... automated everything I can automate in my work. Tasks that used to take hours during the day now just require running a script. That freed-up time goes straight into side projects. I'm trying to completely bootstrap everything. Honestly? I want the freedom to quit whenever I get bored. Taking investment means accountability to other people, and I'm not ready for that pressure. I haven't launched any products yet, so there's no income from them ...

... built Nutralyze, a mobile app that suggests healthier or more suitable alternatives the moment you type the food (and amount) you want to skip e.g., 150g fries get swaps with a quick rationale. How it works Enter the food + amount you d like to avoid. AI returns contextual alternatives

... individual founders only, or mix in companies? How would you grow the base of active, visible profiles? Any clever growth suggestions or outreach strategies you ve seen work in niche founder communities? Would love to hear your brutally honest feedback. I want to make this map something founders must be on. Comment from Charlie Charles(@charliee1122): Self-promotion works if you make it feel like a badge of credibility. Framing being on the map as a way to show openness ... ... collaboration might encourage more signups. Comment from Seth Monk(@sethmonk): I think it's hard to make any concrete statements about founders as a whole. Everyone is so different, personality-wise, industry-wise, location and personal bandwidth. I would honestly

... gain bonus hours. Works seamlessly in custom GPTs . Gmail and Calendar integration Pro subscribers can link Google accounts so ChatGPT flags unread emails, plans your day, and even nudges you about that dentist appointment you keep postponing . Safety and honesty boosts Over 5 000 hours of safety testing have slashed hallucinations and taught GPT-5 to more readily admit I don t know . Better vibe coding capabilities GPT-5 s vibe coding abilities kind of just hit warp speed ... ... like button. Benchmarks, benchmarks, benchmarks Benchmarks should always be taken with a grain of salt . They are effectively a snapshot of a models capabilities under near perfect conditions. Sort of like the Big Mac you see on the ads vs

... evaluating platforms? For anyone who shut a program down, what pushed you to pull the plug? I would like to avoid build-it-and-they-won t-come syndrome and budget realistically for both partner recruitment and ongoing support. Honest war stories are more useful than polished case studies, so please share the gritty details commission numbers, churn headaches, fraud issues, whatever. I will round up the best insights into a follow-up post so everyone here benefits. Thanks ... ... role. Sounds like you have a perfect moment right now to give it another shot. Which platform did you initially try, and would you pick the same one again? I was looking into Tolt and Rewardful but honestly

... Plenty of seasoned programmers on Twitter (X) feed were rolling their eyes at the buzzword. The conventional wisdom in software engineering says good code requires careful thought and skill, not just going with the flow. I had spent years honing the craft learning algorithms, writing unit tests, agonizing over naming variables so the suggestion that one could simply give in to the vibes and let AI handle the heavy lifting felt almost insulting. If vibe coding was going ... ... latching onto the term with almost meme-like enthusiasm (half serious, half tongue-in-cheek). After my initial revolt, though, I took a step back. Was I letting the silly name ( vibe coding does sound absurd, let s be honest

... your pricing model? Is it the fear factor? Are you worried about picking the "wrong" price and scaring customers away? Stressed about not having enough customer research or willingness-to-pay data? Paralyzed by all the big decisions (freemium vs. paid, tiered vs

... mattopmistro): I do my best to just evaluate on my own without relying on reviews. Look at their website, look at the LinkedIn profiles of the founders, see how 'legit' they are across social media platforms, & look up competitors to do side by side. My first job was at Gartner on the high-tech team, so I kind of put those lenses back on. Usually those steps do the trick to gut-check if it's worth investing time ... ... just reviewing products or an actual practitioner? I eliminate the first category and only lean on the second. But the thing is: it's evaluating the totality of everything I mentioned. Their website, their linkedIn, their socials, their competitors

