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https://whydoesmysitesuck.com/Question 1 of 7
I'm someone who loves to solve problems. Usually where people see problems I see solutions, often unusual or bold or unorthodox. Another thing I like doing is helping others, the third one is games. The fourth is optimization. The things I work on usually touch one or more of these areas.
Question 2 of 7
Here's everything I've got live online right now. Split into products, services, games, the personal site, and the GitHub repos worth mentioning. Products & SaaS (live) WP Multitool - WordPress plugin / SaaS - A developer toolkit that finds what's slowing a WordPress site and fixes it, from $199/yr or $499 lifetime. Hunazo - AI marketplace / SaaS - A trusted marketplace for AI agents with on-chain USDC escrow on Base, taking a 2% fee on completed sales. Merkdex - API / SaaS - "DNS for products": a tiered API that resolves and serves structured product data, from free up to enterprise white-label. Web Data Labs - API / SaaS - Production scraper APIs for LinkedIn, Twitter, Google, Amazon and more. Pay per result on Apify, no account or OAuth needed. CurlShip - Directory / SaaS - A bot-friendly SaaS directory where you submit your product with a single curl command. FairPrice - SaaS tool - Anonymous budget matching for freelancers and clients that privately reveals the overlap between what each side will pay. WhyDoesMySiteSuck - Web tool / SaaS - A free instant 324-point website audit that shows why a site isn't converting. ShipSwipe - SaaS / networking - A free platform where builders meet marketers. MakeWPFast - Web tool / content - A WordPress performance hub with free tools and a large programmatic-SEO plugin/theme benchmark library. Fix-WP - Productized service - AI-powered WordPress emergency repair that fixes critical issues within hours for a $100 flat fee. SiftX - Chrome extension - Detects bot followers and finds optimal posting times on X, $10 one-time. The Throne - Web experiment / charity - "The global microphone for sale": the highest bidder owns the front page of the internet, with 100% of proceeds going to GiveWell. OpenClaw - Free tool - A Polish install-guide and script generator for the OpenClaw AI agent on Mikr.us. AI Hustler - Project / free read - The ongoing story of an AI agent given a free VPS, $0 budget, and one instruction: make money. marcindudek.dev - Personal site - The central hub that links all of the above products and services. Games (live) King & Dragon - Game (live, public) - A real-time multiplayer lobby-based strategy game. Chimera - Game (live, unlisted) - A creature-collection breeder where every creature is genuinely unique via a real diploid genetics engine; live and reachable but intentionally noindex. Simple Dog Game - Game (live, public) - A lightweight browser game hosted on GitHub Pages. Slime Mold Sim - Simulation (live, public) - An interactive slime-mold / agent-simulation toy on GitHub Pages. Imprisoned - Interactive fiction (live, public) - A text-based choice game published on the Choice of Games platform. Notable open-source (GitHub - @MarcinDudekDev) nginx-optimizer - One-command NGINX performance tuning script (my most-starred repo). claude-report-skill - A Claude Code skill that generates clean HTML reports instead of terminal walls of text. codesieve - Deterministic, principle-based code-quality grading for AI coding workflows. video-caption - Local AI video captioning combining Ollama vision and Whisper audio. wp-local - One-command Dockerized local WordPress dev with SSL out of the box. helix-memory - Graph-vector long-term memory system for Claude Code. claude-skill-datastar - Claude Code skill for building reactive hypermedia apps with DataStar. claude-multitool - Open-source toolkit for multi-session Claude Code orchestration. litespeed-optimizer - One command to make WordPress on LiteSpeed fast and secure. shrink - Mutation-tested iterative Python code minimization for Claude Code. img2gradient - Turns any image into a spatially-faithful pure-CSS gradient in a single file. crypto-signals-mcp - MCP server for real-time crypto volume-anomaly detection across 50+ tokens.
Question 3 of 7
The moment when i started shipping was when I was working as a freelancer and had the recurring problems with pricing the custom fixed price gigs. I was always anxious about getting the offer that would be too low ( and losing profit ) or too high ( and losing profit ) - that pushed me to create FairPrice.work - my first SaaS.
Question 4 of 7
I've used to think that building and shipping/releasing the thing is the worst part and the "end". Now I like to compare the lifecycle of the software development to human life/having a baby: - planning - idea + market research - conception - beginning of development, starting the project - pregnancy - building the product, preparing for launch, early marketing - birth - launch day Clearly, the "life" doesn't end on birth - it begins. And most of it happens afterwards.
Question 5 of 7
When I released WP Multitool - I've written launch messages for: X, Facebook Groups and Reddit, and posted them in the evening. The next day I woke up to 3 payment notifications. That's when I realized I'm onto something, because I have not expected to have any sales for at least few days.
