👋 Hello Hive Community
For the last 4–5 years, I’ve been building for Hive.
No salaries for self funded projects
No infrastructure funding requests for self funded projects
No maintenance funding for self funded projects
No dev-fund dependency for self funded projects
Just self-funded building. Shipping. Improving. Releasing.
But today, I want to speak up — not for a salary —
but for something much smaller and very practical:
👉 Reimbursement of AI development tooling costs (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor).
🧠 Why AI Tooling?
Modern app development has changed.
AI tools like:
- Claude AI
- ChatGPT
- Cursor AI
have significantly improved:
- Development speed
- Code quality
- Refactoring efficiency
- Documentation
- Testing coverage
- Multi-platform builds
And most importantly:
👉 Time to market.
When you're building simultaneously for:
- Web
- Android
- iOS
AI reduces weeks into days.
📱 What Have We Already Shipped?
Not ideas. Not mockups.
Actual production apps on both AppStore & PlayStore.
🎭 hFestLeaks - self funded
(Soon to be renamed to HiveFestFacts as leaks is misleading)
Web: https://hivefestleaks.sagarkothari88.one/
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hivefestleaks.app
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/hfestleaks/id6759285682
A community-powered HiveFest storytelling app.
Built. Approved. Live.
🛍 Distriator (funded by 
& 
so far)
Web: https://distriator.com
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.distriator.app
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/distriator/id6758208375
Bringing Hive commerce visibility into mobile ecosystems.
3Speak (funded by & so far)
- AppStore - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/3speak/id1614771373
- PlayStore - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.threespeak.app
💬 hReplier - send replies to replies on hive - self funded
Web: https://hreplier.sagarkothari88.one/
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thehivemobile.inbox
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hreplier/id6596756765
Mobile engagement suite for Hive users.
📊 hStats
Web: https://hive-stats.sagarkothari88.one/
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=one.sagarkothari88.hivestats
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hstats-hive-account-info/id6759279628
Read-only Hive analytics with clean UI.
🏆 What Makes This Different?
We are currently:
👉 #1 in number of Hive apps successfully approved on both AppStore & PlayStore.
Getting apps approved is not easy.
- Apple review cycles
- Google compliance
- Blockchain clarification
- Payment policy navigation
- Metadata optimization
- Privacy policy compliance
This is Web2 + Web3 bridge work.
Hive needs presence in both worlds.
We are building that presence.
🛠 What’s Coming Next?
Currently in pipeline:
- ✅ CheckInWithXYZ
- ✅ hSnaps (short-form content like waves/snaps)
- ✅ hShorts (short videos like reels)
- ✅ hVideos (3Speak-focused UX experience)
- ✅ hApprover (mobile transaction approval tool)
- ✅ hFind (advanced Hive content search engine)
- ✅ hPodcast (podcasts powered by Hive & 3Speak)
And many more ideas.
💰 What We Are Asking
Not:
- ❌ Developer salary
- ❌ Infrastructure reimbursement
- ❌ Hosting cost
- ❌ Maintenance cost
- ❌ Marketing budget
Only:
👉 Reimbursement for AI development tools that directly accelerate Hive product delivery.
Because:
Faster builds =
More apps live =
More Web2 exposure =
Stronger Hive brand =
More onboarding opportunities.
🌍 Everything Is Open Source
All our work is available here:
https://github.com/orgs/TechCoderLabz/repositories
Transparent.
Community-visible.
Forkable.
Extensible.
📉 We Understand the Market Situation
Hive price is not at peak levels.
Funding pool isn't infinite.
We are not asking for a large amount.
We are asking for a small, practical support amount
to keep shipping fast and stay competitive.
🤝 Why This Matters
If Hive wants:
- Strong AppStore presence
- Strong PlayStore presence
- Modern UX standards
- Faster iteration cycles
- Competitive Web3 positioning
Then dev velocity matters.
AI tooling directly improves that velocity.
😄 A Little Honest Humor
If I can turn:
“let me quickly check something”
into
“production-ready feature shipped”
within 48 hours because of AI assistance…
I think Hive wins.
📌 Closing Thoughts
For years, we built silently.
Now we are simply asking:
Help us move faster.
Not for comfort.
Not for luxury.
Not for expansion.
But for speed and sustainability.
By the builder.
For Hive.
For long-term ecosystem presence.
If the community supports this proposal,
we commit to:
- Continue shipping aggressively
- Maintain open-source transparency
- Deliver more Web2-visible Hive apps
- Keep Hive visible in mainstream app ecosystems
Thank you for reading.
Feedback is welcome. 🙏
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Until next time—BYEEE 👋🚀
📝 Final Note
- I asked chatGPT to help optimize this post to make it more readable and viewer-friendly.
- Here is the link where you can find both original content & improvements made by AI
- https://chatgpt.com/share/699d1d37-69a4-8000-b807-3584bbe97ce0
🚀 My Contributions to ♦️ Hive Ecosystem
| Contribution | To | Hive | Ecosystem |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hive Witness Node | Daily Hive Dev Posts | 3Speak Video Encoder Node Operator (highest number of nodes) | 3Speak Mobile App Dev |
| Podcast App Dev | 3Shorts App Dev | 3Speak Support & Maintenance Team | Distriator Developer |
| CheckinWithXYZ | hReplier | HiFind | HiveDonate |
| Contributed to HiveAuth Mobile App | Ecency ↔ 3Speak Integration | Ecency ↔ InLeo Integration | Ecency ↔ Actifit Integration |
| Hive Stats App | Vote for Witness App | HiveFlutterKit | New 3Speak App |
| Hive React Kit | more | to | come |
🙌 Support Back
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