u/HovercraftMain8564

I'm a software developer, not a lawyer. While trying to understand a few government processes, I realized how fragmented the information is. I ended up teaming up with an advocate friend to build a project called Docket that turns these processes into simple step-by-step guides.

Before we spend more time building it, I wanted to ask the community:

• Which government process has been the most confusing for you?
• Where do you usually get reliable information?
• What would make something like this genuinely useful?

I'm here for feedback, not promotion. Happy to share what we've learned while researching if anyone's interested.

Building ShitBucket has been a fun experiment.

I built it because I am constantly juggling projects and my notes app had turned into complete chaos. Ideas, tasks, random thoughts, links, half finished plans, everything was scattered everywhere.

So I built ShitBucket, basically an idea dumping ground where I can throw anything in without worrying about organizing it first.

Also, I have spent exactly $0 on AI tokens building it.

My stack was mostly:

• Gemini
• Several email addresses
• Pure willingness to not spend money

Whenever I hit a usage limit, I just switched accounts and kept shipping.

One thing I learned while building with free AI is that you have to structure your code well. Keep files modular, keep context small, and be very intentional with what you send to the model. The less noise you give it, the fewer tokens you use and the better the outputs tend to be.

For anyone building side projects, you do not need the perfect stack, paid tools, or a huge budget to start. Just build the thing that solves your own problem first. If it helps you, chances are it will help other people too.

Still using ShitBucket every day. Still rotating through accounts.

Link to the project: https://www.shitbucket.fyi/about