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built my product around traditional SaaS pricing (monthly tiers), but I m starting to wonder if that model is getting outdated, especially with more AI-powered and compute-heavy tools entering the market.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:
I m curious how people here think about a calmer, signal-first feed in practice.
If you ve tried Trace already: What felt immediately useful? What felt missing or confusing? What would make it something you d actually open every day?
If you haven t tried it: What would you need to see before giving a feed like this a real shot? What would make you bounce?
I m early and still shaping this, so honest feedback (good or bad) is genuinely helpful.
Ultracite is an opinionated, zero-config code linter and formatter. @haydenbleasel launched it on Product Hunt twice this year, and I had a humble contribution as a Hunter.
Different launches, different results. Here's what I learned.
