What 100 Developers Told Us About Technical Videos
We ran a survey to understand what developers look for in technical videos. We shared a short questionnaire with developers and received 100 responses across backend, frontend, DevOps, and data roles. The goal was to understand video length preferences, discovery channels, pacing, and what makes a video useful. Here are the most interesting insights from the responses: • 0% selected the 30 to...
AI search behaves very differently for developer content vs non-developer content
We have been digging into how AI search behaves across different types of content, and one interesting pattern we observed and wanted to share with y'all. AI search performs well when the guidance is interpretive. Advice that a human can adapt, contextualize, and apply flexibly tends to survive summarization and generation. Minor inaccuracies do not invalidate the outcome. Developer workflows...
“Product Hunt is about consistency”
That's what @fmerian, one of the most active and successful hunters on Product Hunt, shared with us while discussing how developer tool launches work today. Product Hunt works as a repeatable surface when teams launch early and continue returning with progress. An early launch creates visibility, feedback, and a baseline presence on the platform. Each subsequent launch builds on that...