... Product Hunt! I m Handuo, one of Copus s founders. We launched a version of Copus

... community! I m Handuo, co-founder of Copus. We re launching on Product Hunt this Wednesday, March 11th, and I d love your support. Every like, bookmark, and share is a taste signal. Until now, only algorithms and ad networks profited from yours. Copus

... True Fans" by Kevin Kelly. The idea that you don't need millions of followers to build a sustainable creative career completely shifted how I think about building audiences. It is also one of the core ideas behind Copus helping people build real, engaged communities around the content they care about. What is yours? And what did it change for you? Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): I cannot say it is an article or a single book ...

... Thought experiment: if you had to delete all your bookmarks and could only keep 10, which ones would survive? I think the answer reveals a lot about what we actually value vs what we mindlessly save. Most of us have hundreds or thousands of saved links we will never revisit. The ones that would make my cut: - 2-3 reference articles I genuinely go back to regularly - A couple of tools I use weekly - Maybe 1-2 essays that changed ... ... think about something What would your 10 be? And more importantly what does that tell you about the 990 others? Comment from Handuo(@handuo): @lyngeist  That's amazing. Please also save them on Copus

... developer. My "co-founder" is AI. It wrote 90% of the code. Although it was expensive, I used OpenClaw + Codex + Opus. The hardest part wasn't the tech it was staying focused on what actually matters to users vs. what I thought mattered and looked cool lol Happy to hop on a call! Comment from Monk Mode(@ranvir_singh12): Building TokenBar (tokenbar.site) - a native macOS menu bar app that tracks your AI spending across 20+ providers in real time. Stack ... ... because they validated with surveys instead of money. Stack is intentionally boring: Next.js, Supabase (auth + DB), Vercel for hosting, Stripe for billing. The interesting part is the research engine underneath we scrape job boards, Reddit pain threads, and competitor

... searches or get picked up in AI answers. Feels like the real play is building little discovery hooks like this that keep working after launch day. Comment from mina(@minach): This clicked for me ,especially the tradeoff between big vs small products. I've been building a productivity/automation tool and hadn't thought about shoutouts as a distribution layer beyond launch day. The founder review mechanic is underrated. It's essentially evergreen content tied to a product page that compounds ... ... there s a tradeoff though, big tools bring traffic but also a lot more competition. wonder if smaller products end up giving better visibility in the long run Comment from Handuo(@handuo): 100% yes on shoutouts. We are launching Copus

... matter in tech. When you build tools that millions of people rely on daily, the decisions you make about ethics aren't abstract they directly shape what's possible. As builders ourselves, we think a lot about this at Copus. We chose to build a platform where creators own their content and curation is transparent. Not because it was the easiest path, but because we saw what happens when platforms optimize purely for engagement without guardrails. The companies that take ...

... signing up to your waitlist. 3. Your job on launch day is to be present and human: respond to every single comment, answer questions, show gratitude. Treat it like a conversation not a campaign. On your question about strategy vs. network effect: it's both, but the network effect is compounding and the strategy is just making sure you don't self-sabotage. Good luck with Curatora next week! I'm also pre-launch with Suitegenie and will be rooting ... ... trios start the snowball, but time and network squash it. Strategy sets the stage (pre-build hype, killer demo). Launched twice: I was taken aback by the volume of comments; the needle-mover sent supporters realtime direct messages; alternatively

... busmark_w_nika): @scott_davidson_jr  I liked the launch tbh :) Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @quinn_nelson  payments are no no to me as well ;) Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @couldashouldawoulda  :D Teenage vs AI agents. I would trust AI agents more in this case :D I know teenagers :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @lzhgus  Has anytime happened that your AI agent did something wrong? What was the worst thing? Comment ... ... Exactly passive vs

... forward hopefully that day isn t too far away :) Comment from fzero17(@fzero17): My first vibecoded project was OpenFolder a macOS menu bar app that turns your desktop into a calm personal launchpad. I built it using GitHub Copilot + VS Code, which felt like coding with a quiet partner who always had my back. The hardest part wasn t the code, but building something truly minimal yet delightful to use. I released it commercially on the Mac App Store ... ... launching on PH this week, so full circle. Wouldn't call it "money from that first version" though, that one barely resembled what exists now. Curious how many other people here started completely outside software like I did vs