How a small side project for fun at school became a fully customizable platform built by a student — for students.
4SP started as a fun little side project at school. It was originally just a two-page site — one page with a 20-sound soundboard and the other with an autoclicker and a simple request form. Only about four people knew about it. It wasn’t meant to be serious — just something to make boring classes more entertaining. But this basic foundation would later become something much more.
With V2, things really picked up. I added actual structure — pages like a proper soundboard, a media area, a playlists beta, some simple games, proxy lists, feedback and request pages, legal info, and even account settings. Word of mouth took over. I told just a few people, but it spread across grades, even to elementary and high schoolers. By this version, around 30–40 users were on it. Proxies helped boost popularity but also brought attention.
V3 brought a full visual reskin. It had a black-and-white layout with blue accents, sharper corners, and improved account management. The dashboard got cleaned up, and some extra tools like the game “Slotz” and the Vern proxy V2 were added. Proxies were still active here. Even though tools like a video or music player never made it, this version helped 4SP feel more like a brand than just a site. By May 21st, 93 users had joined — across grades, schools, and even people I never told directly.
V4 was a complete rebuild — the moment 4SP leveled up from a side project into a platform. It introduced a modular dashboard where users could load in powerful widgets like Notes, Countdowns, a Weather app, a Grading Calculator, and a Shortcut system that could launch tools or even external pages on demand. The old request forms were consolidated into a single sleek app with voting and issue tracking. Proxies were cut to keep the site clean and sustainable as popularity grew. On top of that, I built in panic key and tab disguising features designed for subtle use in class, complete with customizable panic key settings that gave users full control. It wasn’t just another version — V4 felt like a professional product.
This website has gone through multiple iterations from the start of development, and I have gone through an amazing journey to bring 4SP to you. And I introduce, Project-Vanadium. I think that this version is 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. Thank you, everyone, for joining me on this journey for this website, and I hope you enjoy this website, because it's more than a website — it's a movement, built with the people in mind. It's not about greedy companies chasing revenue. It's about connection, personalization, and most of all, it's for the students who needed something different — something they could call their own.