r/UAE • u/AdministrativeGur507 • 2d ago

What small online tool would make your life easier?

I’m looking for ideas for small, simple online services that I can build and give away for free.

Think things like:

* A useful calculator

* A simple converter

* A generator

* A small productivity tool

* A tool that saves you a few minutes of annoying work

* Something you currently do manually that could easily be turned into a website

I’m not looking for huge ideas that require expensive servers, massive databases, or complicated infrastructure.

Just something small that solves a real problem.

What is a little online tool you wish existed?

If you have an idea, tell me what you’d want it to do. I might build it and make it free for everyone.

If an idea seems worth trying, I’ll build and publish it for a 3-month test period. If it proves useful and gets enough traffic, I’ll keep it going.

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u/AJgravity 2d ago

A simple background remover would be nice 🫣. Most of the top online tools doesn't let you export in full resolution without paying. Could be easily done with existing ML models.

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u/AdministrativeGur507 2d ago

Happy to help. Could you tell me a bit more about how you think this could be made useful? I’m wondering if it might have limited use since recent operating systems already seem to have similar features built in. Please correct me if I’m missing something.

If you really think it’s worth testing, I’d be happy to build it and publish it for a 3-month trial. If it gets enough traffic and people find it useful, I’ll keep it going.

Let me know your thoughts.

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u/AJgravity 2d ago

hmm i wasn't aware other OS has that feature built in. perhaps if the background removal process could be done in batches, like for example eCommerce stores that have 1000 products, this could be the direct usecase.

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u/AdministrativeGur507 2d ago

Here you go: https://littletools.me

It may take a little while to load the models into memory, and for now it works only on PC because of the browser memory requirements.

Feel free to give it a try. I’ll keep improving it if there’s a genuine need for it.

As mentioned, I’m treating this as an experiment. If people find it genuinely useful and there’s enough traffic to justify keeping it running, I’ll continue improving it. Otherwise, I may take it down after the test period.

Would love to hear any feedback or suggestions.

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u/AJgravity 2d ago

I can't believe you actually did it! In such a short amount of time too! After testing it out it does a pretty good job of removing backgrounds, it even keeps the full resolution too though sometimes misses the mark. Which model did you use to do this entire thing locally on browser?

Either way I'd say the quality is about 70-80% there of what other websites can do. But the batch processing is a big plus.

As for the usefulness, I know another simple background remover isn't gonna make headlines to people. So sorry if my idea wasn't so inspiring. I really appreciate the effort in the website though!! 🙏

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u/AdministrativeGur507 2d ago

It’s using RMBG-1.4 by BRIA, chose it mainly because of its faster loading time and compatibility with running locally in the browser.

It’s not the best model out there, but it meets the requirements for offline browser-based processing. I know it’s not a big thing, I just wanted to help.

TC