Hyuntak Lee

Hyuntak Lee

Sole Proprietor, Developer, Med student

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Hyuntak Lee

9mo ago

I finally feel like I've become a part of PH community.

I'd like to share a down-to-earth personal story. This is about a med student who paused medical school, became a self-taught developer, and unexpectedly turned into a startup founder all to help the people he loved.

I took a leave of absence from medical school, not simply to build an app for my needs, but because I saw my loved ones suffering alone from panic attacks.

📈 Traffic Numbers after a successful Product Hunt launch - Top 5 Product of The Day

Hi folks. Yesterday, I got featured with my latest app, and I made it to Top 5 Products of the day

I won't share my app's link here. That is not the goal. I just wanted to share some traffic numbers and insights, so you have a realistic expectation of traffic once you make it, too :)

(GMT+1)
- : +1.1k page views
- : +1k unique visitors
- : +1.6k views (how is it higher than landing page views? I still don't know)
- : 213 actual users
- : 4 HELL YEAH
- : 130$ (VERY RICH lol)

Nika

9mo ago

Which cities (in your country) are tech hubs and offer many job or business opportunities?

I remember reading an essay by @rrhoover about how he moved from his native Oregon to San Francisco after university studies, where doors full of networking opportunities opened up for him.

I saw the same thing in my country after graduation. About 80% of my classmates went to the capital, where there are the most opportunities in marketing and tech. (Or they went abroad.)

🚀 Launching on Product Hunt Soon? Drop Your Preview for Feedback!

Got a launch coming up? Don t go in blind share your upcoming Product Hunt launch here and get early feedback from fellow makers.

Whether you want thoughts on your:

  • Tagline or messaging

  • Screenshots or video

  • First comment

  • Timing or strategy

If you could request one feature from the Product Hunt team — what would it be?

Software serves a purpose it helps people get things done. But everyone s needs are different, and the features that matter most can vary a lot.

I work here @producthunt and feel lucky to be able to build tools that solve problems I care about. Now I d love to hear from you:
What s one feature you d love to see on Product Hunt that would actually help you?
Big, small, wild encourage everyone to share their own

Nika

9mo ago

Do you trust any particular LLM model? (Your preferences over other AI solutions)

Yesterday, Meta announced that they have released a new collection of AI models, Llama 4, in its Llama family.

(It consists of Llama 4 Scout, Llama 4 Maverick, and Llama 4 Behemoth.)

Historically, Open AI with its ChatGPT has been on the market for the longest period.

What’s your tip for delivering “Context” better to AI models?

Prompt engineering has changed a lot recently. I remember around this time last year, strict prompt engineering rules were a must. From You are a professional persona setting, to zero-shot, few-shot CoT techniques, these were necessary for quality outputs

Nowadays, it feels as if AI models do the engineering all by themselves without user input. They understand us well even if we re just casually typing (some call it lazy prompting , and I even saw a product related to this on PH)

Nika

9mo ago

Is a university degree still worth it if you're building a business?

I graduated 4 years ago, and I had the opportunity to go on to a PhD, but I gave up on that option.

Instead, I chose the "real world".

Many public universities in my country offer free tuition, while in the US tuition is very high, and people take out student loans that take decades to pay off.

imbud

9mo ago

Which is more important: making a great product or doing effective marketing?

Hello, Product Hunt!
I vote for "marketing is more important!"
Recently, building has become really easy with the help of AI agents and tools like Cursor(thx Ai). I think the time and money needed to create a good product have significantly decreased thanks to various SaaS programs.
However, I still don t have any references to introduce to you ( ). I feel like I ve neglected marketing, which is more important than making the product. (Please tell me this is the real reason...) Especially for indie makers like me, marketing is the hardest part (I wish someone could do it for me! ).
Making a good product and promoting it are both important, and it s a pointless debate.
Still, making vs. marketing? What do you all think?
And if there are any cost-free ways for indie marketers or beginner marketers to try out, could you let me know?

Pitch your startup in 5 words or less

Forget the pitch deck for a second. This is about grabbing attention fast. Share your startup in five words or less. The goal is to be clear, clever, or just bold enough to make people stop scrolling. Who knows, it could be a good marketing exercise

Pitch your startup in 5 words or less

Forget the pitch deck for a second. This is about grabbing attention fast. Share your startup in five words or less. The goal is to be clear, clever, or just bold enough to make people stop scrolling. Who knows, it could be a good marketing exercise

Nika

10mo ago

Q2: What are your goals for the next 3 months?

In yesterday's post, I broke down the goals (and achievements/failures for Q1 2025).

So happy to see your contributions as well and would like to know...
What is on your plate for the next Q2 period?

Questions about PH Forum Delays

Hey PH community!

I'm a newbie @mattt_lim (about a month old) and it feels like Product Hunt is playing hard to get with me

Here's what I'm experiencing:

  • My posts only appear publicly about 12 hours after I write them

  • My comments show up days later

  • Today I got a notification for a comment someone left on my post 5 days ago! Each piece of feedback is precious, and I felt bad not being able to respond immediately

What were the things that Cursor couldn't "fix" for you?

Hello PH!

I'm Hyuntak form South Korea, quite new to this community, first time posting.

I'm a med student and solo developer.

Atonop/atonoTroy McAlpin

10mo ago

The customer is not always right - AMA w/ CEO of atono

Hey all - Troy McAlpin, CEO and co-founder of atono here.

In our last $70M ARR SaaS venture, we learned the hard way: the customer is not always right.

Atonop/atonoTroy McAlpin

10mo ago

The customer is not always right - AMA w/ CEO of atono

Hey all - Troy McAlpin, CEO and co-founder of atono here.

In our last $70M ARR SaaS venture, we learned the hard way: the customer is not always right.

Hyuntak Lee

9mo ago

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Atonop/atonoTroy McAlpin

10mo ago

The customer is not always right - AMA w/ CEO of atono

Hey all - Troy McAlpin, CEO and co-founder of atono here.

In our last $70M ARR SaaS venture, we learned the hard way: the customer is not always right.

Nika

10mo ago

How do you handle multiple communities, trillion notifications and endless answers? 😅

When you re trying to cover multiple platforms with your brand and also cover other platforms for your business account, things can get a little out of hand.

How do you manage your communities and everything that comes with it?