Exactly one week from now, I ll be co-organising a tech event (a hackathon), and I m realising how much work it actually takes. I ve been to many conferences myself to gather inspiration, but I still can t come close to what I ve experienced as an attendee. Maybe that s also because we re organising it as just a 3-person team.

If you ve been to hackathons or other tech events before, what made a positive impression on you?

Innovation does not mean that you just label something as "AI" or "tech". It usually requires activities that train not only the users of the product, but also directly involve them in the process of general awareness.

How does your company strengthen the innovation of your country? (and now I don't just mean that you create a product)

Product Hunt was created specifically to showcase what you do. But let s face it, with the progress of AI, there are more and more products and you don t have time to test them all (respect to @gabe , who does this job brilliantly).

I noticed that as my following grew throughout social media, more people contacted me wanting to test products. Of course, I don t have room for everyone, and what s even more shocking is that to get to me, they want to compensate me for testing.

It feels like almost everyone is using ChatGPT, Claude, or some other AI to create content now.

And the result?

America has always been seen as a place where tech startups are born (especially Silicon Valley and San Francisco).

Historically, Europe has been a place for universities and banks (Italy, etc.)

Every day, I notice fewer people sharing their projects here.

A couple of months ago, build in public felt unstoppable: everyone was posting updates, numbers, roadmaps. Now? The hype seems to be fading or maybe makers are just shipping quietly.

I can see a lot more unnecessary code, multiple supabase calls that can be avoided, direct table access that shouldn't happen. Single lengthy edge functions. This is just the starting if you actually work on an app for a month. Imagine what would happen after a year ? and if you've multiple projects... God help.

How are you managing it ? are you not facing it ? or just not accepting/realizing it ?

I also want to gather feedback from senior level managers who are leading teams in big tech, are you able to focus on low hanging fruits, small refactorings or code improvements that SDEs never want to work on or you don't prioritize due to business needs ?

Starting with the end in mind can completely change how you play the game. It sets the rules from day one and gives you clarity on when it s time to step away.

I ve noticed founders fall into two camps: