A daily math game inspired by Wordle, add the operations in the right order to produce the correct result - the app can be a little mean at times, sorry about that.
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shift-go/id6762990205
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inefficientcode.shift
Or just play in your browser on any device here: My App Arcade | Shift
At least I'm enjoying myself :)
Color picker here: https://codepen.io/Inefficient-Code/pen/KwNMRao
Menu here: https://codepen.io/Inefficient-Code/pen/ZYBOoow
Customizable and all code here: https://doathingy.com/?tool=dt_1778503835266_c5lcoh
I had seen some great liquid effects (like this Liquid), but nothing quite satisfactory. I'm using the overlapping div circles with svg filters (gaussian blur) trick and then built a custom js "physics engine", text sits in a separate layer.
I recently started porting my Android apps to iOS, I focused on getting my apps working before starting to add them to Appstoreconnect one by one, the first three got approved no problem.
Then the 4th app failed review really quickly, and they asked for video and detailed description of the app - which I provided (I imagine by app 4 they want you to do some of the heavy lifting in showcasing the app and what to look for in testing?).
Then it failed again, and this time the feedback was something along the lines of the app sharing too many similarities with my other apps. Visually and thematically the apps are all wildly different, but two of my apps have a similar "new puzzle every day" or "play live 1v1" structure but the game itself couldn't be more different one is math based, one is colour based.
I'm guessing some of (the structure of) the code looks similar to AI and therefore it's seen as a clone app?
Either way, I made further changes to the app, uploaded it with a description and reasoning why it's not like any of my other apps and now 2 weeks later still nothing has happened.
Previously my apps had been approved withing 4-6 days, now it has been complete silence for 15 days - is there anything I can do? Do I just wait patiently?
It's fairly chunky code-wise, but for pure CSS I'm happy :)
You can play with it/customize it here:
https://doathingy.com/?tool=dt_1778362378294_6v0gj6
(You may need to wait a minute for the tool to load, I'm still working on Doathingy, just using it here to share this work)
Only prerequisite is that you have a google account :)
You can learn more about Doathingy here: https://doathingy.com/
And anyone interested in test-driving/breaking it, sign up here: https://doathingy.com/waitlist
So I'm building a platform that lets users build their own web tools, lots of free tools available, and when the thing they need isn't available or the thing they found isn't quite right they can (in simple plain English) prompt the platform to build/customize a tool.
That alone I thought was pretty cool.
Now imagine you have built three tools:
- Icon finder (lets you find svg icons from a library of 200k+ open source public icons)
- Image color palette extractor (lets you extract the dominant colours from an image, e.g. a website screenshot)
- SVG recolor tool (lets you load SVG icons and a color palette to recolor icons)
The platform now also lets you string those three tools together into a "project" so you can find icons and send them straight to the recolor tool, whilst also sending a color palette straight to the recolor tool. Now you can do it all in one custom flow.
But when I share the platform, noone engages? What am I missing? Is this really not something people see value in?
I don't think it's cost (you start for free, and it's cheap compared to other AI tools)?
The Conway method for working out the day of the week for any date is still my favourite mental math trick. I was keen to get more accurate and faster so I built myself a small training app, then it escalated and now I have a (genuinely 100% free forever, no ads, passion project) Android and iOS app with 500+ users, live battles, and all the training tools you could wish for!
Keen to spread the joy, so do please check out Doomsday Trainer and join the inner circle of day of the week guessing nerds!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doomsday-trainer/id6760719687
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inefficientcode.doomsdaytrainer
So I've been trying to solve little problems I was coming across with file types or quick css drop shadow formatting or quick PDF stuff. I always would just go to Google find a tool, fight my way around random ads and get the thing done. Then vibecoding came along and I found it faster to ask Gemini to build me a quick tool over Googling/bookmarks. And then I got carried away and built a tool that builds tools, you type what you need done, the tool goes away and builds your solution and you build a library of tools that are always all in one place, you can customize them to your needs, and I felt I landed on something pretty great.
But now I'm looking for testers and trying to find people for feedback and real user experience, and noone seems to be all that interested - what am I missing?
Doathingy.com for anyone curious or interested in signing up for early access testing!
I don't know how well that video explains it (I'm not great at this bit!), but more info on Doathingy.com
Basically, Doathingy lets you describe any task, thing, job you need to get through, it will then build you a custom tool to solve that task.
Any files are processed locally in your own browser, nothing is sent to AI other than your prompt and contextual info, your tools are yours to keep, edit and evolve, etc.
It means you get to curate your own utility library with custom tools, no more google searches, dodgy websites, or remembering where you found that great tool months ago.
I started building this as a way to curate my own set of web tools, things spiraled quite quickly, people have already been building things I could never have imagined, and now we're here!
The idea is to make vibecoding more accessible to mainstream users, just looking to get a thing done. It's about small functional tools, that anyone can build, with as little friction as possible and as cheaply as possible (in the current set-up you could build a utility for as little as $0.20). You won't build your next startup in Doathingy, but you might just get some actual jobs done :)
I'm opening up an early-access waitlist and want to invite early testers to try it out for free.
You can check out live demos on the site: Doathingy.com and register for early-access there too.
Any questions/feedback/anything, hit me up!