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I'm building HyruKit, a free online tools platform — looking for feedback on what to build next
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I'm building HyruKit, a free online tools platform — looking for feedback on what to build next

Hey everyone! 👋

I'm a student developer building HyruKit, a free online tools platform:

🌐 https://hyrukit.vercel.app/

I'm building this as an ongoing solo project and I'm currently trying to figure out which tools are actually worth building next.

What I've built so far

The first version currently focuses on:

📄 PDF tools
🖼️ Image tools

These are the only categories that are currently fully implemented and functional.

I'm intentionally taking a build → test → improve → expand approach instead of launching hundreds of unfinished tools.

Eventually, I'd like to expand into things like:

  • Video
  • Audio
  • AI
  • Developer tools
  • Text utilities
  • Other everyday productivity tools

What I'm trying to validate

I don't want to build tools just because they sound useful.

I'd rather find out what people actually need.

So I'm looking for feedback on:

1. What tools do you regularly need?

What's a simple task you frequently search Google for because you don't have a good tool for it?

2. What existing tools annoy you?

Maybe they're full of ads, require registration, have file-size limits, are slow, or make a simple task unnecessarily complicated.

3. What should I build next?

If you could add one tool to HyruKit, what would it be?

I'd also appreciate feedback on the current product

If you have a few minutes, try the existing PDF or Image tools:

👉 https://hyrukit.vercel.app/

I'm particularly interested in:

  • Bugs
  • UX problems
  • Performance
  • Missing features
  • Tool ideas
  • Anything that feels unnecessary or confusing

I'm still early in the project, so honest criticism is much more useful to me than compliments. 😅

My goal is to gradually turn HyruKit into a collection of genuinely useful tools rather than just another website with hundreds of tools that nobody uses.

If you were building HyruKit, what would you build next?

u/Huraka_kun — 2 days ago

M365 Developer(LCNC) to Traditional Web Programming

Before I graduate I studied PHP - Laravel - Livewire, but I was hired at this start-up company a year ago to be a Power Apps Developer(M365), they took the risk to invest in me(and I produced results), and now the company is moving towards the traditional web programming. The company want to migrate all of web/apps that I've done and possibly create our own local server(still deciding). What tech stack is probably the best for production use? And why is that?

I want to get real-life recommendation from someone who has done the actual work(since I know that I've fallen behind in the web programming) and not AI, I must also include that I'm the only one who know 'web programming' in the company.

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u/curious-vox — 2 days ago
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Bagito programmers offering Masterclass

Why am I suddenly seeing so many bagito programmers offering paid programming courses? 😅 Dahil ba sa AI?

Learned Python/Java/ReactJS 3 months ago, now may "Masterclass" na. haha

Would you actually enroll in their course, or would you rather learn from Udemy, YouTube, Coursera, official docs, or experienced developers with a proven track record?

Nothing wrong with teaching early. but when did "I just learned this" become I "can now sell a course about it"?

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u/Strategy_Due — 3 days ago
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My free, local PDF editor that keeps original fonts just got V2: Upgraded Editor Studio (OCR, Pro Sign, feature-packed toolbar) + a full suite of standalone PDF tools

Hey everyone,

A few months ago I posted my local PDF editor here (the one that lets you edit text without ruining the original fonts). The feedback from this sub was really encouraging, and a lot of you reached out asking for features that went way beyond basic text editing.

So I worked on V2 to upgrade the Editor Studio and build a full PDF suite around it.

Here is what's new in V2:

 Upgraded Editor Studio: I added in-browser OCR so you can finally edit scanned documents. I also overhauled the rendering engine for much higher export quality, and packed the toolbar with options so you actually have full control over your layout.

 Pro Sign: Real encrypted e-signatures. Most free sites just let you paste a transparent PNG of your signature, but Pro Sign applies actual encrypted signature standards locally in your browser.

 Standalone PDF Tools: Outside the main editor studio, i built a whole menu of standalone utilities (Word-to-PDF, Compress PDF, Redact, Protect, etc) so you don't have to bounce between sketchy converter sites anymore.

