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Derek Liuleft a comment
As a solo maker who has launched both serious and casual products here with no hype and no crew, I truly believe this advice is valuable. It helps you stay authentic while giving your launch a better chance of being noticed. On social-media-driven platforms like PH, it’s absolutely true: No one notices unless you make them look. From my own experience, if you care about your product’s ranking...
Stop launching solo. It’s not brave, It’s dumb
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Derek Liuleft a comment
Congrats on reaching the top 5! I'm launching @Mathstick today too – the hardest puzzle game ever 😱. It’s actually my second launch here. I remember having super high hopes for my first one. Just like you, I had no team, no launch list, no promotions, no marketing outside PH – I didn’t notify registered users either. I learned a lot from that experience, but honestly, doing a pure launch like...
I launched solo — and made it to the Top 5 today 🚀
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Launched a Little Puzzle Game – Here's the Story Behind It & I'd Love Your Feedback!
One night, my wife shared an old news story with me: the Wordle game (where players guess a five-letter word in limited tries) was bought by The New York Times. I was 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,...
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This is such a great idea, it definitely means a lot to makers whose products didn’t get featured! Well done, Konrad! And congrats on having such strong and wonderful team members with you!
Introducing Product Hunt Gems - A new place for great products not featured on Product Hunt
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Derek Liuleft a comment
Great post! I’ve also been wondering the same thing, as I’m planning to launch this Sunday, especially with Easter holidays happening in many countries. Curious to see how many people will actually be hanging out on PH during the holiday season! For me, whether the product gets featured or not matters more than the number of votes. Weekdays, especially Wednesdays, tend to be more competitive,...
Do you use Product Hunt more/less during summer, weekends or holidays?
Derek Liuleft a comment
I really appreciate long posts, it took hours to prepare and put thoughts together. Thanks for the effort and for being so passionate about improving how the leaderboard works. Quick question: Will it affect my launch or chances of being featured if I use the same domain but a different path for my next product? For example, I’m planning to launch my puzzle game at...
I decide what's featured on the leaderboard - AMA w/ Gabe from Product Hunt
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Tech ~ Introvert ~ Persistent
Introduce yourself, but only 3 words!
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Derek Liuleft a comment
This is crazy! My post got approved in about 1 min, it used to took at least 4 hours or more. Thanks and well done PH team!
I Feel I'm New Here Again! Help!
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Like with any social media platform, anything that gets hype tends to become popular. AI helps in that sense, especially with its creativity. But as AI becomes more common, I think platforms that keep more of a real human touch will become more valuable.
Does an AI based social network make sense (And would you use it?)
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I Feel I'm New Here Again! Help!
Hi everyone, I'm Derek! I launched my first product here 6 months ago (last September), and I've noticed Product Hunt has changed quite a bit - especially the forum, which I remember used to be called "discussions". I'm really glad to see improvements like the new rich text editor (reminds me of the hacky way I used to format posts back then 😅) and better search functionality for forum threads....
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My story: The making of Mathstick 🚩 Most matchstick games out there have a few common issues: A fixed set of puzzles with little variety or difficulty progression (not challenging or replayable) Odd tricks like rotated digits, negative numbers, or even changing "=" to "≠" Required downloads, sign-ups, and poor support across devices ✅ Mathstick fixes all of that. A smart puzzle generator...
MathstickA modern take on the classic matchstick puzzles
Derek Liuleft a comment
Interesting idea and great demo! This reminds me of some mock coding interviews services. Any chance VELS will support that in the future?
VELSVoice-enabled learning simulations for learning and training
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I know it’s tough for a product to stay visible without being featured. You have my support! :)
AIScraperAI-Powered Web Scraping Tool
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------------------------------ 🙋♂️ Hey Everyone 🙋♂️ ------------------------------ I’m Derek, creator of Trangram, and I’m excited to share my first-ever launch on Product Hunt! I originally made Trangram for myself to simplify motion graphics creation, but as I kept working on it, I realized it could help others too. So, I kept improving it as a fun side project. I’ve been using it to create my...
TrangramA free online editor for creating animation and illustration
Derek Liuleft a comment
That's useful, will give Jsonify a try when I need i18n for my web app!
JsonifyTransform XLSX/CSV files into clean, usable JSON
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Lovely animated logo 👍
ECPower Segment ManagementA digital reality of customer journey map for DTC brands
