Madison Brooks

I m not really a person who likes sharing my everyday life online =)
That s one of the reasons I m really happy to be part of the Product Hunt community.

I like being able to stay in touch with like-minded people and have everyday conversations about things we re building, learning, and interested in.
But I understand that social media is a big part of today s lifestyle, and it s absolutely great that it gives people a way to connect, share, and find each other.

So, I m curious:

Do you have social media as a maker?

I audited an AI-written billing service this week. 22 findings, 10 critical.

None of them crashed. All returned 200. Four that stuck with me: an auth check that silently lets anyone in when one env var is missing, SQL injection in the one query that wasn't parameterized, a broken permission boundary so anyone can attach a charge to a workspace that isn't theirs, and a Stripe retry that double-grants seats because there's no idempotency check anywhere.

When we started building @ProdShort , our first instinct was to make the product "ready" before showing it to anyone. Then we started seeing founders launching much earlier. Sometimes with nothing more than a landing page, just to see if people were interested enough to sign up... or even pay.

It completely changed the way we thought about validation. On one side, launching early gives you real feedback much faster. On the other, launching too early can make people leave before they see the real value of your product.

We're still not sure there's a perfect answer.