Hi PH!

I'm Victor, a solo dev. This is not a "found a market gap" story.

I just got tired of doing the same things manually every day. Reading long articles word by word. Scanning contracts hoping I don't miss something important. Analyzing reviews before buying. Writing the same outreach messages over and over.

So I spent 3 days and built 4 Chrome extensions:

Hi everyone, I m Silas Lee.

I m an indie developer behind Tidemason.

Hi Product Hunt!

I m a developer building Chrome extensions. I've been a long-time observer here and I'm excited to finally introduce myself properly.

My biggest pet peeve as a developer and reader:

Text in another language and having to open translation websites in a new tab just to translate it. This completely disrupted my workflow.

I'll go first.

I still reply to every comment manually. Reddit, LinkedIn, Product Hunt, forums, Twitter, Discord. Every single one.

AI could do this. There are tools that generate replies, post on schedule, analyze sentiment, even mimic your brand voice. But I don't use them. Here's why.

A 2024 study on community engagement across 500 brands found that personalized responses drive 3.2x higher retention and 4.7x more repeat interactions than automated replies. People can tell when a response is copy-pasted. They can feel when no one actually read their comment. The average user only needs 2-3 automated interactions before they disengage entirely.