Looking for inspiration. I want to build something on weekends that could eventually make money. What are other Indian engineers in the US working on? Bonus if it serves the desi community specifically.
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20Looking for inspiration. I want to build something on weekends that could eventually make money. What are other Indian engineers in the US working on? Bonus if it serves the desi community specifically.
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Here's what people in my network are building: 1. **DesiCircle** (this platform!) — community hub for Indian-Americans 2. **India remittance comparison tool** — compares Wise, Remitly, Western Union rates in real-time 3. **Desi recipe app with AI** — take a photo of your fridge, get Indian recipe suggestions 4. **Cricket scoring app** — for local weekend leagues (no good free option exists) 5. **H1B salary database** — tracks H1B salaries from LCA data, way more accurate than Levels.fyi for sponsored roles 6. **Indian wedding vendor marketplace** — like The Knot but for desi weddings 7. **NRI tax calculator** — handles FBAR, FATCA, India-US DTAA complexity My advice: build for problems YOU face as a desi in the US. The community is 4.4M strong and underserved by mainstream apps.
I built a WhatsApp bot that sends daily Indian stock market updates (Nifty, Sensex) at 7am EST for NRIs who trade Indian markets. Took 2 weekends, now has 500+ users. Sometimes the simplest ideas work best.
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