Mykola Kondratiuk

Mykola Kondratiuk

Founder

About

Director @ Playtika by day, indie builder by night. I ship AI apps that solve real problems - from code security scanning (VibeCheck) to meeting search (TellMeMo) to recipe discovery (SomeYum). Building in public, one launch at a time. Always happy to chat about AI, vibe coding, or the challenges of balancing a day job with side projects.

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Gemologist
Gemologist
Tastemaker
Tastemaker
Tastemaker 5
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Maker History

  • SomeYum
    SomeYumRecipe swiper - tinder for food recipes | quick dinner ideas
  • VibeCheck
    VibeCheckCheck if your AI-generated code is safe to launch
    Nov 2025
  • TellMeMo
    TellMeMoGet answer DURING meetings. No more 'let me get back to you'
    Nov 2025
  • GrowthForge
    GrowthForgeAchieve more with your all-in-one growth system
    Apr 2025
  • 🎉
    Joined Product HuntApril 9th, 2025

Forums

SomeYum - Plan your week's meals, generate grocery lists instantly

SomeYum just leveled up! Now you can plan your entire week and generate smart grocery lists with one tap. 🆕 What's New: 🗓️ Weekly Meal Planner - Pick recipes for each day, organize by meal type, track completion 🛒 Smart Grocery Lists - Auto-generated from your meal plan, organized by store section, quantities calculated Still the same swipe-to-save recipe discovery you love - now with the tools to actually execute your meal plans.
Jake Friedberg

11d ago

Is usage-based pricing becoming the norm for AI tools?

Hey everyone,

I've built my product around traditional SaaS pricing (monthly tiers), but I m starting to wonder if that model is getting outdated, especially with more AI-powered and compute-heavy tools entering the market.
That shift requires real architectural changes, instrumentation, metering, billing logic, and UI changes, not just pricing tweaks. It s something I m starting to seriously think about for my own product.

In particular, AI usage has real COGs (every prompt costs money), and I m seeing more platforms experimenting with usage-based models, or hybrids like SaaS base + usage + overage.

For those of you building AI or compute-intensive tools:

Are the best startups built on boring problems?

I came to exactly the same conclusion that real startup ideas often come from simple and boring problems. From my own experience: I spent three years on a startup that was supposed to revolutionize online education, but in the end it had 0 users. Now I ve just started solving a simple problem for home appliance repair technicians and immediately got my first paying users on a very rough MVP.

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