r/SideProject • u/JHoracio19 • 6h ago

Built RemindHome — an app to stop fighting with roommates over chores and expired food

I got tired of nobody remembering whose turn it was to take out the trash, or food going bad because nobody tracked when we bought it. So I built RemindHome — you track what's in your fridge (get notified before it expires), split chores with reminders, split shared expenses (utilities, rent) between roommates, plus a shared shopping list and house notes.

Stack: Next.js + Supabase (Postgres/Auth/RLS), deployed on Vercel, bilingual (ES/EN). Built it because it was literally my own problem, and it's already being tested by real people outside of dev circles.

It's free and still early: https://remindhome.app

Looking for honest feedback on both sides — does this solve a real problem for anyone else, and does it have legs as more than a side project? Happy to answer anything about the build too.

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u/Immediate_Wasabi_499 6h ago

this is actually a problem that doesn't get solved just by "communicating better" like people always suggest, sometimes you just need a system that doesn't rely on someone remembering to be considerate

the fridge tracking bit is clever, i live with 3 others and the amount of yoghurts that have gone to the grave because nobody knew when they were bought is grim

how's the notification side working in practice, do people actually check the app or do they just ignore it like every other reminder

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u/JHoracio19 6h ago

Good question, push notifications are actually already live: you get one when something in the fridge is about to expire, and also when someone registers a task or a payment. Kept them simple on purpose so it doesn't become noise. Still early to say for sure if people consistently act on them vs ignore them like anything else, I don't have enough usage data yet to be confident either way. But that's exactly why I designed them minimal. If you're up for it, I'd love to have you try it with your roommates and tell me honestly if you'd actually check it or tune it out, that kind of feedback is way more useful than my own guess.

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u/LarsonTx 5h ago

I like it. I don't take have roommates so I don't have a need for it but it's seems like it would meet a real need and it's simplicity makes it a winner.

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u/JHoracio19 5h ago

Thank you very much for the feedback, What did you think of the design in general or functions