And the core rule hasn't changed: still 100% local, runs entirely in your browser, zero server uploads, no sign-ups, and zero paywalls.

I just pushed V2 live today. Since there are a lot of new moving parts, there might still be some bugs .... if something breaks on your end, let me know in the comments so i can fix it!

Cheers.

u/Dry_Jello2272 — 3 days ago

Absolutely zero background in programming, but desperately needs to learn.

Hello.

I specialize in Chemistry and Physics, but I desperately need to learn C++. I am currently doing a project that limits experimentation, and right now I need to do simulations.

For context, I need to use Geant4. Basically, this is a toolkit used to study particle and photons interactions with matter, and C++ yung language na gamit nya. I will be focusing on Object-Oriented Programming, and it requires me to learn C++17 or newer standards.

Can anyone suggest any institution that offers face-to-face crash courses for highly specialized applications such as this? I tried to learn through YouTube, but to be honest, sa dami ng distractions sa panahon na ito, I can't focus, so online learning is not an option for me.

I even ordered yung latest programming book ni Bjarne Stroustrup, pero I doubt na I can learn on my own.

Thank you in advance.

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u/Good-Reference5368 — 4 days ago

AI interview , the new Norms

I mean gets ko some of the companies use ai interview for screening. pero grabe ung pressure kapag iniinterview ka ng AI. tapos alam sa sarili mo na papanoorin ka ng HR kasi recorded ung video interview mo kay ai.

Feeling ko talaga hindi maganda yon sa mga screening ng jobs. dagdag pressure lng sa tao imbis na tao lang din nag iinterview sayo in the first place. parang added pressure lng yon sa ini interview.

imagine habang pinapanood ng HR ung video recorded ai interview mo. maiisip mo na tinatawanan ka. un ung feedback ko sa sa norms ngayon sobarng gago. mejo hirap pa nmn ako minsan explain tas AI pa ung kausap mo. hahaahaha. what you think guys?

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u/stupidcoww08 — 5 days ago

What is alternative tool for animation?

So I've been working for a self project app, and I'm using flutter. Right now my struggle is about animation. I've been finding source about what tool i can use for free. And I'm looking similar to Rive.

And about lottie i don't have adobe After Effect to create my own animation. Can you suggest or share with me how you guys do your animation.

My target is to create a character and make animation of that character.

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u/Adventurous_Fill1176 — 5 days ago

complete beginner looking to learn coding as a hobby and future career

hello, everyone!

i’m a complete beginner when it comes to coding, but i’d really like to start learning it as a hobby and hopefully use it as part of my future career.

just a little background: my degree is completely unrelated to coding, so i’m basically starting from scratch. despite that, i’m genuinely interested in learning and willing to put in the time and effort.

for those who started with no coding background, what would you recommend i learn first? any advice on languages, resources, or how to build a good learning routine would be greatly appreciated!

thanks in advance! 😊

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u/squirrelreads — 6 days ago

LF> Mentees / Devs for passion project?

LF> Devs to build a passion project. Possibly turn it over to a SASS.

Mainly the idea is to motivate me me to learn new techs, and enhance my leadership skills outside work.

About me: 7+years Exp
TechStack: Next.js, Reacts.js / Node.js TypeScript etc.

Fresh grads invited. Hopefully consistent lang para di sayang oras for both ends. Let’s connect!

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u/another_gavin24 — 7 days ago

How can you classify that you are in a bad or good engineering culture?

I am working in a team that is composed of:
- 1 Senior Software Architect
- 1 Junior Software Architect
- 2 Senior Software Engineers
- 2 Junior Software Engineers

This is our culture:
- Daily stand ups
- Tickets are written by the architects
- Tickets show the acceptance criteria. For example if it is an API, it should accept this request body and these are the fields' types
- The API tickets doesn't explicitly show examples of expected success responses and fail responses
- Tickets are assigned by the architects to the senior and junior engineers
- Tickets are discussed on a high level language, and nothing about the code implementation
- No code reviews
- A demo of the feature or fix is as good as LGTM
- Because of no code reviews, there are no enforced coding standards: if it works it works
- Each developer has their own style of parsing, validating, and composing the API responses
- No hard requirement in creating test suites

Is this normal for engineering teams?

