Most people are using AI wrong and I was one of them.
For the first year, I used AI like a fancy Google. "Write me a product description." "Summarize this." "Give me 10 ideas for X." Useful? Sure. Transformative? Not really.
Let me start from the creator s perspective: I personally don t have a product (apart from hiring people for creative work or offering personal consultations).
But as a creator, I constantly share content, insights, and information, value that helps me build trust (for free). Based on that perceived expertise, people eventually decide to work with me (a paid service).
tldr: yes. Shoutouts are one of the simplest distribution levers on Product Hunt.
Shoutouts are meant to pay it forward and highlight the tools that helped you build. But beyond goodwill, they create durable distribution for your product on Product Hunt and across LLM driven discovery.
When you shout out a product during launch, it becomes a founder review on that product s page. Founder reviews sit above regular reviews and include a link to both your profile and your product. That means your product is now attached to every future visit to that product s review page, long after launch day. For example, check out @timliao s shoutout of @Framer or @guymanzur s shoutout of @Base44
We just wrapped the Orbit Awards for AI Dictation and now we re moving to the next category: AI Automation.
This one is for the tools that actually do work for you clearing chores, running workflows in the background, or quietly taking over a chunk of your week without turning into another dashboard you have to babysit.
I've been pretty impressed at the amount of products people (including myself) have been able to create which got me curious... do vibe coders or AI-primary builders have a place in a company or team? My thinking is the more technically adept would work on the core-focus while vibecoders can assist with other tasks that shouldn't be the main devs focus...like a potential feature add, minor changes, or even exploring different ways of modifying the existing product. I'm curious what you all think, would you hire a vibe coder?
I've been pretty impressed at the amount of products people (including myself) have been able to create which got me curious... do vibe coders or AI-primary builders have a place in a company or team? My thinking is the more technically adept would work on the core-focus while vibecoders can assist with other tasks that shouldn't be the main devs focus...like a potential feature add, minor changes, or even exploring different ways of modifying the existing product. I'm curious what you all think, would you hire a vibe coder?
I m a solo indie hacker based in Paris, and fun fact I only started coding thanks to AI tools. I got inspired watching Marc Lou s videos on YouTube, picked up some tools, started building and tweeting.
I m a solo indie hacker based in Paris, and fun fact I only started coding thanks to AI tools. I got inspired watching Marc Lou s videos on YouTube, picked up some tools, started building and tweeting.
I'm diving into the world of bootstrapping and want to build something amazing without spending a dime. I know many of you have been there starting from scratch, hustling with free tools, and leveraging creativity to grow.
Let s share our best tips, hacks, and stories! What free tools, platforms, or strategies have you used to launch or scale a project on a $0 budget? From no-cost marketing tactics to open-source software or scrappy growth hacks, spill the beans!
Launching this week? Want even more coverage? Drop your best pitch in the replies for a chance to be covered in the Leaderboard newsletter which goes out to ~500K people
Hi all; I built PostRoast an AI-powered post analyzer in 2 hours. Now it s analyzing X posts & used by many users! The Problem Creating viral, high-performing social content is hard. Most creators struggle with knowing what actually makes a post work. You post, hope for engagement, and maybe tweak next time but the feedback loop is slow, vague, and often discouraging. There are tools out there, but they re bloated, expensive, or built for teams not individuals just trying to improve fast. The Solution: PostRoast I wanted something radically simple. In just 2 hours, I built PostRoast.app a 100% free AI tool that roasts your social posts (with a bit of sass) and gives you actionable feedback instantly. Here s how it works: Paste your post (X/Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) The AI "roasts" it scoring clarity, engagement, and virality Then it gives smart, specific suggestions to improve it You can also study how top creators like Justin Welsh, Dickie Bush, and others write their content It s simple, fast, and honestly kind of addictive. Traction So Far Since launching, it s taken off way faster than I expected: Built in 2 hours many of users (and growing daily) Now analyzing X posts (with more platforms to come) 100% free Avg session time is surprisingly high (creators really get into optimizing) What Makes It Different Most AI writing tools generate content. PostRoast is about improving what you've already written helping creators sharpen their voice, boost engagement, and learn fast from what actually works. Plus, it s free, instant, and doesn t require logging in. Show some love by upvoting
Forget the pitch deck for a second. This is about grabbing attention fast. Share your startup in five words or less. The goal is to be clear, clever, or just bold enough to make people stop scrolling. Who knows, it could be a good marketing exercise
Forget the pitch deck for a second. This is about grabbing attention fast. Share your startup in five words or less. The goal is to be clear, clever, or just bold enough to make people stop scrolling. Who knows, it could be a good marketing exercise
Let s bring back everyone s favorite kind of feedback: brutally honest and weirdly helpful. Drop a link to your landing page in the comments. Then roast someone else s. Keep it real, keep it useful, keep it (mostly) kind
A few of us at Product Hunt are putting on our most brutally honest (but helpful!) hats and roasting landing pages for the next two days. Want in? Drop your link below, and we ll give you real, no-BS feedback on:
Clarity Does your message make sense or sound like corporate soup? Calls to Action Do we feel compelled to click, or just leave? Design & UX Smooth experience or rage quit territory? Anything else Tell us what you want feedback on.
Hey, Product Hunt community! We just launched here, and thanks to all of you, we won our #1 POTD. While that is great, we would like to hear your feedback, comments, and ideas.
@Zencoder is just getting started, and with your feedback, we can ensure that we build the best coding agent for developers and creators worldwide. So, feel free to share what you like, dislike, or have any feedback, and we'll do our best to be responsive.
