Hi all, there's a distinction I keep thinking about: apps built with AI (Cursor, Claude, Copilot writing the code) vs apps that depend on AI APIs at runtime to function.

I'm in the first camp. I used AI-assisted coding heavily to build Briskly (a cleaning app that scans your room and generates a timed task list), but the app itself makes zero LLM API calls. The scanning runs on Apple's Vision framework, entirely on-device. No tokens, no per-user inference costs, no latency, works offline, and my privacy label is basically empty.

Yesterday, Meta announced that they have released a new collection of AI models, Llama 4, in its Llama family.

(It consists of Llama 4 Scout, Llama 4 Maverick, and Llama 4 Behemoth.)

Historically, Open AI with its ChatGPT has been on the market for the longest period.

I've seen ChatGPT and other LLMs recommend tools, products, and websites based on user queries.

As a solo maker, I'm curious,

how do these models decide what to recommend?

New AI models pop up every week. Some developer tools like @Cursor, @Zed, and @Kilo Code let you choose between different models, while more opinionated products like @Amp and @Tonkotsu default to 1 model.

Curious what the community recommends for coding tasks? Any preferences?

We are halfway through 2025 What are the best developer tools launched on Product Hunt this year from your perspective?

Below are some of my favorite, most inspiring dev-first product launches until now, sorted by launch date:

• @Jolt AI - The AI assistant for 100K+ line codebases ranked #3 Product of the Day last January. How Jolt AI launched 

• @Lingo.dev - Discovered during the Mega Launch Week, the AI localization engine (YC F24) kept momentum on Product Hunt last February: #2 Product of the Day, #1 Developer Tool of the Week, and #1 Developer Tool of the Month. S/O to @vrcprl @maxprilutskiy and team!

• @Appwrite Sites - The "open-source Vercel alternative" ranked #1 Product of the Day, #1 Developer Tool of the Week, and #1 Developer Tool of the Month. Read the teardown here in /p/appwrite

• @Kibo UI - This open-source extension to @shadcn/ui ranked #3 Product of the Day last May.

• @next-forge - First launched in 2023, the new release ranked #4 Product of the Day early June. Keep launching!

Drop a link to your dev-first product launch in the comments.
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Upcoming dev-first product launches:

• @Producta launched on March 4

• @Pieces for Developers launched on March 5

• @MotherDuck launched on March 13

• @Portkey launched on March 17

• @Bucket launched on March 18

• @Novu launched on March 18

• @Tinybird launched on March 18

• @Lamatic.ai launched on March 24

• @Inferless launched on March 25

• @Meilisearch launched on March 25

• @Pulse launched on March 26

• @Atono launched on March 27

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Upcoming launches:

• Octomind

• Prisma

• Prelude

Hi everyone,

I'm currently exploring a project idea : create an ultra-simple tool for launching open source LLM models locally, without the hassle, and I'd like to get your feedback.

The current problem:

I'm not a dev or into IT or anything, but I've become fascinated by the subject of local LLMs , but running an LLM model on your own PC can be a real pain in the ass :

I was recently talking with a group of founders, and we went around sharing tools we're using now. Posting my notes for our community here - would love to know what else people are using!

Voice AI toolkit:

- Vapi

On their livestream today, OpenAI just released a bunch of new tools for reliably building and using AI agents. From what I can tell, this is what's new-

New APIs:

• Responses API - a new multi-modal API that builds on chat completions to allow for the next-generation of tool calling, starting with the new tools announced today.

Here's my hacked-together, messy, voice-based dev environment:

1. Voice-driven loop with screen-shotting so the LLM in the loop can see what's in my terminal and editor. The prompt varies depending on what I'm trying to drive with this loop.

2. A few tool definitions that give read access to files and URLs.

3. A tool the LLM can send a block of output to that generates keyboard events, so the LLM can drive any editor/terminal.

4. A separate process watching a directory and constantly making LLM-driven git commits. (git autosave).

I have some pieces of this running most of the time. But I'm lazy, and doing other stuff, and I also try to use a variety of editors and tools, to see what's good lately. Which ... no stability, so my hacked-together stuff is always broken.

I don't want to replace @Windsurf / @Cursor / Claude code. A seriously good agent and expert-system dev toolkit is a lot of work.

Here's my hacked-together, messy, voice-based dev environment:

1. Voice-driven loop with screen-shotting so the LLM in the loop can see what's in my terminal and editor. The prompt varies depending on what I'm trying to drive with this loop.

2. A few tool definitions that give read access to files and URLs.

3. A tool the LLM can send a block of output to that generates keyboard events, so the LLM can drive any editor/terminal.

4. A separate process watching a directory and constantly making LLM-driven git commits. (git autosave).

I have some pieces of this running most of the time. But I'm lazy, and doing other stuff, and I also try to use a variety of editors and tools, to see what's good lately. Which ... no stability, so my hacked-together stuff is always broken.

I don't want to replace @Windsurf / @Cursor / Claude code. A seriously good agent and expert-system dev toolkit is a lot of work.

What are the best dev tools launched on Product Hunt this year from your perspective?
Some of my favorite, most inspiring launches until now:

• @Corbado - passkey-first authentication

• @Langfuse 2.0 - open-source LLM engineering platform

• @Liveblocks 2.0 - a complete toolkit to embed collaboration features fast

• @MotherDuck - simple analytics data warehouse

• @Supabase - open-source Firebase alternative

Over to you! What are your favorite developer tools in 2024?
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I am attempting to observe what you use for coding. I have come across many tools on Product Hunt + Web, but I am fairly certain I have missed quite a bit.
I divided them into "traditional" and "specialised".

Traditional AI models:

DeepSeek

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As a marketer trying to be AI first and making sure my team does the same, I do have some issues such as:

1. Juggling many LLMs to find a base I can work on (image generation, content creation, strategy builder, content optimizer, social media content and hashtag generation,...)

2. Having to test many prompts to get what i need. Sometimes I even need to repeat the same prompt in different LLMs to get what I need

3. Need to copy paste the result on a different tool for final edits and tweaks.

4. Ending up using the same tools I used before, such as Canva, google Sheets, Google Docs, ...

I do think that AI is super helpful for content optimization, reducing time to do research, cutting labor cost and many more stuff, but I'm afraid we're still using too many tools for doing the same tasks and it's not that cheap at all!

As we're wrapping up 2023, what were some of the best developer tools launched on Product Hunt this year in your opinion?
I had the opportunity to contribute to launching 20+ dev-first products this year, and some of my favorite, most inspiring launches include:

• AI SQL Editor by @Supabase - write SQL without knowing SQL

• @Appwrite Cloud Beta - open-source backend platform

• @Raycast Pro - a new level of productivity with AI, Cloud Sync, and more

• @Resend - build, test, and deliver transactional emails at scale

• @v0 by Vercel - generate UI with simple text prompts

Over to you! What are the best developer tools launched on Product Hunt in 2023 from your perspective?
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