Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Ideas Are Worthless – Post Doughnut
Ideas we've had that we'll never actually build.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ideas Are Worthless – Post Doughnut launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A show about all the ideas we'll probably never build
2016 · ideasareworthless.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Code that deploys automatically and who took a chance on us
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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A newsletter of startup ideas and data to back them up
2020 · its alternatives →
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Why most people never learn from their mistakes--but some do
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A practical guide on generating hellishly good ideas.
2020 · its alternatives →
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On-demand seltzer water, Facebook as government and more
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I am a non-hacker "idea guy" with zero discernible talent. Like most, the story starts with me doing things the hard way. I dreamt of a tool that would save me countless hours. Like most of my ideas, it was supposed to die in a couple of hours, but this one had some legs.... "If I needed this, surely others did too" kept looping in my head. Could I get this built? Could I build it myself? Nah...too lazy to learn how, but before I did anything, I had to promise myself one thing: No more ideas! If ideas were sit-ups, I would have a six pack instead of this tire. It was a constant mental…
2012 · readwriteweb.com · its alternatives →
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Designing products to solve problems that don't really exist
2019 · unnecessaryinventions.com · its alternatives →
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Half baked ideas▲260Internet's best half-baked app ideas at one place
2022 · halfbakedideas.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Discover hilariously terrible business ideas that probably shouldn't exist. Get inspired by the worst startup concepts, share them with friends, and submit your own dumbass ideas!
Nov 2025 · dumbassideas.com · its alternatives →
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A tangential conversation with @hsaefkow and @karj.
2016 · thekerfuffle.com · its alternatives →
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How can messiness lead to more creativity and new ideas?
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Any idea can be a valuable one, if systematically developed.
2021 · simonesmerilli.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Design management and bullshit free zones
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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