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New owner-operators: Would an app that tells you if a load is actually profitable be useful?

Hey everyone,

I'm a former owner-operator and software developer currently building an app called LoadIQ.

The idea is simple: instead of manually doing load math, you take a screenshot of a load offer from DAT, Truckstop, Amazon Relay, etc., and the app analyzes it for you.

LoadIQ factors in things like fuel, deadhead, maintenance, insurance, truck payments, and other operating costs based on your truck profile. It then gives you an instant TAKE, MARGINAL, or PASS verdict along with a full cost breakdown and suggested counter-offer.

I'm especially interested in feedback from newer owner-operators or drivers planning to go independent.

A few questions:

  • Would you use something like this?
  • What information do you absolutely need before accepting a load?
  • What would make you trust (or not trust) an app like this?
  • What features would you want to see?

I'm not selling anything right now—just looking for honest feedback and a few beta testers.

Feel free to be brutally honest. I'd rather hear it now than after launch.

Thanks and stay safe out there.

u/Ok_Occasion_4467 — 13 days ago
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Explainly: Free AI Homework Tutor App

Solo developer here. Just launched Explainly on Google Play and wanted to share it with this community.

The short version — take a photo of any homework problem and get a step-by-step explanation. But the thing I'm most proud of is the essay mode.

When you scan an essay prompt the app doesn't just give you generic advice. It generates up to 9 cards: what the prompt is actually asking, three thesis angles to choose from, ready-to-adapt thesis statements, a paragraph-by-paragraph blueprint telling you what each section should accomplish, specific evidence prompts telling you what to search for, counter-argument prep with color-coded cards showing what the other side would say and how to respond, common mistakes to avoid for that specific essay type, opening sentence ideas, and a comprehension quiz before you start writing. It doesn't write a single word of the essay. It teaches you how to write it yourself.

For standard problems like math, science, history, chemistry — it uses a 5-card teaching flow. First it tells you what the problem is asking, then the concept you need, then the step-by-step solution, then a quiz to prove you understood, and only THEN does it show you the answer. You literally can't skip to the answer without going through the explanation first.

Other stuff: 12 languages (including Tagalog, Indonesian, Hindi, Arabic, Korean, Japanese), grade level adjustment from Elementary through College, an "Explain Simpler" button that rewrites the entire explanation in easier language twice, and practice sessions that generate new problems from your saved ones.

No account needed. No login. Everything stored locally on your device. Free tier gives you 5 explanations per day which is enough to actually try it out properly.

Built with React Native, Cloudflare Workers on the backend, and the AI handles subject detection and grade level automatically.

Would genuinely appreciate feedback from this community — what works, what's broken, what's missing.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brittenlabs.explainly

u/Ok_Occasion_4467 — 16 days ago

For those who have experience with both — what does homeschooling get right that traditional schools get wrong?

My wife and I are expecting our first child and we've already decided we want to homeschool. I keep hearing strong opinions on both sides but I'd rather hear from people who have actual experience — either as homeschool parents, former homeschool students, or teachers who've seen both sides. What does homeschooling genuinely do better, and what should I watch out for?

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u/Ok_Occasion_4467 — 20 days ago