... with Daily Rosary, I think the biggest launch day realization is just how much momentum comes down to real-time engagement. Replying to every comment quickly keeps your post active in the algorithm and turns casual visitors into early advocates. Exchange behavior as a leading indicator is a clever angle. Wishing you a strong launch day, and looking forward to watching @95crypto grow! Comment from Matthew Kang(@matthew6263): Welcome, Konka and congrats on launching! Building the tool around losses ...

... breathe: The Stack: Next.js (App Router), React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. The Infrastructure: Clean relational databases (PostgreSQL), seamless authentication, and server-side state optimization to hit 100/100 Lighthouse scores. How I approach building in 2026: I'm a massive advocate for leveraging advanced AI workflows. I don't use AI to guess core infrastructure logic I use tools like Cursor to dramatically accelerate layout design variations, generate pristine Tailwind tokens, and run rapid component prototyping. It essentially lets me operate ...

... more than any UI polish did. So yeah, I d say naming the problem is the actual unlock. The demo just has to not get in the way of it. Comment from Viraj Parab(@viraj_parab): StartupHQ to organize competitor research, validate ideas, and keep my roadmap focused. It removed a lot of the "what should I do next?" moments. Now the challenge is exactly what you mentioned: getting distribution right. Comment from Mincheol kim(@mincheol_kim): @anna_ludwinowski ... ... Kozlo(@wvitalik): I look for the problem/need first. However, note that some products are solving the problem of a bad existing UX and user interface (think about the goal "to manage virtual private servers" and solutions via the terminal VS

... startup neuphlo.com. You are in some sort of paradox, needing adds to get discovered, but not having the budget for it. Comment from Blake at Vassant(@blakeatvassant): Honestly, it's been finding the right product-market fit. Most people advocate to create products to solve problems you personally experience (others likely experience them too), but figuring out messaging and distribution channels is a whole other beast. Comment from Ajin Sunny(@ajinsunny): Distribution is the hardest thing right now. Comment from ... ... credential to accept that the credential itself is the bottleneck. nobody disagrees that hiring is broken. everybody is loyal to the broken artifact because it is the only one they know how to make. the workaround: ship the alternative

... experimenting and doubled down on what worked. Cross-launch (we did this after 20+ paying users) We collaborated with founders and platforms that shared a similar audience. We partnered with complementary products (bundles, cross-promotions). Turned early users into advocates (discount codes, shoutouts, or revenue share). Reached out to people who showed interest earlier but didn t convert and followed up again. P.S. The order can vary a lot depending on your product and audience, so adapt and experiment. Comment ...

... spend doing everything into a Google calendar. Just be honest, no lying about being able to do everything in three hours Comment from Susanne Ertl(@susanne_ertl): I ve noticed prioritizing gets tricky when it s not just work vs work, but work vs

... graduated" to a custom in-house system or just don't need a manager anymore, they can leave with everything. Their metadata isn't trapped in our database; it's part of their files. Answering Your Question: The "DAU vs. Value" Conversation You asked how to talk about this with teams or investors used to seeing daily active user (DAU) charts go up. "If our success is measured by how much a user needs us, we are building a crutch ... ... because of us, we are building a power tool." When talking to stakeholders, we focus on "Transfer Moments" as a proxy for long-term Brand Equity. A user who "graduates" isn't a lost customer; they are a lifetime advocate

... actually asked. I write something back that shows I listened. It takes hours. Sometimes an entire morning. But the conversations that start from a real reply are worth more than 100 automated posts. Those people become customers. They become advocates. They become the ones who defend you when someone else complains. I know AI could do it faster. I know the data says automation scales. But trust doesn't scale. And in B2B, trust is the only thing that closes ... ... shadow-ignore" is the part you never see. No angry comment. No complaint. Just silence. The person never engages again. And you never know why. The screenshot-and-mock trend is real. I've seen it happen to a competitor

... that when a product has flaws and you deal with customer support with passion and integrity, then the customers come back and spread the word that you are a solid company. They become your most passionate advocates and "advertise" it everywhere. Congrats again and hope this little comment helps ...

... genuinely hard product challenge. How do you build a sustainable business around a product that's designed to reduce its own usage? Here's what we've been learning: Users who "graduate" from daily use become your best advocates. They don't churn they shift to occasional, intentional use and tell everyone about the product that actually changed something for them. Depth of impact beats frequency of use. One reflection that leads to a real conversation with a partner ...

... your nervous system, and Neou clears the path in your world so you can recover. One somatic, one organisational. The bridge between the two that nobody else has built. NeuroAdvocate gives late-diagnosed adults the tools to self-advocate accommodation passports, AI-written advocacy letters, and communication guides. The things you needed when you were diagnosed that nobody handed you. NeuroCharge is the clinical layer a non-invasive medical device capturing physiological signals to support NHS ADHD triage. Because ...

