R.I.P.
chatbot-ui2023 — 2024
Cause of death
The hype cycle moved on without it
“Gone, but never git rm'd.”
TypeScript★ 33k mourners
Digging up
Locating the cemetery…
Here lie the side projects of
mckaywrigley
This isn't a graveyard. It's an industry.
62
Buried
0
Survivors
42days
Avg lifespan
50,035
Mourners ★
62 gravesfirst fell Mar 2023
R.I.P.
ai-code-translator2023 — 2023
Cause of death
Became a thin wrapper, then thin air
“Never deployed. Always loved.”
TypeScript★ 4.2k mourners
R.I.P.
paul-graham-gpt2023 — 2023
Cause of death
Made obsolete by the next model release
“Beloved side project. Sometimes opened.”
TypeScript★ 2.7k mourners
R.I.P.
mckays-app-template2024 — 2025
Cause of death
Fame wasn't enough to save it
“It had so many plans in its issues tab.”
TypeScript★ 1.9k mourners
R.I.P.
clarity-ai2023 — 2024
Cause of death
Peaked on Hacker News
“Gone, but never git rm'd.”
TypeScript★ 1.4k mourners
R.I.P.
chatbot-ui-lite2023 — 2023
Cause of death
Scope creep
“Survived by 47 browser tabs.”
TypeScript★ 972 mourners
R.I.P.
prompts2023 — 2023
Cause of death
Died famous. Issues still open.
“Returned with exit code 0. Peacefully.”
★ 842 mourners
R.I.P.
ai-brainstore2023 — 2023
Cause of death
The README was the best part
“Never deployed. Always loved.”
TypeScript★ 712 mourners
R.I.P.
repo-chat2023 — 2023
Cause of death
Every star a lit candle
“May its dependencies rest in peace.”
Python★ 604 mourners
R.I.P.
buildware-ai2024 — 2024
Cause of death
Got distracted by a newer, shinier idea
“It compiled. That was enough.”
TypeScript★ 567 mourners
R.I.P.
o1-xml-parser2024 — 2025
Cause of death
Works on my machine. Machine died.
“Here lies great potential and a half-written README.”
TypeScript★ 454 mourners
R.I.P.
wait-but-why-gpt2023 — 2023
Cause of death
any spread like an infection
“Shipped to localhost only.”
TypeScript★ 338 mourners
R.I.P.
kindle-gpt2023 — 2023
Cause of death
Forgot how it worked
“Shipped to localhost only.”
TypeScript★ 263 mourners
R.I.P.
r1-automated-pr-example2025 — 2025
Cause of death
Life happened
“It had so many plans in its issues tab.”
TypeScript★ 184 mourners
R.I.P.
ai-router-chat2024 — 2024
Cause of death
Death by type gymnastics
“It had so many plans in its issues tab.”
TypeScript★ 173 mourners
R.I.P.
naval-gpt2023 — 2023
Cause of death
Got a job
“Shipped to localhost only.”
TypeScript★ 168 mourners
R.I.P.
o1-pro-template-system2025 — 2025
Cause of death
New idea
“Never deployed. Always loved.”
TypeScript★ 141 mourners
R.I.P.
nba-cba-ai-chat2023 — 2023
Cause of death
Saw someone else ship it first
“Forever in our git log.”
TypeScript★ 124 mourners
R.I.P.
storybook-ai2023 — 2023
Cause of death
"I'll finish it this weekend"
“Returned with exit code 0. Peacefully.”
TypeScript★ 116 mourners
R.I.P.
o1-ai-playground2024 — 2024
Cause of death
Lost the .env file
“It had so many plans in its issues tab.”
TypeScript★ 103 mourners
R.I.P.
takeoff-cursor-course2024 — 2024
Cause of death
Tutorial completed. Motivation not.
“Pushed to main, then to the grave.”
TypeScript★ 67 mourners
R.I.P.
the-network-state-gpt2023 — 2023
Cause of death
Domain expired
“Forever in our git log.”
TypeScript★ 63 mourners
R.I.P.
takeoff-school-your-1st-ai-app2023 — 2023
Cause of death
Weekend project. It was a long weekend.
“Rest in /dev/null.”
Python★ 59 mourners
R.I.P.
slack-customer-service-ai-agent2024 — 2024
Cause of death
Died in infancy. Born and abandoned same day.
“Forever in our git log.”
TypeScript★ 58 mourners