X Communities is shutting down May 30. Here's what I built for builders who need a permanent home.

Tux Not Found — Wed, 20 May 2026 17:37:43 +0000

X Communities shuts down May 30.

If you've been using the #buildinpublic community there to document your indie dev journey — that timeline is gone. The posts, the context, the progress log you've been building for months.

I've been in the same boat. I build things in public and I want a record of it that doesn't disappear when a platform decides to restructure, pivot, or shut down.

So I built Openstage.

What it is

A public profile page for builders. Your URL is openstage.dev/yourusername.

Connect GitHub and your commits start flowing into your timeline automatically. Add milestones, shipped features, links, notes manually. It becomes a living record of what you built and when.

Here's mine: openstage.dev/tuxnotfound

Why it's different

Most build-in-public tools are either:

Social feeds (Twitter, IH) — ephemeral, algorithm-dependent, rented space
Changelogs (GitHub releases) — dev-facing, not built for public storytelling
Personal blogs — great but manual and slow

Openstage sits in the gap: a public-facing builder profile that maintains itself from your GitHub activity, permanent, and fully yours.

What's in it

🔗 Profile at openstage.dev/yourusername
⚙️ GitHub OAuth sync — commits auto-appear on your timeline
📝 Manual entries: milestones, shipped features, links, notes, releases
🔥 Streaks — consecutive days with any activity
📊 Analytics (Pro) — views, countries, referrers, entry clicks
OG card, embed widget, GitHub README badge

Free forever for the core profile. Pro tier is $7/month or $49 lifetime.

If you're losing your X Communities home, come claim your profile before May 30. Takes 2 minutes with GitHub OAuth.

👉 openstage.dev

Drop your openstage link in the comments — I'll follow along.

I built a free developer conversion tools site (JSON TypeScript, YAML↔JSON, and more)

Tux Not Found — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:47:05 +0000

I kept finding myself with 6 different browser tabs open for the same repetitive conversions — paste JSON here, convert YAML there, decode some Base64 somewhere else.

So I built codeconvert.dev to have them all in one place.

What it does

JSON → TypeScript — paste JSON, get TypeScript interfaces instantly
JSON ↔ CSV — convert between formats
YAML ↔ JSON
XML ↔ JSON
ENV ↔ JSON — .env files and JSON back and forth
Base64 encode/decode
URL encode/decode
Epoch ↔ Date — timestamp conversions
JSON Formatter — format and validate

Why I built it

The JSON→TypeScript one is the main reason. Every time I hit a new API endpoint I'd end up writing interfaces by hand or copy-pasting into some sketchy random site. Having it clean and fast in one place saves a surprising amount of friction.

Everything is free, no sign-up required.

Would genuinely love feedback — what converters are you reaching for that aren't here? What would make this actually useful for your workflow?