... worth solving? How did you validate (if at all) whether people would actually pay for a solution? Has your product stayed true to the original problem, or did it evolve into something different? What surprised you the most along the way? If there s anything else you ve learned, good or bad, feel free to share. The honest stories are usually the most helpful. And of course, feel free to plug what you re building as well ... ... some early validation by talking with people locally, but honestly, that experience alone was validation enough for me. If that approach resonated so strongly with me, I believed it would resonate with others too. What s surprised me most along

... guys! This is our first release post- our launch, so happy to be sharing this with all those that are following along as we build out Trophy into the most flexible and accessible gamification platform there is! Here's what we shipped in Jan: New user preferences API Rate limit tiers New engagement analytics New user preferences API We've added a new API to help you build controls to allow users to personalize the gamification features you build with ... ... here's a few things we have cooking... Points boosts Temporarily modify points logic around key events with no code e.g. "2X points weekend". Aggregated leaderboards Configure leaderboards that create competition between groups of users like "London vs

... Stillmail just got a little more thoughtful. You can now schedule your letters to be delivered at a specific time. Whether it s tomorrow, next month, or a moment that truly matters. Along with that, you can choose from 5 different fonts to give your letter the right tone and feeling. More along

... cost quite much to generate, and since I have support of up to 100 image variations per city, the app comes with some 200 free cities worldwide. As a paid user you can generate two new cities per month alongside getting access to 200 more premium larger cities. Each city can adapt its iso preview based on temperature, time of year, night/day and weather. Check out the Homepage for images and more details. I starten the launch lockat in Sweden ... ... early feedback and fix bugs. Later i expanded to Europe and added more features such as widget support. Now time has come for US launch alongside

... Thanks for all the support and interest for Citable! We're super excited to help you out along the GEO journey hands on) During our launch, a lot of you asked very real, non-hype questions about AI visibility and GEO. Instead of answering them one by one in comments (which we did, but not enough), we re opening this up as a shared walkthrough on how to research GEO properly and turn it into measurable action . Here ... ... working tool among others: 1) Research Identify real prompt demand (not keyword volume) Cluster prompts by intent, persona, and buying stage Establish a clean baseline (replicated runs, frozen personas, citation normalization) 2) Diagnosis Where you re invisible vs

... sparked an interesting thought experiment: how likely is it that we ll see AGI (AI that thinks and learns like a human) within the next five years? The report highlights a fascinating divergence: the view from money vs. the view from science. Money : the probability inferred from trillions poured into data centers, Nvidia chips, and servers. Investors seem to be betting that AGI is inevitable. Science : the probability inferred from research papers and AI development models. Experts are far more ... ... cautious, suggesting the realistic probability is only 20%. What I take from this: AI is real and transformative, but the hype around AGI might be ahead of reality. Expect volatility, overpromised outcomes, and valuable lessons along

... Curatora started as a content discovery and publishing tool. Along the way, we realized the real problem was not publishing faster. It was knowing what is actually worth publishing. So we pivoted. The new Curatora is focused on content idea discovery. It helps you find relevant signals, angles, and patterns instead of generating generic ideas. If you care about thinking before posting and building content with intent, I would love for you to follow along

... Graph View 2.0 is here, along with dozens of improvements across Recall. This release transforms how you explore and navigate your knowledge: visualizing connections, discovering paths between ideas, and watching your knowledge base evolve over time. Watch the tutorial | Read the docs Graph View 2.0 Card drawer: Click any node to open a slide-out drawer showing the full card content. Read and edit without leaving the graph. Focus mode: Click a node to filter the graph to only that ... ... Hover to see the relationship, then jump to the exact spot it was mentioned. Path Finder: Select two nodes, click the path icon, and discover the shortest connection between them. The graph highlights and zooms to show all cards along

