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I Couldn’t Afford Earth, So I Built Something Better

Konark Sharma on April 11, 2026

This is a submission for the DEV April Fools Challenge The day has finally come. I am launching my dream project. For months I had been thinking a...
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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

What's funny is that this will probably happen in the next Thousand years or so. If Star Wars did it, probably it will happen too.

What if I just buy a Black Hole? Would I basically just "Rob" someone's planet by eating? Do I own all known Black Holes (Trademark it)?

Great work lol

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Konark Sharma

Thanks Francis.

Yes you will own all of them. You will be the new Galactus who eats planets. 😂

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

B e t

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Konark Sharma

Don't wanna b e t. You will come for Earth anytime soon 😂.

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Why own a planet when you can just simply eat it? Free Space in the universe if you asked me

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Also, what you mean you can't afford earth but able to sell us the Whole Universe?? 💀

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Web Developer Hyper

I want to buy the whole Earth, but it’s sold out! 😿

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Konark Sharma

Homo sapiens already bought it. You can have Mars before Elon takes it.😆

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Web Developer Hyper

Haha. 🤣 I need to buy Mars in a hurry.
This is a cool app with beautiful planet images and a fun idea!

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Konark Sharma

Thank you 😊.

We need a rightful owner of mars so that negotiations with aliens becomes easier. They need a smart person like you.😂

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Benjamin Nguyen

hahah. You should :)

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Archit Mittal

The title alone deserves an upvote. Building your own version of something because the existing options are too expensive or too locked down is peak developer energy. This is exactly how some of the best open-source tools got started - someone looked at the price tag, said 'no thanks,' and built something better. What's the rendering approach? Are you using WebGL/Three.js for the globe, or did you go with something like Cesium or Mapbox GL?

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Konark Sharma

Thank you so much Archit.

This is the future of real estate as explained by aliens. When people get bored on Earth they will move to buy other planets than only my website will be helpful for everyone.

I Vibe coded the website and did the necessary changes in the images and the code. Kept it simple and with just explorer friendly. I didn't gave it prompt to use WebGL/Three.js. I kept it simple and added this 'A fully interactive circular orbital carousel' so it's more like a carousel and works like that. You can see GitHub for the code.

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piyush das

very good stuff

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Konark Sharma

Thank you Piyush 😊

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Benjamin Nguyen

nice! Great stuff, man :)

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Konark Sharma

Thanks Benjamin 😊. You should buy some plot for yourself on Pluto. It's on Sale as Canada is crowded nowadays.😂

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Benjamin Nguyen • Edited

hahaha! Yes, I want to go to Pluto :). It is crowded in Canada.hahahha:). I wan to live in northern territory in Canada for the winter. Nobody want to join me. Do you want to join me? hehhe.

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Konark Sharma

Why don't you go live in Antartica for all seasons. You can find a lot of penguins and polar bears to discuss cybersecurity.😂

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Benjamin Nguyen • Edited

yes! you are come with me. hahahah.

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Sarvagya Pandya

bro your idea is great and implementation is also very solid

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Konark Sharma

Thank you bro 😊. Have some fun with the future of real estate.😂

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Hadil Ben Abdallah • Edited

So sad the earth is sold out. I was thinking of buying a small piece of land there 😂
Great job, Konark 👏🏻

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Konark Sharma

Thanks Hadil. It means a lot. 😊

But yeah you can opt for Saturn, the rings are a bonus. It would be perfect for you and if you want I can talk to aliens and negotiate and give you a offer you can't refuse. 😂

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EOS FORTUNA

созвездие Змееносца забиваю🥰

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Konark Sharma

Да, конечно, берите их. В грядущих обновлениях я добавлю ещё. Инопланетянам ведь тоже нужен кто-то, кто будет управлять созвездиями.

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Angella Michelle

This was great!!!

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Konark Sharma

Thank you so much 😊.

Pluto needs you angella 😆.

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Mykola Kondratiuk

alien co-founder is the most honest startup pitch I have read all month - at least they disclose the cap table upfront

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Konark Sharma

Thank you Mykola 😊.

The aliens needed someone reliable so they offered me this role and regarding the cap table the aliens wants these planets to be utilized that's why they are on sale 😂. It was a pretty hard job convincing them.

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Mykola Kondratiuk

haha glad the aliens found their guy - convincing alien stakeholders to sell planets sounds like the hardest sprint review I've ever heard of

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crevilla2050

Dang, I can't afford Jupiter, I think I will have to settle for Pluto instead; now that it has beed nemoted, I hope to get a discout, LOL.

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Konark Sharma

Pluto is on Sale, Go and Grab it. If you want, I can setup a meeting with aliens for you for a final price 😂.

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تركيانا

Honestly, this is both hilarious and impressive. I'd live in a CLI-generated Earth if it means no rent and perfect variable names. The real question though—does the "water" have bugs?

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Konark Sharma

Thank you.

Good idea CLI generated earth hahaha. No rent could be possible but perfect variable names aren't possible. Someone will name it the most absurd one always. We will ask LLM to find bugs in water 😂

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CH Amrut Prasad Patro

Check mine

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bingkahu (Matteo)

Amazing.

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Konark Sharma

Congratulations on the purchase 😊. We finally found the righful owner of Saturn 😂.