... Solo builder here, won't say much about the product yet but happy to talk shop on the plumbing. Quick version of what I'd tell my past self: Auth - Supabase, Clerk, Auth0, pick one. An afternoon of setup vs. days of building it badly. I tried the days version first, do not recommend. Permissions - this is the sneaky one. Most people check "can this user see this?" in their app code. Way better to push the rule into ... ... tattoos or mockups) Tech-wise I m using: Flutter for the mobile app Firebase (Firestore + functions) OpenAI + Replicate for image generation (testing multiple models right now like DreamShaper, Flux, Ideogram) Biggest challenge so far has been balancing quality vs

... whether people would actually pay for a solution? Has your product stayed true to the original problem, or did it evolve into something different? What surprised you the most along the way? If there s anything else you ve learned, good or bad, feel free to share. The honest stories are usually the most helpful. And of course, feel free to plug what you re building as well as you may have the solution to a problem somebody else ... ... just a list. No personality, no context, no fun

... Scratch-style motion video playground where kids, parents, and teachers can make puppet-like pop stage animations think stickers on strings, bubbles floating around, characters bouncing with sound, all powered by simple drag-and-drop code blocks. I make funlearning videos for kids on YouTube, but most animation tools are either too hard (keyframes! scenes!) or too limited (no real logic!). So I thought what if we could mix Scratch s simplicity with video-maker