... more than having access to steady, reliable, family-sustaining wages... Why on earth would we want some algorithm to determine our futures in this area? So, I - with ~20 years of talent acquisition experience plus a stint at Indeed.com, along Alyssa - our CTO with 20+ years of engineering experience and a stint at Indeed.com, Amanda - our CMO with 20+ years of marketing, front-end development, and UI/UX design experience and a stint at Indeed.com, Charlie - our data guru who spent ... ... hair-brained idea that started out as a joke but has evolved and has been refined and is getting more attention and traction than enterN (begrudgingly) but I am embracing it and devoting the necessary time along

... banks and shareholders. After DCSocial: communities and participants. Who controls access? Right now: credit bureaus and algorithms. After DCSocial: trust networks and relationships. This is financial democracy. This is economic sovereignty. This is what money should have been all along. WHAT WE WRITE ABOUT We publish on Medium to explore the ideas behind DCSocial: Platform capitalism and why it's broken The creator economy and who really owns what Trust networks and how they create value Mutual credit ... ... cooperatives, mutual aid networks. You need credit that circulates locally. Developers building on protocols: Open source, open data, open infrastructure. Build on DCSocial. Skeptics questioning the system: Banks, credit scores, debt traps. You're right to question. We have alternatives

... only had 2 followers (my partner and me, obviously). On launch day, we got 31 upvotes and roughly the same number of followers. Over time, that number grew to 44, and now it s 42. Yes, we lost someone along the way . Probably my fault. Guess my threads weren t interesting enough, but that s okay because I m still learning. All things considered, we re happy with how it went. And, as always, already thinking about improvements: the website ... ... people (just hope that my threads will get better). But for now, we re taking a break from social media and online platforms during the holidays. A sincere thank you to everyone who supported us, commented, upvoted, or followed along

... This is an intro post as I'm new to the Product Hunt community! I recently used a combo of AI models (primarily Claude Sonnet and Opus 4.5, along with a few others) to create a tool focused on: Optimizing questions/prompts for AI (4 time level options, ranging from immediate to 5-10+ min chat-based coaching ), and, Comparing how up to 10 different LLM models respond to the same optimized question (displayed side-by-side) I ve called ... ... would really be awesome if you had any feedback or thoughts or notes of support (or not) as I build it out further! For AI model comparisons I m using the two Claude models above (plus Haiku), along

... deeply obsessed with: building scalable go-to-markets from scratch, designing smart funnels and strategic positioning, and testing how AI can replace repetitive thinking with creative acceleration. This thread is where I ll share everything I learn along the way, from building systems that scale, to finding product-market fit, to launching things that matter. If you re into AI, SaaS, or strategic growth, this space is for you. Follow along

... know what you think. F.I.A.T HELP & USER GUIDE OVERVIEW FIAT (Forensic Image Analysis Tool) supports professional image triage: viewing, annotating, filtering, object detection, metadata inspection, integrity checks, comparison, reporting, and more. Reports are saved to a reports folder alongside the app (you ll be prompted to name them). LOADING IMAGES Single Image loads one file. Multiple Images loads a batch. Drag & Drop: drop files onto the main window (single or multiple). Supported formats: JPG/JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, WEBP ... ... recommended. LIMITATIONS & TIPS ELA is JPEG-centric and can show hotspots from normal compression or text/edges; treat as clues, not proof. Perceptual hashes are robust to minor resizes/encodes, but diverge on crops, heavy filters, or local edits use alongside

... more emotionally intelligent scheduler. One month into closed beta, Ting s helped 250+ people get together, averaging just 2.7 emails per booking. Reliability is still not where we need it, it's been our single product focus alongside introducing more feedback loops (first booking for both guest + host, and 3rd booking for host etc.). But along

... Humsy , share feedback, and help shape its journey. Want to join the beta? Drop your email on my Coming Soon page or leave a comment here I ll reach out. I ll also be sharing build-in-public updates along the way, so if you re curious about the process, follow along

... everyone I'm getting ready to launch [Verve AI]( https://getverveai.com/why-verve... ) on Product Hunt. Here are a few things I've learnt along the way... As with any build, no matter how much planning I do, things always pop up along

