... right?" User 3: "I thought this was for freelancers" WHAT. All from the same exact copy. I've been going in circles for weeks. I write something that feels crystal clear to me, test it with users, and discover half of them think we solve a completely different problem. The other half

... devices, there d be no privacy and we d be disturbing other people. I thought: If we could build a device that lets you communicate with everything around you silently, that would be a game-changer. So we spent half a year building an early version of that. It was a small wearable device that converted neural signals from silent speech into text or voice. Once we had it working in a limited capacity, we raised our first round ... ... launch Wispr Flow in January. That would give us four months to get it ready. But I expedited the timeline. Six weeks, gun to your head: What would you do to launch this product? In that month and a half

... everyone, I m Craig. I have spent many years building products after products. Some were functional and polished others were half-finished experiments that never saw the light of day. Each one taught me something different, from how to move faster to how to simplify ideas and how to spot when to keep going or when to cut my losses. I never set out to collect unfinished projects but over time I realized those builds gave me the experience ... ... learning and testing. The process itself has become just as valuable as the outcomes. Comment from Ryan Dean(@ryan_dean): Hey Craig, what sort of products have you created or enjoy creating the most? Any reason why some were left half

... even exist Investors care about your followers almost as much as your traction And here s the thing: I ve noticed that audience-first founders are raising faster, getting more beta testers, and recruiting easier, even when their product is half-baked. But I think there s a danger: sometimes I see the community grows faster than the product matures, and you end up with hype that s impossible to live up to. So my question ...

... real challenge now. So we reimagined Nas.io as an AI-first business platform, one that helps you go from idea income in minutes. Here s how it works: You bring an idea even if it's vague or half-baked. Your AI Co-Founder helps you: Refine it into a product people actually want Build it (landing page, copy, design, pricing) Launch it (ads, emails, upsells, payments; all built-in) What can you build? Online courses & guides Digital challenges ...

... treated vibe coding as if it were a literal mind virus corrupting the software industry s youth. Others treated it like a badge of honor to be an early adopter, latching onto the term with almost meme-like enthusiasm (half serious, half

... time to think independently, combining AI answers with good old-fashioned Google searches Key takeaway: In unfamiliar territory, search first. Don t dive into coding too early - especially if you want to build a working product, not just a half-baked prototype. Starting a New Project (Xcode + Cursor) Time to start my first macOS project using Xcode. First attempt: total failure. The AI guide I followed was outdated, and I broke the project structure almost immediately. I started over, this ...

... seamless experience, and devs like IDEs for a reason. I'm convinced Anthropic is astroturfing Claude Code support hard. The experience is worse in every way. I love their models but this is a half baked UX Comment from Alexander Gorny(@alexandergorny): For me, using both is the best way, Claude in Cursors Terminal brings me the code stability and I'm using it when deploys are failing or authentication , serious stuff. For new features im using cursors ai, mostly ... ... clear. That approach has helped me avoid most issues. Comment from Michael Schuchardt(@michael_schuchardt): @timsu  100% agree! Comment from Daniel Bernasconi(@daniel_bernasconi): @chrismessina  have you tried Claude Code? Do you think Warp is a valid alternative

... After 2 years of hard work, it's time to face reality. My project to streamline the process of audiobook creation in a few days instead of weeks hasn't worked. Was it a bad idea to create alternatives to ElevenLabs audiobook studio solution that gives the option to the authors to spend 10 times less money for the audiobook production, also cutting the production time by half

... last application, hoping to get an interview this time. Any advice for us @rajiv_ayyangar ? Best, Aakash Comment from Jamie Davenport(@jxd_dev): I thought about applying with Big Journal but: I didn't want to submit a rushed and half-baked application. Looking through the Requests for Startups it didn't feel like we'd be a good fit for this batch. I'm still debating wether or not to raise VC funding or try and go fully bootstrapped ... ... well does it actually work? Comment from Rajiv Ayyangar(@rajiv_ayyangar): @jonayed_tanjim  I'm not close enough to Webhooks to understand if this is a valuable problem to solve. But if this is a common build vs

... Instead, I m stuck thinking about how I m irritated by a chatbot. Sometimes I wish it were human just so it could actually feel bad. The worst part? This thing is supposed to make me code faster, but half the time I m ranting at it like a co-worker I can t fire ... ... wondering, does anyone else get into arguments with their AI while vibe coding ? Or am I losing it? It would be good to know I m not alone. Comment from Just_Clive(@alcatec): I confronted AI after it fed me half

... marketer built this (and not an engineer alone) Most automation tools are designed by engineers who assume neatly structured inputs. Real-world GTM data is anything but neat. My growth-side scars forced us to embrace messy CSVs, half-baked CRMs, and marketing timelines measured in hours, not sprints. The result is an agent builder that tolerates imperfect data and still ships on schedule. The way I see it, the next wave of AI UX won t be a single ...

