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I have had this idea for a video platform for a while. No titles, descriptions, or tags will be in this video platform. The ai will analyze each video when it's uploaded. So basically when you watch a video the ai will be watching the video with you and the parts of the video you watch will go into your personal profile and the global profile. When you are signed in it will look at what's in your personal profile and what's in the global profile and it will show you videos that best matches what's in your personal and the global profile. For signed out users or new users just the global profile will be used. Also btw the global profile is basically everyone's personal profile lumped together. Now everyone will have a page but there will be no follow system and on they're page it will use the same recommendation system as the homepage but will only show their content. Now the main search the ai will analyze what you typed in and find the videos that best match what you typed in. Now the search on a creator page will only list videos from that creator. Now the ui will be a swipe ui like YouTube shorts and TikTok only difference is only 9:16 will show when you are in vertical orientation and only 16:9 videos will show when you are in landscape orientation. Also videos won't auto play and instead show you the thumbnail and a play button. Now this is how comments would work the ai will look at the comments and it will take the closest matching comments to the video and push them to the top. Now replies it will take the closest match to the parent comment and push it to the top. Now this is how monetization will work so anybody can be monetized no minimum requirements. The advertiser will upload a video and choose how many ad spaces they want and it will be ad spaces x duration in seconds x $0.01 now the creator will be able to place an ad anywhere in their video now the segment that was before the ad placement the ai will use to find an ad so the segment before ad 1 won't be used to suggest ad 2 just the segment before ad 2 will decide what ad 2 is and now the number of ad spaces dictates how much an ad is shown so 4 ad spaces and the ad is only shown 4 times. To skip an ad users would just swiped up and they can do this at anytime in the ad. Also every second of the ad a user doesn't watch the advertiser gets refunded $0.01 and the creator only gets paid for each second of the ad that is watched with a 60/40 cut so of an ad is 30 seconds long and viewer only watches 10 seconds of it the advertiser will be refunded $0.20 the creator will get $0.06 while the platform will get $0.04

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I’ve been building Dwellix Tools, a collection of free multi online tools for everyday tasks.

One thing I wanted to do differently was keep it simple:

- No account or signup required

- No unnecessary paywalls

- Most tools process files locally in your browser

- No need to upload files to a server for those local tools

- Fast and straightforward to use

The goal is basically: open a tool → use it → get your result → leave.

I’ve added a bunch of tools for working with files, images, text, generators, and other common tasks, and I’m continuing to add more.

I’d love some honest feedback from people who regularly use online tools.

What would make you actually bookmark a site like this? And what tools would you want me to add?

You can check it out here: dwellixtools

Not trying to sell anything — I’m mainly looking for feedback while I keep building it.

Hey folks,

Im working as frontend developer from past 3.5 years i have presentation coming up on September first week where i have to present some unique idea to our entire team. Agenda will be to talk and present about which will be useful in productivity in day to task. Last year i showed up MCP and starting of this year about skills.md so i need help of any other new topic which will be rarely know by people but great to use day to task anything related to AI (preferring ) or something useful for fe or day to day task helper

I got a great idea about some web sites but the problem is I cannot build it myself and learning how gonna take long if you Want to be the co-founder just lemme know

So I work in a startup as an Intern and me and my team use Al for development everyday. I am familiar with the fact that people in startups use a fair amount of Al for coding and development purposes. So I got this doubt regarding whether the big tech companies use Al for coding and development purposes? If yes, how much Al do they use compared to human coding?

I’m a developer looking for project ideas, but whenever I search online, I only find overdone concepts with thousands of existing versions. I’d love to build something fresh or unique—does anyone have fresh ideas or advice on how to come up with original project concepts?

I'm looking to make a website for art, something simple like Emilio Villalba's page: emiliovillalbaart

I'm new to making websites so need some advice in how to achieve something like this.

Any help would be great.

We are CSE students looking for a 7th-semester capstone project.

We want a project that:

Uses AI/ML, preferably advanced AI.

Has a real problem to solve.

Is not just a basic chatbot or simple prediction system.

Has some research/novelty.

Is realistic to implement as a student project.

Our original topic was weed detection using Deep Learning + QML. Our mentor said we can remove QML, but we feel basic weed detection is already well researched. We can modify the weed topic, but we're also open to completely changing it.

We are considering areas like:

Computer Vision

Generative AI

NLP

Cybersecurity + AI

AI + Digital Twins

Please suggest some good AI-based problem statements that are challenging but realistic for a capstone.

If you have done a similar project, we'd especially appreciate ideas about what problem to solve and what could make it different from existing projects.

I began programming when I was 15 year old. But due to mental health issues, I basically quit at 16. After treating myself and getting back on track, I'm back now.

