Every time I vibe code there is always this huge lift that I constantly have to go through. Authentication, billing, password resets, emails, signup, waitlist, landing page and when it s all said done and the app is ready then comes the marketing, the blogging, the social media automation, the product hunt launch etc etc etc . So much repetitive crap that I have to do just to get a simple app up and running. How do you guys handle all this?

Since I am a coder and a hammer sees everything as a nail, I decided to create all this code as a template so I can jump into building an app right away. There is actually a lot more than what I mentioned above e.g customer support, chat, roadmap for building in public, email flows and more coming.

Big CTAs. Landing pages shouting Sign up now. Everything optimized to convert not to connect.

That era feels over. Or at least, fading fast.

We re now in a strange but exciting new phase , where people don t just want a tool. They want a feeling. They want a story. They want to know why this product exists, who made it, and how it fits into their weird little corner of the internet.

I call this the Post-Hype Era of Marketing.

We all write quickly. And when we do, tone and grammar slip.

Sometimes it sounds too harsh. Sometimes it's vague. Or just too long.

Slashit s Magical feature gives you a simple fix:

Highlight your sentence, choose or create a custom prompt, then click to rewrite it.

PitchIntel is a simple tool that helps salespeople, founders & recruiters:

Generate AI-powered briefs on any company or prospect

Know what to say and what not to pitch

Last week I saw the Neo Gama model on Product Hunt humanoid for house chores.

Today, it is Protoclone and there are even more.

One model is pricy now, but a one-time investment may be cheaper long-term than ongoing salaries from the point of view of a company.

How did you get the seed capital to start your business?

I see mostly VC-funded companies on Product Hunt (mostly YC).
But are there people who fund their businesses in other ways?

Meow there! The team has been hard at work this month to help you build better products with feature flags.

Here's a recap of what we recently shipped at Bucket. Note: We'll be live here on March 18 Get notified

For years, "learn to code" was a golden rule for career growth. But with AI assistants writing entire functions, debugging code, and even generating full applications, is traditional coding knowledge still essential?

Will the future of development be prompt engineering rather than coding?

Will AI make deep knowledge of algorithms and system design more important, while reducing the need for syntax memorization?

If AI does the coding, what skills will become most valuable for future developers?

Hey Hunters, I know that user feedback is very important when building a product, especially for startups. The problem is, I m still figuring out the best way to collect it effectively.

Right now, I m debating between:

Email: Sending out direct emails to users. But how should I structure them? Short & casual or more structured surveys?
In-App: Using a widget or pop-up inside the app. But where and when is the best moment to ask?
Feedback Tools: There are so many. Which ones are actually worth it?

I've been using @Spacemacs for a few years now. Recently, I started using @VS Code to "see what I was missing". I liked that linters and such seemed to work a bit smoother out of the box.
I kept hearing:

VSCode is dead, Cursor is the way.
Then I started hearing:

Windsurf is the way, Cursor is dead.
Today I used Windsurf for the full day. Some raw thoughts:
I like the icons!
Treating it like an "op autocomplete" was pretty powerful! It made refactoring and quick changes really really fast.
Asking it to make a bunch of changes doesn't flow well for me yet. I guess it's hard for me to grok the diffs quickly, and it just feels faster to be pushing code around myself. maybe this will change with experience.

When i wanted to "think hard" i found the autocomplete kind of annoying. i was trying to write some weird recursive code with bad variables names to quickly prototype. it would have been nice if I could say "chill out on the autocompletes until i finish this thought", maybe like a toggle somewhere? does this exist already?
the center pop up menu is cool.
how do i make the cascade drawer close from the keyboard? Cmd +B closes the left drawer -- something similar for "cascade" would be good to know.
overall, i enjoyed it. will use again tomorrow.

I was recently reminded of @Dockhunt and how fun it was to see what kinds of apps different folks kept in their dock. I remember it being a cool way to discover some new products I hadn't seen before. I'm also just a big fan of desktop apps over web apps. I find it a lot easier to stay focused when I'm flipping between apps vs flipping between tabs.

