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All your boondoggles.
One link. Zero shame.

Stash every weekend hack, single-page joke, and AI-prompt-turned-website on one shareable page. Get feedback. The portfolio for the projects you’d never put on a CV.

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Mira Rao

@mira · 12 boondoggles · 218 followers · 847 clicks

  • Fishlist — a chef-hatted fish on a retro plated-meal badge.

    fishlist

    234 clicks

    A recipe site for one. Stress-free dinners.

    fishlist.app

    🔥 18
  • Excel hell — a grinning cartoon devil holding a flaming spreadsheet and a pitchfork.

    excel hell

    89 clicks

    Paste a spreadsheet, get roasted.

    excelhell.com

    🔥 7
  • Bird law — a be-wigged owl judge standing on legal tomes, with bickering blue jays and cardinals beside it.

    bird law

    45 clicks

    Small-claims AI for ornithology disputes.

    birdlaw.app

    🫠 3
boondoggles.com/u/miraview profile
/ˈbuːn.dɒɡ.əl/noun · plural · informal
  1. 1

    wasteful, unnecessary, or pointless projects that continue to consume time and money. — Webster’s, more or less

  2. 2

    vibe-coded side-projects you’d never pin to your GitHub profile. “hey mark, great boondoggle you’ve got there. So it’s like an AI lawyer but for bird law?”

Make the thing. Skip the marketing.

Drop a link, pick up an audience of people who actually make stuff. No launch threads, no README, no SEO grind.

Three steps. No funnel. No onboarding tour.

  1. Vibe-coder typing at a laptop with a lightbulb floating overhead.
    Step 01

    Build something this weekend.

    An app, a little tool, a thing you wished existed. Doesn't have to be big, doesn't have to be serious — it just has to be yours. Spin it up by Sunday and call it done.

  2. A person stood between cheering supporters and angry hecklers.
    Step 02

    Share it with people who get it.

    Drop the link and other builders take a look. Some love it, some have notes. 🔥 if it lands, 🫠 if it misses, and a comment thread to talk it through. Honest reactions from people who've shipped their own stuff.

  3. A relaxed blue figure napping on a beach chair under a palm tree.
    Step 03

    Build a collection.

    Every project lives on one page at boondoggles.com/u/your-handle. A running record of the things you've made — share it on Insta, drop it in your CV, send it to the group chat.

🔥12🫠3

Two reactions. One per person. Switchable.

🔥 if it slaps. 🫠 if it’s slop. Comments thread underneath each update. No likes. No hearts. No claps. No retweets. No stars. No rage clicks. Just one of two things — or nothing.

You’ve already done the work.

That weekend tool. The single-page joke. The dumb little site that does one thing well. Give them one shareable home and an audience that actually makes stuff.

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The bits people ask about.

Why does this exist?

Half the things you vibe-code aren't a polished open-source release. They don't deserve a README, a public GitHub pin, or three social-media posts — but they're still fun to make and worth showing off. This is a portfolio surface for the ones that wouldn't survive on your GitHub profile.

Who can see my stuff?

Up to you, per project. Public projects show on your portfolio and on Explore — anyone can find them. Groups-only projects show only to people you share an active group with. Private is just you.

Do I have to link a repo?

Sign-in uses GitHub, but linking a repo to a project is optional. Plenty of boondoggles never get a repo at all — type a title, paste a link, hit post. Link a repo only when you want auto-syncing stars, language, and push-driven updates.

What's the deal with 🔥 and 🫠?

Two reactions, no like-button anxiety. 🔥 means it slaps. 🫠 means it's slop. One per person per thing, switchable. That's the whole interaction surface — by design.

Is this another social network?

It's a portfolio hub with follows and reactions, not an algorithmic feed. You see projects from people you follow, or whatever Explore surfaces. No scrolling forever, no ads, no boosted posts.