ideas.

filed under #data

26 of 159
idea 159 Oct 17 3 min

Prove how cold your rental actually gets

Cheap room sensors plus a report generator that turns a winter of temperature and humidity data into evidence a tenant can send a landlord.

hardwareconsumerdata
idea 158 Oct 14 4 min

Know which AI crawlers are reading your site

A self-hosted log analyser that verifies AI crawler traffic, shows what it takes, and measures the referrals that come back.

self-hostedcreatoraidata
idea 157 Oct 07 4 min

Turn real API traffic into test fixtures

A browser extension that records the API responses your app actually receives and exports them as redacted, typed test fixtures.

browser-extensiondev-toolsdata
idea 156 Sep 28 3 min

Turn five messy transit feeds into one API

A hosted API that ingests every transit agency in a metro area and serves one consistent schedule and arrival endpoint.

apisolo-devdata
idea 155 Sep 21 3 min

Log every power cut, down to the second

A plug-in sensor that records mains outages, sags, and frequency drift in your home, so you can prove what the grid is doing to your house.

hardwareconsumerdata
idea 154 Sep 18 3 min

Find the spreadsheets your company secretly runs on

A self-hosted scanner that crawls your company drive, scores every workbook on how much it behaves like production software, and ranks the risk.

self-hostedenterprisedata
idea 153 Sep 09 3 min

A SQL client that can't nuke production

A desktop database console that estimates blast radius, forces transactions on prod, and logs every statement you run against live data.

desktopdev-toolsdata
idea 152 Sep 04 3 min

Count footfall in your shop without cameras

A cheap doorway sensor and dashboard that gives small retailers hourly visitor counts and conversion rates without recording anyone.

hardwareb2bdataprivacy
idea 151 Aug 23 3 min

A tax threshold watcher for indie SaaS

A dashboard that reads your Stripe data and warns you months before you cross a sales tax or VAT registration threshold in any jurisdiction.

webb2bfinancedata
idea 150 Aug 16 3 min

Fake data that actually respects your schema

A service that reads your Postgres schema and generates referentially consistent seed data, so dev and CI stop running on stale copies of production.

apidev-toolsdataprivacy
idea 149 Aug 15 3 min

Pothole logger for your bike

A seatpost sensor and companion app that scores how rough every street you ride is, then draws it on a map you can act on.

hardwareconsumerdata
idea 148 Aug 10 3 min

Map your cloud bill back to your Terraform code

A CLI that joins your AWS cost report to Terraform state so every line item points at the module, file, and commit that created it.

clidev-toolsfinancedata
idea 147 Aug 05 3 min

A pre-commit linter for dangerous SQL migrations

A CLI that runs EXPLAIN against a shadow database to catch table locks, missing indexes, and full scans in migrations before they hit production.

clidev-toolsdata
idea 146 Jul 21 3 min

DIY sleep environment monitor

A bedroom sensor node that logs temperature, humidity, CO2, light, and noise overnight, then correlates conditions against your sleep tracker's score.

hardwaresolo-devhealthdata
idea 145 Jul 18 2 min

Warranty and receipt tracker with camera OCR

A mobile app that scans receipts with on-device OCR, tracks warranty expiration dates, and reminds you before coverage runs out.

mobileconsumerproductivitydata
idea 144 Jul 15 2 min

Automated backup restore verifier

A self-hosted tool that periodically restores random files and databases from your backups into a scratch environment to prove they actually work, not just that they exist.

self-hosteddev-toolsautomationdata
idea 143 Jul 11 3 min

Price history tracker browser extension

A browser extension that logs prices on every product page you visit and alerts you when an item drops below its historical low, stored entirely locally.

browser-extensionconsumerfinancedata
idea 142 Jul 10 3 min

Symptom and trigger correlator for chronic conditions

A mobile app that logs symptoms alongside food, sleep, and activity, then runs simple statistics to surface likely triggers for chronic conditions like migraines or IBS.

mobileconsumerhealthdata
idea 141 Jul 09 3 min

Self-hosted SaaS seat and license usage auditor

A self-hosted tool that connects to your SaaS admin APIs, flags unused seats and duplicate tools, and estimates monthly savings before renewal.

self-hostedenterpriseautomationdata
idea 140 Jun 22 4 min

USB-C power delivery data logger

An ESP32-based inline USB-C monitor that logs real-time voltage, current, and wattage to a local web dashboard — useful for auditing chargers and understanding device charging behavior.

hardwaresolo-devdata
idea 139 Jun 10 3 min

Self-hosted revenue dashboard for indie SaaS

A Docker-deployable dashboard that pulls MRR, churn, and LTV from Stripe, Gumroad, and Paddle into one view — no third-party analytics subscription needed.

self-hostedsolo-devfinancedata
idea 138 May 23 3 min

TUI SQLite browser and query runner

A terminal UI app that lets developers open any SQLite file, browse tables and schemas, and run arbitrary SQL queries — all without leaving the command line or installing a GUI.

clidev-toolsdata
idea 137 May 21 3 min

AI feedback aggregator for product teams

A web app that ingests customer feedback from multiple inboxes, clusters it into themes with an LLM, and surfaces a structured weekly digest so product teams stop missing signal buried in email.

webb2baidata
idea 136 May 08 3 min

In-browser SQL workbench for CSV files

A web app that runs DuckDB in WebAssembly so analysts and developers can drag in CSV files, query them with SQL, and export results — no server, no signup, no data leaving the browser.

webdev-toolsdata
idea 135 May 06 3 min

Competitor pricing tracker for product managers

A browser extension that extracts and logs pricing tiers from any SaaS pricing page into a local store, so product managers can track competitor pricing changes over time without manual copy-paste.

browser-extensionb2bdata
idea 134 Apr 25 3 min

DIY air quality monitor with home dashboard

A sub-$40 ESP32 sensor kit paired with a self-hosted web dashboard to track CO2, particulates, and VOCs in your home — no cloud account required.

hardwareconsumerhealthdata