... output. It s like having a totally transparent AI teammate who not only does the job, but also shows their homework. No black box. No weird surprises. I used it to create a full brand landing page and honestly? It was smooth, fast, and felt more like collaborating than just prompting. Been testing this in-house, and honestly

... WebVisor went down about two weeks ago. If your site had more than 5,000 events, chances are the app didn t work properly. Timeouts. Broken charts. Data just missing. That s on me. I honestly wasn t expecting so many users to sign up so quickly, and I definitely didn t expect sites to be logging that much data right out the gate. Within the first two weeks, we tracked over 1.5 million events. Which is amazing ... ... also completely broke the system. At first, I pushed some temporary fixes just to get things limping again. But they weren t great - most people couldn t access full data ranges, the platform was super limited, and honestly

... When I first launched on Product Hunt, I had no idea what to expect. I wasn t sure anyone would notice our little startup, and honestly, I felt intimidated. Everyone seemed so established, and I didn t know where I fit in. But then something incredible happened. A kind comment from @aaronoleary . Encouragement from the PH community. Support from the Product Hunt team when we ran into issues. A hunt from @benln . A thoughtful reply from @rajiv_ayyangar himself. That ... ... Ambassador! It s a small group of Makers who get it and are here to give back. We re here to help you feel less alone. To cheer you on. To answer questions, review launch plans, or just give honest

... Been diving deep into PMF lately and honestly... I'm more confused than when I started. Everyone talks about "you'll know when you have it" but what does that actually mean? Is it when users can't live without your product? When growth becomes effortless? When your support inbox explodes with love letters? I'm seeing conflicting signals everywhere: - Some users absolutely love what we're building, others are lukewarm - Growth is happening but not the hockey stick everyone ... ... next experiment to get there?" For those who've been through this dance: What were the actual signals that made you stop questioning? And more importantly, how many false alarms did you have along the way? Still learning and honestly

... everyone, I'm Luther Johnson the maker of LeadsBlue. To be honest, I built this out of pure frustration. I was running a small sales team and was just sick of our CRM being filled with junk data. We were wasting so much time on contacts that were just plain wrong, and our email bounce rate was embarrassing. The existing tools were either way too expensive for a small team, overly complicated, or the data quality was a total coin ... ... anyone who's tired of the data-digging grind and just wants to talk to the right people. I'm here all day to answer any and all questions ask me anything! I'd love to get your honest

... working on a new idea for creators and before I start building, I d love your honest feedback and validation. The Idea: A platform like Stan Store, but: Free forever (with watermark + feature limits) Creators get their own storefront (like myplatformname.com/yourname ) Built-in analytics, product sales, and rewards (like ad credits, free leads, or a custom domain) Discovery page for all stores searchable, filterable, like a creator mall Creators can run ads inside the platform to boost their store ...

... return on it (i.e. whether I will earn something by buying/investing in a product), whether it will be profitable for me in the long term, whether it will save me time. I don't have many subscriptions, to be honest, only: Twitter Premium annual (~ 80) CapCut Pro annual (~ 120) (and that's all) ... the other subscriptions are paid for by the company... like Visual Eletric, MixPanel, ChatGPT etc. How are your subscription plans? E.g. what products you subscribed to; (budgeting ... ... Gowtham Shankar(@gowthamshankar): I m a developer, so I try to keep my subscriptions focused only tools that help me ship faster or stay mentally organized. My current paid stack: ChatGPT (daily dev + writing help) Cursor AI (love the VS

... there, I'm Code Inquiet. Honestly I've been building different products with teams but this time I'm here to build my own project. Last 2 products I've build I registered more than 10 SaaS or Web Applications to build my products. After a while I lost my control about these subscriptions, couldn't estimate the total cost and sometimes I missed trial periods and paid subscription fee, even I don't use. I've been working ... ... works well and I use it for my subscriptions. I'm here to offer my product to you! And it is free up to 20 subscription. It would be great if you can check it and give your honest

