Nicolas MENOUX's profile on Product Hunt

About

I am a passionate creator, constantly driven by the desire to innovate and bring ideas to life. My journey in technology began at an early age—I started programming at just 10 years old, back when personal computers didn’t even exist. By the age of 13, I had already published my first video games, designed for the Oric 1 and Atmos. Later, I developed a genealogy software that was translated into seven languages. My entrepreneurial spirit led me to establish PowerGed, a company specializing in large-format genealogy charts. This passion for innovation continued to fuel my professional experiences.

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Maker History

Secret.picsTurn any photo into a viral reveal game
Sep 2026
Nicky.codesRecord once, explain everywhere
Dec 2024

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Joined Product HuntDecember 22nd, 2024

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1mo ago

How do you serve "earned" media without ever exposing the full asset?

A design problem I've been stuck on and curious how others have solved it.

Say you want to gate parts of an image a user unlocks regions one at a time by completing a step. If you blur or overlay client-side, anyone can grab the original from the network tab, so the gating is fake.

The approach I've seen work: never send the original at all. The server composites a flattened image with only the unlocked regions and sends that. If unlocks are sequential there are only ~N+1 states, so each composite can be content-addressed and cached generated roughly once.

Questions for anyone who's shipped gated/earned media:

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1mo ago

Secret.pics - Turn any photo into a viral reveal game

Upload any photo, hide it behind numbered masks, and share one link. Players answer a quiz or complete a photo task to lift each mask, until the whole picture is revealed. The original never leaves the server a real reveal, not a blur. Free, no app, no account to play.

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2yr ago

Nicky.codes - Record once, explain everywhere

With Nicky.codes, you can simplify and enhance how you share instructions. Say goodbye to bulky manuals and language barriers. Just record a short video while speaking aloud and share your message effortlessly in multiple languages under a unique QR code.