u/Less_Lab_5978

I've been running games for a while, and prep keeps taking way longer than I expect. I'll sit down to plan one session and two hours later I'm still naming NPCs and trying to remember what I said about a town three sessions ago.

I'm curious how other DMs handle it:

1. Which part of prep takes you the longest? (worldbuilding, NPCs, encounter balancing, session notes, tracking plot threads, maps, something else)

2. What do you use right now? (notebook, Google Docs, Obsidian, World Anvil, LegendKeeper, Kanka, AI tools, nothing)

3. What bugs you about those tools? What made you stop using one?

4. If one thing could disappear from your prep, what would it be?

Most of all I'd like to hear from newer DMs who feel overwhelmed. What made your first campaign hard to get off the ground?

As with keep with the rules I will not say much about my app aside from that it's a fitness based accountability app

This i am aware is a pretty overstimulated market but I I extremely proud of my app and would like to get it out there for people to try and so would love to ask if anyone was to market and app like this (for someone with no promotional or video editing skills) how would you promote it?

Thanks

Hi, background about me: I'm 22M with a degree in Computer Science (not from a prestigious university, would rather not say where lol). I have a decent portfolio filled with AI-developed apps and websites (genuine ones, not just vibe-coded slop lol), and I've been emailing with a business owner regarding my first job (I only have hospitality experience atm). This will be an AI Ecosystem Developer role. I was wondering if anyone could help me with how much I should ask for salary-wise, along with what I should ask for duties and expectations-wise.

Disclosure up front: I built this and I'm selling it, but I think the actual technical breakdown is useful on its own, so take it or leave it.

Most "YouTube automation" content out there is niche-finder kits, title formulas, thumbnail decks — all genuinely useful, but none of them touch what happens after you've got a locked script. That gap is what I spent the last few weeks building against, running it across 15 real channels.

The pipeline, in order:

- Voiceover — Deepgram Aura-2, driven straight from the script. TTS APIs cap request length, so long scripts get auto-chunked sentence-by-sentence and stitched back together with ffmpeg — no manual splitting.

- Visuals — Google Flow (no public API, so this stage is the one genuinely manual/browser-driven step), consistency held entirely by a shared style-suffix string appended to every prompt.

- Assembly — Remotion, driven off word-level transcript timing (Whisper), not the raw script — spoken pacing never matches your read-through estimate.

- Publish — YouTube Data API v3 can fully automate title/description/thumbnail/upload, but I trigger it manually on purpose — OAuth needs an interactive browser login an unattended agent can't do, and it's a reasonable place to keep a human in the loop.

The expensive mistake, because I think it's the actually useful part: early on I ran voiceover generation for a second channel before archiving the first channel's output. The pipeline's scripts wrote to shared paths by default — that overwrote the first channel's audio. Did this twice, back to back, across 7 channels, before building a $env:CHANNEL namespace into every script to make it structurally impossible.

Packaged the whole thing (13 modules) + 7 Claude Code tool files that interview you rather than being fill-in-the-blank templates — niche fit scoring, content-risk screening, script retention critique, scaling readiness check. $39, link in profile/comments if anyone wants it — happy to just answer pipeline questions here either way.

Hi folks so I started selling on depop and got a good amount of sales and have since decided to use vinted more( i used to in the past but decided to go 100% into depop) even then I would rarely get sales and was wondering if anyone would be willing to help me with this is there any vinted tricks I might not be aware of that could help my listing's in getting noticed

Would appreciate any help regarding this

Thanks, jamie

hi folks bit of a bckground for me i have been building notion templates for the past 6 months as a side income i would make maybe £100 per month not a lot but just enough to work as a valid side huistle giving it only takes me about 2-3 hours a week

i recently got laid off and haev deicded to giove a go at making more of a full time job n this fiel im thinking about doing custom notion builds on fiverr and was wondering fi anyone ahs experience in this field and they could tell me if it is worth it and how hard it may be to get off the ground in this field?

Most productivity apps I've tried are either pure task managers (no motivation layer) or pure habit trackers (no room for work/projects, journaling, or health in one place). Neither ever stuck for me long-term.

