DEV Community: Suryansh Manhas

Building AI Tools Is Easy. Getting Users Isn't. Here's My Solution.

Suryansh Manhas — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:20:57 +0000

Over the last few days, I built three AI tools for developers:

🐞 Error Explainer
📝 README Generator
🌿 Commit Message Generator

I was excited after building them.

Then I faced a problem that almost every indie developer faces:

Nobody knew they existed.

Each tool had:

A separate website
A separate URL
Separate branding

Every time I shared one, I felt like I was starting from zero.

That's when I realized I wasn't building a product—I was building isolated tools.

So I decided to change my approach.

Instead of maintaining multiple websites, I merged everything into one platform called DevPocket.

The idea is simple:

🐞 Debug → Explain programming errors
📝 Document → Generate project READMEs
🌿 Git → Generate commit messages (and soon PR descriptions)
🛠 Utilities → Helpful developer tools like JSON Formatter, JWT Decoder, and more

The goal isn't to build "another AI app."

I want DevPocket to become a place developers can visit whenever they're coding.

This is only Day 1, and there's still a lot to improve, but I'm excited about the direction.

You can check it out here:

👉 https://devpocket.tech

I'd genuinely love your feedback.

What developer tool would you find useful?
What's the most annoying part of your development workflow?

I'm building DevPocket in public, and every suggestion will help shape what comes next.

Thanks for reading! 🚀

I built a tool that explains any error message in plain English (free, no login)

Suryansh Manhas — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:43:29 +0000

As a developer, I've wasted so much time googling cryptic error messages.

So I built Error Explainer — paste any error, pick your language, and get:

A plain English explanation
The likely cause
A concrete fix with code

It's free, no login needed.

Link: https://error-explainer-one-kappa.vercel.app/

Would love feedback!

I built a free AI README Generator (with markdown preview)

Suryansh Manhas — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:33:41 +0000

Every developer hates writing READMEs. It's boring, repetitive, and always gets skipped. So I built ReadmeAI — describe your project, AI writes the README instantly.
What it does

Fill in project name, description, tech stack, features
AI generates a complete professional README.md
Switch between Raw and Preview tabs to see rendered markdown
One click copy

Tech Stack

Next.js + Tailwind CSS
Groq API (openai/gpt-oss-120b)
Deployed on Vercel

Why I built it

(Write 2-3 sentences personally — mention the challenge, that you're a student builder, makes it relatable)
Live link

https://readmeai-three.vercel.app/

Built this in a day as part of my 30-day AI tools challenge. Would love feedback from the dev community!

I built a free AI commit message generator in one day — here's why

Suryansh Manhas — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:16:03 +0000

Every developer has done it. You finish coding, go to commit, and type something like:

"fixed stuff"
"minor changes"
"asdfgh"

It's not laziness. You're just mentally done after solving the actual problem. Writing a good commit message feels like extra work.
So I built CommitMsg AI.
You paste your diff or describe what you changed — it generates a clean, conventional commit message instantly. No sign-in, completely free.
Why I built it in a day
I wanted something I'd actually use myself. Most commit message tools I found were either buried inside giant CLI setups or required too much configuration. I just wanted a clean web UI, paste and go.
Tech stack
Next.js, Tailwind, Groq API for the AI. Deployed on Vercel.
Try it
🔗 https://commitmsgai.vercel.app/
Would love feedback from other devs — what would make this actually part of your daily workflow?