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Pry yourself away from Elon's Twitter drama today and check out Eurekaa.io, especially if you’re a content creator and don’t like wasting your time.

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• designstripe created an in-browser tool for beautiful mockups (no software needed).
• Get in the mood with this choose-your-own-adventure Halloween game in Notion.
• Maker Upen V has expanded the popular Micro SaaS Ideas newsletter into MicroSaaS HQ, a community for Micro SaaS builders.
• We’ve added more startup discounts to Founders Club, including deals from Ramp and Remotebase. See what’s new.

‘Tis the season… to talk about death so we’re looking at 7 new products like Clocr that help you prepare for passing — yours and your loved ones.

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• NOWHERE metaverse lets you video chat with friends, fans, or colleagues in beautiful 3D worlds.
• Sabil is for makers who need help to prevent account sharing (we see you, Netflix).
• Snipd lets you listen to AI-generated audio summaries of podcasts.
• Eureka is an app to support those suffering with Long Covid.

Today we’re looking at Dashworks and Needl, two products that want to help find your digital knowledge quicker. You know, that document you saved three months ago and promised you’ll remember it’s in your Slack bookmarks and not your email inbox. 

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• Ramp, the Fintech hyper-growth start-up that's currently valued at $8.1B+, released its new iOS app.
• Check out this pack of 21,000+ resources for Figma, which includes illustrations, 3D assets, and a mobile app kit. 
• Trillion is an AR-powered app that uses your mobile camera and lets you try on jewelry virtually. 
• Collect and share video and text testimonials from your customers with SocialJuice. Its no-code tools also allow you to embed these on your website as a carousel or wall of love.

An award-winning app called Clay will help you fix scattered connections across your social accounts. We’ll dig in.

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• Visme launched its own Whiteboard product, with features like wireframes, templates, and integrations with apps like Google Sheets.
• Tome is out of beta with more ways to customize your presentations storytelling, plus an iOS app.
• Highlight’s Node.js Integration gives you backend metrics monitoring and error recording for your JavaScript backend.
• Parents, Kanjo Health’s games use digital biomarkers to provide insights about your kids’ (age 5-10) mental health.

Meowy Monday. We’re talking about Lex, a new AI writing tool that comes from a notable tech writer who doesn’t seem worried about AI taking his job.

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• The makers of Doge Temple (Party.Space) are back with an offer to connect you and your squad in the metaverse for Halloween Quiz Night.
• Letterloop lets you create private newsletters for friends, families, and teams. It's back with a new app and more.
• Take shorter showers with this app.
• Fillout.com combines no-code and AI to instantly generate a form for you to customize.

The weather is getting colder and you want to be productive while you chomp on your pumpkin bread this weekend. We’re diving into an app called Kinnu today, which might help you learn stuff (like AI from Google DeepMind’s Head of Product) better.

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• Import any website and convert it into a Figma design with html.to.design.
• Solve these puzzles without touching the screen.
• mirrord lets devs plug their local process into their cloud cluster without disrupting it.
• Ten days until Halloween! Here are spooky animations and design assets for your projects.

Tbh founder Nikita Bier is back with Gas, a new social app that de-throned TikTok and BeReal. Read more below.

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• SecondFounder is a Kanban-style marketplace that helps you find co-founders and buy and sell side projects. 
• For all the Arc Browser die-hard stans, this Boost Kit offers a collection of tools to change a website's theme and inject new features by copying & pasting code snippets. 
• Lyft launched Parking to help you find and reserve the best parking spots around town.
• Designers, check out this free and open-source Figma plugin that lets you rename all your layers in one click.

The makers of Teleport HQ are celebrating a milestone of 120,000 users today and launching their low-code website builder.

Yes, it’s another website builder, but the seed-funded, Romania-based startup is getting noticed for its differentiating features. Though not fully no-code (CEO Paul Brie says users will need “a minimal set of HTML/CSS knowledge to fully enjoy it”), Teleport is attracting makers in search of a strong visual front-end development experience and easier code exports.

