DEV Community

Cover image for I used my own app for a month and here is what I learned

I used my own app for a month and here is what I learned

d3mn8 on August 07, 2020

I always wondered, I have written so many software solutions for others but I never developed anything for myself. So I decided to build something ...
Collapse
 
mersadajan profile image
Mersad Ajanovic

I feel like this is the greatest way to create software! Create it for yourself, implement feature your want and need. Show it to others who might like it as well and get inspired by feedback. I would love to make something for myself.

Collapse
 
mathan26 profile image
mathan26

Great work!

Collapse
 
vivekkosare profile image
Vivek Kosare

Nice work. I like it :)

Collapse
 
trivectorx profile image
Xin YAO

Great idea and very handy tool for Devs to kick off the day :)

Collapse
 
ahmedgmurtaza profile image
Ahmed Murtaza

Great effort and the app idea too! ;)

Collapse
 
larrykoch680 profile image
larrykoch680

Great idea and very handy tool for cuteplushies.net/

Collapse
 
jakeerc profile image
Jakeer

Salam , may god reward you
Helpfull

Collapse
 
fayaz profile image
Fayaz Ahmed

Good work, I would suggest you use the api's instead of writing a scraper.

I had used the trending api for gitstars.co
For dev.to they have an official api

Collapse
 
d3mn8 profile image
d3mn8

Thanks!!
Yes and it is super convenient as well. I am already using it for dev.to and reddit.com.
API

Collapse
 
merichard123 profile image
Richard

Awesome app! I love you solution to bypass the heroku sleep time. I'm going to bookmark this. That snippet may be useful in the future. 😊

Collapse
 
d3mn8 profile image
d3mn8

Thank you !!
Yup 😄

Collapse
 
maxdevjs profile image
maxdevjs

Great insights!

Collapse
 
igomezal profile image
Iván Gómez Alonso

That's awesome. Good job!

Collapse
 
andrewbaisden profile image
Andrew Baisden

I am going to try this but I will use Electron to create a desktop app. If you know HTML, CSS and Javascript then you can create desktop apps.

Collapse
 
d3mn8 profile image
d3mn8

Thank you!!
Yes, as long as the number of requests are within threshold. But frankly I would move to paid hosting for larger userbase.

Collapse
 
teooliver profile image
Teo Oliver

Wow! I was happily surprised with the PWA store screenshot. Im the guy behind Habit Grid. :)

Collapse
 
d3mn8 profile image
d3mn8

Thank you :)
I liked the concept for Habit Grid !!!