Craft Engineer's Projects

#evergreen #personal

This is not a complete list of stuff I made!

Blogging

Engineering “Vibe Manager” Blog - Stories from the Trenches - my personal stories on how to be a better leader and engineering manager

Free Tools

ObsiPulse.com → #obsidian/plugin for gaining clarity into your writing habits - it's like a Github profile, but for Obsidian
Photo Background Maximalizer → enhance and maximise your photo backgrounds with our easy-to-use online photo editor. Upload, adjust, and export your images effortlessly. (More details on x.com)
Obsidian Todos Sort Plugin - plugin for #Obsidian that sorts todos by completion status within a note. (Launch post on Reddit)

Obsidian Gardens Gallery

Obsidian Garden Gallery
community based gallery of websites built on top of #obsidian
inspiration for others - how creative anyone can get with their vaults

Convert Google Sheets to JSON API

Convert Google Sheets to JSON API | Speed Up Prototyping with No API Development
Speed Up Prototyping with No API Development
free tool for converting #google/sheets into public APIs:

Who says a spreadsheet cannot be a database (and your API out-of-box)? I don't... try yourself: http://csv-2-json.vibemanager.tech/api/csv-2-json?uri=<YOUR PUBLIC GOOGLE SHEET URL> to get your #google/sheets into JSON, and your database is one "fetch" away (literally) #tool [^4]

![[Craft Engineer's Twitter#^6631aa] ## Czech Only (*Made with Czech localisation only - Yes, I am Czech!*) - [WordBot.cz](https://www.wordbot.cz/) - a platform for self-learning of any foreign language - [Sklapp.cz](https://sklapp.cz/) - sell anything, anytime - like Shopify but free and for Czech market

Custom GPTs

(Available only with paid #ai/chatgpt plus)

ChatGPT - Grammar advisor - Get instant insights into your English grammar
ChatGPT - CzechMate - Czech-English (and English-Czech) translator for quick and precise language conversion.
ChatGPT - SEO Meta Description Magician - Creates perfect description based on provided content
ChatGPT - Character Counter - Count the number of characters in the provided text (Just a funny experiment.)
ChatGPT - Slugify It - Specialist in converting text to URL-friendly slugs
ChatGPT - Content Analyzer 4E - Rewrites provided text with a focus on the 4Es (educating/entertaining/engaging/emotional)
ChatGPT - SBI Feedback Converter - Formally restructures feedback into SBI format (Recommended tool for managers and technical leaders)

Failed Projects

GIT for Your Browser Tabs - Chrome browser plugin: it's like #git but for your browser tabs - never lose your tabs again!
FiveCupsCoffee - specially decaf coffee dedicated to anyone who cannot drink caffeine but still loves a nice cup of coffee.
- → marketing was though and we could find customers before roasted coffee got too old
ReactSymbols — UI Kits on UI8 - one of the first #react 's ui-kits out there.
- → we sold quite of lot licences, however after time, uniqness of this product got lost, since other big players come to market (material ui etc)
Reddit Advanced Search → free tool for searching the whole #reddit without limits
- → reddit search got pretty better, and getting value from maintaining this was harder and harder
Brainkeeper Mobile Apps
- This app used to exist as a companion app for WordBot.cz, but could also be used completely independently
- Brainkeeper will help you practice foreign words with spaced repetition method.
- Links:
  - ~~PlayStore (Android): Brainkeeper - Apps en Google Play~~
  - ~~AppStore (iOS): Brainkeeper - to know them all on the App Store~~

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