So I started experimenting with combining them — one dashboard for goals, journaling, workouts/food tracking, a calendar, and a "Work" tab for tracking side projects and income, all tied together with XP, streaks, and stats rather than just checkboxes. The idea being that skipping a habit should feel like it costs you something, not just leave an empty log.

Genuinely curious what this community thinks: what's the actual failure point for you with productivity apps — is it too much friction to log things, not enough motivation to keep going, or something else? And does combining that many areas (health, work, journal, goals) into one place sound useful, or does it just create bloat?

(Happy to share what I built if anyone's curious, but mainly want to hear what's actually broken about the tools people already use.)

please roast my fitness app so i can find areas to improve before official release

I got tired of juggling Notion for goals/journaling and a separate app for workouts, so I built Forge — a single dashboard for building yourself physically, mentally, and financially.

https://forges.fit (free, runs in browser, no install) (use code 45532 in order to skip onboarding fee)

How it works: onboarding sets your daily goals, non-negotiables, calorie target, and workout split, plus an AI mentor personality. Mine's set to "Elite" and it does not coddle you — today it told me "don't let perfect be the enemy of done" and asked whether I avoided, forgot, or just didn't care about a missed goal. That tone alone has kept me more honest than any tracker I've used.

Everything ties into XP, day streaks, Level, and Life Stats (Discipline, Intelligence, Strength, Focus), plus a leaderboard with a belt-ranking system (White → Yellow → Orange... up to Black) so progress feels like it's actually going somewhere.

There's also a Work section that tracks side projects, tasks, and income logged — so "building yourself" includes your hustle, not just your gym streak.

Still early, would love blunt feedback — what's confusing, what's missing, what you'd never touch. Live right now if you want to poke around.

What's the one thing you wish an app like this actually did?I got tired of juggling Notion for goals/journaling and a separate app for workouts, so I built Forge — a single dashboard for building yourself physically, mentally, and financially.

https://forges.fit (free, runs in browser, no install)

How it works: onboarding sets your daily goals, non-negotiables, calorie target, and workout split, plus an AI mentor personality. Mine's set to "Elite" and it does not coddle you — today it told me "don't let perfect be the enemy of done" and asked whether I avoided, forgot, or just didn't care about a missed goal. That tone alone has kept me more honest than any tracker I've used.

Everything ties into XP, day streaks, Level, and Life Stats (Discipline, Intelligence, Strength, Focus), plus a leaderboard with a belt-ranking system (White → Yellow → Orange... up to Black) so progress feels like it's actually going somewhere.

There's also a Work section that tracks side projects, tasks, and income logged — so "building yourself" includes your hustle, not just your gym streak.

Still early, would love blunt feedback — what's confusing, what's missing, what you'd never touch. Live right now if you want to poke around.

What's the one thing you wish an app like this actually did?

(22m)

Hi folks my life is at rock bottom atm I just lost my job I'm 3k in debt which I was clearing up but now will probably go further into and I've just failed my degree (although not that interested in that subject anymore)

After this i want to find my actual job that I plan on moving up in and actually making something of myself I was hoping it was my app that I've been finishing off but won't really be able to promote it as I don't understand that side of things and won't be able to invest

My interests include

Graphic design

Kickboxing

Programming

Photography

Web design (basically anyhing tech related)

I was hoping someone could help me with some route to find a job I may actually enjoy or some way that they got there life back on track

Fitness/health wise I'm doing okay I'm consistent at the gym and have a good sleep cycle + mental health but I know this will take a bit of a toll soon

Thanks for anything folks!

hi folks i recnelty finished off an app i made which is a fitness lifestyle dashboard

and since doing this i have been searching for a new project to work on and was wondering if anyone may have any ideas that may be of use for this

thanks, Jamie

hi folks i have been working on a perosnal dashboard app this includes workouts journal interests and a leaderboard section with some other features like dialy goalss progress pics etc

this app has officially started testing wodudl anyone be interested in testing it for me?

i am wiling to do test4test if you like and will actually use the app for more than 1 day and give genuine feedback as i know how important this can be for everyone lol

Hi folks I am currently finishing off an app and i feel like I have everything finished but wanted to check out some other apps to see if there is any that you would suggest to check out or that have helped you in your self improvement and self help journey Alternatively is there anything you would like to see on an app like this is I already have on this app:

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Journal

Calender

Goals

Workout

Daily tracking for both food and activities

An ai mentor

A deep work section

Along with a few other things

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Would appreciate any help on this i am super passionate about this app and do believe it can help out people who would be interested in it this sint soem self promoting post I am just looking to improve my app and mansge to get it to as close to perfect as I can before I launch it I hope you understand!

