Σε αυτό το post θα ήθελα να αναφέρετε αστείες και τρελές αποφάσεις που έχετε πάρει στη ζωή σας.

Θα ξεκινήσω εγώ.

1. Είχα νοικιάσει μαγαζί επειδή μου άρεσε χωρίς να ξέρω τι μαγαζί θα γίνει.🫡
2. Ήθελα να αγοράσω κινητό και επειδή όλα τα καταστήματα θα μου το είχανε την επόμενη μέρα έκανα σύνδεση που την πλήρωνα για τρία χρόνια για να το πάρω το ίδιο απόγευμα 🫡
3. έχω κάνει 800 km αυθημερόν με το αυτοκίνητο για να πάω να παραλάβω κάτι από μία αγγελία για να μην περιμένω να μου το στείλει με κούριερ. 🚚

I’m using a **Sony A7 III + Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 G2** with a **Ronin-S**.

I’m thinking about switching to the **RS 3 Mini**, currently on sale for **€219**.

The only reason is **weight**. The Ronin-S works fine, I just find it heavy for longer real-estate shoots and vertical content.

For anyone who has used both, is the weight difference actually noticeable in real-world use? Would you make the switch for €219?

Καλησπέρα.

Δεν είμαι προγραμματιστής και ούτε θα γίνω με την κλασική έννοια. Εδώ και περίπου 8 μήνες όμως έχω αφιερωθεί σχεδόν αποκλειστικά στο vibe coding. Ξέρω ότι αρκετοί γελάνε όταν ακούνε τον όρο, αλλά για μένα δεν είναι κάτι που κάνω περιστασιακά. Ασχολούμαι 10 έως 15 ώρες την ημέρα γιατί πραγματικά μου αρέσει να δημιουργώ. Βρήκα το χόμπι που ψάχνω τόσα χρόνια.

Γενικά πάντα μου άρεσε να φτιάχνω πράγματα εδώ και χρόνια. Από μικρά προγράμματα και Arduino μέχρι διάφορες DIY κατασκευές ηλεκτρονικές. Είμαι το άτομο που όταν θέλει να φτιάξει κάτι θα αναλάβει και το hardware και software.

Μέσα σε αυτούς τους μήνες μπορεί να μην έμαθα να γράφω κώδικα από το μηδέν, αλλά έμαθα πολλά γύρω από την ανάπτυξη εφαρμογών. Domains, hosting, deployments, Firebase, Supabase, App Store, Play Store, updates,vercel, API κι άλλα πολλά πράγματα που θέλουνε να ασχοληθείς για να τα μάθεις να πληρώσεις κάποιον για να σου τα κάνει. Κάθε project με κάνει καλύτερο στο επόμενο.

Κάθε μέρα βλέπω εδώ στο Reddit εφαρμογές για γυμναστήριο, to-do lists, habit trackers και δεκάδες παρόμοια project. Δεν με ενδιαφέρει να φτιάξω την εκατοστή εφαρμογή που κάνει το ίδιο πράγμα. Προτιμώ να προσπαθώ να υλοποιώ ιδέες που δεν έχω ξαναδεί ή που λύνουν ένα διαφορετικό πρόβλημα.

Θα αναφέρω μερικά από τα project που έχω φτιάξει χωρίς να βάλω link γιατί δε μ' ενδιαφέρει η προώθηση απλά για να πάρετε μία γεύση:

• Μια εφαρμογή για μοτοσικλετιστές με περίπου 8.500 χρήστες και περίπου 500 καθημερινούς ενεργούς χρήστες, με GPS, live tracking και πάρα πολλές λειτουργίες ακόμη. Έχω φάει αμέτρητες ώρες οδηγώντας για να λύσω το κάθε πρόβλημα.

• Ένα AR μενού για εστιατόρια, όπου ο πελάτης βλέπει τα πιάτα ως τρισδιάστατα μοντέλα πάνω στο τραπέζι.

• Ένα εργαλείο που μετατρέπει έναν φάκελο Google Drive σε gallery για φωτογράφους.

• Μια εφαρμογή που προσθέτει ελληνικούς υπότιτλους σε βίντεο.

• Μια εφαρμογή που επιτρέπει σε άτομα που βρίσκονται στον ίδιο χώρο να συνομιλούν μεταξύ τους μέσω της τοποθεσίας τους.

