DEV Community: violentanirudh

I Built Updatly – A Lightweight Way To Share Product Updates

violentanirudh — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 05:23:44 +0000

Hey Devs 👋

While juggling multiple projects, I often ran into a small but frustrating problem:

Let’s say I’m deep into coding a new feature on one project, and I suddenly receive a message or email about a minor fix needed on another. I’d make the change… but then forget (or delay) informing the users. Or worse — they wouldn’t even know something was fixed!

That tiny communication gap kept bugging me.

So instead of overcomplicating it, I built something simple: Updatly.

🛠️ What is Updatly?

Updatly is a lightweight tool that lets you:

Add your website
Push changelogs, product updates, or announcements
Show them on your site with a sleek sidebar widget (glass effect, animations, themeable)
Sync it all in real-time

Built for makers, solo developers, and small teams who don’t want to overengineer updates.

✨ Features

Clean floating sidebar widget with animation
Glassmorphic design, customizable themes
Google login for fast access
Add up to 3 websites for free (first 100 users)
Admin dashboard for managing updates
Just paste one script in your site — done!

👨‍💻 Why I Made It

Too often, devs focus so much on building that they forget to communicate.

Updatly was my solution to that — not another bloated SaaS, just something that works, fast.

🚀 Try It Out

🔗 https://updatly.live

💬 Join Discord for feedback or questions

Would love to hear your thoughts — especially if you’re building a product and want a better way to keep users in the loop.

Let’s build in public 🙌

Introducing SnipLab: Your Go-To Platform for Sharing Snippets

violentanirudh — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 05:11:04 +0000

Introducing SnipLab: Your Go-To Platform for Sharing Snippets

I'm excited to announce the development of SnipLab (sniplab.vercel.app), a new platform where developers can share and discover code snippets. SnipLab is designed to be a collaborative space where you can save your own snippets and explore contributions from others, making it easier to learn and grow together.

The project is still in development, and many features are yet to be implemented. However, the core functionalities are up and running, and the site is nearing a fully operational state. While we're working hard to add more features, we kindly ask users to refrain from spamming the site to maintain a positive and productive environment for everyone.

Security and accessibility are top priorities for SnipLab. We're actively seeking help from the community to make the platform more secure and user-friendly. Although email verification isn’t implemented yet, we trust that users will behave responsibly and contribute to a safe and supportive environment. If you have expertise in security or accessibility, or if you're passionate about making SnipLab better, we’d love to see your contributions on GitHub.

SnipLab is a community-driven platform, and with your help, we can make it a valuable resource for developers everywhere. Join us on this journey, share your knowledge, and help us build a secure and accessible platform for all.

GitHub : View GitHub Repo

Happy coding!

CoreApp : Minimal PHP Framework

violentanirudh — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 03:55:33 +0000

Hi! I am Anirudh Singh and I am writing this to ask for your help in a PHP Framework named CoreApp developed by me.

I want you to work with the framework and help me out to fix bugs and add additional features.

The goal of this framework is to be minimal. It's just 11.3KB and has a lot of features making Web Development quite easy.

A simple CRUD Application with authentication can be build within an hours.

I want your support to make it more powerful and easy to use.

Link : https://github.com/violentanirudh/coreapp

Building a minimal app in CoreApp

# APACHE .htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

# NGINX nginx.conf

try_files $uri /index.php;

<?php

require __DIR__ . '/CoreApp.php';

// Creating App

$app = new CoreApp();

// Functions

function home() {
    echo "Hello, World!";
}

function blog($id) {
    echo "Hello, World! Blog : $id";
}

// Adding routes

$app -> add('GET', '/', 'home');
$app -> add('GET', '/blog/:id', 'blog');

$app -> run();