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Small products from 2026-07-19

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Source date: 2026-07-19 · 13 featured · 6 public samples

Featured products 13

Higher-signal samples with a clear product shape — worth reading first.

#	Product	Subreddit	Category	Date	Source
1	Why failing to be your own customer is the biggest reason your SaaS will fail Original title Why failing to be your own customer is the biggest reason your SaaS will fail Original post excerpt Why no one talks about the challenge with sales engineering and GTM. I see a lot of posts suggesting people are crushing it, and maybe some are for sure, but the majority are useless tools the founders themselves don't even use. This was my first mistake as a… Why no one talks about the challenge with sales engineering and GTM. I see a lot of posts suggesting people are crushing it, and maybe some are for sure, but the majority are useless tools the founders themselves don't…	r/microsaas	app	2026-07-19	Open →
2	I made an AI tool that is designed to eliminate the anxiety of a new haircut by generating an AI image of a recommended hairstyle based off your face shape and hair type along with instructions on how to ask your barber… Original title I made an AI tool that is designed to eliminate the anxiety of a new haircut by generating an AI image of a recommended hairstyle based off your face shape and hair type along with instructions on how to ask your barber… Original post excerpt Hey guys, Like a lot of people, I’ve walked out of the barber shop with a haircut that looked terrible on me because I had no idea what my actual face geometry was or how to ask the barber what I wanted. I tried using a photo but it never actually ended up lo… Hey guys, Like a lot of people, I’ve walked out of the barber shop with a haircut that looked terrible on me because I had no idea what my actual face geometry was or how to ask the barber what I wanted. I tried using a…	r/SideProject	ai app	2026-07-19	Open →
3	I built a 100% local Chrome extension to track credit card offers (Zero backend, DOM parsing, Minimalist UI) Original title I built a 100% local Chrome extension to track credit card offers (Zero backend, DOM parsing, Minimalist UI) Original post excerpt Hey r/webdev , I recently launched a project called Layerperks . It solves a personal pain point: forgetting to use targeted credit card offers (like Amex or Chase) when shopping online. There are established apps that do this, but they all require your actua… Hey r/webdev , I recently launched a project called Layerperks . It solves a personal pain point: forgetting to use targeted credit card offers (like Amex or Chase) when shopping online. There are established apps that…	r/webdev	browser extension	2026-07-19	Open →
4	18 months ago we weren't sure it was possible. Today we launched it. Original title 18 months ago we weren't sure it was possible. Today we launched it. Original post excerpt We kept asking ourselves one question for a year and a half: can an AI actually design a scalable backend from a description of how it should behave, not demo-ware, something that holds up in production? We didn't know. Some weeks it felt like the answer was… We kept asking ourselves one question for a year and a half: can an AI actually design a scalable backend from a description of how it should behave, not demo-ware, something that holds up in production? We didn't know.…	r/SaaS	ai app	2026-07-19	Open →
5	People are spending 6 and a half minutes on my landing page. I've never seen a number like this in 10 years or so.. Original title People are spending 6 and a half minutes on my landing page. I've never seen a number like this in 10 years or so.. Original post excerpt Let me tell you something about landing pages. For years I built them the "right" way. Hero, features, testimonials, CTA. Clean. Professional. Dead on arrival. People bounced in 10 seconds like the page owed them money. So this time I said screw it. My app li… Let me tell you something about landing pages. For years I built them the "right" way. Hero, features, testimonials, CTA. Clean. Professional. Dead on arrival. People bounced in 10 seconds like the page owed them money.…	r/buildinpublic	app	2026-07-19	Open →
6	[Showoff Saturday] I made a Japanese word search puzzle game Original title [Showoff Saturday] I made a Japanese word search puzzle game Original post excerpt Howdy, I realize this is pretty niche, but perhaps there's enough people here interested in learning Japanese that someone will find it fun, so figured I'd share. It's basically your run-of-the-mill word search game, where words are hidden among a sea of lett… Howdy, I realize this is pretty niche, but perhaps there's enough people here interested in learning Japanese that someone will find it fun, so figured I'd share. It's basically your run-of-the-mill word search game, wh…	r/webdev	app	2026-07-19	Open →
