... absence would stop the product doing one of its functions. If your app is a thin client over your API, that API is not a separate service you can wave at. It's part of the product. This product-versus-service line is the genuinely contested bit, and I'm reading the Commission's guidance and a pile of law firm notes rather than a court ruling. I'm a founder, not a lawyer. If you're near the boundary ... ... actual opinion. Second, the clock, and what starts it. Once you become aware of an actively

... nothing live yet. We're waiting on our first App Store review before anything is actually sellable. Comment from Alex Gidirim(@alex_gidirim): @busmark_w_nika  absolutely! Comment from Alex Gidirim(@alex_gidirim): @busmark_w_nika The behavior-versus-opinion split matches our own beta. Just over 50 installed, about half gave feedback. A couple were developers by chance, and one filed 33 meticulous TestFlight bug reports solo. That kind of thoroughness is a professional habit more than ... ... focus on communities specifically aligned with your product's niche. Since I was building a tool for designers and product teams, I focused my outreach on design-centric Discord servers and relevant subreddits where my target audience is already active

... your brand, especially if it's digital, you almost are forced to have some sort of online presence. In today's world, unfortunately with all the spam, it takes more effort to stand out. With Vassant, I've been active on Substack for quite a while, but recently ramping up my activity

... suddenly lose access to all AI. But what happens if , one day, access to the leading American models is restricted more broadly? We would still have European models, open-source systems we can operate ourselves, and Chinese alternatives. But there is no guarantee that another major power would never make the same decision to protect its own strategic advantage. AI is no longer just another software category. It is becoming infrastructure. It will shape education, healthcare, national security, research ... ... world are American, and Europe should continue working closely with the United States. But cooperation and dependency are not the same thing. Technological sovereignty does not mean refusing to use foreign technology. It means having a real alternative

... Last month I pulled our engagement data expecting to celebrate. Daily active users up. Session length up. Entries per week up. Every growth chart pointed right and up. Then I read what our most active

... what the actual job entails. Developers have noticed. Only 12% of developers use LinkedIn as their main source of technical information, according to a Stack Overflow survey. Most are on the platform purely because they feel they have no alternative, not because they find it genuinely useful. The Fake Everything Problem LinkedIn has a trust problem that is getting dramatically worse, not better. In the second half of 2024, LinkedIn identified and removed 80.6 million fake accounts at the point ... ... algorithm penalizes external links. That means every time a developer does what comes naturally, sharing a GitHub repo, linking to a dev.to article, posting about a product they shipped, sharing a YouTube video of a technical talk, the algorithm actively

... past 3 months, I ve been building a LinkedIn extension that tracks activity and helps users avoid getting restricted or flagged by LinkedIn by quantifying their actions over time. It s based on a problem I ve experienced myself, and (as bad as this might sound) I m hoping I m not the only one who has this problem. The product isn t fully finished yet, but the core functionality is already working well enough to serve ... ... question right now. Good luck, the problem is real. Comment from Prashant Patil(@prashant_patil14): Great points, @byalexai . I especially agree that LinkedIn itself should be the main distribution channel here. The users who feel this pain are already active

... recurring piece of feedback after launching PH Radar was that makers want more context, not just rankings. I'm currently experimenting with a BI layer that analyzes Product Hunt activity beyond the daily leaderboard. Current prototype dashboards include:: Launches by category Votes by category Hunter activity

... answer in one category, namely, Forums Streaks . This metric by itself only tells you that people log in to the app. Isn't that enough? For maintaining the streak ranking, yes. But in my opinion, the most active people do more than just maintain a streak. They appear in discussions, comment and launch products . Activity

... find out in just a short while, one week from now (Jan 28), as I m about to re-launch a digital detox app . If you want, follow, maybe you will be on watch of my steps and activities However, that s not the main point of this post. I ve been building a community for over three years , and I m active

... Most of that growth has been the result of hard work, but we ve also had a secret weapon: an AI agent that acts as both a data analyst and a PM, working 24/7 to optimize our product s activation and conversion rates. For decades, companies have been making product decisions based on intuition and manual data analysis. We wanted to see what would happen if AI could take the wheel completely. We originally built this AI agent ... ... internal project last June, and since then, it s improved our activation

... 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

... Generator ranked #1 both times. Comment from Adithya Shreshti(@adithya): Forgetting that I had rescheduled my launch ;) Comment from Neel Patel (@neelptl2602): @byalexai  That's a great breakdown! Comment from Neel Patel (@neelptl2602): I'll add 2 things: Actively engage before launch - by that I mean, actively

... context switching. No new windows. No disruption to your flow state. Just AI assistance when and where you need it. But I Already Use ChatGPT/Claude/Whatever We hear this a lot. And we get it we built Shift while actively using all those tools ourselves. Here s what we realized: Opening another app to access AI is like having a personal assistant who works in the building next door. Sure, they re helpful but you have to stop what ... ... Yours: Shortcuts & Customization That Actually Make Sense Here s something we re particularly proud of: Shift is completely adaptable to how you work, not the other way around. Yes, we use double-tap Shift as our default activation