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One side project idea I am working on is a web application starter kit that may be up and running in 30 minutes, with more than 10 fundamental features for every web app. I think it can speed up the time to market of other web app based side projects. It is available at https://turbovar.com/turbovar/index.jsp

Makes sense. I have also experienced performance issues in some projects. Thanks for sharing!

I worked on TurboVar EmailBroker, a self hosted email sender application that lets you send emails via 5 popular email API service providers.

With TurboVar EmailBroker you can use a concise and uniform API to send emails using REST requests. If you prefer no-code, you can use a Web UI page.

It was launched this week. Check it at https://turbovar.com/turbovar/emailbroker.jsp

Feeback is welcomed!

Thanks for pointing out. I was not aware of that guideline.

I have been working on https://turbovar.com , which is a Java SaaS Template. Input on how to improve the landing page and how to increase customer acquisition would be highly appreciated.

Thanks!

Good questions. On the front-end I use jsp to enable dynamic page generation and have things like headers and footers included dynamically and also for some variables, like the placeholders for url, have their value dynamically set. The main reason I chose jsp for those use cases was because it works well and is simple to understand even if you have had zero contact with jsp before (maybe if you want to use it more heavily, it is not that simple). For other aspects of the front-end I rely on html, javascript and css.

Regarding the front-end framework, I decided to use only Bootstrap because of simplicity. I avoided (for now) to use something like Angular or React because in my understanding it would increase the complexity of the stack and users, in general, would need more time to understand it, what would cause the side projects/SaaS/MVP they were aiming to build take more time to be released.

Since the product is now available to the public, those decisions may change once I gain more understanding of what customers really want. Thanks for you comment and feel free to leave any additional question/feedback.

Sure. I am aware of some other products with similar premises that are based in other programming languages. I will drop you an e-mail.

Good question. I am not a specialist in JHpister, but I think that two of the reasons that would drive you to choose TurboVar are: you prefer code over configuration and want more control over the code base; you do not want to learn/use Spring on the server side/back-end;

Feel free to leave any additional question or feedback.

My two latest failed projects were a SaaS to help landlords manage their properties, including rent payment management, and an analytics tool that consolidated data from real estate property in a excel so people looking to buy or rent could analyse the options in a more effective way than going property by property in the listing site. Both projects failed because I could not attract users in a consistent way. I could not find any paying user during the 2 months that each project stayed online. Nevertheless, it was a good learning experience and it was one of the motivations to derive the project that I am working now (https://turbovar.com/), which is a full-stack Java Web APP template.