• Ένα hardware project που είχα ανεβάσει παλαιότερα στο Kickstarter.

Κολλούσες την συσκευή πάνω στην πόρτα και όταν κάποιος άνοιγε την πόρτα ακόμα και με την παραμικρή κίνηση κάνανε ελαχιστοποίηση όλες τις σελίδες του υπολογιστή σου. Το link το βάζω μόνο και μόνο για να δείτε με το πόσο ασχολούμαι με ό,τι πιάσω στα χέρια μου.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stealthy/stealthy-the-smart-way-to-stay-private

Έχω ακόμα πολλές ιδέες, αλλά δεν υπάρχουν ούτε οι ώρες ούτε οι πόροι για να τις υλοποιήσω όλες. Δεν έχω ομάδα, δεν έχω εμπειρία στο marketing, ούτε τις γνωριμίες που ίσως χρειάζονται για να εξελιχθούν αυτά τα project ή να βρουν επενδυτή σε περίπτωση που κάποιο είναι σοβαρό project. Και ίσως το σημαντικότερο είναι ότι δεν έχω ούτε κάποιον φίλο που να τον ενδιαφέρει το ίδιο θέμα ώστε να μπορώ να μοιράζομαι ιδέες ή να προχωράμε πιο γρήγορα.

Νομίζω ότι γενικά είμαι λίγο... ανήσυχο πνεύμα. Αν μου κολλήσει μια ιδέα στο μυαλό, δύσκολα θα ηρεμήσω μέχρι να τη δω να λειτουργεί. Μπορεί να βλέπω μια ταινία και να τη σταματήσω γιατί μου ήρθε μια ιδέα.

Ο προβληματισμός μου είναι ο εξής:

Αξίζει να συνεχίσω να επενδύω τόσο χρόνο σε αυτό; Μπορεί όλη αυτή η εμπειρία να οδηγήσει κάπου επαγγελματικά ή θα παραμείνει απλώς ένα χόμπι;

Να ασχοληθώ με ένα από όλα και να το δουλέψω σοβαρά και να αρχίσω να το προωθώ? πως?

Να τα φτιάχνω και να τα πουλάω? που?

Έχω καταφέρει και κάποια από αυτά τα έχω πουλήσει και έχω βγάλει κοντά στα 2k.

Θα μπορούσε μια εταιρεία να ενδιαφερθεί για κάποιον που μπορεί να υλοποιεί γρήγορα τέτοιες ιδέες, ακόμα κι αν δεν είναι προγραμματιστής με την κλασική έννοια; Αν ναι με τι προσέγγιση χωρίς την ιδιότητα προγραμματιστη?

Θα ήθελα πραγματικά να ακούσω τη γνώμη ανθρώπων που έχουν περισσότερη εμπειρία στον χώρο.

Αν θα ήταν ενδιαφέρον να βάλω τα link δεν έχω πρόβλημα απλά δεν είναι αυτός ο σκοπός μου.

🚀 Launching on Product Hunt in 9 hours!

After month of development, Subaki is finally going live!

Our mission was simple: build the easiest subtitle app on the market.

No complicated editors. No endless settings. No learning curve.

Just 3 simple steps:

1. Upload your video.
2. Choose the subtitle language.
3. Download your captioned video.

That’s it.

We’d genuinely love your feedback before and during the launch. If you have a minute, check out our pre-launch page and let us know what you think.

https://www.producthunt.com/products/subaki/subaki/prelaunch

Thanks so much for your support! ❤️

Hi everyone!

I built a small app called Subaki that automatically adds subtitles to your videos, already synced to the voice. Just pick a video, the subtitles are generated, you can customize their style, and then save the video with the subtitles built in.

I’m looking for testers for Google’s closed testing requirement (12 testers for 14 days). I’d be happy to test your app in return!

The app is completely free — no ads and no account required.

How to join (takes about 1 minute):

1. Join the Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/subaki
2. Opt in as a tester: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.subaki.app

Please keep the app installed and try it a few times during the 14-day testing period. That’s what Google requires for the test to count.

Leave your app in the comments, and I’ll test it as well.

Cheers!

A while back I wrote a post here about being burned out after six months of building. Original Post

A lot of you took the time to comment, and the most common piece of advice was the same: stop giving everything away, add monetization, put some things behind a subscription.

