--- title: I Built a Free Social Media Image and Video Crop Tool as... description: A product designer and self-described vibe coder shares how they built CropFiles, a free online tool for cropping images and videos to social media platform... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-free-social-media-image-and-video-crop-tool-as-a-vibe-coder-me9sbecb5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I Built a Free Social Media Image and Video Crop Tool as a Vibe Coder | daily.dev og:description: A product designer and self-described vibe coder shares how they built CropFiles, a free online tool for cropping images and videos to social media platform... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-free-social-media-image-and-video-crop-tool-as-a-vibe-coder-me9sbecb5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ME9SBEcB5.png og:image:alt: I Built a Free Social Media Image and Video Crop Tool as a Vibe Coder og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I Built a Free Social Media Image and Video Crop Tool as a Vibe Coder **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 6 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A product designer and self-described vibe coder shares how they built CropFiles, a free online tool for cropping images and videos to social media platform dimensions. Frustrated by repeatedly looking up correct sizes for Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other platforms, they used AI-assisted development to ship a focused web app. The post covers the product's core workflow, the challenge of avoiding feature creep, the decision to build in public for real user feedback, and the broader lesson that useful products don't need to be revolutionary — solving a repetitive, annoying workflow is enough to justify shipping. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@sahilatahar** · 0 upvotes >  > > It would be good if you put a sample image and increased the size instead of plane preview. --- Tags: [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-free-social-media-image-and-video-crop-tool-as-a-vibe-coder-me9sbecb5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I Built a Free Social Media Image and Video Crop Tool as a Vibe Coder","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-free-social-media-image-and-video-crop-tool-as-a-vibe-coder-me9sbecb5","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-free-social-media-image-and-video-crop-tool-as-a-vibe-coder-me9sbecb5"},"datePublished":"2026-07-15T07:30:38.466Z","dateModified":"2026-07-15T07:31:40.526Z","description":"A product designer and self-described vibe coder shares how they built CropFiles, a free online tool for cropping images and videos to social media platform...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4f006afc4410ae487a2657a9c70f8b27?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4f006afc4410ae487a2657a9c70f8b27?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-free-social-media-image-and-video-crop-tool-as-a-vibe-coder-me9sbecb5","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"social-media,vibe-coding","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I Built a Free Social Media Image and Video Crop Tool as a Vibe Coder"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-free-social-media-image-and-video-crop-tool-as-a-vibe-coder-me9sbecb5","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"It would be good if you put a sample image and increased the size instead of plane preview.","datePublished":"2026-07-15T09:32:26.823Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ME9SBEcB5#c-QkV52BTFl","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Sahil Atahar","url":"https://daily.dev/sahilatahar","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--jYTP98TM--/f_auto/v1768622996/avatars/avatar_3E5CUHMGZwkEqSfvFYXsF?_a=BAMAMiiu0"}}]} ```