How I built an "Enterprise-Lite" Frame.io competitor in 48 hours to kill the Seat-Based Tax

Haseeb — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:06:45 +0000

I’ve been feeling a massive amount of "Adobe fatigue" lately.

As a freelancer, the industry-standard tools for video review are great until you hit the Collaboration Tax. The second you need to loop in a contractor or a client’s assistant for a few days, you’re hit with a $15–$25/mo per-seat license.

Last weekend, I decided to stop paying the tax and start building a solution.

The Mission: Unlimited for a Flat Fee
The goal for Reel was simple: Create a professional, frame-accurate video review tool that costs a flat $49/mo regardless of how many users or projects you have.

The Stack: "Vibe Coding" at Scale
I built the V1 in a single weekend using Replit Agent 4. While there's a lot of debate around "Vibe Coding" right now, this project proved to me that a solo dev can ship "enterprise-lite" tools at a fraction of the traditional dev cycle cost.

The core features I prioritized:

Timestamped Feedback: Click the video, leave a comment, move on.

Zero-Login Client Links: Don't make your clients create an account just to say "make the logo bigger."

Flat-Rate Billing: No seat licenses, ever.

The "Day 1" Result
The response was wild. Within 12 hours of launching:

It became a top trending post on r/premiere (6k+ views).

Google AI already indexed it as a "flagship example" of the new wave of AI-assisted development.

What's Next?
Reel is currently in early beta (hosting on Replit for now). I'm looking for 10 "Founding Member" agencies to help me stress-test the storage and refine the roadmap.

If you’re a dev who also edits video, or just someone who hates per-seat pricing, I’d love your feedback on the UI/UX.

Check it out here: https://reelhq.replit.app/

I'd love to hear from other solo founders—how are you handling storage-heavy SaaS builds without breaking the bank on Day 1?

Built a wheel that decides who cleans the bathroom so my housemates stop arguing

Haseeb — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:09:04 +0000

I built a chore rotation app over the weekend because I was tired of seeing the same argument everywhere

You know the one. "Who was supposed to take out the trash." Every shared house, every friend group, every year.

The idea was stupid simple: spin a wheel every Monday, chores get assigned automatically, nobody has to be the bad guy. I thought I'd have 3 screens and call it done.

Somehow it ended up with XP, a leaderboard, a reward system where you can earn tokens to skip chores or win pizza nights, and something called a Bribe Fund. I don't fully know how it got there but it's staying.

No app download needed — your housemates just open a link and join. That was the one thing I was stubborn about because you literally cannot make people download apps.

Live at spin-chores.replit.app — would love honest feedback, especially if anything is confusing on first use.

DEV Community: Haseeb

How I built an "Enterprise-Lite" Frame.io competitor in 48 hours to kill the Seat-Based Tax

Built a wheel that decides who cleans the bathroom so my housemates stop arguing