
u/Spiritual_Balance298

I built an automation tool to escape "Screenshot Hell" after my boss asked for 300 manual web captures.
My boss asked me to manually take 300+ web screenshots and put them into a PowerPoint report. I started the task, but after 50 websites, my spirit broke. This isn't work for humans.
To escape this grind, I just needed something to bulk-open the URLs, capture the pages, and drop them straight into slides. Cornered and at a total loss, I ended up building a tool called "OpenURLs App" for myself out of pure desperation.
Does anyone else have this problem? Am I the only one suffering through this kind of repetitive labor?
If you are stuck in the same boat, I put the tool here:
https://app.qlp.jp/open_urls/en/index.html
Demo: PowerPoint Speedrun 100 images in 10 seconds.
https://youtu.be/AhAn7bk8P34
End Screenshot Hell. Bulk web capture to PPTX. Capture > Resize > PowerPoint — All in 1 Click for Web & PowerPoint Users
Hi everyone,
I’m a dev from Japan. I built this tool out of pure desperation.
My boss asked me to visualize 300+ web pages in a PowerPoint report for a QA audit.
I started doing it manually, but just opening the URLs took forever. After 50 screenshots, I lost my mind.
I realized: This isn't work for humans.
So I built "Open URLs App" to automate the whole process:
- Bulk open URLs
- Auto capture high-quality screenshots
- Auto insert into PowerPoint slides
- Runs locally with zero data transmission, ensuring corporate privacy.
I’d love some honest feedback on the workflow. Does anyone else deal with this kind of repetitive task?
If anyone is in the same boat, here is the tool I made:
Website:
https://app.qlp.jp/open_urls/en/index.html
Microsoft Store (Free Download):
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NQ3P1ZSMZKL
Demo:
PowerPoint Speedrun 100 images in 10 seconds.
End Screenshot Hell. Bulk web capture to PowerPoint.
I built an automation tool to escape "Screenshot Hell" after my boss asked for 300 manual web captures.
When working on a client's website renewal, we discovered 30,000 HTML pages, including old, untouched pages from over 20 years ago.
While we are currently developing the website with a new CMS, my boss asked me to visualize web captures of 300 recently updated pages in PowerPoint.
I worked manually up to 50 pages, but my spirit broke. Feeling completely lost and knowing I had to do something, I developed an automation tool (Capture > Resize > PPTX Insertion).
Is this kind of task unique to my company?
I want to spend my time actually designing the website. How do you all handle your work to escape "Screenshot Hell"?
End Screenshot Hell. Bulk web capture to PPTX. Capture > Resize > PowerPoint — All in 1 Click for Web & PowerPoint Users
Hi everyone,
I’m a dev from Japan. I built this tool out of pure desperation.
My boss asked me to visualize 300+ web pages in a PowerPoint report for a QA audit.
I started doing it manually, but just opening the URLs took forever. After 50 screenshots, I lost my mind.
I realized: This isn't work for humans.
So I built "Open URLs App" to automate the whole process:
- Bulk open URLs
- Auto capture high-quality screenshots
- Auto insert into PowerPoint slides
- Runs locally with zero data transmission, ensuring corporate privacy.
I’d love some honest feedback on the workflow. Does anyone else deal with this kind of repetitive task?
If anyone is in the same boat, here is the tool I made:
Website & Demo:
https://app.qlp.jp/open_urls/en/index.html
Microsoft Store (Download):
I built an automation tool to escape "Screenshot Hell" after my boss asked for 300 manual web captures.
Hi everyone, I’m a dev from Japan.
I built this tool out of pure desperation.
My boss asked me to visualize 300+ web pages in a PowerPoint report for a QA audit. I started doing it manually, but just opening the URLs took forever. After 50 screenshots, I lost my mind. I realized: This isn't work for humans.
I also tried leveraging AI, but the reproducibility was low, and I couldn't think of any other non-manual method. After a lot of struggle, I managed to build a tool to automate the entire process.
