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24 alternatives to A good excuse to explore that side project idea
If you're like me, you have at least a half-dozen (half-baked) ideas for side projects sitting on your "idea shelf" waiting for the right opportunity to come along and give you that spark to get started. At my day job (Bridge.Academy), we found that many of the incoming developers entering our program shared the same experience so we decided to do something about it and formalize the process of picking up a new technology you are trying to learn and applying it through a side-project with a program we're calling "The Bridge Tournament". It's designed to give you that extra bit of motivation…
The Bridge Tournament is a structured program that helps developers move side project ideas from concept to completion by pairing them with new technologies to learn. Created by Bridge.Academy, it's designed for… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A good excuse to explore that side project idea launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2017 · demandrush.com · its alternatives →
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Get the best tech stack to make your next Indie Maker App
2019 · sideprojectstack.com · its alternatives →
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A system to help creative people pick the right idea
2015 · shipyoursideproject.com · its alternatives →
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SideProjects▲245A platform to share side projects you're working on
2019 · sideprojects.net · its alternatives →
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Pitch and explore ideas, find collaborators to build things
2016 · explore.pitchcard.io · its alternatives →
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A daily launchpad where indie makers show what they built, collect reactions, and climb the leaderboard.
2019 · sideprojects.net · its alternatives →
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The easiest way to build your pitchdeck and raise money
2015 · basetemplates.com · its alternatives →
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Decks▲182I’m building Decks, an application where you create study decks that consists of notes, flashcards, YouTube videos, and ChatGPT conversations. Notes and flashcards can be attached to YouTube videos. And your ChatGPT conversations are searchable and organizable through tags and folders. The concept is that this is study application where you can keep all your materials related to a subject in one place. Would appreciate any feedback you might have. Thanks!
2024 · decksapp.com · its alternatives →
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Hi, I'm a high school teacher from Australia and I've built what I'd like to think is a pretty nifty ChatGPT powered presentation tool for teachers. I'd love it if you could have a look at it and give me some of your feedback. I don't think there's much overlap with the HN crowd and school teachers, but I've been coming here for many years and thought I'd post here and see what you all think. Check it out if you have a minute and I'd be super happy to hear your feedback too. https://www.slidehero.ai/ You can jump in and have a play with the tool all you like ;) Cheers, Eli
2025 · its alternatives →
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TLDR: I made a community where you can find builders or product owners to collab on sideprojects together with <3 A year ago i completed my first sideproject, a digital course on how to "cold email a chief information security officer". I thought and think its a great course, but of course I fell into all the traps (didnt verify a need, i thought id make it and everyone would buy automatically), i tested google ads but hated nerding on that, so i decided to find a marketing person to partner up with! But i knew no one! That got me thinking how many people with relevant knowledge that isnt…
2025 · relentlessly.no · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m a former C++ dev turned Product Manager. I’ve noticed many engineers struggle with the "politics" side of things when they become Leads. To help with this, I’m building a text-based simulator. It is NOT an AI chatbot. It is a hand-crafted, branching narrative (logic tree) based on real experiences. I just launched the first scenario: "The Backchannel VP." The Setup: Your VP Engineering is bypassing you and giving tasks directly to your juniors, causing chaos. Your Goal: Stop the backchanneling without getting fired. It’s a short, specific puzzle. I’d love to know if you think the…
Jan 2026 · apmcommunication.com · its alternatives →
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A tool to help structure your business idea brainstorming
2021 · its alternatives →
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Kanban and wiki that update instantly for your projects
Jan 2026 · blocpad.com · its alternatives →
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ProjectZero▲100Find collaborators for your next side project
2022 · projectzero.app · its alternatives →
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