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Posea Paul

DIYdigits - Stop guessing. Free calculators for every home project.

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DIYdigits has free calculators for home improvement projects. Whether you need to figure out how much concrete you need or calculate fill dirt for your yard, it does the math so you don't have to. No sign-up, just the number you need.

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Posea Paul
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I built DIYdigits because every time I searched for a calculator online I kept landing on ad-stuffed pages where the actual tool was buried below three paragraphs of filler content. I wanted something dead simple. You put in your numbers and you get your answer. That's it. We've got calculators for concrete, fill dirt, mulch, insulation, gravel, and a bunch of other home projects. Everything is free, no account needed. Would love to hear what projects you're working on and what calculators would be useful to add next.
Giorgio Cignitti, PhD

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Congrats on the launch! 🚀 I love the "no-friction" approach, straight to the point without annoying sign-ups. It’s a lifesaver for quick site estimates.

I’ve tested a few modules and the UI is snappy. Here are few suggestions from a dev/product perspective to make it even more essential:

  • Add to Project & Export: It would be amazing to have a "basket" feature where I can save results from different calculators (e.g., Mulch + Sand + French Drain) and export a single PDF or CSV Summary. It transforms the site from a simple calculator into a real project planning tool.

  • Reverse Calculation: For some materials, users often have a fixed budget or a fixed amount of material. Adding a "Reverse" mode (e.g., I have 5 tons of sand, how much area can I cover?) would be a great UX addition.

  • Embeddable Widgets: Have you thought about offering these as lightweight JS widgets for landscaping or construction blogs? It could be a massive SEO and backlink driver for DIYdigits.

Great execution, the speed for the caclulation is impressive, the tech and the product are really solid, already upvoted!

Posea Paul
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@giorgio_cignitti_phd Thanks a lot Giorgio! Your feedback is actually super useful. About the reverse mode in particular. Do you think this should be an option on the same page or on separate pages/calculators?

Giorgio Cignitti, PhD

@posea_paul 
Glad you liked the idea! In my experience, keeping it on the same page is definitely the way to go.

You could implement a simple "Toggle" or "Switch" (e.g., "Calculate Volume" vs "Calculate Coverage") that dynamically swaps the input/output fields.

In my opinion, this approach has three main advantages:

  • UX Flow: The user stays in the same context without reloading the page.

  • SEO: You keep all the authority and traffic for that specific material (like 'Sand') on a single, high-value URL.

  • Maintainability: As a dev, it’s much easier to manage one robust component with togglable logic than maintaining two separate pages for every single material.

If you want to get fancy and do a step further, you could even make it "reactive", as soon as they fill one field, the others update automatically

Posea Paul
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@giorgio_cignitti_phd It's already being worked on (both your suggestions actually).So thanks again!

Sam C.

Such a real problem for any homeowner. The graveyard of excess paint and yard materials in my basement and garage bugs me so much. Way to build something that gets straight to the point in solving a problem. Congrats!

Posea Paul
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@sam_vc Thanks a lot Sam! Really makes me happy hearing you enjoy my work :)