If you look at the top Mac cleaning utilities today, they all share a similar design language: they look like a 2005 spaceship dashboard.
They have spinning radars, giant red warning signs flashing "YOUR MAC IS IN DANGER", and custom UI elements that look nothing like macOS. It s designed to create panic and force a purchase.
When I started building OptiClear, I decided to take the exact opposite approach. I wanted the UI to be almost... boring.
Product Hunt is best known for its homepage, a daily leaderboard of the most creative and innovative products on the internet. Makers go all out to win launch day, because that visibility matters. Product Hunt also plays a significant role in how products appear in Google search results.
What surprised us was that AI assistants like ChatGPT were rarely citing Product Hunt in product recommendations.