Today marks my 500th day in a row on Product Hunt, and I wanted to share a few reflections from this journey, in case it sparks ideas or conversation with others in the community.

We used to accept that making ads meant switching tools, rewriting things, and reformatting for every channel.

It was time-consuming and honestly kind of draining.

To 4 million of you,

Five years ago today, we released the first version of Scribe on Product Hunt. As they say, if you're not embarrassed by your first product, you didn't do it right and believe me, looking back now, we are deeply embarrassed. That first version wasn't even internet-enabled! It saved locally on your desktop and was as clunky as they come.

Public launch directly on Product Hunt vs going on Product Hunt a bit later.

I am looking to compare and learn from experiences of others.

PH launch is a must - so question is only about the timing.

Not your planned channels I mean the totally random stuff:

A Reddit thread from 2017.

A niche Discord.

Someone s cousin's newsletter.