Ask HN: What do you need to launch your side project? Anything HN can do to help?
I&#x27;m working on an open source fitness platform. Think Github&#x2F;Gitlab, but for fitness enthusiasts.<p>Basically, a training program is kind of like a repository that can be edited and improved by the community. Same with individual exercises.<p>Now, this ends up being much more difficult to implement than you would think at first glance. I already have the basic application structure laid out in what I believe to be a maintainable and extensible manner.<p>My mission statement is as follows:<p>&quot;To create a self-curating community that demystifies physical fitness and makes information on fitness freely available.&quot;<p>One of the use cases I have envisioned is a user being able to declare that they are following a program. The user can then record their numbers for each individual set&#x2F;session. The user can then view their progress in the form of various graphs and other visualizations. I believe this feature is important because I believe that many fitness beginners have a difficult time taking notice of their progress and become discouraged.<p>I don&#x27;t necessarily have any technical questions. I would just like some feedback from fitness beginners and long time fitness enthusiasts. specifically:<p>- Have you used a fitness tracking app before? What did you like about it? Where could it have been improved?<p>- Does it matter to you if an app is browser only with a good mobile ui? Do you prefer web apps or native apps for tracking fitness&#x2F;calories&#x2F;etc?<p>- Have you tried to improve your fitness before and failed? If so, what was the reason you became discouraged?<p>- What kind of search&#x2F;filtering functionality do you think would be most helpful for you to find a fitness program that suits your needs?<p>- The application itself is open source. There is no subscription&#x2F;membership fee. No monthly subscriptions. Do you think an application like this one could subsist off of donations alone?<p>- Any other feedback?<p>Thanks for reading this, and if anyone wants to help, you can view the repository here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;FFX01&#x2F;fithub2" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;FFX01&#x2F;fithub2</a>