Weekly 'I made a useful thing' Thread - May 01, 2026
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There is a great deal of user-generated content out there, from scripts and software to tutorials and videos, but we've generally tried to keep that off of the front page due to the volume and as a result of community feedback. There's also a great deal of content out there that violates our advertising/promotion rule, from scripts and software to tutorials and videos.
We have received a number of requests for exemptions to the rule, and rather than allowing the front page to get consumed, we thought we'd try a weekly thread that allows for that kind of content. We don't have a catchy name for it yet, so please let us know if you have any ideas!
In this thread, feel free to show us your pet project, YouTube videos, blog posts, or whatever else you may have and share it with the community. Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, or links that appear to be monetization-grabs will still be removed.
Weak_Ad4520@reddit
Been working on a free AWS security & compliance dashboard for small teams — sharing here since it might be useful.
The problem I kept hitting managing AWS for lean engineering teams:
What Cloud Wizard does:
Real example from last week — scanned a live business account and found:
37%environment health score193failing checks*:*admin accessThey had no idea.
Not trying to replace your existing tooling — more of a sanity check that runs alongside whatever you've already got.
Free, no credit card, no approval.
👉 https://acloudwizard.com
Happy to answer questions about the architecture or compliance mapping if anyone's curious.
Doo_scooby@reddit
Built a Cloudflare widget for iPhone, iPad and Mac that shows key traffic metrics passively on your home screen. Unique Visitors, Total Requests, Bandwidth, Cache Hit Ratio. No more tab switching just to check numbers.
👉 https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/pulsekit/id6748132958
vogelke@reddit
I made something that lets me use Firefox to browse files in dated (/path/to/YYYY/MMDD/) directories.
I use a CGI script to display two main sections: directories and files on the left, and a full-year calendar on the right. If you're interested, a better description plus all the files can be found here.
NO AI/LLM crap was used in creating this post or the software.
RepulsiveDuck331@reddit
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Revzerksies@reddit
can we have a rant Sticky? I've got some bitching to do and it's just not worth a tread.
Pretty_Basis_4945@reddit
Unix epoch 1777777777 passed today. Here's how many devs would have broken it
// ✗ This gives you a date in 1970 new Date(1777777777)
// ✓ This gives you today new Date(1777777777 * 1000)
The #1 timestamp bug in production — passing seconds where milliseconds are expected. Built a free debugger that catches this automatically: unixcalculator.com/tools/timestamp-debugger Paste any number. It tells you exactly what it is, what timezone it's in, and what you probably did wrong.
TomGautot@reddit
I got _very_ tired of going through log files with millions of lines with nothing more than vim and grep, most of those lines are useless anyways! So I made Logram ( https://github.com/tGautot/Logram ), a vim-like file navigator where you define the structure of your logs and then create filters for the lines. Don't care about logs from `foobang` package? Out they go. Too many lines from "INFO" level. Get rid of all of them in 1 second. Only care about a single thread? Filter on its id, there you go.
I can't tell you how much time it has saved me already, I hope you will find it usefull too.