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Built a funny app! Looking for feedback.

A little background, I work full time as a software engineer in a totally different industry, think VR, MR, games. During the Covid lockdowns, a project my team was working on for a number of years got completely cut, and we were moved onto the next thing. This sort of thing has happened enough times now, that I've been completely turned off from giving it my all at work, or getting invested in anything I do for the company. I'm sure this is relatable for many of you, and why you start to delve into the world of indie hacking.

I've attempted to make games in the past as a sole developer, but they can get quite complex and I have a hard time narrowing the scope to something achievable. So I decided that I would try to make a web app. It needed to be something simple enough that I could complete the base version on my own, but also have some potential to scale up, while being relatively hands off. To clarify on that, I don't mind working on and maintaining a project I'm interested in, but I've never had an interest in the whole startup route - pitching, funding, building a team etc. etc. I ended up doing most of the buildout during covid, but life got in the way (new house, marriage), and I never completed it. Was disappointed I never fully finished, so finally picked it back up again recently, to at least see what will happen.

About the app - As someone who grew up during the exponential growth of the internet, I started to think about all of the funny content that had been created over the years. How was someone born 10 years ago, or even today, supposed to know about the absolute internet gems, that me and friends would watch and laugh about, while we were growing up? Enter The HaHrchives. The idea is to group viral and funny internet content by year and provide a simple voting platform for that content, to surface the best. The secondary goal, is to provide some history and background of that content similar to Know Your Meme. I wanted to give a sort of comedic perspective, for that point in time. I know the site needs some work, and is lacking content, but for now, I just wanted to test the concept and see what the people think. Feedback is welcome!

on November 8, 2022