These are the apps in my dock:

• @Google Chrome - Pretty basic. I've really been considering switching over to @Horse though.

• @Slack - The de facto option.

• @Superhuman - Maybe the fastest I've become a fan of a product. I think I was pushing it on others within a few hours.

• @Notion - Great for documentation and collaborating. I also use it personally for tracking books I read and video games I play, along with tracking personal projects.

• Notion Calendar - The menu bar aspect of this is really what sold me. It makes it so much easier to stay on top of my meetings every day.

• @Linear - We just recently switched over to Linear here at @Product Hunt and I've been loving it. Pro tip: if you prefer the desktop app, there's a setting to open links in the app, but you can only set that option through the web version.

• @iTerm2 - I've tried others, but this is my favorite. This + @Neovim is just

• @Claude by Anthropic - This has been my LLM of choice for a while, and I really like having it as a desktop app. Especially the keyboard shortcut to quickly bring it up and ask something.

• @Tandem - Super easy to stay in touch and sync with teammates. Incredibly useful for a remote team.

• @Spotify - I typically have a YouTube video on in the background, but if I'm writing or doing something more focused, I'll typically have some kind of Jazz going.

I recently installed @Augment Code based on an ad somewhere, and I'm super impressed, but haven't heard a peep about it in most channels. But it got me wondering what else I'm missing. This is a crowded field with a few frontrunners and a lot of more esoteric newcomers, but I want to know about the ones that blow your mind but hardly get any coverage.

ICYMI: 1x launched the NEO Gamma, a new generation of humanoid robots that are designed to help out with things at the home like doing the laundry, cleaning, putting up photos, etc. This is the kind of stuff I used to dream about as a kid but now as an adult I'm not sure if I want a robot walking around my house. Would you let one in and what do you think about home robots? Think they have a future or is it going to be a hype train before fizzling out?

I am trying to gather tools directly developed for the Product Hunt platform that could possibly help you with the launch.
This is what I have gathered so far.

• Advanced PH Scrapper extracting data of launches into the charts

• Hunted Space calendar & stats for upvotes, comments, upvote speed

• Launchgrid something like a database of launches from PH & HN

• Launchpedia  kits (PH resources)

• Product Hunt favourites  extension for bookmarking

• Product Hunt trending overview of successful launches (ranking)

• Product Wars  upvotes, comments, speed stats

If you know more, feel free to share.

A few days ago I saw some posts here about:

the number of discussions is decreasing,

sometimes they are approved later,

that there is "other community growth" I don't know what was meant by that and I'm just guessing.

What a week. What a ride!

Tanka just launched this week, and thanks to all of you, we didn t just launch we took off.

A few days ago I saw some posts here about:

the number of discussions is decreasing,

sometimes they are approved later,

that there is "other community growth" I don't know what was meant by that and I'm just guessing.

Yesterday, Microsoft's Majorana 1 was launched here, a prototype of a quantum processor powered by topological qubits, a breakthrough that may enable quantum computers capable of solving real-world problems that are intractable with classical computers.

As @chrismessina and @terrence_kelleman mentioned, some scientists believe that quantum effects give rise to consciousness, including the mathematician, physicist and philosopher Roger Penrose (Nobel prize 2020).

No, we re not reevaluating our database, but since we launched Shoutouts, Supabase has been among the most shouted out products ever. If 2024 was the year of infra, @Supabase is at the forefront.
At the same time I ve been hearing more about @Neon (17 shoutouts including several top-5 apps, like @Central (YC S24) ).
I m curious: which did you choose (something else?) and why?

No, we re not reevaluating our database, but since we launched Shoutouts, Supabase has been among the most shouted out products ever. If 2024 was the year of infra, @Supabase is at the forefront.
At the same time I ve been hearing more about @Neon (17 shoutouts including several top-5 apps, like @Central (YC S24) ).
I m curious: which did you choose (something else?) and why?