r/BuildToShip

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I automated the two most tedious daily admin tasks at work (photo sheets & receipts). Need feedback on UX & pricing.

Hey everyone,

I was completely fed up with the tedious, repetitive admin work at my day job. So, I started building a small side project to solve my own problem. I’m not a professional developer—I slowly learned to code through YouTube and wikis, and recently, modern AI tools helped me accelerate development to reach the finish line.

I handle construction site administration, which meant dealing with an endless stream of site photos and daily expense receipts. Every day, week, and month, I had to compile progress photos into structured reports. Worse, I had to tape corporate card receipts onto physical A4 sheets one by one, scan them, calculate totals, and send them to HQ.

It was draining, and it took time away from actual high-value work. I eventually managed to hack together some scripts that ran in the terminal. When a colleague at another site struggled with the exact same routine, I shared my code and showed him how to run it. The very next day, he bought me dinner to say thanks. That was the moment building software clicked for me, and with AI handling a lot of the heavy lifting, I turned it into a full web app called "imgsheet". (Per community rules, I won't drop direct links here, but you can find it via my profile.)

Key Features:

  • Photo Sheet Generator: Drag-and-drop photos into ready-to-print A4 grid layouts (2, 4, 6cuts or Before/After modes). Automatically pulls and stamps EXIF capture dates and GPS locations.
  • Smart Receipt Organizer: Drop receipts (images or PDFs) to parse amounts, merchants, and dates into structured expense reports.
  • One-Click Multi-Format Export: Generates pixel-perfect PDF, Excel (.xlsx), and Word (.docx) files ready for submission.
  • Privacy-First (Zero Data Storage): Layout generation and photo handling run 100% locally in your browser. Sensitive documents and photos are never permanently stored on my servers.
  • Fully Responsive: Optimized for both desktop and mobile workflows.

My coworkers love using it, but most are older and non-technical, so getting actionable product or business feedback internally has been tough.

The core utility works and saves real hours, but like many solo builder/developer-types, my biggest bottleneck is marketing and distribution. Before spending money on ads, I’d love to get objective, no-BS feedback from this community.

I’d especially appreciate your thoughts on:

  1. First-Impression & Value Prop: Does the workflow communicate its core value within 5 seconds of landing on the page?
  2. Pricing Model: I’m considering a hybrid model (usage-based credits for AI parsing + monthly subscription). Does this feel balanced for a micro-utility tool, or does it feel like too much friction?

Current Status: I recently finished internationalization (supporting 10 languages) and polished the UI for desktop and mobile.

Tear it apart—UX, copy, business model, or positioning. Brutally honest feedback is very welcome. Thanks for reading!

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u/imgsheet — 7 days ago
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We just launched Burrow on Product Hunt - local-first budget, journal, and habits with zero cloud sync.

Hey r/producthunters!

I’m Christian, an independent developer, and today I’m launching Burrow on Product Hunt.

Like many of you, I hit subscription and cloud fatigue. Every budgeting and journaling tool I tried demanded an account, hooked into third-party analytics, locked basic features behind monthly fees, and kept my financial records on someone else's server.

I wanted something different: a single, snappy desktop app that works completely offline with Wi-Fi switched off.

What is Burrow?

Burrow brings your personal life management into one local workspace:

All-in-one modules: Budgeting, journaling, habits, todos, calendar, notes, subscriptions, focus timer, and bookmarks.

100% Local data: Stored directly in a file on your machine. No accounts, no tracking telemetry. Every network connection (Oura sync, weather, license check) is disabled by default in Settings > Network.

Bank CSV imports & clean exports: Preview CSVs before importing; export your entire database as JSON, CSV, or Markdown at any time.

Local AI with a strict rule (No Hallucinations)

Burrow includes an assistant named Javi, powered locally on your PC via Ollama.

Because mixing LLMs with personal finance can be dangerous, I built Burrow around a hard constraint: Burrow calculates all balances and sums using deterministic code; Javi only interprets and explains the results in plain English. It physically cannot hallucinate your bank balance. In Pro, Javi can stage actions and edits, but nothing applies until you manually click "Approve."

Pricing & Platform

Free tier: Includes every single module with zero artificial limits.

Pro: $49 one-time payment (no recurring subscriptions, ever) with an optional 7-day in-app trial that requires no credit card.

Platform: Currently available for Windows 10 & 11 (x64 and ARM64). Mac and Linux builds are in active development.

(Heads up: The app isn’t code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen will pop up with "Windows protected your PC." You can click More Info → Run anyway, and SHA-256 checksums are posted for every release.)

We’re live on Product Hunt today!

If privacy-first software and offline AI resonate with you, I’d be grateful for your support and honest feedback on the launch page:

I'll be hanging around all day answering questions, discussing the local LLM integration, and taking feature requests for what Javi should learn next!

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u/Revibed69 — 8 days ago