It just struck me recently that it's so awesome to build something and be able to use it yourself. This exact idea actually got me in mobile development more than a decade ago - idea that I could build anything and use it on my phone.<p>Recently, I've started to learn a new language, got myself a Duolingo, everything went really well. However once levels got harder, I kept forgetting correct sentence structure/words. And Duo's exercises didn't help me on that front too much. Thus I've spent some time and built myself a language learning app focused on repetition. I can add cards from duo or manually, those cards can be used via voice (TTS) and with various masking and hints. Really can notice difference in learning now and combining it with Duo.<p>On the same note, I think last year Splitwise (app for tracking finance use, split expenses) introduced more payment tiers and greatly limit access for a free usage. Therefore I've built a finance planning app with some little dashboards and entry points for my household. Using till this day. Every day!<p>Some notable mentions:
- Shopping list app, to simply track what we need to buy;
- Very minimal Flash card app to learn language as well (more than a decade ago)<p>I know all of those apps are all already developed and available to use, but I can't explain the feeling having it built yourself and having sure that no-one sees your data but you. Also, having app small, straight to the point, ads-free helps greatly too!<p>Very curious - what have you built for yourself that you're proud (or not) till this day?
Same! I feel like most self-taught programmers started their journey to build sth for themselves<p>I’ve built an app to easily create a shareable link to invite people to a private GitHub repo. I know you can invite specific people to your repo, but sometimes you just want a link you can drop in a group chat<p>It was so cool seeing people in my school use it for all their class projects