7	Roast my free property-price heat map for Colombia (m² prices by neighborhood) Original title Roast my free property-price heat map for Colombia (m² prices by neighborhood) Original post excerpt I built a free tool that shows residential property prices per square meter (m²) by neighborhood across Colombian cities — Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, and others — as an interactive heat map, built from cadastral and market data. No signup, completely free: terra… I built a free tool that shows residential property prices per square meter (m²) by neighborhood across Colombian cities — Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, and others — as an interactive heat map, built from cadastral and market…	r/SideProject	data visualization	2026-07-19	Open →
8	AI Notebook: an open-source, local-first research app for your documents Original title AI Notebook: an open-source, local-first research app for your documents Original post excerpt I built AI Notebook, a free and open-source alternative to cloud-based document research tools. It’s a native macOS and Windows application that lets you import documents, ask questions across them, and get answers with citations. Chat, embeddings, retrieval,… I built AI Notebook, a free and open-source alternative to cloud-based document research tools. It’s a native macOS and Windows application that lets you import documents, ask questions across them, and get answers with…	r/selfhosted	ai app	2026-07-19	Open →
9	I built a platform to make employee referral discovery more transparent—looking for feedback Original title I built a platform to make employee referral discovery more transparent—looking for feedback Original post excerpt Hi everyone, I’m working on SplitReferral, a platform where verified employees from the same company can discover referral opportunities and communicate with each other in one place. The idea came from seeing referral opportunities shared through scattered ch… Hi everyone, I’m working on SplitReferral, a platform where verified employees from the same company can discover referral opportunities and communicate with each other in one place. The idea came from seeing referral o…	r/SideProject	side project	2026-07-19	Open →
10	Showoff Saturday: a searchable map of 45 NYC grocery chains' weekly circulars. 694 stores, per-chain PDF/image/JSON extractors, Claude-vision OCR for photographed flyers, Postgres tsvector search, React + Leaflet Original title Showoff Saturday: a searchable map of 45 NYC grocery chains' weekly circulars. 694 stores, per-chain PDF/image/JSON extractors, Claude-vision OCR for photographed flyers, Postgres tsvector search, React + Leaflet Original post excerpt Disclosure up front: I built this, it is free with no paid tier, so this is a project post and not a product pitch. Sharing it because the data-extraction side turned into a much bigger engineering problem than I expected, and r/webdev is exactly who I want t… Disclosure up front: I built this, it is free with no paid tier, so this is a project post and not a product pitch. Sharing it because the data-extraction side turned into a much bigger engineering problem than I expect…	r/webdev	data visualization	2026-07-19	Open →
11	I built a business card scanner that runs entirely on-device — no account, no cloud, no subscription Original title I built a business card scanner that runs entirely on-device — no account, no cloud, no subscription Original post excerpt Launched Cardr two weeks ago — you photo a paper business card, it parses name/company/phones/email on the phone itself (Apple's on-device LLM + Vision OCR) and saves straight to Contacts. No account, no cloud, no subscription: 3 free scans, then a one-time u… Launched Cardr two weeks ago — you photo a paper business card, it parses name/company/phones/email on the phone itself (Apple's on-device LLM + Vision OCR) and saves straight to Contacts. No account, no cloud, no subsc…	r/SideProject	ai app	2026-07-19	Open →
12	I built a tool to flag bad data directly from charts Original title I built a tool to flag bad data directly from charts Original post excerpt I started this side project because of a recurring problem I was facing. I often had to begin preparing an analysis and its final charts while the underlying dataset was still being reviewed. A stakeholder would look at an early visualization, notice that a f… I started this side project because of a recurring problem I was facing. I often had to begin preparing an analysis and its final charts while the underlying dataset was still being reviewed. A stakeholder would look at…	r/SideProject	ai app	2026-07-19	Open →
13	My friend & I built an AI app that gives life advice grounded from ancient wisdom Original title My friend & I built an AI app that gives life advice grounded from ancient wisdom Original post excerpt We got tired of AI either giving shallow "self-care" answers or lecturing us. So we built something different. How it works: instead of making things up, it searches a curated library of time-tested wisdom traditions, pulls the passages that actually relate t… We got tired of AI either giving shallow "self-care" answers or lecturing us. So we built something different. How it works: instead of making things up, it searches a curated library of time-tested wisdom traditions, p…	r/SideProject	ai app	2026-07-19	Open →

Public samples 6

Other concrete small products and betas that passed the public filter.

