Hey everyone — before I sink into building this, I want to know if it's something you'd actually use or if I'm solving a problem only I have.

The idea: an open-source, self-hostable DevOps platform (think Dokploy-style dashboard) with its own CI/CD engine — not a wrapper around GitHub Actions — where an AI agent acts as your DevOps engineer.

The flow:

1. Login → connect GitHub (or GitLab), create a project
2. The AI scans your repo, asks you 2–3 questions (deploy target? env vars?), and builds the full pipeline in the dashboard — build, test, deploy stages. Nothing is pushed to your repo at this point.
3. Every pipeline includes mandatory security stages: secret scanning across all files (yes, including that API key you pasted into a .md file), dependency CVE checks, container image scanning. If it finds a leaked key, the pipeline halts and the AI opens a fix PR — removes the secret, moves it to the secret store, and reminds you it's still in Git history and needs rotating.
4. Only after the first pipeline run passes does it open one PR to your repo with all the generated files — Dockerfile, the pipeline config, deploy files — with the green run and staging URL linked as proof it actually works. Merge it, and from then on everything lives in your Git. Delete the platform tomorrow and you keep working configs.
5. After that it keeps working: failed builds get diagnosed in plain English with a fix PR instead of a red X and 4,000 log lines. Production incidents get a timeline, probable cause, and one-click rollback.

The parts I think this sub will care about:

• Fully self-hostable, single docker compose up, targeting a cheap VPS. Own runners — no GitHub Actions minutes, no Git-host lock-in
• BYO LLM key — Anthropic/OpenAI, or point it at local Ollama. No hidden inference bill; your code never leaves your box with a local model
• Zero lock-in by design: after the first successful run, every config (including the CI/CD definition) is committed to your repo
• The AI never touches prod without approval — everything is a PR or a gated action with a full audit log

I know Coolify and Dokploy exist (I use and like them) — they give you a dashboard and templates. This gives you an agent that reasons about your specific repo, enforces security by default, and maintains the setup over time. Closer to "a DevOps engineer that works for you" than "a deploy panel."

My questions for you:

1. Would the "proof-first PR" (config PR arrives only after a passing run) be enough for you to trust merging AI-generated configs?
2. Is the built-in secret/CVE scanning with auto-fix PRs genuinely valuable to you, or is that already covered in your setup?
3. Own CI/CD engine vs. wrapping GitHub Actions — do you care? Would you prefer your CI not depend on GitHub at all?
4. What's the first thing you'd be afraid it would break?

Brutal honesty welcome. If the answer is "nobody wants this," better to hear it now.

I thought about how hard it is to return lost items when there are no owner details on them.

It made me want to build a platform where people can buy super cheap QR code stickers for their phones, laptops, keys, or bags.

If someone finds your lost item, they just scan the QR code with their phone camera.

The website will let them securely message or call you to arrange a return, keeping your personal details completely private.
Do you think people would actually buy and use these stickers to protect their stuff?
Or is this a problem that people don't really care about?

Let me know your thoughts

I was talking to a master plumber recently. He runs a lean company with a small team and takes most of his calls himself, which means when he's on a job, calls get missed. And most people won't leave a voicemail, they just call the next guy on Google. At least that's my experience in big cities, especially if I am a brand new customer with no allegiance or prior history of having used their service.

So I'm thinking of building something simple: you miss a call, the caller instantly gets a text from your number with a link to book a quick 10 min call when you're free. Just that one thing, standalone - not bundled into huge packages that can be expensive.

Is this a real problem for you? Would you pay $100/month for it or is that nuts?

I have these ideas .. which idea should i focus on or best for current market!!

1. Ai Avatar/ voice based based patient screening , sell directly to the doctors

2)The on-demand human activity data engine for AI companies building computer vision and robotics. Basically a platform where user can see for any data collection openings and submit their videos

3)A Datadog for AI sandboxes that explains everything an agent did like file systems changed, network calls it does, memory snapshots at various times ,not just its logs.

4. Ai assisted assessment/assignment test for hiring .

5. feature flags for ai agents

hey guys, i built this saas that allows you to call any phone number from browser. this is similar to skype, google voice, ringcentral and so on. but, easy, quick and straightforward. I want feedback and also some tips on how to market it for remote workers, agencies, sales people and so on.

here's the link - https://www.heycall.app/

I'm a Computer Science graduate interested in web development, AI, and building useful projects. I'd appreciate any ... on the design, projects, or overall presentation.

Portfolio: https://daniel-njama.vercel.app/

This is still just an idea and I'm trying to figure out if it's worth building. The concept is less "ask a question, get an answer" and more "tell it what to watch, and it keeps watching."

 

The idea, concretely:

• You put’d a topic or an entity on a watchlist (a company, a person, a conflict). It would track it over time and surface the newest development — plus how much the wider world is talking about it (how many sources, picking up speed or dying down).
• It would tell you what changed since your last briefing — "3 new sources picked this up, the story grew ~50% in the last 2 hours" — instead of dumping the same headlines again.
• It would learn what you actually open/read and weight your feed accordingly, so the digest gets less annoying over time, not more.
• Source transparency: every source would have a reputation score (based on various parameters) you can see — and every story would show how many independent sources corroborated it.
• No sponsors deciding what surfaces. I'd make it a paid product so I don't have to sell your attention — and I'd keep the free tier sponsor-free too. The feed is never for sale.

Before I build more, the things I genuinely want to know:

For people who track a specific thing for work (a stock, a regulation, a region) — what would make a "what changed since last time" briefing genuinely trustworthy instead of just noise?

Is per-topic tracking something you'd actually pay for — and would you pay for tracking one thing, or only once you're following 5+?

