... fellow PH folk, I'm Marc, long-time Designer who's built many products here on PH, with one of those Cabana getting acquired for 6 figures last year. Have been designing for clients as well as building, and marketing my own products for 25+ years so I've got quite a bit of skin in the game. After the sale of Cabana

... fellow PH folks, After 25+ years in design and selling my own design system; Cabana for a six-figure exit (maybe more next time ;), I've noticed consistent patterns in how specific design issues directly impact key SaaS metrics. I'm curious: What design-related challenges are currently impacting your product's growth? For example: User activation below expectations Feature discovery problems Conversion bottlenecks Retention issues tied to product experience Why I'm asking: I'm researching the direct connection ... ... approach to design improvements, or is it more ad-hoc? Looking forward to learning from your experiences and sharing insights. Cheers, Marc. Comment from Hussein(@hussein_r): Funny enough, I was literally thinking about this recently! Balancing new features vs

... most of my existing beta users aren't on PH, and are unlikely to join.) Not sure if this changes anyone's answers below, but would love to understand any potential nuances I should be considering for PH launching vs. audience pre-building specifically. Dan Comment from Andrei Tudor(@andreitudor14): We launched CoreSight (second launch March 24!) with zero marketing spend and hit 1,000+ users purely through Product Hunt and Reddit. No audience built beforehand. The honest answer ... ... experimenting with videos and content that works for people. Personally, I'm still working on that myself and I can see what would give me awareness but that doesn't really mean engagement or followers with the right audience versus