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Products that do what I gave up on the project I'd been working on, so I open-source'd it does

1. 1IF
   I founded a company and a platform to fund open source developers▲100

   2019 · equalize.digital

2. 2MF
   My failed-wannabe-saas-startup project Beyondpad going open source▲51

   2015 · github.com

3. 3M4
   My 4-hour project, why it failed▲18

   2011 · campsh.com

4. 4IJ
   I Just Open Sourced a Game I Made a While Back▲37

   2011 · codebrief.com

5. 5IB
   I built an open-source Perplexity▲6

   2024 · omniplex.ai

6. 6MM
   My Microsoft internship project went open source▲15

   2013 · winphonewebdriver.codeplex.com

7. 7OY
   One year devoted to open source and I've almost made $2 – horrraaaaay▲68

   2017 · opencollective.com

8. 8MG
   My Github résumé▲301

   2012 · resume.github.com

9. 9MS
   My side project about side projects▲66

   2013 · sideshowhq.com

10. 10IB
    I built a tool I wanted to have, but didn’t exist▲119

    2011 · madebypixelate.com

11. 11IB
    I built a thing▲242

    2012 · boxcarsurgery.com

12. 12IO
    I open-sourced my iPhone app side project▲52

    2014 · github.com

13. 13BM
    Built my resume as an interactive website, version-controlled on Github▲82

    2012 · github.com

14. 14MF
    My first open-source project release – RandomJson▲56

    2019 · github.com

15. 15MP
    My Project Management and (eventual) Collaboration Tool (Server down)▲23

    2012 · thetaboard.com

16. 16RM
    Releasing my first real open source project – Captionss▲51

    2014 · captionss.com

17. 17IB
    I built a free oEmbed API for the web▲61

    2013 · oembed.io

18. 18IM
    I made a (terrible) programming language▲9

    2015 · jsnider3.github.io

19. 19IL
    I launched Claritask (built from scratch in the open; not a programmer)▲15

    2017 · claritask.com

20. 20CO
    Created open source projects on Github? Great! Time to service them▲7

    2019 · zarvis.ai

21. 21IS
    I Started a No-Code Project to Curate the Web▲18

    2020 · readlist.in

22. 22IB
    I built a platform to allow devs to make things without raising finance▲6

    2019 · crowdsourcer.io

23. 23IB
    I Built GitHub Wrapped – Like Spotify Wrapped, but for coding▲5

    2024 · git-wrapped.com

24. 24IO
    I open sourced my systems programming cheat sheet▲9

    2021 · github.com

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