... thought we knew We assumed enterprise customers wanted the same things as our small business users, just more of it. More security. More control. More features. We never talked to them. We read blog posts. We looked at competitor pricing pages. We guessed. Here's what we missed: Procurement cycles. Enterprise deals take 6-12 months. We had 30-day sales cycles. We weren't built for that. Security reviews. We needed SOC2. We didn't have it. Customers asked ... ... customer research. You didn't need ten enterprise deals. You needed one honest conversation with someone who actually had to get a vendor approved. Comment from Umadhav Salapu(@umadhav): Classic build trap optimizing for the customer you want vs

... even logging in. 5. Customer support is a superpower. When users contact Pretty Prompt, they speak directly with Charlie or me. The founders. We try to fix issues in 10 15 minutes. Being personal builds trust, turns users into advocates, and gives you feedback you can't get any other way. 6. Use social proof at every key touchpoint. We noticed that users were clicking our upgrade button but not converting. We added an intermediate page, less transactional, more context ... ... proof. It helped. A lot. 7. Iterate on pricing. We started with one plan. Added a yearly option as an experiment. 25% of users converted to annual. Tie your pricing to the actual value users get, not what a competitor

... Senior Software Engineer, remote EU @Aikido Security is hiring a DevRel Manager, in San Francisco, CA @AssemblyAI is hiring a Software Engineer, remote EU @Cursor is hiring a GTM Engineer, in San Francisco, CA @JetBrains is hiring a Developer Advocate, in San Francisco, CA @Laravel is hiring a Director of Developer Relations, remote US @Netlify is hiring a UX Engineer, remote EU @Superset is hiring a Former Founder, in San Francisco, CA @Zed is hiring a Open-Source Engineer, remote ...

... first products launched on the site that are actively hiring. No affiliation, most of them are hiring across the board. Supported by @DatoCMS . @Cursor is hiring a GTM Engineer, in San Francisco, CA @JetBrains is hiring a Developer Advocate, in San Francisco, CA @Laravel is hiring a Director of Developer Relations, remote US @Netlify is hiring a UX Engineer, remote EU @Zed is hiring a Open-Source Engineer, remote EU Keep reading The Breakpoint ...

... just buying an object they are joining a story. Merchants use this "pre-launch" energy to build high-tension excitement. By the time the product actually ships, you don't just have customers; you have a street team of advocates who were there "since the beginning." This is how you build brand loyalty that lasts decades, not just one season. 3. The Scalpel, Not the Sledgehammer: Intelligent Growth The biggest threat to a young business is over-extension. Selling ...

... users control the blast radius. Give them easy ways to correct the AI, to see what it remembers, to say "never do this again." When users feel in control of the AI, they stop being skeptics and start being advocates. Marketing an AI product is marketing a relationship, not a tool. That changes everything about your messaging, your onboarding, your support. Comment from Abdul-Hafiz Aderemi(@hafiz_aderemi): The electricity analogy nails it. I catch myself doing this constantly, leading ...

... every major decision Before shipping a feature, I do a quick AI session: "Assume this feature failed after 3 months. Walk me through the 5 most likely reasons why." The answers are uncomfortable. That's the point. Devil's advocate on copy and positioning Instead of "make this better," I ask: "Play a skeptical customer who almost bought but didn't. What objections does this messaging leave unresolved?" My conversion copy got sharper within a week. Pattern-breaking on stuck ...

... Every time I moved countries, I started from zero with my health story I suddenly had no health past, years of health check ups and trends as well as documented risks were lost. As a patient advocate across 10 years and 4 countries , and noticed that no matter the system, the issue was always fragmented, messy, and hard to understand health data we have no real control over. To help one person, I d need to have a long conversation ... ... just not searching well enough!" In 2019, I built a simple (internal) tool to drag and drop files, upload pictures and search through health data across titles in any languages, and this was already extremely popular among fellow patient advocates

... year, we've written a detailed Year in Review post. It s an honest look at the decisions we made, the trade-offs we faced, and the clarity we gained. If you re an indie dev, a privacy advocate, or just interested in the business of software you may enjoy the read: https://www.magiclasso.co/insigh... Do you agree with the approach? Or do you think that sometimes it's better to build something new, even if the risk ...

... time, it will be better :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @indu_thangamuthu  But not such long dashes :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @spunchev  This is an interesting POV  using Hard data usage vs Soft data usage. That could be another topic to discuss, but also finance is hard data... but wouldn't give access to it anyway. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @anders_wotzke  What have they managed to mess ... ... weeks and honestly I m really happy with it, as long as it stays in copilot mode (I review everything before it ships). I ve leaned on it heavily for a new side project I m building ( BenchCanvas ): market + competitor

... step plan. 6. A pre-check of the approval chances for a construction project with the Australian council before making significant investments. 7. Users of credit products regularly overpay due to non-transparent bank terms. There is no advocate service that would analyze their spending and find hidden fees. 8. Search for a controlled and stable channel for attracting clients to a banquet hall, as an alternative

... keeping someone on your platform, I can do that work for you, whereas if I've just gotten a payout for the first two or three or four months, there's no incentive for me to continue to advocate for the continued use of your software (since it is a subscription product). So my humble recommendation would be small payout but for the lifetime of their usage. I've had your app store page open in another ...

... front. Comment from Jake Friedberg(@jake_friedberg): @build_with_aj  Yeah the key to that is customers letting you into their processes and flows as much as possible so you become integral to their success, then they can advocate for you elsewhere. I've been told before customers are your best sales people, so they like to go where they are treated well and love the product or service. Comment from Joosep Seitam(@joosepseitam): @addau_rabiu1  I feel ...

... board Recent dev-first products launched on the site that are actively hiring. No affiliation, most of them are hiring across the board. Supported by DatoCMS . @Raycast is hiring a Design Engineer, remote EU @Appwrite is hiring a Developer Advocate, remote WW @Firecrawl is hiring a Developer Experience Engineer, remote WW @Thesys is hiring a Developer Advocate