u/AndreiAp2332

I was thinking about the old mIRC trivia channels from the early 2000s.

You’d join a room where a bot posted a new question every 20–30 seconds. Hundreds of people would race to answer first, there were leaderboards, regulars, rivalries, and conversations between questions. You could join for 5 minutes or end up staying for 3 hours.

I’ve played plenty of modern trivia apps (QuizUp, Kahoot, Discord bots, etc.), but none of them really recreate that feeling of an always-on public room where strangers compete together.

Is this just nostalgia talking, or do you think something like that could actually work today?

A few questions I’m curious about:

• What made those old trivia channels so addictive?
• What do today’s trivia apps get wrong?
• Would you ever use a 24/7 live trivia room if it existed?
• What would make you come back every day?
• And on the flip side—why do you think this wouldn’t work anymore?

I was thinking about the old mIRC trivia channels from the early 2000s.

You’d join a room where a bot posted a new question every 20–30 seconds. Hundreds of people would race to answer first, there were leaderboards, regulars, rivalries, and conversations between questions. You could join for 5 minutes or end up staying for 3 hours.

I’ve played plenty of modern trivia apps (QuizUp, Kahoot, Discord bots, etc.), but none of them really recreate that feeling of an always-on public room where strangers compete together.

Is this just nostalgia talking, or do you think something like that could actually work today?

A few questions I’m curious about:

• What made those old trivia channels so addictive?
• What do today’s trivia apps get wrong?
• Would you ever use a 24/7 live trivia room if it existed?
• What would make you come back every day?
• And on the flip side—why do you think this wouldn’t work anymore?

I purchased the Monash app then explored a bunch of others to help me track my low FODMAP diet. While in terms of accuracy Monash is the gold standard, it misses on a few important aspects and I'm attempting to fill in those gaps with an app I built called Happy Gut: IBS & FODMAP

1. I couldn't scan products off the shelf when going shopping - I built a label and restaurant menus scanner for FODMAP analysis.
2. Had to search for each ingredient at a time - With Happy Gut I'm tapping the mic button and just say "a 2 egg omelette with bacon, bread and butter and one tomato". Everything is analyzed and added to my daily log in 10s. As I'm not a native English speaker I made it work in all languages.
3. Motivation - Daily symptoms and food logs are correlated and I can clearly see that when I'm not following the diet correctly my symptoms worsen.

For the past months I built -> used -> analyzed -> improved. I put a lot of effort to create this and I want to get it from good to great. I was focused on covering my needs and pain points and now I would love to know what are yours. Brutal feedback is welcome.

I purchased the Monash app then explored a bunch of others to help me track my low FODMAP diet. While in terms of accuracy Monash is the gold standard, it misses on a few important aspects and I'm attempting to fill in those gaps with an app I built called Happy Gut: IBS & FODMAP

1. I couldn't scan products off the shelf when going shopping - I built a label and restaurant menus scanner for FODMAP analysis.
2. Had to search for each ingredient at a time - With Happy Gut I'm tapping the mic button and just say "a 2 egg omelette with bacon, bread and butter and one tomato". Everything is analyzed and added to my daily log in 10s. As I'm not a native English speaker I made it work in all languages.
3. Motivation - Daily symptoms and food logs are correlated and I can clearly see that when I'm not following the diet correctly my symptoms worsen.

For the past months I built -> used -> analyzed -> improved. I put a lot of effort to create this and I want to get it from good to great. I was focused on covering my needs and pain points and now I would love to know what are yours. Brutal feedback is welcome.

I built an app to help me address my gut health issues. If you are like me, suffering from IBS you probably know about the low FODMAP diet. I've been struggling to easily find FODMAP analysis for things I want to eat. I did it to satisfy the main pain points I had with other apps.

1. Finding FODMAP analysis on anything
2. Knowing what to eat in restaurants
3. Logging meals without searching for every ingredient.

The app is called Happy Gut: IBS & FODMAP and has been my IBS companion for the past 3 weeks now. I know there is room for improvement but I'm biased so I'm calling out for feedback from other real users. I want to go from good to great.

Brutal feedback welcome.