... worry it won't include any text in your reply that's just a label for your reference. Upgraded button. So with the ability to have different replies, how will one select them I hear you say? Or something along those lines I'm sure. Well there'll be a new button option available of course. Don't worry the original one will always be available. There'll also be an option to 'send on selection' which will save ... ... know this originally took less than a day to put together. However it's beginning to take considerably more of my time. It's just me, so I am doing it all. You know all the bullshit that goes along

... pincher s dream for massive-scale classification or trigger-phrase detection. Micro-tasks run at $0.05 per 1 M input tokens and $0.40 per 1 M output tokens, with micro-millisecond latency. Six ChatGPT upgrades you ll actually notice Alongside the big model upgrades, the interface got some noticeable upgrades. Every ChatGPT user now benefits from GPT-5 s underlying power plus six tangible improvements: Unified engine The old model picker is gone. ChatGPT transparently routes your query ... ... like button. Benchmarks, benchmarks, benchmarks Benchmarks should always be taken with a grain of salt . They are effectively a snapshot of a models capabilities under near perfect conditions. Sort of like the Big Mac you see on the ads vs

... posting her Confessions of a former Vibe Coding hater blog post. Were you a former Vibe Coding hater? What made you change your mind? I Revolted Against Vibe Coding Until I Realized I d Been Doing It All Along Confessions of a former Vibe Coding hater (who now vibes cautiously) When I first heard the term vibe coding , I had a visceral reaction namely, a full-body cringe. As a developer who takes pride in actually understanding my code ... ... been stealthily creeping into my own workflow. The more I thought about it, the more I had to admit a hard truth: I d been vibe coding too I just never called it that. We ve Been Vibing All Along

... common. Most people who say they help startups are neutral or harmful) The network is insane , especially for b2b companies. It will accelerate your G2M like nothing else. You'll learn what real speed looks like , by grinding alongside the top early stage founders. Every time I talk to a current or recent YC company or go to the events, I'm reminded what top speed looks like. And I'm also reminded that the speed that start ... ... that puts the patch in prod, so your team stops firefighting and ships truly reliable AI. Already shipping fix PRs for teams running doc-AI and RAG agents turning 2 a.m. firefights into self-improving AI. Pumped to sprint alongside

... Raycast 3x with Cursor and constantly failed. On my first attempt with Warp, not only did it publish it but it dramatically improved the code as well. Personal Experience - I was pleasantly surprised after a day of hacking alongside Cursor, I had a rough MVP. It took me about a week to polish and submit it to the Raycast store. If I didn t have to work, or parent, or be a normal human I feel like I could have ... ... extension out of it, since I'm a daily user of @Warp as well, maybe it can also help me build my first extension. Comment from Hong Yi Chen(@hongyichen): @gabe  appreciate all of the feedback! passing this along

... owner and founder of The Laughing Professor, providing SEO services - BUT in modular forms! As opposed to offering and charging high rates (which is very justifiable), although unobtainable to the small businesses, especially in the custom printing/gifts area. Along side this I provide website hosting, but my interests of late have lead me in the direction of building my own SEO tools, which have proved extremely beneficial to what's already available. My tools, features fill a gap that other ... ... requirements, needs and optimization of web pages (on-page SEO) to the 'diy-er', to provide the information and assistance they need. Although very often are reluctant to ask for - being as they want to achieve this themselves - along

... Hello everyone, I'd like to introduce you to Critify. An app that helps you shop online in a smarter and more efficient way. I'm Roy, one of the cofounders along with my friend Fabio. Our app let's you look up any product and you will get an instant rating and quality assessment based on online reviews and data metrics based on that product. You also will get price comparisons of the best alternatives

... process of making sure we ship big software moves on time. Too many times as a company, we ve found ourselves making bold promises both to customers and to ourselves internally and then scrambling to meet them. Somewhere along the way, we developed a kind of telepathic communication. We could exchange a single sentence with each other, and that was often enough to get an entire feature built. That one sentence would be enough for me to mock something ... ... That s why we rely heavily on Linear, not just to manage tasks, but to forecast delivery. When every issue is broken down granularly with time estimates, Linear s progress graph gives us a real picture of how far along