But I still need to know, how to get better at programming? Is it just trying to code different sorts of projects, such as ML, graphics, networking, web, etc. and trying to code projects out of my comfort zone?

Or do I need leetcode, college/courses, or other things?

I try to program at the very least 3 hours a day every day, but I still make very silly mistakes, as you can see on this post I made on r/C_Programming

These are beginner level mistakes, not something I should be doing at this stage, so I believe there is something wrong with my learning methodology...

Hey good friends, it's almost half a year now since I got a job. Ever since this AI bubble started, things have not been easy at all. The majority of clients expect you to build an entire website within a week or two. To make matters worse, most of them are paying pennies.

I have searched for opportunities across different companies like investment firms, Jack, some small scale banks etc. and even tried Upwork and Fiverr. I got a few clients on those two platforms, although they were paying pennies for work worth almost $10,000.

For other tech guys around who are landing clients that pay well, what approach are you using that the rest of us could adapt?

hey guys, im a web dev student in japan

and i've been working on my projects, actually a real project that in my opinion its reliable to put on my portfolio.

but i didn't finished it yet, but i want to hear everyones opnion on how can i build my portfolio

and my first language isn't english btw, so feel free to give me some advice !

your opinion can help me a lot, and thanks !

I'm building a small application using React + Firebase and need to set up WhatsApp-based OTP/login and a few WhatsApp notifications.

The expected scale is quite small — fewer than 500 users in the first year.

The requirements are roughly:

• OTP/login
• Registration confirmation
• Workshop/event reminders
• Maybe 3–4 messages per user
• React frontend + Firebase backend

I initially tried setting this up directly through Meta's WhatsApp Cloud API, but the developer experience has been extremely frustrating. I've been stuck on the test-number setup for almost a week, so I'm now considering Twilio.

Before I commit, I'd really like to hear from people who have actually implemented this.

A few questions:

1. Would you recommend Meta Cloud API directly, Twilio, or another provider?
2. Is Twilio worth using for such a small user base?
3. Are there better alternatives for an India-based application, such as MSG91, Gupshup, Interakt, WATI, etc.?
4. For OTP specifically, would you use WhatsApp OTP, SMS OTP, or WhatsApp + SMS fallback?
5. For React + Firebase, what architecture would you recommend?
6. Are there any hidden costs, onboarding issues, or phone-number/WhatsApp Business complications I should know about?
7. If you've used any of these providers, how was the actual developer experience and support?

I'm not particularly concerned about saving a few hundred rupees at this scale. Reliability, ease of setup, and not spending another week fighting an API dashboard are much more important to me.

Would appreciate real-world experiences and recommendations, especially from people who've built something similar at a small scale.

Thanks!

Desperately need a mentor rn , i am studying comp sci but to be very honest the uni teaches little to nothing as compared to what is required in the real world so i have been self learning for the past year now . but often i feel the absence of someone who can guide me or answer my curious or stupid questions , although u can argue there is AI now a days but from my experience AI is only good when u know the overview of something and u tell it what to do , often when building real systems i took advice from AI and then it broke when i tried to test it and then i would have to waste hours and even days just to fix it and it could be prevented if i had the knowladge on how to do that .

So if anyone's willing to take my hand please let me know , I won't bother you too much , I will try to be as little nuisance to you as i can

