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Davia – A community platform to build, share, and edit applications

Hi HN! I'm Ruben, the founder of Davia (https://davia.ai/). Davia is a platform to build, edit and share applications, where builders get rewarded based on usage while users can discover and reuse any app's code to fit their own needs. The problem we're trying to solve: Today's AI coding platforms charge you upfront for creation - it's like paying per block modification in no-code solutions. This works for commercial projects because you're aiming to generate revenue that exceeds your creation costs, but doesn't fit the reality of side projects and community apps that builders…

Davia – A community platform to build, share, and edit applications launched on September 2, 2025 with 16 votes, #667 of 8,160 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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Davia is a platform for building, sharing, and editing applications where creators earn rewards based on how often their apps are used. Users can discover apps built by others and reuse or modify their code for their own needs. Unlike traditional AI coding platforms that charge upfront creation fees, Davia operates on a usage-based model, making it accessible for side projects and community applications that don't generate immediate revenue.

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Hi HN! I'm Ruben, the founder of Davia (https://davia.ai/). Davia is a platform to build, edit and share applications, where builders get rewarded based on usage while users can discover and reuse any app's code to fit their own needs. The problem we're trying to solve: Today's AI coding platforms…

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