Are we still doing product discovery - or mostly validating decisions we already made? As teams grow, processes get heavier, but it sometimes feels like real exploration gets lost.
We ve been thinking about how Athena could push teams back toward actual discovery - not just confirmation.
How honest do you think discovery really is today?
For us, it started from something frustrating: creating content felt very annoying and time-consuming. We tried the classic way: scripting, memorizing, filming, editing. But none of it felt authentic. And honestly, it was eating time we needed to focus on other things.
At the same time, we kept reading the same advice everywhere: "founders should build in public and create content consistently". Easy to say but harder to do in reality. So instead of forcing ourselves to create content from scratch, we tried something simple: recording our own calls and using those moments as content.
Three weeks ago I was a VC who'd never posted on Product Hunt. Today I'm two hours away from launching Crunchy, which I've been quietly helping to build.
I have 13 followers. I have spent more hours than I'd like to admit trying to figure out PH etiquette. I've had posts rejected, comments fall flat, and one or two threads that genuinely landed.
Hello Product Hunt! I'm super excited to launch my fourth product here - TypMo It's a simple tool to go from quick wireframe experiments to detailed, production-ready prompts. As a designer, I ve always felt that getting the structure right early saves a ton of pain later. TypMo leans into that idea by grounding everything in IA-style wireframes- fast to create, easy to iterate, and perfect for figuring out what you actually mean before throwing prompts at AI. I have gone ahead and created an entirely new domain specific language for it. You can call it "Markdown for wireframing"! I'm thrilled to announce TypMp today! Looking forward to connecting with more founders!
I think it was Robert Kiyosaki who said that straight-A students end up working for C students, and B students work for the government.
On the other hand, we often see stories of college dropouts building billion-dollar companies. But these next big thing cases are maybe 2% at most. I believe top students usually find their place in more formal paths: becoming doctors, lawyers, and similar professions.
Yesterday was a big day for us, and we re still processing all of it. TinyCommand finished as #2 Product of the Day, and for a small team that s been quietly building for months, it genuinely meant a lot. We started TinyCommand because we kept seeing the same problem everywhere, people spending more time stitching tools together than actually doing their work. Workflows breaking silently, data scattered across apps, forms living in one place and automation in another it never felt as simple as it should be. That s the gap we wanted to close. Seeing so many of you understand that instantly and even share the exact struggles you face made the launch feel meaningful beyond the ranking. Thank you for the comments, the feedback, the upvotes, and the honest conversations throughout the day. It helped more than you know. There s a lot ahead for TinyCommand, and yesterday gave us even more clarity on what matters next. #AllItTakesIsATinyCommand
I noticed this question in one of my discussions and thought it would make sense to share my approach if I were to get in touch with more active users of this platform.
Here s how I would find them and connect with them (via X, LinkedIn or other channel) You can find them :
Check people who log in daily (Streaks).
Look at users who actively comment under discussions and launches.
Connect with active hunters.
You can try reaching out to the internal Product Hunt team.
Explore WA, Telegram, and Signal PH groups where people are active and reach out to them.
Check users who launch a few days before you they re likely to put effort into the platform too, so they still have that "launching vibe".
