What is RIP MY BUILD?

RIP MY BUILD is a platform and public cemetery where founders can publish obituaries for abandoned side projects to preserve lessons learned and redirect traffic to their next venture.

How much does it cost to publish a memorial?

Publishing a permanent obituary costs $12 per submission.

Do I need to create an account to write an obituary or browse?

No account is needed to browse existing memorials or to submit a project obituary.

What information is included in a project obituary?

An obituary includes the project name, original URL, cause of death, total build hours, core lessons learned, early warning signs, and a link to whatever you are building next.

How does the weekly honors leaderboard work?

Projects gain ranking based on reads, shares, visitor roses, and plot adornments. The leaderboard resets every Monday at midnight UTC.

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RIP MY BUILD is live in the directory, but no verified owner controls the page.

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Scheduled launch — Aug 31, 2026

RIP MY BUILD is listed on AI Kaptan and will enter the daily launch competition on that day. Community upvotes open on launch day.

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RIP MY BUILD

A side project cemetery for honest public postmortems, helping founders give abandoned projects a proper funeral, preserve hard-earned lessons, and direct visitors to their next build.

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RIP MY BUILD

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Web

Languages

English

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Paid

About RIP MY BUILD

What the tool does and who it's for

RIP MY BUILD is a side project cemetery for honest public postmortems. Founders can publish permanent obituaries for abandoned apps and startups, recording key details like the original link, cause of death, hours spent, lessons learned, and links to their next venture. Each memorial includes a shareable page, visitor roses, permanent plot adornments, and a weekly honors leaderboard. It converts failed software projects into closure, shared learning assets, and launch pads for a maker's next chapter.

Key capabilities

Permanent Obituary Publishing: Create lasting memorial pages for abandoned side projects and dead startups.

Comprehensive Postmortem Fields: Document original project links, cause of death, build hours, early warning signs, and key takeaways.

Next Venture Forwarding: Direct visitors from dead project pages to the founder's active or upcoming projects.

Visitor Respects & Roses: Allow visitors and community members to leave interactive roses on obituaries.

Permanent Plot Adornments: Custom digital decorations and paid adornments to highlight specific memorials.

Weekly Honors Leaderboard: Community-driven leaderboard tracking reads, shares, and tribute activity, resetting weekly.

No-Account Creation: Publish memorials instantly without needing to register or maintain a traditional user account.

Commonplace Book of Stolen Lessons: Browsable aggregate collection of lessons learned from dead startups for other founders.

Pricing

Paid — plans below

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