Nerd Space

Social network for tech people to share content and posts

Project Rated 7 Oct 2026

Link: t.me/SelfMadeCoder
Built by: Natyiu & Tech Nerd

Bloat

227/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0

Float
300

Moat
400

500

Summary

The channel has shipped steadily for over three years, and the recent posts show a working live focus-room product with mobile support and a rebrand underway. There's no sign of pricing, payments, a privacy policy or a support route, so it's a working product without a business yet. The link between the Nerd Space name and what's actually being built is also blurry.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

Focus rooms and co-working accountability are a real need, and the creator reports daily use. Nothing shows a way to charge for it, and the original 'social network for tech people' idea has no stated model.

30/100

Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.

Receipts (3)

Creator reports about 150 daily active users opening Rize to focus, which suggests real usage.
“brooo we’re at 150 daily active users on Rize 😭🔥 ... like 150 people are opening the app and locking in every single day. that’s actually crazy. the mobile app is definitely gonna help even more people lock in 🔥 @selfmadecoder”
Post · @selfmadecoder · 6 Oct 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The creator says people see Rize turning into Nerdspace, so the product identity is still shifting.
“some people are saying Rize is slowly turning into Nerdspace 😁 @selfmadecoder”
Post · @selfmadecoder · 3 Oct 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The crawler found no payment provider, pricing, terms or privacy policy.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · t.me/SelfMadeCoder (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

Live rooms, phone-as-camera and themes are features another builder here could rebuild with some effort. The only edge so far is execution and an existing local developer community.

15/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (3)

Phone-as-camera for rooms is a nice touch but not hard to copy.
“you can now connect your phone as a camera to the rooms ... so you can get a 3rd person view of yourself focusing instead of being stuck with just your PC front camera 🔥👌 @selfmadecoder”
Post · @selfmadecoder · 30 Sept 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Custom timer themes are cosmetic and easy to replicate.
“we now have custome themes for focus timer ui on Rize 🔥🔥 @selfmadecoder”
Post · @selfmadecoder · 6 Oct 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Nerdfest, a community hackathon, hints at some local community pull but no owned distribution in the product itself.
“#nerdfest What's up, fam? I'm back with some epic news! As promised, this post is all about the Nerdfest Hackathon. Grab your PC, keyboard, mouse, or whatever else you need for this awesome event. You all know the prize is a fully covered VPS plan for a whole year, perfect for any of your projects. About the hackathon: You can build anything you want, but your project needs to include the follow”
Post · @selfmadecoder · 7 Jul 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

The channel has posted since June 2023, with activity in every one of 41 months and shipping posts as recent as the day before the check. That's an unusually steady record.

100/100

Sustained shipping60/60
Worked on across 40 months.
Consistency40/40
Updates in 41 of 41 months.

Receipts (2)

Earliest post about it.
“hey this this a channel of self made coder ; on this channel I post [ my journey, ups && downs ] as a developer / software engineer [self-taught] .... if u feel the same come and join ... one last thing this is a channel where only interested and passionate are expected to join ... so if u r not pumped about coding please 4 God sake don join ..... Thanks :)🤓 @selfmadecoder”
Post · @selfmadecoder · 20 Jun 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Most recent post about it.
“41 people are working live on Rize rn 🔥👌 @selfmadecoder”
Post · @selfmadecoder · 6 Oct 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

Recent posts describe a working live focus room, phone camera support, themes and a PWA, so something usable seems to exist. I couldn't verify it directly, and no docs, status page or API show up.

71/100

It's live20/20
https://t.me/SelfMadeCoder responded when checked.
HTTPS5/5
Hosted on a platform (store, GitHub or Telegram), so HTTPS is the platform's.
Real product25/35
Posts describe a working focus room with live participants, phone camera support, themes and a PWA. I couldn't verify any of it, because the crawler only reached the Telegram channel, so thin but working is the fair call.
Own home0/10
No home found.
Maintained15/15
Last sign of shipping 2026-10-06.
Operations6/15
A live multi-user room feature, a web app and a mobile PWA imply accounts and a real backend, and a GitHub repo is linked. No docs, API, status page or support route turned up.

Receipts (5)

https://t.me/SelfMadeCoder responded when checked.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · t.me/SelfMadeCoder (opens in a new tab)
Creator announces a working focus room on Rize.
“and with that, we’ve got a working focus room on Rize🔥 @selfmadecoder”
Post · @selfmadecoder · 30 Sept 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Says 41 people are working live in the rooms at that moment.
“41 people are working live on Rize rn 🔥👌 @selfmadecoder”
Post · @selfmadecoder · 6 Oct 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
A mobile PWA update is coming, showing the product is still being extended.
“Rize mobile (PWA) final update is coming 🔥🔥 @selfmadecoder”
Post · @selfmadecoder · 5 Oct 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Creator recruits testers for the multi-person Room feature, which implies real-time infrastructure.
“I need 3 more people who wanna lock in live with cameras on and test the Room feature with me on Rize ... lmk in the comments if you’re down 👌 @selfmadecoder”
Post · @selfmadecoder · 29 Sept 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

There's no pricing, payment route, terms or privacy policy, and no support contact, so the money side is unbuilt. Commitment looks real given the years of steady shipping and a rebrand, but the Nerd Space name and the Rize product are still tangled together.

11/100

Distribution0/30
No working way to get it was found.
Payments0/15
No payment provider found.
Pricing0/10
No pricing found on the site.
Revenue0/5
No post mentions customers paying or any revenue, and the crawler found no payment provider.
Privacy policy0/7
No privacy policy found.
Terms0/5
No terms of service found.
Support0/8
No support contact found.
Commitment11/20
Updates came in all 41 months, there's a co-builder, a hackathon with a prize, and a real rebrand with a bought domain. It still runs through a personal channel rather than a dedicated project channel or funding.

Receipts (4)

Crawler checks show no payments and no pricing found.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · t.me/SelfMadeCoder (opens in a new tab)
Creator settled on a new brand name for the product and bought the domain.
“finally landed on the official new brand name for Rize and bought the domain 🔥 @selfmadecoder”
Post · @selfmadecoder · 3 Oct 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Co-builder Natyiu appears in an all-night working session with other local builders.
“Pulling an all-nighter at Abrhot @Mike_Endale @kal_abX @KeO_coder @Fuadbuild @thebludragon @selfmadecoder @natyiu0”
Post · @Natyiu0 · 1 Oct 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Hosted the Nerdfest hackathon with a year of VPS as the prize.
“#nerdfest What's up, fam? I'm back with some epic news! As promised, this post is all about the Nerdfest Hackathon. Grab your PC, keyboard, mouse, or whatever else you need for this awesome event. You all know the prize is a fully covered VPS plan for a whole year, perfect for any of your projects. About the hackathon: You can build anything you want, but your project needs to include the follow”
Post · @selfmadecoder · 7 Jul 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)