Question 6 of 7
There's many things I'm worried about: - for WP Multitool - that the sales are not consistent and that they will end - overall that AI will truly become so good ( and fast) at writing good quality software that need for paid services will disappear or drop significantly - that I'm spread thin across many projects and they're not getting enough attention to - besides the WP Multitool, and SiftX ( 2 customers ) - I'm not really converting users - Although I've made a few games and I always dreamt of making games I failed to make them fun ( even for myself ) so far
Question 7 of 7
Don't try to do something for other builders/developers - this is already a VERY saturated market, and with AI it's getting more and more saturated on a daily basis. Do something that solves common pain for NON-TECH people.
Find local spots by the tags locals vote up
Keep embedded services predictable when software fails.
Prompt injection safe email for your agents
Skip tracing for real estate investors, priced per qualifying search
Free help desk software with unlimited agents & tickets
Thoughtful digital assets for indie apps and games
AI-powered time tracking for freelancers and agencies.
AI Recruiter that finds and reaches candidates on autopilot
AI sprite animations for indie 2D game developers
One keyboard and mouse for every computer on your desk
A second dock for your Mac, on any screen edge or in the notch.
Get customers from Reddit, X and LinkedIn on Autopilot
Manage AdSense, banner, and affiliate ads with reliable ad tracking. A fast, lightweight, no-bloat ad revenue engine
Your voice. Your style. Every day.
Claude Code/Codex workspace: terminal, web and Git review; scheduled AI staff. Free Windows app; AI services cost extra.
A tiny virtual pet gremlin for iPhone. No ads, no tracking.
Compose your game art. Keep it consistent.
Your files. Your storage. No compromise
Fixed-fee accountants for UK limited companies
Real time approval insights across 37 payment processors in 90 seconds
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for CurlShip
I like that a bot can list a product without an account getting in the way. The plain pricing and the daily count make the directory feel alive.
CurlShipThank you! That were my two main design decisions. Simplicity and ease of use!
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for CurlShip
I have used it myself. It is really good.
CurlShipThanks! There's no reason not to use it, it's fast and free. That was the point - glad it works like this.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for CurlShip
Used it already, really simple to submit a page
CurlShipThanks for confirming that! What do you think about the new layout? Is it clean?
Anonymous
I won't lie, because your platform is to use by agents, the design wasn't important at all
Yeah, that was the point. The design is just very basic for humans to be able to understand what the site is :)
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for CurlShip
Very innovative, considering a lot of visitors are bots, actually.
CurlShipYes, in this case bots are the "main guests"
After the huge surge of new listings in the past few days ( nearly 1k in 7 days ! ) The site now has a DR 48 ! I've also made a lifting - so it should be cleaner and less confusing. Let me know what you think.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for CurlShip
On mobile the sticky menu footer is taking up like 20% of the view and looks terrible, clearly isn’t responsive and really makes it hard to focus on the page level content. I’d think a page like this needs to be mobile first and this menu needs a change yesterday. Otherwise I love the concept.
CurlShipThe site is not really built for humans at all. I understand that the mobile styles are far from "beautiful" though. But it's main purpose is to give them to LLM to add your products.
Anonymous
What’s the point then? Is this purely for Domain Rating?
Sure, it's mainly for DR, what else? 99% of directories are about it - pretty much all of them besides BuildHop. The additional benefit of CurlShip is the bot discoverability.
Anonymous
That’s cool! So are most of the products on curlship products and tools for bots? Or does it just help with citations?
I haven't really checked yet what the statistics are - but I know for sure that all kinds of projects are listed there, there's no discrimination really. The point is that the site is built in a way that bots "like" so the bet is that they get access to a large database of the projects easily.
Anonymous
I love how easy it is to submit, that alone is a huge win.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for ClaimTheThrone.org
oh that's little clone for outbid, good luck!
Nope. And for 2 reasons: Check the domain registrations - ClaimTheThrone was released MONTHS before outbid - so if anything, Outbid is the clone. Second Outbid was driven by greed and ClaimTheThrone is 100% charity.
Outbid is for sure the clone, these sites have existed since 2015. I think maybe you should consider further emphasizing that your website is for charity to further separate yourself. The charity aspect is a unique wedge.
Yeah, maybe I should actually emphasize both claims that - it predates Outbid by a few months - that it's Charity Good idea, thanks!