... setup step? Trigger a simple Was this clear? Leaving before finishing onboarding? Show: Still looking for something? Abandoned an upload? Ask why, while it s still fresh. This version captures rich behavioral context, so the feedback is not just honest, it s actionable. The launch could still flop. But honestly

... specific tool (Adobe After Effects, Arcade, Hexus, or something I've never heard of :lol:) 2/ They hire freelancers or agencies (usually when they want it to look premium) 3/ They just record a Loom as the founder (raw, honest, fast) Personally, I think the video can make or break the first impression. It tells the story in 30 seconds. Or at least it should. I m always curious how others do it. What s your process? Do you keep ... ... from MIMI PAUL(@mosymimi): @byalexai   3 hours mostly because I was figuring things out as I went . Jitter made it pretty easy though! I kept things simple and focused on showing the real value of AdBlur without overcomplicating. Honestly

... review sites, etc.) to provide a comprehensive overview of what real users think about that website. Potential Use Cases Business owners monitoring their online reputation Investors researching companies before making decisions Consumers getting unbiased feedback before using a service Competitors understanding market sentiment Developers gathering user feedback on similar products Questions for You Would you use such a tool? What's your current process for gathering user feedback about websites? What challenges do you see? Technical, legal, or user experience ... ... concerns? What would make this valuable to you? Real-time alerts, sentiment analysis, competitor

... ever felt like you're spending more time switching between analytics dashboards than actually improving your product, Crowd 2.0 might be for you. Would love your support tomorrow if this resonates with you! And honestly, even if you don't need what we've built, any feedback or thoughts would mean the world to us. Anyone else launching soon? The pre-launch anxiety is real... Comment from Isaac Bracha(@isaac_bracha): Congratulations on the launch of Crowd 2.0! It sounds ...

... friends We re getting ready for our very first launch on Product Hunt this July 4th and we re beyond excited (and slightly nervous to be honest). It s been a long journey of building, testing, doubting, rebuilding and now it s almost time to share todai with the world. todai is the first AI system designed not to optimize your calendar but your emotional clarity. Just think: a personal mentor that helps you navigate life with a little more ... ... what to do about it. Our coming soon page is already live we d love for you to check it out and hit Notify me . Hope this resonates and if it doesn t, we d still love your honest

... Have a logo you're unsure about? Something feels off, but you can t quite explain why? Send it my way. I ll give you one simple sentence of honest feedback. No ego, no fluff. Just a friendly nudge in the right direction (or a virtual high-five if it s great). You can drop it in the comments or send it privately. This is all in good fun. No shaming, no showing off. Just some design honesty

... cost of truly socializing or just enjoying their youth (of course, there are exceptions). It puts a heavy weight on their shoulders for years. The idea of enjoying it all after 30 sounds nice in theory, but I honestly wonder how often that really plays out. What s next when you ve already hit the top so young? Definitely something more of us should reflect on. Thanks for sharing this! Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @hamza_afzal_butt ... ... another Journey and more often than not, what we see as failures end up being incredible lessons for the future. The dots only connect in hindsight. Comment from Priyanka Gosai(@priyanka_gosai1): Such a deep question, Nika and honestly

... testers. It s affordable, customizable, and enhanced with AI that helps summarize insights and recommend improvements. We ve got now 100+ vetted testers onboarded, and the MVP is just about done. But now I m facing the part that honestly feels the hardest so far: marketing. I ve been trying to figure out where to start and I still haven t cracked it. We posted jobs for freelance marketers on Upwork, and I ve been speaking to people on platforms ... ... ready for the long haul. It does really take time for marketing to seep in - few months at least. Comment from Baltazar Torres(@baltazar_torres): @manu_goel2 thank you! Comment from Baltazar Torres(@baltazar_torres): @rohulp Hi Rohul, honestly

... After launching our app, we realized something: getting honest, actionable feedback is incredibly difficult. The problems we encountered: Friends are too nice to be brutally honest