I need a project
Im a front end developer, capable of building an MVP. I can build the front end of the application and integrate firebase for authentication and a realtime database. I just need an idea! Does anyone have a simple saas idea that they've been thinking about exploring? Maybe something that you've not had time to start yourself?
Hey Tom,
I work in the power (electricity) market in Mexico. There is this thing called Local Marginal Price (LMP) which is basically the hourly energy price for each city in the country.
The ENTIRE market (power plants, suppliers, consultants, investors, factories,etc.) works with this information. The thing, retrieving the LMP is excruciatingly tedious and long: the prices are published online on CSV files by 2 week periods and by city. So imagine if someone wants to analyze 1 year worth of data for 5 cities (You lose a few days)
I made a simple python script to download the LMPs using a REST API (not even sure if that's what its called, I'm not a developer) but I want to turn it into a service: a simple one-page web site (app?) were users input the parameters (location + time period) and you get some graphs as well as one CSV file. And charge a small subscription to use it.
I'm not even sure if it's possible, but I know at least 100 people (@50-100 USD/month) in the market that would die for something like that.
Maybe there's something we can do and hopefully make money; worst case we end up learning something. geramorales@gmail.com if you are interested.
Hi! Very cool project, I already worked with graph libraries and I would love to work on this. I sent you an email ;)
Hey! Awesome!! I made a mistake on my email, its geramoralesrico@gmail.com , sorry about that!
Please forward the email you sent to that address, I believe we can do something great!
Done 👍 can’t wait to hear more about the project
@tmwlsh -- may need some front end dev help in the next couple months. Drop me a line at oh.iam.mike@gmail.com so we can connect over email.
How about pairing on an WIP project? I'm currently halfway through building this - https://www.indiehackers.com/post/alexa-what-food-is-expiring-soon-4d02c4c311
If you're interesting to hear more can set up a quick call to demo and tell you more about it.
Any subject area preferences? Are looking for something that generates income (sooner? later?) or just for fun?
Of course a money maker would be preferable! But honestly I just want to build something that someone might find useful, and that allows me to practise my trade and get better at what I do :)
Well, I can share dozens of ideas, but let me pitch 2 of my favorites, since immediate ROV is not required:
What it needs is a much better site UX (new site) and a mobile app. I can do the coding, but I am not a good web designer and I can use a partner - there only so much I can do alone/fast. (Existing site - BookDetective.net, can probably use a new domain name, too.)
Want more? I would really love a partner on either one of these.
Cheers,
Simon