Landon Reid

API marketplaces are criminally underbuilt. The fact that devs still have to hunt across docs, forums, and random GitHub repos to find the right API is broken. We pull from dozens of APIs at ReadyPermit for zoning, flood, and permit data — a marketplace like this would save us hours. Good luck with the launch.

One-click local AI setup is the future. The friction of API keys and config files kills adoption. We learned this at ReadyPermit — the moment we got our zoning reports down to 20 seconds with zero setup, everything changed. Remove friction, win users.

This is how learning should work. Most people quit not because they lack motivation — they quit because the plan sucks. Breaking skills into followable steps is underrated. We do something similar at ReadyPermit — turning complex zoning/permit research into a 20-second answer. Simplification wins.

Solo dev building a Rust-based database client that handles 9 databases? That's the kind of obsession that ships great tools. The DBeaver/pgAdmin problem is real — we use Supabase (Postgres) at ReadyPermit and the tooling gap is painful. Bookmarking this.

Launching soon. Current tagline: "Know what you can build in 20 seconds. Not months." Property intelligence platform -- enter any US address, get zoning, flood risk, ADU eligibility, buildability score. What consultants charge $3,500 for. Would love your take.

Simple framework: give away what creates the "aha moment." Charge for what creates the outcome. We give the first report free. It takes 20 seconds. The user sees exactly what they'd pay a consultant $3,500 for. That's the aha. The paid version? More reports, deeper analysis, API access. That's the outcome -- they're now making money decisions with it. Free should make people feel stupid for not...

PH exclusive: We're giving 3 free full property reports to anyone from Product Hunt. Any US address. No strings. Just DM me or use code PRODUCTHUNT at readypermit.ai/pricing

Simple framework we use at ReadyPermit.ai: Give away the thing that creates the "oh crap" moment for free. Charge for the solution. Our free flood zone checker tells homeowners if their property is in a flood zone. Takes 20 seconds. Free, no signup. The "oh crap I'm in a flood zone" moment? That's when they want the full property report — zoning, buildability, environmental risk. That's paid....

One API key instead of stitching together 5 vendors. That alone is worth it. We pull from FEMA, county records, and zoning databases for our property intel platform — the vendor management tax is real. How fresh is the index for government/niche data sources?

This is a game-changer for developer workflows. We use Claude Code heavily for building our PropTech platform and the biggest friction has always been switching between the CLI and GUI tools for testing. Being able to have Claude debug visual issues and automate GUI-only tools directly from the terminal is going to save so much context-switching time. Question — does the screen observation work...