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Alternatively is there any YouTubers or books that maybe could help me with finding ideas or pages that you would recommend I considered setting up a recommended supplement page but figured that was going too far and that if I set something like that up I'm almost going into too many different areas which could end up making the app overwhelming do you think people would be interested in that?

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Thanks!

Hi folks I am currently finishing off an app and o feel like I have everything finished but wanted to check out some other apps to see if there is anything someone may have some apps that you would suggest to check out or that have helped you in your self improvement and self help journey Alternatively is there anything you would like to see on an app like this is I already have

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Journal

Calender

Goals

Workout

Daily tracking for both food and activities

An ai mentor

A deep work section

Along with a few other things

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Would appreciate any help on this

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Thanks!

Hi folks just doing some boring self promoting i understand if you click off here lol

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I recently finished an app this is a fitness/self improvement dashboard this app will be able to help you with noting down tasks you completed and need completed it mostly prioritises fitness but you can totally use it for help with your interests and I plan on making it more community based soon I have a lewderboard set up but the community section is still a bit bare bones as of right now

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This is a project I am super passionate about and have been working out it for quite some time now and was wondering if anyone would be interested in beta testing this app to help me find some flaws or for you to highlight what you personally would improve!

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Please find the link below (dm me for an access code to bypass payment)

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Thanks

hi folks so i have recently setup an app with a similar idea to notion but more for a singular person its kind of like a lifestyle dashboard x fitness app with soem focus on setting your goals and i have pretty much finished this app and i am currently on the beta testing part but before i go live with the app fully i was wocnering if anyone had any requests they may like to see on this app

i want to make it clear this is not a pitch or some attempt to sell the app i just want genuine constructive criticism and advice from anyone who is willing to do it as i am genuinly passionate about this project and would love to see it succeed!

current festures include

Here's the full feature list for your post:

Goals & Productivity

• Daily goals with XP rewards
• Non-negotiables tracker
• Long-term goals
• Weekly targets
• XP penalty for missed goals

Gamification

• XP system — earn points for every action
• Level progression
• Belt ranking system — White, Yellow, Red
• Global leaderboard — ranked by XP, streak and goals
• Discord-style usernames (#0001)
• Streak tracking with best streak record

Health & Fitness

• Workout planner
• Session logging
• Progress photos

AI Features

• Personal AI mentor with memory of your goals
• Daily brief — personalised morning message
• Weekly AI review
• AI-generated debrief
• Mentor chat — ask anything, get coached back

Mind & Lifestyle

• Journal
• Interests tracker — music, film, hobbies, skills
• Self improvement calendar
• Education tracker
• Work tracker

Profile & Account

• Personal stats — Discipline, Intelligence, Strength, Focus, Creativity, Consistency
• Life stats bars
• Progress photo gallery
• Account management
• Reset onboarding option

this is everything i currently have please let me know anything you would add!

hi i have recenlty finished up creating a fitness based app called forge this app will be sort of a mix between fitness and general lifestyle stuff interests and a little bit of social media i want to start promoting this app and getting the name out there and then plan on releasing it in around 3 weeks time and was wondering fi anyone had any advice on how to go about doing this

i know i could use tiktok and do some paid ads but i tried this before and ending up getting a lot of views but no real traction would anyone know the best way

hi folks i am pretty new to building yt channels i have watched a few videos on building ones my area is in sports i am really struggling to understand how to get it off the ground i currently have only 4 videos uploaded reaching around 1k views in total but pretty certain this is just a boost for starting my account was hoping someone could help steer me in the right direction with this kind of stuff if you would like i can send you my account in private but wont post it here as i dont want to self promo

thanks!