- Bulk open URLs
- Auto capture high-quality screenshots
- Auto insert into PowerPoint slides
Does anyone else deal with this kind of repetitive task?
I’d love some honest feedback.
I built an automation tool to escape "Screenshot Hell" after my boss asked for 300 manual web captures.
Hi everyone,
I’m a dev from Japan. I built this tool out of pure desperation.
My boss asked me to visualize 300+ web pages in a PowerPoint report for a QA audit. I started doing it manually, but just opening the URLs took forever. After 50 screenshots, I lost my mind. I realized: This isn't work for humans.
So I built "Open URLs App" to automate the whole process:
- Bulk open URLs
- Auto capture high-quality screenshots
- Auto insert into PowerPoint slides
It runs 100% locally for security (essential for my corporate work).
I’d love some honest feedback on the workflow. Does anyone else deal with this kind of repetitive task?
If anyone is in the same boat, here is the tool I made:
Website & Demo:
https://app.qlp.jp/open_urls/en/index.html
Microsoft Store (Lite - Free Trial):
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NQ3P1ZSMZKL
Microsoft Store (Pro - One-time):
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9N32MF7DVWL3
AI vs. Local Apps: How do you balance flexibility and consistency in your workflow?
I've been thinking a lot about the balance between generative AI tools and local, native offline apps lately.
AI tools are incredibly flexible and great for creative, ad-hoc tasks, but they often lack consistency and reproducibility. On the other hand, offline local apps are fast and provide 100% consistent results, but they are naturally more rigid.
How do you handle this trade-off in your daily productivity workflows? Do you rely more on AI's flexibility, or do you stick to local apps for consistent, reliable results?
I cried over my first sale
A few days ago, I posted a demo of my tool here with a half-joking caption: "I wonder if anyone actually needs this though lol?" I was secretly worried nobody would care.
My app is just a simple, unsexy Windows desktop utility. 100% local, no cloud, no AI.
But today, after posting my demo, I saw the very first "Pro version" sale notification on my dashboard.
It's just one single sale, but knowing that someone in the world actually found value in something I built with my own hands... it's the best feeling ever.
To anyone out there building their own side projects: keep going! It's worth it.
PowerPoint Speedrun: Bulk Copy & Paste in Seconds.
This is a quick 10-second demo of automatically copying design elements and layouts to multiple PowerPoint slides in bulk.
I wonder if anyone actually needs this though lol?
100% local, no cloud, no AI.
PowerPoint Speedrun: Inserting 100 images in just 10 seconds.
This is a quick 10-second demo of automatically importing, cropping, and aligning 100 images into PowerPoint slides.
I wonder if anyone actually needs this though lol?
100% local, no cloud, no AI.
I built an automation tool to escape "Screenshot Hell" after my boss asked for 300 manual web captures.
Hi everyone,
I’m a dev from Japan. I built this tool out of pure desperation.
My boss asked me to visualize 300+ web pages in a PowerPoint report for a QA audit. I started doing it manually, but just opening the URLs took forever. After 50 screenshots, I lost my mind. I realized: This isn't work for humans.
So I built "Open URLs App" to automate the whole process:
Bulk open URLs
Auto capture high-quality screenshots
Auto insert into PowerPoint slides
It runs 100% locally for security (essential for my corporate work).
I’d love some honest feedback on the workflow. Does anyone else deal with this kind of repetitive task?
If anyone is in the same boat, here is the tool I made:
Website & Demo:
https://app.qlp.jp/open_urls/en/index.html
Microsoft Store (Download):
How do you handle massive image imports? (300+ full-page screenshots into separate slides)
I recently had to deal with a nightmare task at work: taking 300 web screenshots, perfectly cropping every single one of them, and formatting them into a PowerPoint presentation.
Normally, people might just say, "write a quick script and throw it into a cloud AI tool." But due to strict company security policies, that wasn't an option. Everything had to be processed 100% locally. Plus, I needed absolute precision and reproducibility, which AI often struggles with anyway.
