Bill Frad

Bill Frad

Creative Director
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Tracep/trace-23Tarun Tomar

6d ago

If you were using Trace daily, what would you want it to get right first?

I m curious how people here think about a calmer, signal-first feed in practice.

If you ve tried Trace already:
What felt immediately useful?
What felt missing or confusing?
What would make it something you d actually open every day?

If you haven t tried it:
What would you need to see before giving a feed like this a real shot?
What would make you bounce?

I m early and still shaping this, so honest feedback (good or bad) is genuinely helpful.

Nika

13d ago

2 weeks before the product launch. What am I doing in terms of preparation?

Not really much, and it annoys me a bit. In exactly 14 days (28. 1.) we will launch the product, and the only thing I do is talk about it.

But yes, there are points that I still want to master by then, e.g.:

  • Create an informational newsletter inviting people to follow our product page

  • Create a list of people who could support us and ask them for help

  • Announcements on social networks

  • Inform Kickstarter backers who supported us with updates this is also an audience

  • Publishing a Product Hunt badge on the landing page

  • Continually grow and maintain a personal brand which should be a long-term goal, not just for launch purposes.

We’ve shipped v1.1 (Chaos Update) 🎛️💀

This release doesn t add content - it sharpens the chaos.

What s new in v1.1:

  • Improved pixel font + larger text for better readability

  • Visible mute toggle on home & header (DMCA-safe for streamers)

  • New Progressive mode: starts at 20 buttons, adds 15 each round

  • Clearer win screen with sarcastic stat microcopy + bigger NEXT ROUND

  • Share your shame helper text for easier bragging/suffering

  • Short descriptions for modes & difficulty (no instructions, just vibes)

  • Explicit disclaimer: this game is intentionally chaotic and unfair

  • Per-round variation (movement, timing, micro layouts) without new mechanics

  • Faster feedback (75ms transitions) no animations blocking clicks

  • Better dark-mode visibility for button numbers

If you played earlier and felt confused in the bad way, v1.1 should feel confusing in the right way.

Sell Validated Problems for $500–$10k 🦄

Guys, ProblemHunt has formed an international community of developers (mainly from USA, India, Russia, UK, France, Germany, and other countries) who are looking for startup ideas based on real problems. We find and share different people's problems with them, and the community is now growing rapidly.

Currently, all problems are published publicly and for free. However, they are published without validation: no confirmation that the problem truly exists, that others experience it too, and no check of willingness to pay. There's also no market sizing, target audience profile, or clear description of a solution that could and should be developed.

If there are any product managers among you who can handle this, you could sell deeply researched and validated problems to our developers. According to our estimates, there should be an average of 5 7 developers ready to buy each such problem. The price for one such problem could range from $500 to $10,000 depending on its potential.

🎉 Launch Day: VibrantSnap updates + Exclusive 20% Off

Hey everyone! We re launching VibrantSnap updates today and celebrating the New Year with an exclusive 20% launch discount.

Before launch, we d love your thoughts on a feature we re considering next: AI voice-over.

The idea:
Instead of recording a voice-over separately, you d speak naturally while recording your screen and VibrantSnap would automatically reformulate and generate a clean, polished AI voice-over from your original speech.

Proposed flow:
1 You record as usual and talk naturally
2 AI cleans up phrasing + tone
3 Final video gets a clear, professional voice-over

Code review fails most when decisions go unquestioned

Wrong abstractions.
Leaky boundaries.
Hidden coupling.

Bugs get fixed.
Decisions linger.

What's coming next

Hey folks,

Here's what we're working on actively & planning to release with next update:

  • Automatic capture of memories/data entered by users.

  • Support for select/radio/checkbox fields

  • Alternate fill modes that trigger superfill.ai autofill directly from webpage without the need to open extension UI