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Best product launches of May 2021

The best indie products launched in May 2021, ranked by the community.

  1. Snippyly

    Snippyly

    Full-page screenshot capture & collaboration tool

  2. Superposition

    Superposition

    Use the design system you already have

    0comments2,283views
  3. DocsToSite

    DocsToSite

    Build a website out of Google Docs

    0comments2,229views
  4. Waterful

    Waterful

    Turn everyday hydration into a fun habit

    0comments2,199views
  5. Mancer

    Mancer

    Summon your Creativity

    0comments2,055views
  6. Remotebear

    Remotebear

    The best remote jobs at leading tech companies

    0comments2,023views
  7. Polypane

    Polypane

    How developers build responsive and accessible websites

    0comments1,998views
  8. FeedLetter

    FeedLetter

    Get instant feedback from your readers with a simple feedback tool

    0comments1,905views
  9. Sociocs

    Sociocs

    Single inbox for all customer communications

    0comments1,841views
  10. Jitter

    Jitter

    Simple animation tool on the web

    0comments1,606views
  11. TrackSSL

    TrackSSL

    Stop forgetting to renew SSL certificates

    0comments1,589views
  12. Fonts.do

    Fonts.do

    Largest database of premium fonts, with more than 200,000 items

    0comments1,577views
  13. OREOPS

    OREOPS

    React-native low code mobile app development platform

    0comments1,431views
  14. LogoSharp

    LogoSharp

    The straightforward hassle free logo maker

    0comments1,413views
  15. Kanda

    Kanda

    Affirm for general contractors

    0comments1,380views
  16. Mapped

    Mapped

    QnA app for startup founders.

    0comments1,235views

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Hi Folks! Please help me decide a new tagline for @SimpleURLTech (branded links, QR codes & bio pages). Which one sticks with you? What we do: branded short links, QR codes and bio pages. Your name on every link instead of bitly, so people trust it, click it, and you can see which clicks become customers. If you saw this on our homepage, which one would make you want to try it? A) Get branded. Get trusted. Get clicked. B) The shortest path from click to customer. C) Own every click. D) Brand. Click. Convert. Plot twist: we might use two together 👀 "Get branded. Get trusted. Get clicked." "The shortest path from click to customer." Does the pair work, or is it too much?. Vote below 👇 and (Optionally) if you could please tell me why. Any new suggestions are welcome.

We all know the friction: a friend shares a Spotify link in WhatsApp, but you use Apple Music, YouTube Music, or Tidal. You either manually search for the track or ignore it. I built SongFlip to make this completely effortless: • 0-click background redirects on Android • 1-tap via Share Sheet on iOS • Supports 10+ streaming services • 100% open-source (GPLv3), private, and no account needed Launching next Monday here on Awesome Indie! Check it out and let me know your thoughts: https://awesomeindie.com/product/song-flip

Batch consistency is the part nobody warns you about. One photo with a clean white background looks fine; ten photos where nine are #FFFFFF and one is #F7F7F7 look broken on a grid. Three things that fixed this for me: Pick one target value and check it, not "white". #FFFFFF is 255/255/255. Sample five points with the eyedropper - corners, centre, both edges. If the edges read 250-252 you have a soft falloff, not a flat fill. Normalise the export, not the source. Resize and compress last, and use one setting for the whole set. A JPEG at q85 can drift flat white to 253 while an adjacent PNG stays 255, and the seam shows in a carousel. Watch shadows. A soft grey drop shadow under the product is correct; a grey cast across the whole frame is not. Keep the shadow under the object and the rest at target. Full disclosure: CleanWhiteBG is my product (https://cleanwhitebg.com) - free, no signup, white-background replacement. Weigh the tip accordingly.

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