Ryan Hoover

Results aren't bad although the enhanced versions tend to look slightly altered, not entirely natural.

It does exactly what it says it will do and no login required. I appreciate this. :)

Spotify just works. It has all the music (minus long DJ sets – gotta go to YouTube or SoundCloud for that) and is fine-tuned to understand my music tastes. I never miss my Discovery Weekly (on Mondays) and Release Radar (on Fridays).

Tweetdeck (now called X Pro) is the only way I use Twitter. I have multiple search columns to monitor specific keywords and discussions. For example, for nearly a decade I've had a column that surfaces any mention of Product Hunt to identify support issues, community sentiment, and better understand what people are sharing. It's wild to me that most founders don't do this.

I never understood why some people enjoy shopping at the grocery store. But to each his own, haha. I've been using Instacart for over 5 years. It's saved me likely over 1,000 hours and it's not that expensive.

This is very impressive. It's super accessible for anyone without prompt engineering experience, but also advanced enough to create novel and highly personalized images. I also appreciate that it offers free credits so you can generate several dozen images before paying. Tip: Make sure you create an account before submitting a prompt or you will lose what you entered after you signup.

I like the simplicity of the UX but the audio sounds very robotic. I was hoping it would sound more natural, especially as text to audio models have improved. Also one note for the makers: The signup process starts with Typeform. I almost bailed, thinking this was a waitlist signup. It might be more clear to be explicit that the product is available to use after the survey.

Big fan of Airtable. We use it at Weekend Fund to manage our CRM of founders, LPs, etc. and pipeline of companies we're speaking with. There are purpose-built CRMs for similar use cases but I like that Airtable is generalized and flexible to adapt to our needs. It also has several integrations that trigger automations (via Zapier) for various workflows.

It's ironic to see so many people on Twitter hate on Twitter. It has its problems, but it's still the best place to build a network and learn from smart folks (at least in tech) if used well.

I'm a HUGE fan of Front. We use it at Weekend Fund for its collaborative features, most notably shared email drafts and inbox chat. We previously used Spark, which has the same feature set, but found it slow and buggy.

I've been using (and paying for) Vimcal for several months. It's similar to many other calendar tools, but with one super useful feature: A streamlined workflow for suggesting meeting times. Simply drag and drop your preferred meeting times and Vimcal will generate a copy snippet that's easy to copy and paste in an email or elsewhere. You can also include Calendly-style hyperlinks.