Hey DEV community 👋
I’ve been working on 404Found, a free platform designed to help people solve everyday digital problems faster and stay safer online.
The idea is simple: when something feels suspicious, broken, or confusing, users should have one place to check it quickly.
What 404Found does
404Found currently includes tools and guides for:
- Checking suspicious phone numbers
- Detecting possible scam text messages
- Troubleshooting common tech issues
- Using temporary utility tools like disposable email
- Reading step-by-step guides for everyday digital problems
The goal is to make the experience fast, simple, and useful for non-technical users.
Why I built it
A lot of people search Google only after they have already clicked a suspicious link, called back an unknown number, or shared personal information.
I wanted to create a site that helps people pause, check, and understand the risk before acting.
At the same time, many tech-help websites are overloaded with ads, slow pages, or generic AI content. I’m trying to build something more direct: practical tools, clear answers, and useful scam-awareness content.
Current focus
Right now I’m working on:
- Improving mobile performance
- Expanding the phone number lookup database
- Adding more scam text examples and detection flows
- Building better SEO pages around real user intent
- Improving monetization without making the site annoying to use
Tech stack
The site is built with:
- React
- Vite
- Tailwind
- Supabase
- Vercel
- Programmatic SEO pages
- Prerendered metadata for better indexing
Looking for feedback
I’d love feedback from the DEV community, especially on:
- The homepage clarity
- Mobile performance
- Scam-checking user experience
- Useful tools I should add next
- SEO/programmatic page structure
You can check it here:
Thanks for reading — and happy to hear any suggestions.
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