How do you separate staging vs production in your early builds?
We’re building SmartDial for outbound sales teams and shipping fast. Right now using Firebase, and it’s getting tricky balancing speed with stability. Curious—how do you manage staging vs prod environments when you’re still validating and iterating weekly? Do you set both up properly from day one, or fake it until things stabilize?
SmartDial 🚀 : Supercharging Sales Calls on Zoom Phone. What's Your Take?
Just diving into SmartDial! We're in BETA right now, and it's built for sales teams using Zoom Phone. Think of it as an all-in-one dialing tool to streamline your calls. We aim to help you cut down wrap-up time, manage callbacks, and generally boost your call efficiency. It handles call notes and callback reminders, so nothing slips through the cracks. We're curious to get your insights: What...
Is Appwrite This Your Next Backend Stack?
Just looking into Appwrite, the open-source backend that packs a lot in one spot: Auth, Databases, Storage, Serverless Functions, Realtime, and Messaging. It seems designed to speed up development, letting you self-host or use their cloud, and it works with many languages. I'm curious: How has Appwrite worked out for you in practice? How does an "all-in-one" compare to using separate tools in...
Claude's "Safety First" Approach: A Feature or a Crutch?
Product Hunters, Let's talk about Anthropic's Claude. Everyone praises its focus on safety and responsible AI, which is admirable. But I can't help but wonder: does this intense safety alignment sometimes come at the cost of raw capability or uncensored utility, especially when compared to rivals like GPT-4? Is "safety" becoming a convenient justification for certain limitations, or is it...
We just launched SmartDial – here’s what we’ve learned so far 🚀
We got 3 users first day! After struggling with clunky dialers and messy outbound workflows, we built SmartDial: a focused, fast dialer that works directly with Zoom Phone for sales teams who live on calls. We didn’t plan to build a product — we just needed something better for our own outbound project. But once teammates and others started asking to use it, we realized the pain was bigger than...
