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Work · March 30, 2012

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I'm a non-hacker "idea guy" and my weekend project took 1,670 + days

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…

I'm a non-hacker "idea guy" and my weekend project took 1,670 + days launched on March 30, 2012 with 21 votes, #63 of 340 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

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This is a work tool created by a non-technical founder who spent over four years developing it after committing to focus exclusively on the project. The maker assembled a team of builders to bring the idea to life, disciplining himself to reject all other concepts during the development process. The specific functionality and use case are not detailed in the available information, making it difficult to describe what problem it solves or who would benefit from it.

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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"…

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