Hey folks

We re living in the golden age of AI tools from idea generation to design, marketing, customer support, dev workflows, and even fundraising decks.

But I m super curious... how are YOU actually using AI in your business?

What s genuinely worked for you?

Hey Product Hunt community!

I'm diving into the world of bootstrapping and want to build something amazing without spending a dime. I know many of you have been there starting from scratch, hustling with free tools, and leveraging creativity to grow.

Let s share our best tips, hacks, and stories! What free tools, platforms, or strategies have you used to launch or scale a project on a $0 budget? From no-cost marketing tactics to open-source software or scrappy growth hacks, spill the beans!

I have been building, learning, searching, investing for the last 6 years, back to back, non-stop. I feel I have officially reached burnout. One week I am super into building and I code new things like crazy. And the next I just want to chill and go surfing lol. Do you go through a similar phase? How do you deal with the constant change of emotions?

AI is growing faster than ever, and honestly, it feels like we re riding a giant wave of creativity and innovation!
From generative art to powerful language models, automation at work, and AI-powered healthcare breakthroughs it s amazing how much is happening.
But here s the cool part: different things spark excitement for different people. Maybe it s a tool that made a tough job easier. Maybe it s a crazy new concept that opened your mind to fresh possibilities. Maybe it s just that "OMG" feeling you get when you see AI pull off something wild (like my Auntie, who literally gasped the first time she saw ChatGPT could calculate calories of her plates! ).

I'd love to hear what s making you most excited about AI right now! Big or small moments, drop them below and let's discuss together.

Today, traditional engineering interviews often revolve around DSA (Data Structures and Algorithms).
And while DSA tests analytical rigor, it also wires thinking into strict, logical frames.

Creativity lives outside those frames.
Problem-solving and creating experiences are two entirely different games.
And sometimes, forcing a purely analytical mindset can quietly erode creative instincts the very instincts vibe coders thrive on.

Which raises a bigger question:

Is the future of technology moving into the hands of more imaginative, creative builders rather than traditional analytical problem-solvers?

Yesterday, I came across this visualisation of skills required for AI-related positions on Instagram.

To be honest, it feels a bit outdated to me because AI can now handle most tasks quite well: writing texts, generating images, coding, and, to some extent, even creating videos.

Lately, I ve been reflecting on the quiet fear that, as AI tools become better at creating art, writing, and design, creativity itself might lose its meaning.

It feels like a valid concern because:

• AI can produce beautiful art and music faster than a human ever could,

• Many creative fields are shifting from original creation to "curating" or "editing" AI outputs,

• Instant generation often replaces slow, imperfect human exploration,

• Younger generations are growing up with AI co-creation as the norm, not the exception.

I wonder:
Will true creativity still matter when "good enough" is instantly available?

I ran a small restaurant for 7 years and even though I had ton of data - from Square POS, online reviews, social media and so many other places, including from customers directly, I just couldnt figure out how to use it to grow the business using that data. Eg we would improve the user experience based on feedback, but being able to predict busy days, or fill the restaurants on slow days, was always challenging and couldnt figure out how to use that data.

How do you use data from your small business to grow and expand? What tools do you use to leverage your data?

Hello everyone!
Im currently working on a web app ,shopping-tracker, that helps users track and organize their shoppings!
By snapping a photo of the receipt, using gpt api, the system recognise the products, their prices and categories and organize the shoppings! It keeps a history of those groceries trips, generates usefull graphs about spendings, suggest more economic and healthier choices and the user can create future shopping lists by already purchased products to estimate the cost of each list.

I d really appreciate any feedback on the concept or features.

• Is this something you d find useful using GPT?

• What would make it better or more relevant for your daily life?

• Any thoughts on potential challenges I might be missing?

Curious what s the most unexpected way someone s used your product? Looking for fun, weird, or totally unintended use cases.

Every time I try out a new app or SaaS tool, I go straight to the pricing page, even if I don t plan to buy or subscribe. I m just curious to see how much they thinks it s worth.

Most products still stick with the good old subscription model, which makes sense, it's reliable, predictable, and aligns with ongoing costs. But more and more apps are starting to offer a lifetime option as well, and honestly I kind of love that.