Building and launching products, testing them in real markets and building a business are like mini-MBAs. It teaches you a lot of things about human behavior, finance, marketing, sales, entrepreneurship, management and more.
We become wiser; and wish someone had given us the right advice at the right time.
@sentry_co @gabe based on our convo the other day, I thought this was worth sharing.
We somewhat joked about always-on AI and how the IRS picks you up because of something your coworker said 4 years ago at a BBQ.
Turns out maybe not that funny?
Theo (T3) released something called SnitchBench, a benchmark testing how likely large language models are to report illegal activity when given tools like email or CLI access and told to act in the interest of public welfare.
I m working on an open write-up about how Lifetime Deals (LTDs) can work better for everyone, founders, customers, and platforms like AppSumo.
While AppSumo has helped thousands of early-stage SaaS teams gain traction, its current model has some serious issues that are hurting trustworthy founders.
I ve always wondered how different cultures, companies, or individuals approach financial transparency in business. Some stay silent, others overshare.
I m Adam Martelletti. I m still finding my feet here, but I wanted to share our story, not to throw stones, but to offer a warning I wish someone had given me.
For me - it's the community of makers. I've always enjoyed the 0->1 journeys of building product and businesses. I believe this is the tribe where I can contribute the most.
What's your reason to come back to PH and participate?
I had an MVP. I had a plan. I was this close to launching Quala, a feedback tool for SaaS trials. The concept was simple: ask users how their trial is going on day 1, day 3, day 7, etc. Classic playbook.
But before pulling the trigger, I soft-launched in a few Reddit communities, Product Management, Customer Success, etc. not to promote, but to learn.
Instead of generic praise or silence, I got real feedback like:
I ve seen so much advice about partnering with well-known Hunters for your PH launch. But does it really move the needle? Anyone have real numbers or war stories? Also, how to find and approach them?
All of you who are building a personal brand, I guess, keeping up with the onslaught of notifications is not the easiest thing to do. I personally open some notifications after a month (like today on Bluesky, Substack and Twitter), not to mention that I reply to some messages after months. It helps me keep my sanity. But it took me almost 4 hours to handle these today.
On the other hand, I manage ProductHunt and LinkedIn quite regularly.
We are 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, sorted by launch date:
@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 of the Day, #1 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" ranked #1 Product of the Day, #1 Developer Tool of the Week, and #1 Developer Tool of the Month. Read the teardown here in /p/appwrite
@Kibo UI - This open-source extension to @shadcn/ui ranked #3 Product of the Day last May.
@next-forge - First launched in 2023, the new release ranked #4 Product of the Day early June. Keep launching!
I joke mostly, but in reality forgetting things often or getting easily distracted has been a tough one for me that no amount of calendar reminders, notes, stickies, post-its, and alarms can solve. So when Fieldy launched calling themselves an IRL Granola targeted for ADHD folks to help them remember, I knew I had to try it out.
Note: I did Hunt Fieldy but I paid for the product myself. I was not sponsored for this review. I was gifted a yearly subscription however, to help experience the product from the Fieldy team. Thoughts are my own.
I joke mostly, but in reality forgetting things often or getting easily distracted has been a tough one for me that no amount of calendar reminders, notes, stickies, post-its, and alarms can solve. So when Fieldy launched calling themselves an IRL Granola targeted for ADHD folks to help them remember, I knew I had to try it out.
Note: I did Hunt Fieldy but I paid for the product myself. I was not sponsored for this review. I was gifted a yearly subscription however, to help experience the product from the Fieldy team. Thoughts are my own.
