Built something for a DEV Challenge but feel like not enough people saw it?
This post is for exactly that.
Sometimes great submissions get buried in the challenge feed and never get the attention they deserve. So let’s fix that.
Use this thread to show what you built, meet other builders, and get real feedback on your project.
Share your submission in the comments
Include:
- your project title
- a short description of what it does
- the link to your submission
- what kind of feedback you want
Why this thread exists
Not every strong project gets noticed the first time.
Some are posted early. Some are posted late. Some just get lost in the volume.
This is a second chance to put your work in front of more people.
What you can get from posting here
- more visibility
- feedback from other developers
- new ideas for improving your project
- more discovery for underrated submissions
If you made something cool, drop it below.
You might find your next supporter, collaborator, or your first real traction in this thread.
Top comments (25)
It's not really a project, it is more of contributing.
I contribute to Forem with a specific PR because I notice that Forem has been slow lately, so I optimized it where the latency for Forem is non existent:
April Fools Challenge Submission ☕️🤡
Forem (Dev.to) is slow, so I del...optimized it.
I would love to receive feedback on how to make Forem Faster.
:)
I go first ;)
April Fools Challenge Submission ☕️🤡
BrewOps: I built a production-grade HTCPCP server because nobody else would
🫖 The Useless Machine™
A satirical, high-fidelity enterprise SaaS dashboard that solves absolutely nothing-beautifully.
Built for the DEV April Fools Challenge, it presents as a premium productivity suite with 22+ "features" that actively betray users: AI that "fixes" code by renaming everything to teapot, buttons that physically run away from your cursor, a 3D mascot that judges your productivity, and a 4-phase Chaos Engine that escalates from subtle UI wobbles to full simulated BSOD. Oh, and it's RFC 2324 compliant—every error is HTTP 418.
Submission: Useless Machine DEV_LINK
Live: Try Useless Machine Here
Looking for:
-Feedback on which easter eggs landed, whether the chaos phases feel appropriately escalating, and if the Larry Mode (type "larry" anywhere) made you laugh or just confused you.
-Also genuinely curious if the Three.js eye-tracking mascot is delightful or deeply unsettling. And the Self-Destruct button... did you find it? 🫖
maaan, these sounds on your website drive me crazy. :DD
anxiety levels ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️
Lmaooo that’s the Premium Chaos™ experience working exactly as intended 😭🔥
If your anxiety isn’t at least Phase 4, are you even using enterprise software??
But fr, thanks for checking it out 😂 I might add a “coward mode” soon with fewer jump scares… or make it worse, haven’t decided yet 🫖
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An AI-powered code reviewer that roasts your code using Google Gemini, generating brutal developer feedback with selectable personalities and intensity levels.
toxic-ai-code-reviewer.vercel.app/
I couldn't prompt inject it :(
Yeah that’s actually intentional 😄
I structured the prompt pretty tightly so it stays in “roast mode” and doesn’t get overridden easily.
It’s not really meant to be a secure system though, just more of a controlled April Fools toy that just behaves consistently 💀
A website that doesn't want you there.
No content. No product. No reason to exist. Just a letter addressed directly to whoever was unfortunate enough to find it asking them, with increasing desperation, to please close the tab.
April Fools Challenge Submission ☕️🤡
Please. I'm Begging You. Close The Tab.
eslint-plugin-bad-vibes
Built an ESLint plugin that flags every good frontend practice and tells you to stop. 6 rules, 38 tests, zero value.
Some favorites:
no-semantic-html wants you to replace every <button> with <div onClick>
no-keyboard-handlers flags onKeyDown because keyboard users are 'statistically insignificant.'
prefer-positive-tabindex requires tabIndex of at least 100 so focus order reflects 'business priority.'
The error messages are written in peak corporate doublespeak. That's the actual joke.
dev.to/vmvenkatesh78/eslint-plugin...
Curious which error message hits closest to home for you
Edit:
Attaching the post link here : dev.to/vmvenkatesh78/eslint-plugin...
Here is my submission... I built a production-grade Kubernetes dashboard for monitoring tea.
Project title : KuberneTEAS: Enterprise-Grade Tea Orchestration for the Post-Coffee Era ☕
What it does: KuberneTEAS is a cloud-native orchestration layer for the common teapot. It brings the full stress of a SEV-1 production outage to the simple act of steeping a tea bag.
Link to my submission: dev.to/nicoleta_mocanu_71e5fe43f/k...
Would love feedback on: does the Larry Masinter tribute land for the 418 category? And did you find the easter eggs? 🫖
My submission: SHIPPED™ — [shipped-enterprise.netlify.app/]. It's a 3-screen enterprise SaaS parody. Screen 1 is a fake virus warning you can't escape. HTTP 418 runs the entire app.
April Fools Challenge Submission ☕️🤡
SHIPPED™ — I Built an Enterprise AI Platform That Generates the Illusion of Progress
VegaAI - The Self-Driving Agile Team
dev.to/capscode/vegaai-the-self-dr...
Vega in sanakrit meaning: speed, velocity, or momentum.
Vega-AI is an AI-powered development platform designed to replicate how real software teams work — not just generate code, but execute in structured, disciplined agile workflows.
Instead of one-shot outputs, Vega-AI enables AI agents to collaborate like a real team:
🧠 Product Manager → defines features & requirements
📋 Scrum Master → plans and manages sprints
💻 Developer → writes and commits code
🧪 QA → tests and validates outputs
All work happens sprint-by-sprint, giving users full control over execution and progress.
hey! built a fake ad engine for the April Fools challenge that recommends completely wrong products with full confidence 😭
type "coding" → Invisible Book (97% confidence, 3% relevance)
type "fitness" → USB-powered Rock
type "travel" → Luxury Bottled Air
it then explains why with total conviction. the reasoning is somehow worse than the recommendation lol
powered by Artificial Ignorance™ since 1998
👉 demo: worst-ad-ever.netlify.app/
📝 post: dev.to/shsarvagya19/confidently-wr...
would love some feedback if anyone has a minute —
genuinely open to suggestions, still have time before the deadline 👇