I created a tool to design and create foamcore inserts for boardgames
Details
- External ID
- 46407292
- Source
- HN
- Company
- —
- Product
- I created a tool to design and create foamcore inserts for boardgames
- Website domain
- boxinsertdesigner.com
- Launched
- Dec. 28, 2025
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 53
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.8301526717557252
- Tags
- —
- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
As a holiday project to test out spec first development using Codex CLI, I ended up creating https://boxinsertdesigner.com/It lets you design a box insert in 2D and spits out a cutting list.I'm looking for feedback, bugs, feature ideas etc and figured this would be a good place to find it :)
Enrichment
- Theme
- indie hacker passion projects
- Vertical
- Media & entertainment
- Function
- Dev tools
- Audience
- B2C
- AI stance
- Not AI
- Project type
- Hobby / open-source project
- Normalized one-liner
- design foamcore board game inserts
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes Boxsert is a client-side 2D layout and geometry calculator that allows placing rectangular dividers and outputting cutting dimensions, an ideal project for AI-assisted coding.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Tuckbox Generator (for card deck storage), 3D printing storage solutions
Concerns raised: Foam core thickness takes up too much space in game boxes, Mobile/tablet usability issues, Snapping functionality was unreliable, No visual examples or photos on home page, No photos or screenshots in subreddit
Feature requests: Add video tutorial showing how to use the app, SVG export functionality, Tabs/slots and STL file support, Improve mobile/tablet experience, Add sample designs and visual examples to home page
Competitors
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Attention rank: #26 of 136 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 60 days after the earliest competitor.
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- No other launches for this product.
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