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A developer recreates a book-swapping platform after waiting 20 years for the original patent to expire. The new implementation uses Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and tRPC to modernize the outdated PaperBackSwap website, featuring streamlined book uploads via barcode scanning, integrated Stripe payments for shipping labels, and a cleaner user interface. The credit-based system allows users to earn credits by sending books and use them to request books from others.

I Waited 20 Years to Steal This Website's Idea

Szymon Omieciński

<p>This sounds cool, that’s a long time to wait to build an app. But it must have been from to build it after all that time 🎉🙌🏻</p>


<p>BTW, I didn’t have enough funds to do it, but a somewhat similar situation happened to me recently, except I was trying to buy the website. It’s an old text/image based game called <a href="http://TrueKingdom.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">TrueKingdom.com</a>. You would never know about it unless you heard about it from someone else, there is no SEO on the site as the author has had it in beta for nearly 20 years. It’s programmed in PHP/MySQL. I am not the seller but the owner of the domain does respond to requests if anyone was interested in revitalizing that game. Was fun to play back in the 2000’s when it was actually played by a decent amount of people.</p>
