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Meshup: my first shipped app
I built Meshup because I could never find a mesh gradient tool with real depth of control that didn't come with a price tag, so I made the one I actually wanted: full color and position control, grain and texture, palette randomization, color extraction from images, and clean PNG/SVG export.
It's free, and it will stay free.
This is my first app ever, and I'm sharing it here because I'd genuinely value feedback from other independent designers and builders. What works, what's missing, and what you'd want next.
Try it: https://nomidesigns.com/meshup/
Sure thing! I am planning on building more tools to make my own workflow faster and cheaper and will be happy to share with the community.
Love this!
Thank you so much Bella. Glad you liked it.
Vibe coding your way to color extraction from images plus clean SVG export is a lot of scope for a first shipped app. What was the one feature that ended up taking way longer than you expected?
Thanks, Maty! There were a lot of features and options to get right for a first shipped app, I wanted it to feel comprehensive rather than bare-bones.
Most of the time actually went into getting the UI and all the secondary details right. It was vibe-coded, but my dev background...
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