A platform to find people to jam on side projects with
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I have always found it funny how challenging it can be to find people to jam on side projects with.There are literally entire sub-Reddits where people post looking for someone to work on a project with. That is super inefficient. There are also newsletters for this (also pretty inefficient).Let's Jam is my attempt to solve this.This is NOT a cofounder matching platform. The idea is to connect people with ideas and skills so they can jam on them together. If they end up becoming cofounders, cool, but that is up to them. This is also NOT a place for freelancers to hunt job opportunities. Again, the platform is for people who have an idea or a skill and want to work on something together.How it works:> You either a) find a project and request to jam on it with that person, b) post a project and wait for someone to request to jam on it with you, c) claim an idea and wait for someone to request to jam on it with you.> Once someone requests to jam with you, you'll get an email, and you can vet them via LinkedIn or their past work. If you think they'll be a good fit then accept their request and they'll reach out to you.> That's it. Simple.Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
HN · launched May 24, 2026 · 16 upvotes (top 30%) · 0 views
Niche: developer community and collaboration platforms · 62 launches, 3 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Marketplace
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a straightforward project-collaboration directory with standard authentication, CRUD listings, and simple filtering that can be vibe-coded in a weekend.
Discussion
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Competitors mentioned: CLZ (Cataloging tool for collections), HackaDay.io (GitHub for inventions), Google/LinkedIn (authentication gatekeepers), tinkeriDOTng
Concerns raised: Low post volume may not justify filtering/organization features yet, User friction from sign-ups and form fill-out ("laboriously filling out fields is a time-sink"), Uncertainty about whether users will upload builds/setups and what return they'd get, IP and safety issues around sharing builds/devices, Scam risk with crypto/pledge-based contributions and fund misuse
Feature requests: Tag/filter by intent (brainstorming vs building) in addition to Skills, Topic-based navigation to reduce "where do I start" friction for new users, Builds/devices/setups section with constituent parts and recipes (cataloging builds), Sign-up without Google or LinkedIn (own email/password or HN-linked profiles), Domain-name section for unused domains
Competitors
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Attention rank: #91 of 281 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 207 days after the earliest competitor.
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