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I developed a lot of tools for my own use and tried to monetize/promote some of them with no success. I had an idea to build an anonymous bookmark sharing webs
by ipiz0618 5y ago
I developed a lot of tools for my own use and tried to monetize/promote some of them with no success.
I had an idea to build an anonymous bookmark sharing website [0]. I thought it would be useful for people to share links around without having to sign up, and even choose to collaborate with others anonymously/share with readonly permission. For example, teachers could share class resources with the site, update the list as they find new readings, and students can access the link anytime to see the latest list. It was a single-focused web app. As far as I know, I'm the only user, but I still keep my bookmarks there to share links between my devices.
I built my own SQL query builder in C# [1] because I disliked ORMs. It didn't sound right to me to create another overhead using a dedicated class in my code. I liked plain SQLs, but as the number of operations increased, my code quickly became messy.
I spent a week or so during holidays developing the core functions of the library and opensourced it. Not many people used it because I guess my target audience was people who use plain SQLs in their code. These people probably prefer minimal tooling, so they avoid third-party libraries. Although I stopped maintaining it after switching to Python for work, I still think it's more organized than having plain SQLs lying around in the code.
[0]: https://www.axomark.xyz https://www.axomark.xyz
[1]: https://github.com/Isaaafc/mssql-wrapper https://github.com/Isaaafc/mssql-wrapper