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u/stoicxlonewolf — 8 days ago
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I built an OpenCode harness tool for deep research

I built HoardCore, an agent harness for retrieval and deep research, designed to be driven by an AI agent and tested inside OpenCode. The core idea is to turn the web and your own documents into a permanent local SQLite vault. Your agents can search, recall from, and cite.

The key features are:

Hybrid Retrieval:

SQLite FTS5 keyword search fused with dependency-free hashed vectors via Reciprocal Rank Fusion, no embeddings model and torch.

Resilient fetching:

aiohttp → curl_cffi TLS-impersonation → optional FlareSolverr, so it gets through anti-bot pages.

Universal Parsing:

HTML, PDF with OCR, DOCX, EPUB

Junk Filtering:

Boilerplate, 404s, and captcha pages never pollute your index

And a one-command Research Loop:

DISCOVER → INGEST → RECALL → EMIT.

It ships as a single Python file with `skill.md` written as the agent's operating manual, so the harness literally teaches your agent how to use it, how to map your request to the right action, how deep to go, and how to tag every claim. Deliverables come out with `[V]/[E]/[H]` provenance tags and a Source Links / Citations block, so the agent can't silently invent a number. The vault persists between sessions, later searches are easily fetched.

You can also state how many sources that the research should have.

To show it's capabilities, I pointed it at a real question: can Filipino (Tagalog, Cebuano, Hiligaynon) get real AI support, on-device and offline? (based on my own profile, I just insert my resume for context). The full output it produced is in the comment below.

If you build Filipino NLP, edge AI, or agent tooling, I'd love feedback on both the tool and the output

Link: https://github.com/jjjardev/HoardCore

u/jjjardev — 7 days ago

Can Filipino Studios make a Triple-A game?

May mga homegrown studios ba tayo that can make games that can rival popular titles? If not, how long before we can? I mean, I think we have the means kasi I played Until Then and its a good game.

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u/Round-Hyena6680 — 9 days ago

Struggling with Web Development, but Succeeding in Mobile Development: Is It a Good Career Path?

I studied web development for 6 months, from December to May, but I still struggled to develop even a simple To-Do List app. However, when I tried mobile development using Dart/Flutter, I was able to develop a functional app after only 2 months of learning.

What are your thoughts? Is it okay to pursue mobile development for a junior/entry-level position, or is it difficult to find a job in this field?

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u/MixRevolutionary9498 — 7 days ago

Binubuksan niyo pa ba talaga portfolio links sa resume?

Mga paps, tanong lang lalo sa mga nagha-hire o nagko-conduct ng tech screening dito. Sa recruitment process niyo, ginagalaw o binubuksan niyo pa ba talaga yung portfolio site link na pinapasa ng applicant, o nakadepende lang talaga kayo sa PDF resume and GitHub?

Balak ko kasi ilagay sa resume itong 3D interactive portfolio ko avenolazo.pages.dev, kaso iniisip ko kung worth it ba talaga yung effort o baka nalalagpasan lang din dahil sa dami ng pina-process na mga applicants.

Sa tingin niyo, nakakatulong ba talaga mag-standout yung ganitong setup, Pa-share naman ng workflow niyo kapag nagrereview ng candidate, salamat!

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u/Own-Procedure6189 — 9 days ago

Any good hackathons to join this coming ber-months?

Recently joined a hackathon and been to two ideathons since March. Im wondering if may upcoming hackathon event these next months na you know is good and organized by decent organizers?

Bonus po if onsite then around region 3 or qc!

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u/hyowan — 7 days ago

22 and just starting to learn programming is it too late? Also worried I'm weak at logical thinking

22 and just starting to learn programming for real. CpE student (5th year, irregular) but it was never really my dream program, that's part of why it took me this long to actually give it a shot.