I did my B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering with a specialisation in AI/ML.
But after 4 years of engineering, I can literally say that I have almost no engineering fundamentals.
I know the terms. I know what React is, Next.js, APIs, databases, backend, frontend, deployments etc.
But if you ask me to properly explain the fundamentals or code something from scratch without AI, I probably can’t.
What I somehow developed instead was the ability to have a vision.
I can imagine how a product should work, what the flow should be, what the user should see, how different parts should connect and how the whole system should come together.
Then AI came in.
I started vibe coding and building through AI, and suddenly I could actually turn those visions into real things.
The irony is that I am a computer science graduate who doesn’t properly know the fundamentals of React or Next.js, but I have shipped around 10 custom React websites.
And not just websites.
I have built web apps, AI automations, internal dashboards, ERPs, tools, complex databases, queries, workflows, custom designs and basically complete systems from front to back.
But if you ask me what exactly is happening inside the code at a deep level, I honestly don’t know.
I just know how to direct it.
For example, I can have 4 agents working on something.
One creates the PRD.
One audits the PRD.
One develops based on it.
Another audits the development.
With this kind of setup, I genuinely feel like I can build almost anything a business needs.
Sales dashboards, lead management systems, outreach systems, content systems, internal software, automation, ERPs, debugging tools, custom workflows etc.
I started with just trying to build a website and now this thing has become kind of uncontrollable.
I just keep building.
I also started a solo studio where I am trying to document and validate whatever I build, either for clients or for myself.
But now I have no idea where this actually goes.
I know I could probably find another client who needs a website.
I started by charging around 45k for a website and eventually took it to around 1.5L.
But even that has started feeling monotonous.
So how do I actually grow from here?
How much further can I take website projects?
Should I even reach out to another website client or am I just repeating the same thing?
Should I start reaching out to global clients?
Maybe bigger businesses, bigger projects and better pricing.
But then that creates another problem.
I don’t have sales skills.
I don’t really know positioning or outreach.
I am not great at presentation.
And that’s where the self doubt becomes pretty bad sometimes.
I look at myself and think:
I don’t know the technical fundamentals.
I don’t have sales skills.
I don’t have great presentation skills.
So what exactly have I done with my career?
But then there’s another side of me saying that I have actually shipped things.
Real things that businesses can use.
I can take an idea and somehow get the entire thing built end to end.
So I feel stuck between two completely different thoughts.
One side of me thinks I have found an incredibly powerful way of working and I should double down on it.
The other side thinks I have skipped too many important things and eventually all of this is going to catch up with me.
I have somehow proved to myself that even without knowing engineering fundamentals, I can ship real products using AI.
But what do I actually do with that ability?
What should I learn now?
What problems should I solve?
Should I pick a niche?
Should I continue building the studio?
Should I work with businesses and build AI systems for them?
Should I build products?
Should I target global clients?
Or should I stop for a while and actually go back and learn engineering fundamentals properly?
There are just too many things in my head.
I don’t really have a mentor either, so my default response whenever I’m confused is just to build something else.
And now I have projects, experiments, repos and ideas stacking up everywhere, but there is no clear direction or predictable revenue coming out of any of it.
That’s where I feel stuck.
I don’t want to spend the next few years becoming extremely good at building things nobody actually needs.
Normal development also already feels very monotonous to me.
What I genuinely enjoy is understanding a problem, imagining the entire system, figuring out how things should work, directing AI and agents, and somehow getting the complete thing shipped.
So for people here who have experience in engineering, startups, business, product, consulting or freelancing:
If you were in my position today, what would you do?
Would you keep selling websites and scale that?
Would you go after global clients?
Would you move towards higher value systems and automation for businesses?
Would you learn engineering fundamentals first?
Would you focus heavily on sales and communication?
And most importantly, what would you focus on for the next 2 to 3 years to turn this ability to build into an actual career and business?
I would genuinely appreciate advice from people who are further down this road than I am.

Aren't they both the same...? Both uses ajax.... So what am I missing?

So, I've been a developer for 3 months now, and this is my first job ever.

I read a card describing a specific issue, so I started investigating and testing solutions with Sonnet 5. Nothing seemed to work.

After 8 hours, I thought I finally had it and showed a PR with around 50 lines of code to a senior developer.

He kindly told me to investigate the problem again because the PR was a little weird.

So, I decided to go through the flow line by line without AI. 40 minutes later, I came up with my own solution that hit the spot, with just 5 lines of code.

I feel like an idiot

Have you ever overcomplicated a problem, only to realize the solution was much simpler than you thought?

What are the exact skills and tech sectors that are worth learning now in present situation? Please help seniors??

Hey everyone!

I'm a developer looking to kick off a new mobile or desktop project. Rather than building another tool based solely on my own assumptions, I wanted to ask you directly.

What’s a specific problem, annoyance, or inefficiency you deal with regularly in your daily routine?

Is there a task you find tedious, messy, or lacking a truly well-designed digital solution?

If you could wish for any app or software to be built (even a super niche one), what exact problem would it solve for you?

I'm not looking to build another generic to-do list or habit tracker—I'm looking for real, genuine pain points that don't have a satisfactory or simple solution yet.

Any idea, no matter how niche, complex, or unusual, is super welcome! If something concrete comes out of this, I’d love to share updates and build it in public with the community.

Thanks in advance to anyone sharing their thoughts!

How do you think people who are just starting their careers as developers are going to be affected by AI?

Are salaries likely to stay the same, go down, or increase? Will there be fewer developer jobs, or will demand for developers actually grow and create more opportunities?

Will AI mostly take over our jobs or will we realize in 15 years that software has become worse than ever before and prioritize developers’ work over AI?

My senior engineer gave me an SVG image but when I opened it and saw its XML content then i found it was not a true SVG. It was a PNG image that was encoded into base 64 inside the image tag in XML. So, I told this to my mentor and my mentor said do you have any best mechanism to get HTML Dom into SVG.

He suggested that use playwright or find a mechanism but i didn't get any mechanism.

I would be very happy if you guys help me regarding it.