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Sandbox — Real Projects. Real Builders. Real Growth.
Sandbox is a community and project marketplace where students and startups connect through real work.
Students can explore startup projects, apply to opportunities, save projects/posts/events, attend events, and build a profile that shows what they are actually interested in building. Startups can post roles, share updates, host events, review applications, and discover motivated student builders.
Category
Sandbox fits into Social or Community and Marketplace. It works like a focused network for students and startups, while also acting as a project opportunity marketplace.
The problem
Students often learn skills through courses and tutorials, but struggle to get real experience or prove what they can do. Startups, on the other hand, often need help with design, development, research, content, and product work, but finding early talent through resumes alone is difficult.
Sandbox connects both sides.
How it solves it
Sandbox helps students turn learning into proof of work. Instead of just saying they have skills, students can show their activity, saved work, applications, interests, and projects.
For startups, it creates a simple way to find young builders who are already interested in working on real problems.
What makes it unique
Sandbox is not just a job board and not just a social feed. It is a build-in-public space where students, startups, and future founders can grow around real projects.
It is built around action, not just profiles.
How I built on the AI-generated base
I started with a Bubble AI-generated app as the foundation, then rebuilt and refined it into a more complete product. I improved the structure, cleaned the data model, fixed broken workflows, added student and startup flows, created hubs, profiles, explore sections, saved items, applications, projects, events, and demo data.
The AI gave me the starting point, but I shaped the final app through product thinking, UI/UX decisions, manual fixes, and better information architecture.
Original Concept : Figma App (orignal)
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Really excited to be growing on Contra. 🚀
I've always loved platforms where creators can turn ideas into reality, showcase their imagination, and build something people genuinely enjoy using.
That's why I decided to join the @Figma Config Makeathon and create something ambitious:
🐻 Bearify — an all-in-one companion app designed to simplify everyday life.
Instead of juggling multiple apps, Bearify brings everything together in one place:
• 📔 Personal Diary
• ⏰ Reminders
• 💪 Exercise Tracking
• ✨ Daily Quotes & Motivation
• 📚 Articles & Knowledge Hub
• 🎮 Interactive Pet Gaming
• 💬 Chat with Your Pet
• 🛍️ Shop Features
• ✅ Task Management
• 🛒 Grocery Planning
• ...and much more.
The goal was simple: create one app that helps users stay productive, motivated, organized, and entertained without constantly switching between different platforms.
Building this for the Config Makeathon was an incredible experience, and I'd love to hear what you think.
If you like the project, feel free to check it out and support it:
🐻 Bearify: https://on.contra.com/PPCG76
Feedback, thoughts, and support are always appreciated. ❤️
Bearify looks amazing! Best of luck with the Figma Config Makeathon! 🐻🚀
Sayless | Smart Home & AI Website Design 💻
These are the three pillars I got to work with on the Sayless project, and honestly, it's one of my favorite intersections in design right now.
Designing for the smart home and automation space is a unique challenge. You're translating invisible technology into something people can feel, understand, and trust. The product is complex. The communication has to be simple.
For Sayless, I led the project from research to launch, competitor analysis, user flow mapping, wireframes, and final design. The goal was clear: a website that doesn't just look good, but actually works as a business tool.
This is the kind of project that reminds me why I love what I do. 🖤
#SmartHome #WebDesign #AIAutomation #UXDesign #BusinessAutomation #ProductDesign
Such an amazing result, love how it turned out! 🔥
Hearth — a marketplace where every handmade piece comes with the maker's own voice.
Category: Marketplace
What it does: Hearth is a marketplace for handmade goods where every product listing includes a short audio story — the maker's own voice telling you where the piece came from, how it was made, and what it means. Buyers browse by craft (ceramics, textiles, jewelry, woodwork, and more), open a listing, hear the maker, and connect directly to purchase. Makers get their own dashboard to manage their profile and listings. It turns shopping from reading a product description into meeting the person behind the object.
How I built on the Bubble AI base: Hearth started from a single Bubble AI prompt, which generated the foundation — the data model, the core pages, and the marketplace structure. From there I built the layer that makes it Hearth: a voice data architecture where every product carries an audio story, a custom-built audio player wired with dynamic data so each maker's voice plays inside their listing, a fully rebuilt and photographed browse experience, working maker profiles and dashboard, and a warm editorial design that ties the whole concept together. The AI gave me a marketplace; I gave it a voice.
Great idea Lotfi 🌟 keep going
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