Since I couldn't find an existing offline tool that did exactly what I needed without limits, I ended up building a custom, fully local desktop app. It handles the entire process flawlessly—bulk web capture, precise auto-cropping, and PPT placement—turning hours of mind-numbing manual work into just a few seconds.
It got me thinking: for those of you working under strict NDAs or internal security policies where you absolutely cannot send data to an external API, how do you handle automating these highly specific workflows?
Do you build custom internal desktop apps like I did, or is there some standard offline software stack you rely on?
I built an automation tool to escape "Screenshot Hell" after my boss asked for 300 manual web captures.
(Note to mods: Closed-source Windows app. Posting on Wednesday under Rule 3. The free Lite version is fully functional without payments, meeting Rule 5.)
Hi everyone,
I’m a dev from Japan. I built this tool out of pure desperation.
My boss asked me to visualize 300+ web pages in a PowerPoint report for a QA audit. I started doing it manually, but just opening the URLs took forever. After 50 screenshots, I lost my mind. I realized: This isn't work for humans.
So I built "Open URLs App" to automate the whole process:
- Bulk open URLs
- Auto capture high-quality screenshots
- Auto insert into PowerPoint slides
- It runs 100% locally for security (essential for my corporate work)
Transparency note:
I want to be fully upfront with this community. The Lite version gives you a 30-day unrestricted free trial. After 30 days, it remains free forever, but bulk processing is limited to 9 URLs at a time, and captures will have a watermark. (There is a paid Pro version to remove these limits).
I’d love some honest feedback on the workflow. Does anyone else deal with this kind of repetitive task?
If anyone is in the same boat, here is the tool I made:
Website & Demo:
How do you survive "Screenshot Hell"?
My boss asked me to manually take 300+ web screenshots and put them into a
PowerPoint report. I started the task, but after 50 websites, my spirit broke.
This isn't work for humans.
To escape this grind, I just needed something to bulk-open the URLs, capture the
pages, and drop them straight into slides. Cornered and at a total loss, I built
a tool for myself out of pure desperation.
Does anyone else have this problem? Am I the only one suffering through this
kind of repetitive labor?
I built an automation tool to escape "Screenshot Hell" after my boss asked for 300 manual captures. (Looking for a 1-min launch test)
Hi everyone, I’m a dev from Japan.
My boss asked me to capture 300+ web pages and put them into a PowerPoint report. I started the task manually, but after 50 websites, I was completely broken. This isn't work for humans. Feeling cornered and at my wit's end, I built a tool called "Open URLs App" for myself out of pure desperation.
I see some installs, but I want to verify if the app actually launches correctly on various versions of Windows 10 and 11.
I’m looking for testers who can help with the following:
- Download the app from the Microsoft Store.
- Launch the app once to see if it opens successfully.
- Let me know your Windows version and if it launched without issues.
It takes less than a minute. I really need to confirm the stability of the MSIX package. Thank you for your help!
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Seeking UX/UI feedback on my landing page. Built a Windows app to automate bulk web captures for QA testing.
Hey everyone,
Link to site: https://app.qlp.jp/open_urls/en/index.html
Context / What the site is for: I’m a dev from Japan. I built a Windows desktop
app called "Open URLs" that automates the entire process of opening multiple
URLs, taking screenshots, and inserting them directly into PowerPoint. I
developed this to solve my own problem (being tasked with 300+ manual captures
for a QA audit). This landing page is designed to showcase the workflow and
offer a 30-day full trial.
Target Audience: QA engineers, web developers, and testers who are looking to
eliminate repetitive manual screenshot tasks.
Specific feedback I’m looking for: While I'm confident in the application's
backend and logic, web design isn't my primary expertise. I'd appreciate
constructive feedback from a UX/UI perspective:
- Value Proposition: Does the top section (including the video) effectively
communicate what the tool does within the first few seconds?
- Information Architecture: Does the flow from Use Cases -> Features ->
Pricing feel natural and convincing?
- Conversion: Is the distinction between the Free Trial and Pro version clear
enough in the pricing section?
I’d be grateful for any professional insights or suggestions for improvement.
Thanks!