So I did. And I tried to do it right.

I was terrified of becoming the guy who builds a free community and then holds it hostage. So I made a decision I still stand behind: I never locked the core of the app. Everything that actually makes it useful, the reason people open it every single day, stayed 100% free. The subscription only unlocks extras. I even removed a few things that weren't important enough to keep around, just to keep it clean. Honestly, I think I did a genuinely good job drawing the line between what should be paid and what should stay free.

I rolled it out slowly. No pressure, no dark patterns, no nagging.

Here's the result: 18 subscribers. Out of roughly 2,500–3,000 people who open the app every month, and 7,800 total registered users.

18 subscribers.

I've been sitting with that number for a while, and I can't call it anything other than what it is: a failure. Not because the app is bad, people genuinely love it, I talk to them every day. But because the honest truth is that this audience, in this market, is not going to pay. And I can't keep giving all my energy, my sleep, and the last of my savings to people who love it for free but won't put a single euro behind it.

So I think I'm done. I think I'm going to shut it down.

I'm not saying that dramatically. I'm saying it tired. I built something people love, and it still couldn't carry itself, and at some point you have to stop bleeding for something that won't bleed back, especially for the people who never intended to pay in the first place.

That's the update. Thanks to everyone who commented last time.

This is more of a soul dump than anything else.

I’m not a programmer. I’ve always been someone who likes building things and learning new skills. About six months ago, I decided to start building apps.

In January, I started working on a large app for motorcyclists. I finished it in March. Within two months, it grew to more than 7,000 users. Even today, despite the fact that I stopped actively working on it about a month ago, it still has more than 1,500 daily active users.

I made one huge mistake: I never built a monetization plan from the beginning.

I’ve discussed this many times with people around me, and my fear is that introducing subscriptions or paid features now would drive most users away. I also tried approaching businesses for advertising, but the response has been almost non-existent.

I’ve reached the point where I’m seriously considering shutting it down and deleting it just so I don’t have to look at it anymore.

Yes, it may be “vibe coded”, but until a month ago I was still spending more than 8 hours a day improving it.

After that, I built another app for photographers. I won’t go into details, but it’s a tool that I genuinely believe almost every photographer could benefit from. The problem is that nobody knows it exists. Promotion became the wall again, and eventually that project ended up in the drawer as well.

Then I built an AR menu platform for restaurants. I developed the software, bought all the equipment, and when it came time to create the 3D models, I realized that the quality simply wasn’t good enough for a production environment compared to what restaurants would be expected to pay.

I’ve also built two other projects that are designed for longer-term profitability.

What I’m trying to say is that I’m tired.

I think many people outside of indie building don’t realize this: in 2026, building the product is no longer the hardest part. Promotion and distribution are.

Ironically, I usually choose projects where there is little or no competition because I want to build something unique. But being unique also means there is no existing market waiting for you.

I left my job to pursue all of this because I truly believed in my ideas. I believed that if I worked hard enough and kept building, eventually something would work.

Today, I’ve reached a point where I’ve lost sleep, I’m mentally and physically exhausted, and despite all the effort, nothing has generated meaningful income. I’ve almost run out of money, and that’s a scary place to be.

Closing my motorcycle app would honestly break my heart. I interact with users every single day, and many of them love it. But I can’t keep pouring all of my energy into something that hasn’t given anything back financially.

I still believe in building things, but right now, I honestly don’t know how much longer I can keep going like this.

Maybe I’m just burned out. Maybe this is normal. I don’t know.

Has anyone else been in this position? What did you do?

https://preview.redd.it/lk7198jchf9h1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=06259e9c8f574e0904c4ba5ac02ffd68da5db83f

Good evening everyone.

I’m going to upload around 120 photos of a single dish, and I would really appreciate it if someone could try creating a 3D model from them and let me know if they can achieve a better result than I did.

So far, I have tried both KIRI Engine and Apple Object Capture, but I’m still not getting the quality I expected.

The photos were taken using a Sony A7 III inside a photo box with controlled lighting. In my opinion, the images are sharp, well lit, and of good quality.

Would anyone be willing to test the dataset using their own workflow and see what kind of result they can get? I’m not interested in receiving the final model. Feel free to add a watermark or keep the model private if you prefer.

