10 Tools.
10 Weeks.
I'm building 10 .tools websites in 10 weeks on a close to zero dollar budget. Every build, every win, every fail, shared in public.
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One new tool every week. Lightweight, free to use and built to rank on Google. Traffic first, monetization later.
Near-zero budget 💸
Free tiers, open source, and scrappy hosting. Domains are the only real cost.
Ship weekly 🚢
One finished, live tool per week. No endless polishing. Done beats perfect.
Build in public 📢
Progress, numbers and mistakes get posted on X as they happen.
I've already seen it work
My latest .tools site is just 3 months old, and it's monetized with ads and affiliate links. These are the real Google Search Console numbers. They're what inspired this whole challenge, and they're why I'm convinced .tools is a great domain.
Why .tools?
- It says what it is. People see .tools and know what they're getting before they click.
- Short and brandable. The keyword lives right in the domain name.
- It works. Search traffic that grows from useful, lightweight tools.
Stealth project: the site's name is kept private for now, so page titles in the screenshots are blurred.
I'm the Happy Dev
UK dev, 20+ years of full stack, now wandering the world with a laptop. 🌍 I run ecommerce stores, affiliate and ad sites, a growing .tools site, build websites for clients, and ship way too many side projects.
I coded the old way for two decades. Then AI showed up and I went all in on vibe coding. Now I ship in days what used to take weeks. 🚀 This is me building ten tools in ten weeks, almost for free, in public: real numbers, real wins, real faceplants. Come watch.
Week 1 is coming
Follow along on X for the launch, the real numbers and every win and faceplant along the way.
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