Honestly: is this a real problem for you, or a nice-to-have you'd never open twice?

If this sounds like something you'd use, DM me — I'll line up early Access and give you a paid tier for free.

Hey everyone,

I'm a college student from India and I've been working on a startup idea for quite some time. I don't have a tech background or investors. Right now I'm just trying to validate the problem before I spend months building anything.

The basic idea is a Duolingo-style gamified learning app, but instead of teaching languages or school subjects, it teaches practical life skills that teenagers rarely learn in school.

Things like:

- Financial literacy

- Cybersecurity

- AI and technology basics

- Digital safety

- Critical thinking

- Communication

- Civic awareness

- And other real-world skills

The biggest reason I started thinking about this is the problem I see around me.

Teenagers today spend thousands of hours online, but many don't know how to protect themselves. They're exposed to online scams, misinformation, AI-generated fake content, endless scrolling, digital manipulation, and sometimes inappropriate content at a very young age. Schools teach us how to solve exam questions, but they rarely teach us how to navigate the internet safely, manage money, think critically, or prepare for adult life.

I don't think technology is the problem. I think the lack of practical education is.

The learning experience would be short, interactive and game-like—XP, streaks, levels, challenges, leaderboards, tournaments, and practical tasks instead of just watching hours of videos. The goal is to make learning feel as engaging as playing a game.

I'm keeping many of the product details private for now because I'm still refining the idea, but I'd really appreciate honest feedback.

- Do you think this solves a real problem?

- Would teenagers actually use something like this?

- If you were a parent, would you encourage your child to use it?

- What's the biggest flaw or challenge you see with this idea?

- Is there anything important I'm completely missing?

Please be as honest as possible. I'd rather hear criticism now than build something nobody wants.

There is much more to be revealed.

Thanks for reading!

Founders, how do you currently keep track of things that could impact your startup?

• Competitor launches
• Product Hunt launches
• Funding rounds
• Customer discussions on Reddit/X
• Market shifts

Do you actively monitor these, or mostly ignore them?

I'm exploring an idea where founders describe their startup once, and the system only alerts them when something materially requires attention.

Examples:

• Competitor launches a feature → Ignore
• Three competitors raise prices → Alert
• Customers suddenly complain about the same issue across Reddit → Alert

Would something like this be useful, or do dashboards/newsletters already solve the problem for you?

(Just validating the idea before building.)

Hi everyone,

I'd appreciate some honest feedback on a project I'm working on called ScamsLibrary.

The goal is to create a free, community-driven library of scam reports, scam patterns, and educational resources to help people identify and avoid fraud. Users can browse documented scams, learn common warning signs, and contribute information about new scam tactics.

I'm looking for objective opinions on:

• Does this solve a real problem?
• Would you personally use a resource like this?
• What features would make it more useful or trustworthy?
• Are there any concerns about accuracy, moderation, or sustainability?

I'm interested in both positive and critical feedback. Thanks for taking a look and helping me evaluate whether this is a worthwhile project.

https://scamslibrary.com/

Hi everyone,

A bit about me:
I am an experienced dev who worked on safety-critical software professionally. Now I am working on my first app with a colleague. We use Flutter for frontend, own backend. The app is published, we have some users, we see some usage.

What's interesting:
What we though is a unique, main feature, of the app is currently used by 10-20% of the users. However, when we were speaking to some of the users, few seem to be asking for the feature we do not have yet.

Now we are trying to come up with some validation methods where we could learn more how big is the demand for this feature, however not only among our users, but in general.

So I have two asks:

• first, as a sanity check, if you could see this feature being useful
• second, how do you validate your ideas, it'd be great if you have examples from experience, not general (I read this in the book thing)

Feature:

>Setup: When buying online, shops ask for email address either for newsletters (normally they give 10-15% one time discount) or for purchase. After that, they send promo emails to your inbox, some contain discount codes.
Problem: 1. It pollutes inbox. 2. people are lazy searching through it for finding discount codes, they want it "automated".
Solution: (well we have two) user either authorities us to read their inbox or they give shops special "spam" email address we generated for them. In both cases, we analyze promo emails, extract coupon codes and add them into user's collection of promo codes which they can use later.

A few users independently were explaining this problem to us, some were excited about solution, some were "i'd use it" type.

So please tell me what do you think about the feature, or about your experience validating ideas before building.

P.S.
In case you can check out existing app it is called CouponCrowd.app

So I had an idea and used Claude and Codex to put it together.

It’s a heat map that brings together open source data with a focus on information for retirement planning.

You can compare up to four locations and it will provide you a printable report of side by side comparisons. It has a table view for people who prefer that and you can filter both the map or the table with your preferences.

https://havenscout.net/

I’m looking for the viability and possibility for a small self start up right now. Is this something people would be willing to pay a per month fee to use?

I’m close to finishing my MVP, and now I’m trying to validate whether it’s actually worth continuing.

The next step is talking to real users, but I keep running into a problem: I struggle to confidently answer basic questions like:

\- Why should I use this?

\- How does it actually help me?

\- How is this different from existing tools?

In my head, I do have answers. But when I say them out loud, I sound unsure, and it feels like I don’t fully believe in what I’m building.

Part of it is this constant thought in the back of my mind: “What if they know something I don’t, and this whole idea is flawed?”

For those who’ve been through this stage:

How did you get better at confidently explaining why people should use your product while still being open to feedback

My idea is a bite-sized learning app that teaches you how to read and understand stocks — the same way Duolingo teaches you a language. Through quick, daily lessons and interactive exercises, users build real financial literacy one concept at a time, without needing any prior investing experience.

Would this be something you would be interested in downloading or would it not be worth your time and why?