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I built a fake chat generator in 18 hours because the existing ones all suck

https://messagesy.xyz/
1•hristoff•17h ago

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hristoff•17h ago
So yesterday I needed a fake iMessage screenshot for a video thumbnail. Googled around, tried a few tools - they all either looked terrible, had ugly watermarks everywhere, or wanted me to download some random app.I figured how hard can it be to just make one myself?18 hours later I have a working product with payments and everything. Probably should have slept at some point but here we are. It's called Messagesy. You pick a platform (iMessage, WhatsApp, Instagram, and 9 others), type out a conversation, customize the details like names and timestamps, and export it as a PNG. The whole thing runs in the browser. React frontend, Firebase for auth, Stripe for payments because I wanted to see if anyone would actually pay for this. Turns out some people will — got my first few subscribers this morning. Free tier gives you 3 exports per day with a watermark. Paid removes limits and the watermark. Honestly not sure where this goes from here but it was a fun build. If anyone wants to try it and i will be happy to answer questions about the stack or how I built it.

Georgism Through Land Leasing

https://progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/georgism-through-land-leasing
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https://www.boomshare.ai/
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2•PaulHoule•17m ago•1 comments

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https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2745385
1•onurkanbkrc•18m ago•0 comments

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