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A graveyard for the ideas in your notes app
Everyone has twenty ideas. Nobody ships them. Leave one here. Someone with a free weekend takes it, copies the prompt, and builds.
For Builders with too many ideas and builders with none
The premise of this site, after @gianmauric's postyourbuildideas
The problem, sharper
Builders with too many ideas and builders with none already tried the generic version and bounced. Everyone has twenty ideas. Nobody ships them. Leave one here. Someone with a free weekend takes it, copies the prompt, and builds. The wedge is the constraint, not another feature list.
Features that make the pitch true
- 01Capture the job in one screen: Everyone has twenty ideas. Nobody ships them. Leave one here. Someone with a free weekend…
- 02Audience-aware defaults for builders with too many ideas and builders with none.
- 03Shareable artifact you can send to a teammate in one tap.
- 04Honest empty states. No fake social proof, no infinite onboarding.
- 05Export: the user can leave with their data on day one.
This weekend
- Friday: landing page, one happy path, seed data.
- Saturday: the core loop that makes the pitch true.
- Sunday: share link, ugly-but-working export, tell ten people.
Stack
- — Next.js + TypeScript
- — Local-first persistence, server later
- — API + webhook
- — status page
- — single-tenant first
- — asset library
User stories
- As a person in this group: Builders with too many ideas and builders with none, I can describe the job in one sentence and get a usable first result.
- As a skeptic, I can try it without creating an account.
- As someone who might build this, I can copy a spec and start this weekend.
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Build a working product called LumenRoom. Tagline: A graveyard for the ideas in your notes app — without the usual product theater. One-liner: Everyone has twenty ideas. Nobody ships them. Leave one here. Someone with a free weekend takes it, copies the prompt, and builds. Who it is for: Builders with too many ideas and builders with none Non-goals: do not build a generic dev app. Do not add auth until the core loop works. Do not invent extra personas. Must-have features: 1. Capture the job in one screen: Everyone has twenty ideas. Nobody ships them. Leave one here. Someone with a free weekend… 2. Audience-aware defaults for builders with too many ideas and builders with none. 3. Shareable artifact you can send to a teammate in one tap. 4. Honest empty states. No fake social proof, no infinite onboarding. 5. Export: the user can leave with their data on day one. Suggested stack: - Next.js + TypeScript - Local-first persistence, server later - API + webhook - status page - single-tenant first - asset library UX: - Distinctive, editorial, not purple-gradient SaaS - Works on a phone - Empty states teach the product - One primary action per screen Ship this weekend: 1. A landing page that states the job in one breath 2. The core loop end to end with sample data 3. A shareable output 4. A README that explains what was intentionally left out Constraints: TypeScript. Keep the first version local-first if a database would slow you down. Name the product LumenRoom unless you have a clearly better one.