Mae Twyman

I noticed that my Spotify @Raycast extension had stopped working and discovered that Spotify clamped down on its platform as of last month:

Over time, advances in automation and AI have fundamentally altered the usage patterns and risk profile of developer access, and at Spotify's current scale these risks now require more structured controls.

In response, we are making changes to Spotify for Developers to better protect creators, partners, listeners and the platform. These updates build on changes we've implemented in the past, including the introduction of developer modes, refining access for WebAPI endpoints, introducing new extended quota mode criteria, as well as deprecating outdated OAuth flows.

Thus if you notice other Spotify-based products not working correctly... you might see if it's because of this.

Hey PH!

I'm Eduardo. Tomorrow we're launching Seagull, and I wanted to share the story behind it.

I recently saw a marketer with 10k+ followers launch and finish 6th with 348 upvotes. They followed a proper pre-launch and post-launch plan, did everything right, and still the outcome felt unpredictable.

Now I m launching @Curatora next week.

I m not a marketer. I have a little over 1k followers. Of course, asking for support helps. But I also keep hearing that a large part of the Product Hunt community shows up mainly for their own launch, then goes quiet until the next one.

That makes me wonder: how much of success here is strategy, and how much is timing and network effect?