On the visual builder side, users note being impressed with Teleports “very intuitive interface.” Maker Vlad Nicula explains that although Teleport is doing catchup on features compared to Webflow, the new platform with has “real flexbox/grid layouts and zooming in and out of the page is a superior UX. Responsive layouts, especially fluid layout designs, are easier to view… ”

As for generating code, users who prefer to create in Figma can use the plugin to convert designs to 9 different javascript frameworks.

One user notes that while the tool still needs improvement, they see huge potential for its growth. “...Always missed exporting React. Now I can just sketch fast in Figma… but I prefer to build fresh in Teleport to minimize glitches. We'll ditch Figma completely at some point. Code to code directly.”

If “low-code” scared you away, this might help: One user pointed out that Teleport has integrated free code downloads into the product. Brie notes that the startup is working on a progressive approach to help non-technicals ramp up.

And for those of you making open-source software, Teleport includes open-source code generators too.

Are you as bullish on Teleport HQ as its early adopters? There’s one way to find out...

The convenience of ordering your food online may be unmatched, but most food ordering platforms are preparing for tough times ahead.

LunchBox, the all-in-one online ordering and guest engagement system that markets itself as a data-driven anti-Grubhub, launched its second iteration today, following some post-pandemic scrutiny. Founder Nabeel Alamgir, a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree, called it the company’s “biggest leap forward.”

LunchBox first launched on the cusp of the pandemic and gained well-known clientele like Clean Juice and NYC-chain Bareburger, where Alamgir once served as a busboy and later its CMO.

The startup faced layoffing off about a third of its team earlier this year. But LunchBox isn’t alone as many question the post-pandemic future of food tech companies. DoorDash and Uber Eats have both come under scrutiny for their unprofitable business models, and investors are getting frustrated. Startups like ChowNow are also grappling with the consequences. VC funding in food tech is down 21.5%, and deals have declined by 33%.

Alamgir isn’t afraid to admit some missteps. Following layoffs, he told Business Insider, “We are all drunk on VC capital… Everyone was playing the same game, which is growth at all costs."

Initial response from the community on today’s launch has been strong. “All in one ordering” now includes a customer marketing CRM, robust reporting, catering, order aggregation, and a “Starbucks level” loyalty program. With the latter, restaurants can increase their customer base and reward them with birthday rewards, in-store rewards, and bankable points.

A month ago, LunchBox also launched Open, a tool that gives restaurants access to major integration partners like Toast and Doordash for ordering, processing, POS, and delivery features. In June, LunchBox Essential launched to offer mom-and-pop restaurants a commission-free online ordering system.

With all of these offerings, Alamgir and team hope to empower restaurants to elevate their digital experience and grow revenue. Do you think LunchBox’s approach will set them apart in the food tech space?

Play a game of Fortnite or answer to your responsibilities? If you pick the former, you are seen, and help is also on the way.

Habits Garden is a gamified habit tracker to fight procrastination. Maker Marc Lou created it to “turn your habits into a game so you're excited to get things done.” You can complete daily quests to earn in-app rewards, grow a garden by sticking to your goals, and compete with friends for the weekly leaderboard. The more you use the app, the more you can unlock flowers for your garden and solidify healthy habits.

If you’re just looking for a new game, that’s cool too. Here are a mix of both personal growth-driven and fictitious games to make use of your time:

The popular party game, Among Us, is coming to the VR world. Will you find the imposter with Meta’s new Quest Pro headset?

Synergy is a workplace tool that uses game mechanics like kudos, points, leaderboards, and badges, to engage and empower your team.

Dodge UFOs, space cars, trucks, and buses with Galaxy Cross Road.

Figure is a daily logic puzzle game and is “sort of like Bejeweled meets Wordle.”

Travel the world with Mario Kart Tour 3.0.

What do you want to see made into a game next?