Hello I m 9MR, a solo developer from South Korea, crafting Banano-Shot (an AI image editor)during late nights while working a full-time job.
Launching it 2 weeks ago has been a wild ride, with many users engaging and great community interest.
I ve learned a lot from small ad experiments and your advice.
What challenges did you face with your first launch, and how did you overcome them?
I d love to hear your wisdom! For real.

The @v0 by Vercel team recently dug into industry trends to publish the first State of Vibe Coding report.

My key takeaways:

1. Everyone can build: 63% of vibe coding users are non-developers, generating UIs (44%), full-stack apps (20%), and personal software (11%).

2. Adoption is everywhere, with significant adoption rates in APAC (40.7%), Europe (18.1%), North America (13.9%), and LATAM (13.8%).

3. 92% of US developers use AI coding tools every day

4. 30% of new code at @Google is generated by AI

5. 25% of @Y Combinator startups rely on AI-generated code

6. Rapid expansion has a cost. Vibe coding apps keep hitting vulnerabilities: exposing secrets, access misconfigurations, hardcoded credentials.

7. The future: going mainstream or hitting its sweet spot in working MVPs, the vibe coding trend is here to stay, and it's happening now.

Sometimes I have a problem to have a look at my past milestones or things I have achieved so far.
When I think about it, even creating my first product was a success for me. I ve always been a bit shy and afraid to show what I was working on, or I just didn t know how to present it properly, so it took me a really long time.

My first product was an online workout program with a payment gateway, and the monthly price was ridiculously low. But I managed to monetise it and had my first customers. I was probably around 20 at the time.

• What was your first product?

• What would you do differently to maintain it and make it successful?

• What lesson did you learn from it?

hello, I'm Dong wook Choi(a.k.a 9MR) , work in S.korea Ad industry as a Motion Graphic designer.
I started project from a small frustration.

While using Google s Nano-Banana (Gemini) for creative work, I was amazed by the image quality but struggled with control. I wanted to slightly change a camera angle or adjust the lighting, and realized how hard that was with prompts alone.

So I built Banano-Shot a web-based AI post-production tool

that lets you direct your images instead of just generating them.

Hi Product Hunt!

I'm the sole maker behind Banano-Shot.
I built this tool because I was tired of overly complicated AI art platforms and wanted something fast and simple.
To help you test it out, I'm offering 10 free image generations no strings attached.
Being a solo project means every hour I spend is precious.
I'm now planning my next big development sprint, and I want to make sure I'm building what you, the early users, actually need.

So, here's my question to the community:

I m Sonny, co-founder of Fallbacks.io. We re building an automated, time-based digital will to make sure your legacy lives on when you need it most.

A little about me, I m a software engineer who loves building products. Other than coding and building stuff, I m into the outdoors and meditating (helps balance out all the screen time ).

Hey everyone,
I'm a self-taught software developer based in the USA (Midwest), and have run a software shop for 15+ years ('09-'24). I just went through a literal movie in life the last 2 years, few of you would believe my story if you weren't in my city or knew me personally.
I'm starting life from scratch, with a blended family and 5 kids. Have not found consistent work since last November, and been playing with AI Coding tools. I realized I get better results than most software engineers using AI Coding tools (and way better than pure Vibe Coders), and that's because I've always spent 80% of my time planning and 20% coding+testing.
I took this spec-first, architecture and planning heavy approach to using AI Coding tools and started building a product, ChainCatalyst, with a good friend of mine. I have a tool for greenfield development (Architect) and one for existing codebases (Workflow). The idea is to be platform-agnostic, and the best planning layer between a software developer and consistent, high-quality results from AI Coding tools.
We are currently significantly better than SpecKit and also have advantages/differences over Kiro (Kiro is awesome though, ngl, but we aren't really trying to be them, they just are in a similar space). We have a group of ~20 (10 daily active) users and 2 companies (software shops each with 50+ devs, only a few from each company using so far) using the product. Feedback has been really great.
I'm still planning a PH launch while messing around here and looking at people's posts, getting into the community, etc...probably within the next month or so. Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself and what I'm working on.
Cheers

I m James Witman, an entrepreneur passionate about the on-demand economy and tech innovations. I love exploring new products, learning from fellow makers, and sharing ideas that can make a difference in the startup world.

I m excited to connect with like-minded tech enthusiasts, exchange insights, and contribute to discussions around new products and startups.

Looking forward to engaging with you all and learning from this amazing community!

I m Nick from RateGame

A few years ago I realized gambling had started to take away what I loved most about sports; the emotion, the unpredictability, the joy. So I built RateGame to help myself (and hopefully others) fall back in love with the game itself.