I have been thinking a lot about how AI is quietly transforming the way we work, not replacing jobs entirely, but definitely reshaping them.

At a recent Fortune summit, the CEO of Indeed said AI can now handle over half the tasks in most roles. But no single job can be fully automated. OpenAI s Chief People Officer even called it a reimagination of work.

During the week, I receive a lot of questions about Product Hunt, and some of them are very frequent. I thought I would post the most frequent ones here, and a possible answer to them.

Is it worth having a hunter?

If the hunter has a large follower base, a strong community, and a good reputation (and your product is also good, i.e. it will be featured): YES, IT IS WORTH HAVING A HUNTER. It will multiply your visibility and success

Hey everyone

We re gearing up for our next launch and would love your input.

I've been on this platform for over 2 years, and we have to admit that the number of tools that appear here every day is truly unimaginable.

Sometimes it's hard to select the best ones, but I have to say that some that I found a few months or years ago, I still use every day because they are useful to me in some way.

Hey Product Hunt community!

I m currently working on a product designed for users around the world, and as exciting as it sounds, building something truly global comes with a lot of unexpected challenges.

Here are a few that I ve encountered so far:

I started with Windsurf IDE and swapped to Cursor IDE.
I returned to the Windsurf IDE and used some of the default MCPs. I am on the free tier using SWE-1 (lite) and started a brand new project. But somehow, it doesn't matter what I do, it always says "running" or "it's taking longer than expected", but nothing happens at all.
I just wanted to get a feel if it's worth it to come back. I didn't want to insert coins yet, I'm not clear if it would be.
So I made a PRD, SRD and was trying to use sequential thinking.
So, any ideas what it is, or is it normal that the free tier doesn't do anything?

You can now use tabs in the Tana Desktop app no setup needed (just reload). Just like in your browser, tabs let you keep multiple pages open in one window: daily notes, projects, meetings whatever you re working on, side-by-side and ready to go.

Similar to @Claude by Anthropic Code and @Codex by OpenAI @Windsurf has announced SWE-1, its first family of software engineering models:

• SWE-1: Approximately Claude 3.5 Sonnet levels of tool-call reasoning while being cheaper to serve. It will be available to all paid users for a promotional period of 0 credits per user prompt.

• SWE-1-lite: A smaller model that replaces Cascade Base at better quality. It is available for unlimited use to all users, free or paid.

• SWE-1-mini: A small, extremely fast model that powers the Windsurf Tab passive experience for all users, free or paid.

You ever fall in love with a product, tell all your friends about it, and then disappeared?

I really liked Wunderlist (task management application). It had a super clean UX, funny tone and felt like it should ve blown up. Well, in the end it didn't survive (I think some internal political war ruined it), but at least now there like 20 new ones in the market to take their space.

Have you ever had a favorite product that totally flopped or shut down? Why do you think it didn t make it?

I've tested so many AI Note takers as of late. @Fathom, @Fireflies.ai , BuildBetter, @Grain, and even Google's Transcribing feature. They're all pretty good but lately @Granola has been winning me over.

BuildBetter is really good for teams, has a nice chat function that lets you chat across all your meetings and get good insight from your team members, calls, clients, etc.
But for personal, and individual notes - Granola is a champion. Recently I've been using Granola's new mobile app for in-person convos and it's amazing. Particularly for my conversations in Japanese, where the chances of me misinterpreting something, missing a key note, or simply not knowing a word are higher. Granola captures all key points and topics and WRITES THE NOTES IN ENGLISH.
Literal immediate translating assistant. I'm not sure if other's do this, but Granola has been the easiest to quickly boot up and get my notes in a snap...without needing to translate.
I'm curious what everyone else uses and why!

Weekends are for side projects!

Share what you're going to be building or an idea you're kicking around.

I've tested so many AI Note takers as of late. @Fathom, @Fireflies.ai , BuildBetter, @Grain, and even Google's Transcribing feature. They're all pretty good but lately @Granola has been winning me over.

BuildBetter is really good for teams, has a nice chat function that lets you chat across all your meetings and get good insight from your team members, calls, clients, etc.
But for personal, and individual notes - Granola is a champion. Recently I've been using Granola's new mobile app for in-person convos and it's amazing. Particularly for my conversations in Japanese, where the chances of me misinterpreting something, missing a key note, or simply not knowing a word are higher. Granola captures all key points and topics and WRITES THE NOTES IN ENGLISH.
Literal immediate translating assistant. I'm not sure if other's do this, but Granola has been the easiest to quickly boot up and get my notes in a snap...without needing to translate.
I'm curious what everyone else uses and why!

We'd love to hear your thoughts and answer any questions you have. Here are a few things we d be especially excited to dive into with the Product Hunt community:

Curious how it works?

Ask us about the AI behind ColourSense, how it detects skin tones and undertones, or how we built our color palette logic!

@catt_marroll reminded me of @natfriedman 's website: https://nat.org/ - in particular the section "Some things I believe" which I really like.

There's also https://amasad.me/ from @amasad and the classic https://www.paulgraham.com/.

We built RADiCAL because we hit the same wall so many people do: You open a 3D tool, ready to try something cool and suddenly you're drowning in panels, shortcuts, and tutorials just to move a shape.

It shouldn t take a whole course to make a rough idea come to life.

We re curious:

What was the first 3D tool you tried?

We ve gamified how startups grow, pitch, and raise

Each startup on Unicorns Club now gets a live Unicorn Index a score based on:

Growth

Team strength

More big tech companies bet on AI instead of employees.

• @Duolingo is starting to prioritise AI over employees and contractors.

• @Shopify is planning on going "AI first."

• @Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman just sent his employees the most brutally honest email: "AI is coming for your jobs. Heck, it's coming for my job too."

• Firecrawl hires AI agents and has a Slack channel solely for AI agents.

Hey,
I ve been a software engineer (backend) for over nine years and have been wanting to build something on my own for a while now. I have ideas, good planning skills, and the discipline to execute, but unfortunately, I lack the experience as an entrepreneur, which I believe is an important aspect. This has led me to consider finding partners to help me bring my ideas to life or collaborate on new projects. However, it s been challenging to find people who are committed, structured, have a long-term mindset, and maintain positive energy.
Many people get excited about a project initially, but then they disappear or lose interest when results don t come quickly. And unfortunately, I m not in a position to hire people at the moment.
Has anyone else been through this? How have you found people who are truly committed to the long haul?

Export has been one of the most requested features in Tana, and we hear you. Your notes are yours, and you should never feel locked into any tool. It s taken time to build it the right way, but we re excited to say: First version of Export as Markdown is finally here.

Whether you re backing up, migrating, or sharing, it s now easier than ever to get your data out of Tana, your way:

Export entire workspace as Markdown

Download specific subsets of nodes (e.g. all items with a supertag), with or without fields