Kinda scared though, I've always felt weak at logic and algorithms. Anyone here start late or feel like they weren't naturally good at logical thinking at first? Did it get better with practice or is that just how some people's brains work?

Trying to stay consistent this time. Honest input welcome, good or bad.

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u/Equivalent_Aspect_97 — 7 days ago

4 months tenure followed by a career break

Hello, I need advice.

Last February, I resigned from my last work as a Senior developer due to unmet expectations, despite completing all my tasks on time and completing adopted backlog tasks of the team that they had been trying to complete for months.

My manager then only relied on others' feedbacks rather than actual work. Negative feedback was written, while positives was only given verbally. Chaotic git workflow (team proposing changes even after feature ticket has been closed and tested), adding new criteria to master even not in ticket requirements, led to so many conflicts and at some point pinned down on me, my suggestions to improve the workflow were ignored despite having led several teams in the past.

The feedback form even included non-work-related issues, such as not participating in Christmas parties and team outings. It became clear to me that my new team was distant toward me and that I wasn't a good fit for the team.

I decided to resign before my probation/regularization period ended. I chose to leave rather than stay in a team where I felt that hard work was not valued.

Took a career break since then and upskilled massively on microservices and cloud architecture.

For context, I have 8 years of prior experience:

company A 2 years 3 months

company B 5 years 5 years

company C 4 months

I have now ended my career break and is seeking for a new company. I am curious about the perception of a four-month tenure followed by a long career break

To managers and tech interviewers: Do you see any red flags or reasons not to interview someone with a background like mine?

To fellow job seekers: What would you do if you were in my situation?

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u/yellowsubmersible — 10 days ago

How to become AI Engineer?

Currently fullstack dev ako ngayon, gusto ko sana role yung AI Engineer like ano mga tech stack kaya nila? sapat naba yung malaman yung RAG, MCP, etc. to become one?

tapos mga automation?

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u/Proof-Path-5557 — 11 days ago

Can admins see your Claude chats?

If you get added to a company’s Claude Team/Work account, can admins actually see your prompts and chats? or can they only see stuff like usage and token counts?

Also, if they just gave you a new company laptop and you set everything up yourself, can they still monitor what you’re doing on it?

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u/shyandstressedout — 11 days ago
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Am I a good programmer?

Okayyyy. So, I really need to vent, and I need a bit of an advice.

I started coding when I was 13, or maybe scripting since it was just SA:MP (San Andreas Multiplayer) roleplay servers. We hit 50 players a day back then when SA:MP was still peak. Then I picked up JavaScript in college randomly.

Honesly? Ang yabang ko dati, ang taas ng tingin ko sa sarili ko. I could build projects fast with no AI assistance ( and even hated AI as it was really bad at even basic coding back then ). I built a custom-made internal management system for an optical clinic with multiple branches. I even went down the blockchain rabbit hole, then built a decentralized coding system even before sinuggest ni Bam Aquino yung blockchain systems.

Then came thesis season where I really used AI. I learned how to prompt well, plan properly, and even built some skills/plugins for that one project in thesis. I thought I was really fkin good.

Then I applied for a job. Got the technical assessment. AND GOT HUMBLED FAST. Akala ko I'm HIM.

I'm so bad at DSA. Like, hindi ko alam yung built-in Math functions ng JS until I reviewed. Out of 10 questions on that assessment, I solved ONLY ONE! That's it. Even took me the whole 2 hours. Partida yun pa yung pinakamadali na nakita ko, I scanned through every questions.

So now I'm back to basic, learning Rust, DSA, and system design. I plan to create a project without frameworks, libraries, and AI as long as I can.

Genuine question for people who've experienced this: Am I doing it right na? or mali pa din? The reason why I am learning Rust because it seems I can understand it well, especially the ownership and borrowing. Would love to hear your opinions about this.

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u/CrevosR — 12 days ago