I spent the last couple of years building products. Most of them failed.
I spent money on domains and marketing, sat on Reddit for hours trying to get users, launched on Product Hunt, made waitlists, launched, relaunched, changed landing pages, and kept convincing myself, “this one might work.”
Tried making a list of a few of them:
- ShipDemos.com - Helps users generate high-quality product demos from real UI behavior using AI.
- AlgoHeads.com - Matched job openings with people you already knew who could refer you. ~1,000 users.
- QuitPremium.com - Helped users find recruiter and HR contact details without needing LinkedIn Premium ~3,000 users before I shut it down due to legal issues.
- TryYourClothes.com - Upload your photo and a clothing item to see how it might look on you.
- AnotherDayGone.app - A macOS productivity app that showed you a timeline of what you actually did all day.
- LearnAI - AI-generated lessons and presentation slides on any topic.
- Applymate.com - Find LinkedIn jobs and make applying to them faster.
- DocumentChat.app - Chat with any PDF.
- HabitHeatmap - Track habits with a GitHub-style consistency grid.
- ObjectDetector - Upload a photo or video and see what objects and colors are in it.
- InternetThroughTime.App - Pick a year and see what the internet actually looked like back then.
- WormyReads.com - Browse books visually and find something new to read.
At the time, it felt like I was just jumping from one failed idea to another. Looking back, I was accidentally training myself to ship faster, talking to users, debugging real systems, learning distribution, and getting better at judging what was actually worth building.
Individually, they failed. Together, they paved the way to an offer from SpaceXAI. Funny how failure compounds too.