Hi HN! I'm Greg, solo founder of AlterClass (https://alterclass.io/ https://alterclass.io/), a platform to build and sell better programming courses with no res

Hi HN! I'm Greg, solo founder of AlterClass (https://alterclass.io/ https://alterclass.io/), a platform to build and sell better programming courses with no restrictions and a fair-revenue sharing model. I'm a software engineer who got into creating programming courses back in 2019. I wasn’t satisfied with the resources I found on the web to learn and master React.js, so I decided to build and launch an online course to help people learn everything they need to become successful React developers. However, I didn't want to develop a video-based only course where students would be passive, just listening to me and reproducing every keystroke I type on my keyboard. How can you learn a skill as practical as programming just by watching hours of video of someone coding? It's like trying to learn how to drive a car only by watching someone else driving. It doesn't work like that. Programming (or any other technical skills) requires a significant amount of practice to really acquire and master the skill. So I came up with a project-based course that included a ton of practical content: quizzes, coding assignments, mini-challenges, real-world projects, and more. The problem is, creating such a course takes time, let alone building an audience and finding customers. Plus I had to build my own platform to create the course content and host it. I couldn't find any affordable (with a fair revenue sharing model) and easy-to-use tool out there that could help me with this. After spending months building all of this, I realized how much work it was just to launch one course. But I was more than ever convinced that students want and need more than just video-based or code-along courses to learn new skills. The natural next step was to work on building a platform to make this much easier. So, I built AlterClass, a modular and easy-to-use platform for creating and selling your programming courses online. AlterClass lets you build engaging and interactive programming courses using diverse blocks to compose your lessons without being restricted to a single format. You can choose between quizzes, code snippets, embedded coding environments, videos, rich-text articles, and more. Then, it provides support for getting paid for your course once it is ready. AlterClass instructors receive up to 100% of all the sales wherever they come from. Plus, I never alter your prices and never run any promotional campaigns on your courses. So you keep most of the revenue for yourself and the control over your courses. You can also fund courses with pre-orders before they get released. Coming soon, you’ll be able to host them on your own domain. About the tech stack, I’ve built the platform using React / Next.js, NextAuth.js, Tailwind CSS, FaunaDB, and Stripe. And everything is deployed on Vercel. You can use AlterClass for 14 days for free (no cc required): https://alterclass.io https://alterclass.io. My goal is to help developers create better and profitable online courses and save months of work in the process. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! Any feedback is much appreciated as well!