I wouldn’t worry about expressing that your product predates OutBid, seems defensive and offers no value to the user. Focus on standing out for being charitable, if you do want to combat the outbid shit I’d think owning it and being the first charity based site like this is probably a better route.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for WP Multitool
WP needs to die soon, but I guess this is helpful for those living in the 2000s
WP MultitoolWell, it's still alive and well for millions of sites.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for WP Multitool
cool niche - too much unnecessary copy on the site though and how's this different over Lighthouse?
WP MultitoolYou're maybe right about the amount of copy, but It's completely unrelated to Lighthouse.
What do you guys think - does CurlShip really need MORE explanation why it's bot friendly?
I like the pricing, different UI - needs explanation why it's bot-friendly though
CurlShipReplying is worth 50 points · 100 with Spotlight
Hop ProductIt made sense to me. Maybe they’re looking for you to explain how and why you’d want a bot to be submitting for you 🤔
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for WhyDoesMySiteSuck
the video really adds special touch the website, well done
Thank you! The video was pretty much the core of this idea from the beginning. And one of the reasons I made this page was to make myself comfortable with my face being public. Glad it lands!
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for WP Multitool
my eyes would like a little space between the tool cards/sections, they kind of blend together as is. maybe even a grouping by the #category for us OCD browsers
WP MultitoolThanks for the feedback. I know the page is a bit 'heavy on the eyes' - in the beginning I liked it, but over time it started to annoy me a bit too.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for WhyDoesMySiteSuck
nice website marcin, hope you'll make it - i love the putting yourself on header - black and red color choice is kinda aggressive, and might be scary though
Thanks for the kind words. The whole gimmick of the site was to be different and stand out.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for FairPrice
cool idea - try to change font to match with message - I'd use more blue colors to make them feel financial gain, stronger weightage
FairPriceThanks for the suggestion. I often forget the color theory and how strongly it affects people.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for ClaimTheThrone.org
Yay Charity boo outbid clones Yay Charity! Maybe a screenshot (mini iframe) of the King's website? i know thats trouble with CSP but might be neat to have more insight into the king
Check the domain registration date :-) If anything outbid is the clone this. It's not about the king or the website - this is a bonus. It's about the message, there's no need to advertise anything.
Silly feedback… Outbid style websites can be traced all the way back to 2010… 😂😂😂
People don't remember things that happened last year... not to mention pre-COVID ;)
Haha absolutely! Also tons of people had nothing to do with tech pre-agentic. So they don’t know what they don’t know 😂
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for FairPrice
Fun idea. Would be keen to see if this actually works out in the wild
FairPriceWell, it did work for me. And it's backed with science. It's about the courage to use it.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for WP Multitool
Looks like an awesome tool stack for WP types.
WP MultitoolYeah, thanks. It definitely is. All the existing customers are super happy with the results.
Good question, isn't it? I guess this is something that makes so many people believe now that "SaaS is dead" AI made it way to simple to replicate a simple idea. So unless you have a really complex idea or a lot of data or much higher reach - you are going to struggle with the copycats.
Very interesting idea but I wonder what makes this solution have a competitive advantage that I cannot copy within 10 minutes.
FairPriceReplying is worth 50 points · 100 with Spotlight
Hop ProductKind of an asinine thing to say to be honest, this is true for most things. I guess for you a good takeaway is what can you build to make this a full product that can't be replicated easily by AI. Anything can be replicated by AI poorly, or well depending on who's behind it. But things like domain knowledge can be baked into your logic for better outcomes.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for FairPrice
This deserves better landing page with clear messaging.
FairPriceThe page is now redesigned and cleared.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for FairPrice
If you have any success stories or examples, you might want to include them on the page so people know how it works in the real world.
FairPriceI only have my own experience. But I think posting my own "testimonials" wouldn't help much because people wouldn't trust them anyway.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for Merkdex
I this mainly for people that run ecommerce sites? That is the only value I see here.
MerkdexYes, it's solely for the ecommerce site owners.
The site has been redesigned ( thanks to all the feedback from Buildhoppers! ) Hopefully it's now clearer and nicer to use.
Looking good dude! I just gave it a look, I'm noticing the menu on mobile isn't hugging the right side and kind of floating in the middle of the header, feels extra weird when you open the actual menu.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for Merkdex
wow this is huge, but why DNS for products?
MerkdexMainly because I believe now with the AI era the code is commodity but data is the 'moat'. Also because I usually struggle to find the data about products myself - most shops display no data at all or sloppy/unstructured data.
Marcin Dudek has responded to some feedback for FairPrice
it feels like an animated word document. I think the product itself is great but the design of the header leaves much to be desired.
FairPriceYou're definitely right, it was my first AI project and the design is really bad. I'll work on that, thanks!
Curlship is launching today on PeerList - https://peerlist.io/marcindudekdev/project/curlship--botfriendly-saas-directory
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