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…
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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 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 share for free. Most side projects require significant SEO effort and marketing to reach people who would actually find them useful, leaving creators with great apps but no discoverability. For users, when you need a specific tool for your project, you don't want to build it from scratch when someone has probably already created something similar. Our solution is a YouTube-style platform for apps where builders publish with open code so anyone can view, modify, and reuse applications. Unlike traditional platforms like GitHub (designed for developers as builders and users) or app stores (where code is closed and can't be modified), we focus on making apps accessible and customizable for everyone. We verify code quality and prevent spam to maintain platform standards. Builders get rewarded when their original apps are used as foundations for others' projects. Users discover apps, customize them for their needs, and build their own versions through reuse. They can either self-host or use our platform hosting, paying based on team usage when they scale to multiple users on our infrastructure. You can try it here: https://davia.ai/. We'd love to hear from the HN community, whether you're a vibe-coder or curious about creator economics in the age of AI-assisted development!
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