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1/6 https://uploadfile.click
It is a single-page web app that uploads your file and gives you a direct URL. That’s all!
I often need this tool when I work to embed an image for product hunt or indie hackers (both require a direct link) or to embed a video on a web page. I will use this app to solve the problem of hosting videos online for the clients of https://startupswiki.org/Paracast.io as well. So, I hope to earn money from it indirectly, by helping the users of my SaaS.
\ Problems: It is a super risky project. I know that the file hosting business is hard for 2 reasons:
- costs
- malice
\ I solved problem 1) (costs) by hosting the files on Cloudflare R2 which offers generous $0 traffic costs. But I know that Cloudflare can turn into a bitch anytime and force me to pay.
\ This is why I moved the project to a separate Cloudflare to protect my other projects. I charge users nothing because I do not want to have full responsibility for the files' uptime. I will keep the service alive and pay for the storage costs, but if it begins to cost me thousands, I will just shut it down.
\ The 2) problem is more tricky. Some odd ones may want to upload DMCA-protected files or pictures of naked persons or viruses. It may nuke the project overnight as well. I supplied a captcha, a nude pictures/video detector (try it!), and a virus detector to protect the project. Let’s see how it will go.
\ Code: the whole project was coded by Sonnet 3.5. Tech stack: next js, react, vercel, cvs file as a database.
2/6 https://makeimagetransparent.com/
A single-page app that removes background from an image. The purpose of this side project is to drive traffic from SEO.
Code: I forked the repository of another maker. I was doubting a lot because it felt unfair. Technically, I just stole the code. It is not what I used to do. I create, not steal.
\ But I did this intentionally. I want to become less artist and more businessman. I want to have less emotion-driven decisions in my maker’s career. I found a keyword opportunity. I found an open-source code. I made it work for me, strictly following the license agreements. Sounds fine.
If you want to blame me for non-ethical maker behavior, please go on. I’m ready!
3/6 awspricingcalculator.dev
A simple calculator app that helps people find out how much AWS EC2 and S3 will cost them.
Problem: I needed to launch an ec2 instance for my new project: Startups Wiki. I opened the ec2 pricing page, but I was not able to figure out the cost because AWS shows prices PER HOUR 🫠🫠
\ Like this: $0.0042/h.
\ It is impossible to get the full picture of your future costs. They do it intentionally I suppose. A typical corp's trick. OK… SEO opportunity: I plan this project to bring me 10,000 visitors per month in a year from Google. Then I will send the visitors to the relevant SaaS.
\ Code: Vanilla JS generated by Sonnet 3.5.
4/6 aivideo.tools
It is a directory of all AI video editors, generators, and clip makers. Tech: the directory is made on the marvelous @unicornplatform. If you haven’t checked it since I sold it in 2022, you should do it.
\ John Rush is turning it from a landing page generator to a website builder, an actual platform. The purpose of this project is to drive traffic from SEO and obviously promote my own AI video tool. The keywords have “medium” difficulty but I will still try to fight and get the traffic.
5/6 seoai.tools
seoai.tools is a directory of all SEO tools that use the power of AI.
AI SEO is a rising trend now. And it is not only about content writers and blog generators such as @seobotai. Some companies create AI tools for link building, internal linking, keyword research, and schema generation.
\ I’m super curious to watch the SEO scene these days because AI seems to remove the boring part of it.
\ Tech stack: Unicorn Platform.
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6/6 opensourceai.software
A directory of AI open-source GitHub repositories. AI is booming now. The fastest players in a booming niche are people with money. This is why there are not many open-sourced (free) AI projects right now. But as time goes on, the niche will evolve and more and more enthusiasts will create OS AI projects; I believe this keyword has the potential to bring me 5k monthly views over the next 3-5 years.
Tech stack: Unicorn Platform.
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\ P.S.: This post is based on my viral tweet 👇🙂
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