One word. Six words to use it. Every day, the most-hearted response picks tomorrow's prompt. Quipd is a daily creative ritual that connects writers through wit and wordplay. One prompt per day - just your best six words.
Hey Product Hunt!
I started learning iOS a few weeks ago. Shipped two small apps to learn the basics, then wanted a bigger challenge: build an app where everyone shares the same data, without running a traditional server.
The stack is CloudKit's public database, a GitHub Actions cron for daily logic, and a Cloudflare Worker as redundancy. No VPS, no database to maintain, no monthly hosting bill.
I took journalism in high school and writing courses at uni, so an app about words felt right.
Here's how Quipd works:
- One word appears each day
- You write exactly six words using it
- Then you see what everyone else wrote
- The most-hearted response picks tomorrow's word
- The chain grows forever
Some interesting problems I had to solve:
- What happens when someone submits at exactly midnight while the system is picking the next word?
- How do you stop early responses from dominating? I built a swipe-through reveal where heart counts are hidden while you're voting.
- How do you keep storage from growing forever? Responses auto-delete after 48 hours. Only the winning word persists.
Total hosting cost: $0. Happy to answer questions about the build!
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