it’s a simple wedding timeline – my client runs weddings and wanted to show the schedule on a tv so guests know what’s next

the app is in polish 🇵🇱 but i ran it through google translate so you can understand what it does 😅

not a huge deal, but 4 months ago i didn’t know how to code

I don't know if it's luck, but since last week. I've had way more motivation and money is actually starting to flow in! About 3-4 months ago I built dubaidiscoverer.com in Lovable - took me forever to figure out that Lovable doesn't have SSR and will never get indexed by Google properly. I wrote a Reddit post about it that blew up and even Lovable's CEO replied to it.

Spent several days migrating from Vite to Next.js to boost my Google rankings - but honestly, all that effort was for nothing. Google results are still dead, and I was basically ready to abandon the whole thing since I have other projects going on.

Then out of nowhere today I get a notification that someone bought Dubai attraction tickets through my affiliate link and I made $10.50. No clue how it happened but someone actually bought something even though I'd already written the project off as a loss.

It's still pennies and doesn't even cover the domain cost - but maybe it'll motivate some of you. Sometimes things work out even when you think they're completely dead.

Honestly, I'd probably sell this project for pocket change at this point because I have zero ideas left for it. It's just directories about Dubai and Abu Dhabi attractions - nothing fancy.

I know it would sound better if I said my dead project made $1000 passively, but I hope this was at least an interesting read for you guys.

Made this after my Reddit spreadsheet got popular and everyone kept asking which launch sites are worth it.

LaunchDirectories.com has 55+ directories with:

• Domain ratings
• Traffic estimates
• Backlink types (dofollow/nofollow)
• Sorting options

Update DR scores every 2 weeks so data stays fresh.

No signup required, just go use it.

Whole thing took me 4 hours to build from scratch. Paid like $15 for the domain, hope it was worth it xD

Got some other ideas brewing for more features but want to see if people actually use this first.

Hey, do you guys know any good AI tools for creating minimalist logos? I’ve been searching around but everything I found either looks cheesy or way too complicated. Would love some recommendations!

I had this random idea a few weeks ago: build a job site specifically for AI people. Thought it would be easy money, you know? AI is hot, everyone needs these skills, I will just sit in the middle and take a cut.

Started coding and telling people about my brilliant plan. Almost everyone was like "dude, don't do this" and "job boards are impossible" and "there's literally a million of them already." But I'm stubborn as hell and had already written half the code by then - login working, job posting system, search, the whole thing. Couldn't just throw it all away.

So I said screw it and kept building and then it really hit me about how insanely hard job boards actually are. You need massive traffic, endless fresh job postings, constant marketing. I have basically none of that.

Now I'm staring at all this code wondering what the hell to do with it.

The AI job space is absolutely packed - LinkedIn, Indeed, plus specialized boards I never even knew existed, all with way more resources than me sitting here refreshing Google Analytics hoping someone visited my site.

Maybe I should pivot this whole thing to a different industry? I've got the infrastructure already built - user accounts, posting system, search functionality. Could probably adapt it for senior care services, local handyman platforms, maybe something in healthcare? Industries where I'm not going head-to-head with tech giants who have millions of users and unlimited budgets.

What would you guys do? Keep pushing in AI jobs even though it seems impossible, or take all this code and try a completely different market? Anyone here made a successful pivot like this, or am I just delaying the inevitable failure?

I know I made the classic newbie mistake here, which sounds even funnier since I'm the creator of willtheyconvert.com - literally an app that tells you "validate first, build later." But my second goal was also learning. I started (vibe?) coding 4 months ago and every project like this pushes my skills forward

$19 from http://willtheyconvert.com 💸

Funny thing… the sale came 2 days after I posted “#5 on TinyStartups but 0 sales” 😅

What’s wild is that I started with zero programming knowledge about 3 months ago I didn’t even know how to use GitHub

I recently launched willtheyconvert.com, a tool to validate startup ideas before you invest time or money building the actual product.

It just hit #5 on tinystartups.com and I wanted to say thanks to everyone who's checked it out or voted 🙌

Here’s how it works in a nutshell:

It lets you build a features that looks completely real - pricing tables, buy buttons, waitlists, even a fake checkout. But it’s all just a test to see how people REALLY react.

You can simulate:

• Subscriptions & pricing pages
• Pre-orders & early access offers
• Referral programs
• Newsletter signups
• Promo or discount pages
• Full signup flows (no backend needed)

Once live, you share the page, and the tool tracks real engagement — clicks, conversions, drop-offs — in a clean dashboard so you can see if there’s demand.

If people click “Buy” or drop an email? That’s your green light.

If not… you just saved yourself weeks (or months) of building something no one wanted 😄

Would love your feedback or feel free to ask me anything!

Not everyone remembers, but back in 2005, Alex Tew had a crazy idea: sell 1 million pixels on his website for $1 each to raise money for college.

http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/

And guess what? It worked! He made a MILLION USD in just a few months! 😱

Fast forward to today, and people are buying virtual trees for $2 each! 🌳 It’s wild to think about how these out-there ideas can turn into something huge. The moral of the story? Sometimes, a little bit of craziness can create something that catches attention and surprises everyone.

Just wrapped up a full migration of my site (DubaiDiscoverer.com) to Next.js — after learning the hard way that my old setup was tanking my SEO.

Originally, I built the site using Lovable. It used Vite + React under the hood, and honestly, the development experience was fast and easy. Great if you’re in MVP mode.

But… over time I noticed something off: the site wasn’t indexing well on Google. I had all the basics covered — sitemap, robots.txt, meta tags via react-helmet (which I confirmed were implemented) — but SEO tools were still showing blank pages. And more importantly, Googlebot wasn’t reliably seeing the site’s actual content.

The problem? Lovable-generated projects don’t render text into the final HTML. Without server-side rendering (SSR), the content isn’t present in the initial page load — so search engines can’t see it. No SSR = no crawlable content = no search visibility.

While Google Search Console sometimes managed to pick up content after rendering, most SEO tools - and probably Googlebot most of the time - just saw empty pages.

This was a huge surprise. I assumed any tool building “production-ready” sites would at least account for basic SEO fundamentals. But clearly, SSR isn't built into Lovable’s output, and it’s not something they highlight as a limitation either.

If you’re building anything that depends on organic traffic - a blog, content site, business site — this is a dealbreaker. It’s honestly surprising more people aren’t talking about it.

Switched to Next.js with SSR/static generation, and everything works as it should now — content is properly rendered, indexed, and showing up in search.

Hope this helps someone avoid the same pitfall. AI tools like Lovable are impressive, but make sure you know what’s going on under the hood if SEO matters to you.

You can see also before/after google crawler simulator results (screenshot 2 and 3)

I’ve been facing some serious challenges with SEO and indexing on DubaiDiscoverer.com. Despite having a fully developed site with both frontend, backend, and a working database, Google crawlers couldn’t read it properly. It’s been super frustrating, especially since I’ve tried several solutions.

I started by adding Helmet to handle SEO, but that didn’t solve the problem. Then, I spent 4 hours trying to implement Server-Side Rendering (SSR), but it still didn’t work. Honestly, it’s pretty surprising that Replit, Lovable, and Bolt.new haven’t provided a solid solution for this.

So, after a lot of back and forth, I’ve decided to fully migrate DubaiDiscoverer.com to Next.js. I’m hoping this will finally resolve the SEO issues and make Google indexing work properly. I’ll keep you posted in the coming days on how it goes and what results I get (fingers crossed that the transition to Next.js leads to better results!)

Anyone else dealt with similar challenges? Would love to hear your experiences and insights.