My 13-year-old built an ant colony tracker
He's 13 years old. He wanted to track his own ant colonies — growth, feeding, humidity, and other metrics. He built the whole app himself with some help from AI tools; I just helped him deploy it to a server. Would love to hear your feedback!
My 13-year-old built an ant colony tracker launched on June 30, 2026 with 74 votes, #566 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
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An ant colony tracker built by a 13-year-old allows users to monitor metrics including colony growth, feeding schedules, and humidity levels. The application was developed primarily by its young creator with assistance from AI tools and deployed to a server by a parent. The software is designed for ant keepers who want to systematically track and manage their colonies' vital data.
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Registra y monitoriza tus colonias de hormigas gratis. Historial de obreras, calendario de cuidados, estadísticas y más. Sin registro obligatorio.
Register, monitor and care for your ant colonies in one place. Worker history, care calendar, detailed statistics and more. A complete app for myrmecologists, from beginners to experts. Your main panel shows the status of each colony instantly. Worker count, species and quick access to any data you need. Each colony has its own page with a worker evolution chart, brood status, formicarium type and complete feeding log. Simple form to record all the important data: species, queen capture date, formicarium type and brood status. Evolution charts for your entire collection, broken down by colony and species. Try the app without an account. Create one to save your data permanently. Enter…from formicarium.es
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