I have finally released my quirky wishlist app, https://thingstohave.app, that I was covering in multiple previous "Ask HN" posts.
Right now, I'm busy with marketing, so there's not much code stuff I can tell you. But here are some marketing finds:
1. At this point, ChatGPT traffic is competing with paid traffic, while having a much better audience quality and retention.
2. I had a disastrous Product Hunt launch, despite having two badges on previous launches. It seems like the platform went into "dead internet theory" territory. I wrote a rant about it here: https://www.brachkow.com/notes/you-should-put-less-effort-in...
And as for code, right now I'm busy with hobby projects, and two of them are:
1. v4 of my Inertia.js adapter for the Hono framework – https://github.com/brachkow/hono-inertia/pull/6
I want to expand the thing I made to write Things To Have without relying on annoying "full-stack" frameworks, into:
- the best Inertia adapter for Hono
- the best way to do SSR in Vue (or whatever framework you use)
If you don't know what Inertia is, check it out, as it may change your frontend life – https://inertiajs.com/, and Hono is modern express.js – https://hono.dev/
2. I'm building a mobile multiplexer because every one I tried was either too old-fashioned or low quality.
Now I've built a great app with good scrolling, good composing, simple use of hotkeys, file sharing, and many, many QoL features. I'm really using it on the go almost daily across two months now.
The only thing that slightly set me back is that I went too deep into supporting the herdr-tui protocol, and herdr moved into a new protocol that I'm not fond of.
Things to Have looks pretty nice; congrats on launching!
It's missing one feature that means I can't migrate from GiftList: allowing multiple accounts to edit a single list.
In addition to my own list, I'm managing lists for my kids. Their mom also needs to be able to manage them. On GiftList she and I can each have our own accounts, I can create lists for our kids, and then I can invite her as a collaborator. I didn't see a way to do something similar on Things to Have.
Also, for purposes of your comparison table- GiftList has an export to csv option.