... matches, copy text is the same vibe, and they even have that confused name split (projects on pricing page, brands in docs). their product's still a skeleton, just the copied tab kinda wobbling. proof (screenshots/gif): so i'm half flattered, half

... half Danish, half

... landing page Reading another newsletter strategy thread Switching tools again Writing headlines, rewriting them, scrapping everything All in the name of getting ready to publish. But I wasn t publishing. Not consistently. Not with clarity. Just a growing pile of half-finished drafts and abandoned projects. Eventually, I realised: It wasn t a tools problem. It was a discipline problem. So I built some rules for myself: Only 6 content themes 3 blog posts a week, no matter what ...

... halfway through 2025 What are the best developer tools launched on Product Hunt this year from your perspective? Below are some of my favorite, most inspiring dev-first product launches until now: @Jolt AI - The AI assistant for 100K+ line codebases ranked #3 Product of the Day last January. How Jolt AI launched  @Lingo.dev - Discovered during the Mega Launch Week , the AI localization engine (YC F24) kept momentum on Product Hunt last February: #2 Product ... ... Developer Tool of the Week, and #1 Developer Tool of the Month. S/O to @vrcprl @maxprilutskiy and team! @Appwrite Sites - The "open-source Vercel alternative

... Tired of clunky, half-baked web wrappers? Meet Darvin the full-stack Flutter-based platform for building pixel-perfect, production-ready mobile apps with zero coding. Native performance Beautiful UI (yes, even on Android) Built for non-tech creators One-click monetization, hosting & more Show some love on Product Hunt: https://producthunt.com/products... Comment from Furqaan(@chaosandcoffee): As a PM for a dev shop, I would love for this to improve our productivity ...

... talk I made this because I kept seeing people post amazing ideas, but nothing came of them no teammates, no progress. I ve felt that frustration myself. I went full-stack (Supabase + React) because I wanted it to work. No half-baked MVP. No we ll fix it later. Every piece is tested so collab feels smooth. It s live at: https://collabcy.com If you ve got a startup idea, want to join a project, or just want ...

... Where feedback comes in before the big reveal. Where it s okay to be unfinished. What happened next? It started small. I posted on X. Invited friends. Asked for feedback. Then things picked up: Indie devs started listing their half-baked projects Testers showed up and gave real feedback Makers paid $7.99 to feature their apps I added a $100 private testing plan for devs Community hit 650+ members Now I m making $500/month, and I haven t even done ...

... gave it a single-line prompt: Build a fully functional Tetris game with clean UI, basic controls, score display, and level tracking. Tetris game generated in one go on Trickle with Claude 4. What came back wasn t a half-finished prototype. It was a fully working game, with: Live score and level tracking Pause, restart, and drop mechanics A clean sidebar UI with keyboard instructions Well-structured layout and game logic Minimal to no tweaking required All of this ...

... product, and the long-tail traffic on Reddit, are pure gold! Where am I at with this now? To be frank, this "guide" is still very much a work in progress more like a collection of messy notes and half-baked ideas as I figure things out. I'm trying to string these scattered thoughts together, hoping it can help others who are also on their "building" journey. I'd love to hear what you all think: Do these "crude ...

... have issues with reliability and "hallucinations"? How do you plan on overcoming that? Comment from kaleb cadenhead(@kalebautomates): @harvanshchaudhary  A security scanner for vibe coders who let AI tools like GPT churn out their MVPs while they re half-asleep? Noble, but this is like putting a smoke detector in a house already on fire lol Comment from Deepak Kumar(@new_user___12920255ec4347865724bdb): I m thinking build ChessVanguard a platform to help beginners learn chess through interactive lessons, live ... ... waste time typing. Would appreciate any thoughts or brutal feedback! Would you use it? Comment from Harvansh Chaudhary(@harvanshchaudhary): Dropping this idea for roast: A lightweight security scanner for Vibe Coders, Indie Makers who ship MVPs half

... folks! I'll be in SF during the first half of June and was wondering if there are any must-attend startup events, meetups, or founder gatherings happening around that time. Would love to connect with the local scene any recommendations appreciated! Comment from Rajiv Ayyangar(@rajiv_ayyangar): @masoodtalha7 ? Comment from Talha Masood(@masoodtalha7): @patpijanowski Welcome to San Francisco. I organize a monthly founders meetup around AI agents and Vibe Coding. Nothing has been planned yet for the first half

... moment Most people don t build because they overthink . They want it to be perfect , beautiful , VC-ready , viral on launch day. And then they never published. I ve been that guy . I ve had 100 ideas sitting in Notion. Half-finished Figma files. Codebases with two commits and a README that says coming soon . But one night, I just got tired of it. Tired of waiting for the right time. Tired of convincing myself I needed more resources ... ... robot voices trying to sound human. Just tap a book. Hit play. Start learning. Why? Because I got tired of seeing audiobook platforms act like they re doing us a favor by letting us listen to a damn book. Half

... surprised that such a simple, old-style game caught the attention of a big company. I casually replied, I d rather play a matchstick puzzle - a childhood game where you move matchsticks to fix a math equation. Then I said, half-jokingly, Why not create an online version for free? I had already built @Trangram , so I figured a small puzzle game would be easy. That night, while lying in bed, I started thinking about building a solver that could ...