Launchpad for developers to ship and showcase their projects
Hi HN, I built smollaunch.com, a lightweight launch platform for developers who want to share projects without the noise, voting games, or marketing theatrics of bigger launch sites. I’ve shipped a lot of small tools and noticed that most launch platforms are built around growth-hacking rather than genuine discovery. Many devs just want a clean place to publish something they built and get feedback from peers who care about the craft. So I made a simpler version of that. What it does: - Post your project with a short description and link - Get a clean, minimal launch page and profile - Other…
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Hi HN, I built smollaunch.com, a lightweight launch platform for developers who want to share projects without the noise, voting games, or marketing theatrics of bigger launch sites. I’ve shipped a lot of small tools and noticed that most launch platforms are built around growth-hacking rather than genuine discovery. Many devs just want a clean place to publish something they built and get feedback from peers who care about the craft. So I made a simpler version of that. What it does: - Post your project with a short description and link - Get a clean, minimal launch page and profile - Other builders can follow, comment and send feedback - No algorithms, no gamified voting, no “launch timing optimization” - Built to feel more like an engineering feed than a leaderboard Why I built it: I wanted a calm space where developers can share ideas and prototypes without having to run a Product Hunt style campaign. A lot of great projects never see daylight because the launch process is intimidating or feels overly optimized. Smollaunch is meant to be the opposite: simple, fast and low-pressure. Stack / tech details: - Rails 8 - Hotwire for real-time interactions without JS complexity - Postgres - Tailwind CSS - Deployed as a small, fast monolith What I’m looking for: Feedback from builders who regularly ship small tools or experiments. I’d love to hear: - What feels missing for a “dev-first” launch platform - Whether you want integrations (GitHub, tags, RSS feeds etc.) - If the philosophy of “no hype, no ranking pressure” resonates You can try it here: https://smollaunch.com Thanks for reading and happy to answer anything.
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