Nick George

After a recent Product Hunt launch, I saw the usual pattern strong initial traffic, followed by a drop once the launch window passed.Instead of immediately shipping new features, I spent time watching where first-time users hesitated or dropped off during their initial experience. A few small fixes ended up mattering more than expected.

For builders who ve been through this phase: what was the first concrete thing you fixed post-launch that noticeably improved retention or repeat usage?

Was it onboarding copy, activation flow, a missing use case, or something you only noticed after observing real users?

Looking to learn from specific examples rather than general advice.

The Story Behind AIPix.net From Indie Developer to API Infrastructure Partner

A few years ago, I started my journey as a solo developer building AI-powered editing tools under the name Photokit. I didn t have a team, funding, or a long-term roadmap just curiosity, stubbornness, and a love for solving problems with code.

Photokit was free for almost everyone. That meant I had to become very good at one thing:
running high-performance AI on extremely low-cost servers.
I optimized every CPU cycle, pushed GPUs to 100% utilization, rewrote pipelines countless times and somehow, users loved the result. Photokit slowly grew into a product trusted by creators all over the world.

Then something unexpected happened.