NIKUNJ KOTHIYA

NIKUNJ KOTHIYA

Developer and Product Builder

About

I’m Nikunj, a software developer with strong hands-on experience in building, deploying, and managing Laravel-based single-tenant and multi-tenant applications. My main expertise is in Laravel, PHP, MySQL, backend development, APIs, application architecture, and production deployment. Along with Laravel, I also have working knowledge of Node.js and Python, and I’m actively improving these skills by building my own products. Currently, I’m exploring and developing practical product ideas using WebRTC, backend automation, and AI-powered features. I’m especially interested in creating useful solutions with free, open-source, or cost-effective AI tools that can solve real-world problems.

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Maker History

  • My Own Product
    My Own ProductDiscover tools. Launch free. See what gets attention.
    Sep 2026
  • Monument Patron
    Monument PatronExplore monuments with patron-powered brand visibility
    Sep 2026
  • 🎉
    Joined Product HuntApril 12th, 2022

Forums

1d ago

Announcing the GPT-6 Astra Challenge Winners!

What a turnout for our GPT-6 Astra Challenge with @OpenAI!

5 teams rocketed to the top , winning $10k in OpenAI for Startups API credits and 1 year of ChatGPT Pro.

Free launching is useful — but what makes you return to a product discovery platform?

While building My Own Product, I kept coming back to one problem: getting listed is only the first step.

The harder problem is creating discovery that remains useful after launch day.

I m experimenting with a few ideas:

My Own Product - Discover tools. Launch free. See what gets attention.

My Own Product is a discovery platform where builders can launch products for free and users can find useful tools through clear categories, capabilities, and use cases. Each listing gets a consistent visual presentation, while founders can see first-party visitor, product-view, and outbound-click analytics. No voting race, backlink requirement, analytics integration, or third-party tracking embed is needed to understand whether people are actually discovering your product.
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