This is own software that I run very often
Published: 2023-01-15 05:53:06

The following are apps that I wrote for myself and actually use super often. They really increase my well-being, so I thought I share it with you, just for inspiration. 

## YouTok
I made a tiktok version of YouTube. You can scroll down and the video's play immediately. This works really well for music and subjects you want to explore. You can log in and save favorites. It's also very addictive. 

{% youtube wDVl08wa6XU %}

## Tune The Day
This is a time management bot, that I use daily. A friend has even used it continuously since March 2019. You can log activities via a Telegram bot. The bot offers a menu with your most popular activities. Just a click and it starts logging. It has also lots of text-based inputs, like:
- french    (I start French right now)
- 20 code  (I started to code 20 minutes ago)
- 14:00 guitar    (you can reset and go back 24 hours)
- /viewWeeklyTotals or short .vwt
- /zeur  (see your daily totals so far)

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/wba3oyq4kx1btkf1tyzc.jpg)

## Dubbify
This chrome extension creates automatic translated voice-over for YouTube and NPO.nl. Really nice if you want to learn a language. I also made algorithms that teach you by going through video's step by step, for example: french-french-english and then word by word french-english. 

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/9oo6vbivlzqg051drlfs.jpg)

## NPO dubbify
Same for dutch television npo.nl

{% youtube HCbk5oLP8xA %}

## GPT-for-YouTube
This chrome extension delivers a summary of the video (based on subtitles). It splits the video up in the max size that GPT can handle. You can even 'zoom in' on the summary. There is also an option to see timestamps in the summary, so that you can easily go to that part

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/x1k2uir1la55ir2cfq7r.jpg)

## GPT-for-any-site
It summarizes any page. You can ask questions about the page (custom prompt)

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/lwrwa8xms6x8m09doksz.jpg)

## Music lessons scheduling
For my schools Guitar Academy and Drum Academy I use a spreadsheet scheduling system that automates many things: sending payment e-mails, scheduling e-mails, processing changes, etc. It gave me a lot of free time and taught me Google Apps Script. 

## YouTube Quality Ranking
This chrome extension helped me find so much great content on YouTube! I adjusted an existing Thumbnail rating extension. In my version I'm calculating likes / views. This is a so much better indication of quality: how many liked it? Instead of likes vs dislikes.  

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xuoxxp2pyq3id7m4vm6b.jpg)

## YouTube Mp3 from the terminal
You type in `mp3 + url` and it downloads the mp3. You can't go any quicker than that. 

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/wq8zkzhmnjn0p75n2p6e.jpg)

## Backingtrack machine
An interface that guides you to find the right backing tracks for jazz, gypsy, rock, metal. You can choose from a list of standards and it starts immediately. You can also explore solists over the songs. 

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/fhddj5aiy3hqaofnlrgs.jpg)

## Whatsapp translator
It automatically translates all messages. Really great if you're learning a new language!

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/d1xequjnp2z2erq9dr1l.jpg)

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/aqgekqwxlw89p9vgo438.jpg)

## Dubchat
This is a continuation of fantastic tutorial. Now I'm using this as my own chat-app and I've added bots, autoplayed preloaded video, translated and spoken (text to speech) messages, a profile page and funny sounds. Only problem: nobody else is active on the app ;-)

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/snx30xp1qb692fndvh8d.jpg)

PS: I wrote a blog why you should build your own software here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-i-build-everything-myself-wim-den-herder/

Thanks to:
- GPT-for-YouTube is based on GPT-for-Google
- GPT-for-anything is based on summarize.site chrome extension
- Dubchat is based on dev lama's tutorial chatapp in firebase react
- YouTube Quality Ranking is an adjustment of Thumbnail Rating Bar for YouTube