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Why Though? An Indie Workbench for Everyday Frustrations

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Jonathan Aplacador’s personal idea board for software projects built around problems he cannot leave alone.

Why it surfaced

The site turns small, recognizable frustrations into a visible product pipeline: group expenses without paywalls, duplicate browser tabs, community comments on webpages, and bot-resistant ticket buying. Its candid workshop voice—“Profit is welcome, but usefulness comes first”—gives the portfolio more personality than a standard developer landing page.

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Ice Does Not Count

August 12’s newborn domains include a rule-bound archive of enormous sodas, 27 family stories cut from one afternoon, a disaster-supply map with a 24-hour freshness rule, and an ocean bell that rings only when six conditions agree.

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