It started as a joke. Robinson Honour posted a tweet saying someone should build a website where people could upload their rejection emails. The kind of idea that usually stays a tweet.

“Someone should build a site for rejection emails.” So someone did.

Instead of letting it remain an idea, I decided to build it — and to see how far a small, light-hearted concept could go if you actually shipped it.

From first sketch to public launch took roughly twenty-four hours. I designed the experience from scratch, refined the concept several times, built the frontend, connected the backend with Convex and UploadThing, deployed it, and launched it publicly.

The project is intentionally light-hearted, but it isn't about making fun of people who get rejected. It's about reminding everyone that rejection is a shared experience. A job, an internship, a scholarship, a hackathon, a university place — almost everyone receives that email at some point.

Rather than hiding those moments, thanksbut.lol turns them into a public archive that celebrates persistence, growth, and the stories behind every attempt. Since launch, people have started submitting their own rejections, sharing the project, sending feedback, and helping shape where it goes next.