#	Product	Subreddit	Category	Date	Source
14	got my first paying customer!! Original title got my first paying customer!! Original post excerpt I launched Posty two days ago. It’s basically Claude Code for X growth. It started as something I built just for myself. Then a few YC founders and investors around me asked if they could use it too, so I turned it into an actual product. Today, the first pay… I launched Posty two days ago. It’s basically Claude Code for X growth. It started as something I built just for myself. Then a few YC founders and investors around me asked if they could use it too, so I turned it into…	r/SaaS	app	2026-07-19	Open →
15	I built a habit tracker that doesn't let me lie about my push-ups Original title I built a habit tracker that doesn't let me lie about my push-ups Original post excerpt I've installed and deleted more habit trackers than I'd like to admit. My problem was that they all trusted me a little too much. I could tick ‘50 push-ups’ from bed and still keep the streak. So I built one that doesn't let me do that. Level Up Life opens th… I've installed and deleted more habit trackers than I'd like to admit. My problem was that they all trusted me a little too much. I could tick ‘50 push-ups’ from bed and still keep the streak. So I built one that doesn'…	r/SideProject	data visualization	2026-07-19	Open →
16	Launched Hangar: Menu bar app to manage device storage and local dev projects Original title Launched Hangar: Menu bar app to manage device storage and local dev projects Original post excerpt 🎉 My first Mac app is live! I use a 512 GB Mac mini, but in reality, only about 460 GB is actually usable. I tried several Mac cleaner apps, but none of them gave me the visibility I really needed as a builder becuase I was managing the recent months with jus… 🎉 My first Mac app is live! I use a 512 GB Mac mini, but in reality, only about 460 GB is actually usable. I tried several Mac cleaner apps, but none of them gave me the visibility I really needed as a builder becuase I…	r/indiehackers	app	2026-07-19	Open →
17	[Show off Saturday] sendascz.com Original title [Show off Saturday] sendascz.com Original post excerpt Hello everyone! I made a simple website for a small accessories store (in Bolivia) that a friend of mine started. I built it for free to gain some experience. It mainly serves as a product catalog. There are no eCommerce features, as it simply redirects visit… Hello everyone! I made a simple website for a small accessories store (in Bolivia) that a friend of mine started. I built it for free to gain some experience. It mainly serves as a product catalog. There are no eCommerc…	r/webdev	app	2026-07-19	Open →
18	When I launched my website people roasted it for being slow, can you guys give me some feedback? Original title When I launched my website people roasted it for being slow, can you guys give me some feedback? Original post excerpt My website, please give me some feedback: https://umigalaxy.com/ What I did to mitigate the issue: PPR / cache components (next 16). I moved all the public reads into use cache so the prerendered shell has actual content in it. Also ended up hitting my own ap… My website, please give me some feedback: https://umigalaxy.com/ What I did to mitigate the issue: PPR / cache components (next 16). I moved all the public reads into use cache so the prerendered shell has actual conten…	r/webdev	side project	2026-07-19	Open →
19	My Lovable-like startup died, so I open-sourced its engine — one home for all open-source apps and coding agents Original title My Lovable-like startup died, so I open-sourced its engine — one home for all open-source apps and coding agents Original post excerpt TLDR: Sandboxd is an open-source, self-hosted alternative to Lovable. You run all your apps in isolated sandboxes on your own server — as many as you want, they sleep when idle so a small server handles a lot. One command to install (Docker), each app gets it… TLDR: Sandboxd is an open-source, self-hosted alternative to Lovable. You run all your apps in isolated sandboxes on your own server — as many as you want, they sleep when idle so a small server handles a lot. One comma…	r/selfhosted	ai app	2026-07-19	Open →