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I got scared my son would grow up not knowing the stories I grew up with, so I built something about it

We moved abroad a few years ago, and I realized my toddler knew every character from his cartoons but had never heard of Ganesha or Hanuman. That hit me harder than I expected. The stories my grandmother told me were quietly not getting passed down, and I did not have a good way to fix that.

Reading long mythology books to a 3-year-old did not work. Most apps I found were full of ads, too old for him, or turned everything into a quiz. I wanted something soft. Just a warm voice, gentle pictures, and a small lesson he could hold on to.

So my family and I made it ourselves. It is called Maitri Kids. Short narrated stories from Hindu mythology for ages 2 to 5, with small interactive moments so he taps and plays along instead of just watching. No ads and no reading required, which matters when your hands are full. Each story carries one simple idea. Ganesha and staying calm. Hanuman and helping friends. Saraswati and listening. Krishna and sharing.

Full disclosure, this is our app, so take this as a dad sharing something he made, not a review.

iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/app/maitri-kids/id6762026180
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maitrikids.app

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u/Far_Smile_9422 — 3 days ago
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I got scared my son would grow up not knowing the stories I grew up with, so I built something about it

We moved abroad a few years ago, and I realized my toddler knew every character from his cartoons but had never heard of Ganesha or Hanuman. That hit me harder than I expected. The stories my grandmother told me were quietly not getting passed down, and I did not have a good way to fix that.

Reading long mythology books to a 3-year-old did not work. Most apps I found were full of ads, too old for him, or turned everything into a quiz. I wanted something soft. Just a warm voice, gentle pictures, and a small lesson he could hold on to.

So my family and I made it ourselves. It is called Maitri Kids. Short narrated stories from Hindu mythology for ages 2 to 5, with small interactive moments so he taps and plays along instead of just watching. No ads and no reading required, which matters when your hands are full. Each story carries one simple idea. Ganesha and staying calm. Hanuman and helping friends. Saraswati and listening. Krishna and sharing.

Full disclosure, this is our app, so take this as a dad sharing something he made, not a review.

iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/app/maitri-kids/id6762026180
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maitrikids.app

u/Far_Smile_9422 — 7 days ago

Got tired of not knowing if a "sale" was actually a sale, so we built Lowvyn

You know the ritual. Amazon Canada in one tab, Best Buy in another, Walmart, maybe Canada Computers, trying to figure out who's actually cheapest. And even then you can't tell if the "sale" is real or if they just bumped the price last week to fake the discount.

So we built Lowvyn to answer three things on one screen.

Where is it actually cheapest? Every product shows the same item across retailers. Real example: an MSI MAG 276CXF 27" monitor is $179.97 on Amazon, flagged as an all time low. Looks great, until you see it's $170.99(open box) at Canada Computers right below it. That's 9 bucks you'd miss just trusting the first tab.

Is the price actually good? Each product gets a Lowvyn Score and a full price history chart. That monitor scored 90, meaning it's near the bottom of its normal range. When a price is just average, the app tells you straight up: no rush to buy.

Can it just tell me when it drops? Track anything and get alerted instead of checking manually. And your tracked stuff syncs across the website, the browser extension, and the phone app, so add something on your laptop and it's already there on your phone.

It's Canada only on purpose. Real CAD prices from Amazon Canada, Walmart, Best Buy, Canada Computers, not converted US numbers. There's also a community side where people post deals they find.

Not trying to spam the sub. Built it to fix my own annoyance and figured this crowd would either use it or tell me what's missing. Happy to answer anything, and I'd like to know what retailers or features you'd want next.

Check it out: https://lowvyn.com/

u/Far_Smile_9422 — 21 days ago

How do you handle it when someone comments "AI slop" on a post about your product?

I built something I genuinely care about and put real work into. Posted about it recently and one of the first comments was just "AI slop." No question, no actual critique, nothing specific. Just that.

It got to me more than I expected. Part of me wanted to jump in and explain how much of it is real, but I know that usually makes things look worse. The other part of me wonders if this is now the default reaction to anything new someone shares online.

For those of you who have shipped something and posted about it, how do you deal with that kind of comment? Do you respond, ignore it, or has it changed the way you post at all?

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u/Far_Smile_9422 — 2 months ago