My goal is simply to understand whether the issue lies in my photos or in the way I process them.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help!

wetranfer link:

https://we.tl/t-zGpuoBXzfbDmJ87A

https://preview.redd.it/ubkj5lrc7n6h1.png?width=3326&format=png&auto=webp&s=449a57fe4a7ef5b9fb7afcd7ec8dd762463f090c

I built ARMENU, a SaaS that turns any restaurant menu into augmented reality. A guest scans a QR code at the table, picks a dish, and it appears life-sized in 3D right in front of them — no app, no download.

What's included:

• Full admin panel — menu editor, QR generator, live analytics
• Customer-facing AR menu in 14 languages (auto-translated)
• Works on iPhone & Android out of the box
• Multi-restaurant support, badges, variants, per-dish control

Everything is built and live. It's ready to run as a white-label product. Sign up restaurants and charge monthly.

Live site: https://www.armenu.gr

Open to offers.

Hey r/TestMyApp 👋

I want to show you something I built solo and I genuinely want to know if it makes sense the first time you open it.

We've all been there. The bro texts "almost there." You're standing outside. 25 minutes later, still no bro.

So I built 5 Min Bro.

One person creates a session, gets a 4-digit code, sends it to the other. The other types it in. That's it. Now you're both on the same live map until you meet up.

No accounts. No friend requests. No permanent location sharing. Just a short session, a map, and the end of "almost there."

Would love honest feedback, especially on the onboarding (does the code flow make sense instantly?).

iOS | Android

Also launching on Product Hunt tomorrow if anyone wants to support 🙏

Founder here. I'm a photographer, and after every shoot I had the same problem: my photos were already in Google Drive, but to send clients something that looked professional I had to re-upload everything to another platform. It was slow and annoying.

So I built Galleroo. You connect a Google Drive folder, give it a name and a password, and in under 60 seconds your client gets a clean, full-screen gallery. No re-uploading, the client needs no account, and the photos never leave your Drive. It even stays in sync, so if you add or remove photos in the folder, the gallery updates automatically and you never resend a link.

A few decisions I'd love feedback on from other founders here:

No client accounts: I removed all friction for the end client (no signup), betting that the photographer is the only user who needs to log in.

t's live at galleroo.eu and I just launched on Product Hunt today: https://www.producthunt.com/products/galleroo

Would genuinely appreciate honest feedback!

https://reddit.com/link/1tuo9d0/video/fxw4sm7hvu4h1/player

Hey everyone! I'm launching today Galleroo on Product Hunt 🚀

  It's a tool for photographers: connect a Google Drive folder, set a name and a password, and in under 60 seconds your client gets a clean, full-screen gallery. No re-uploading, no account needed for the client, and the photos never leave your Drive.

  Would genuinely love any feedback from this community. Happy to answer any

  questions!

  https://www.producthunt.com/products/galleroo

https://reddit.com/link/1tujp1i/video/90z7hphcvt4h1/player

Hi! I have a motorcycle community app that I’m considering selling because I’m shifting focus to a new project.

Here are the numbers: 7,500 users in just 2.5 months, fully organic with zero paid marketing, and 500–1,000 daily active users.

The app includes:

•	📍 Live GPS tracking & real-time location sharing  
•	🗺️ Route recording & full ride history  
•	👥 Group rides with live map view  
•	🆘 SOS & automatic crash detection  
•	🎙️ In-app voice chat while riding  
•	📱 Social feed (posts, photos, reactions)  
•	🛒 Classifieds section (bikes, gear & parts)  
•	🏘️ Riding groups & communities  
•	🔔 Real-time notifications  
•	🏍️ Rider profiles with ride stats & history

Currently live in Greece but the concept works in any market — the motorcycle community is global.

I’m looking to sell — where would be the best place to list it or who should I reach out to?

Hey everyone,

I built an app for motorcycle riders (GPS tracking, group rides, community features) and I've been running it for 2 months. I have 7,000 registered users and 1,000-3,000 monthly actives, with zero advertising purely organic growth.

I want to introduce some form of payment but I'm scared of killing the momentum I have right now and losing everyone.

A few questions:

1. When is the right time to introduce monetization while the app is still growing?
2. Freemium, subscription or one-time purchase — what has worked best for you?
3. How do you announce paid features without angering your existing users?
4. Do you grandfather existing users (free or discounted) or not?

Any experience from people who've been through this phase would be really helpful.