Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Mostly Bad Ideas
9 apps. 9 failures. 9 post-mortems. 9 sketch files.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mostly Bad Ideas launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A newsletter of startup ideas and data to back them up
2020 · its alternatives →
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Lose the jargon: The truth about $10 words
2017 · goodlifeproject.com · its alternatives →
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The dumbest most effective solution to your indecisiveness.
2016 · icantfuckingdecide.com · its alternatives →
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Go Fucking Do It▲211Set a deadline and a price. If you fail, you pay.
2014 · gofuckingdoit.com · its alternatives →
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Curated graveyard for rejected design work
2015 · recentlyrejected.com · its alternatives →
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terrible colors▲120Just a collection of dumpster-fire, garbage colors.
2017 · terriblecolors.com · its alternatives →
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TragicDesign▲87The real cost of bad design and how we can fix it (book)
2015 · tragicdesign.com · its alternatives →
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Shitty Logos ▲9You pay $5 and get custom, shitty logo
2016 · mackenzie-brookshire-ceps.squarespace.com · its alternatives →
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Design management and bullshit free zones
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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I'll remember▲107Visual to do lists because a picture is worth a 1000 words
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Why designers and dev co's need each other
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
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How to produce unbeatable proposals with tiered pricing
2016 · uibreakfast.com · its alternatives →
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Had this idea recently and just had to get it out of my head and into a (super quick and dirty) prototype. It's like Letterboxd but for anything, and with a simpler rating system you don't have to sweat about.
2023 · yynn.app · 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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In the last ~4H we reimplemented Company in a Box but Worse
2020 · its alternatives →
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Hey, My friends and I just started this service and we would love to hear what HN thinks about it. We promise to deliver good quality in any design task customers submit and at the same time we promise to deliver it under 24 hours. URL: http://kapa99.com
2014 · its alternatives →
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Hi Hn, A buddy and I worked on this prototype to see if we could design a system that helps people think creatively. I'd love your feedback, tips and pointers - and yes, I know it's a bit ugly (much css work to be done). Check it out at beta.monsterlumen.com and let us know what you think!
2013 · its alternatives →
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