video or a newsletter someone already asked for.

indie devs shipping side projects

42 found
  • “I've shipped four side projects this year and every one died at zero users.”

    312r/SideProjectRecurring
  • “Every newsletter felt essential when I subscribed. Now my inbox is unusable.”

    1.4kr/productivityManual work
  • “Brands keep asking for my UGC rates and I'm making the numbers up.”

    89r/NewTubersMissing tool
Reading r/SideProject

What you get.
Every time you run it.

  • Topics with an audience attached

    You are answering a question a real person posted, in a place where more people have it.

  • An opening line for free

    The quote gives you the way in, and the link gives you somewhere to point when you publish.

  • A month of ideas per search

    Keep the ones you want to make, note the angle, and export the list to work through.

Other things people use it for.
Same search, different question.

  • Find a startup idea

    Pick a trade you understand and read what the people in it are already fed up with.

  • Validate an idea

    See whether anyone complains about the problem you picked, without asking a single leading question.

  • Plan your roadmap

    Search your own category and read what people say is missing from the tools they already pay for.

  • Write better copy

    Every problem comes with a verbatim quote. That is your headline.

  • Find buyers

    Every problem links back to the post it came from, and the person who wrote it is still there.

  • Research a new market

    Read a segment's real problems before you commit a quarter to it.

Stop guessing.
Go read what they said.

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