... there was an early 2000's rapper called Chamillionaire that completely left rap to become a VC. But he went through the whole learning process instead of just cutting cheques and he ended up working with big names like Lyft and spacex. Shaquille O Neal was also an early angel in google but that was just cutting a cheque cos he was in the right place at the right time. And then you also have The Rock with "Insert Product ...

... Desai(@vishal_desai6): @adana  Yes. we are live. We have launched here on PH also. Comment from Alexey Glukharev(@alexeyglukharev): Hey, @adana , thank you for starting this! I m Alexey 12+ years as a software engineer, including Meta, Lyft, and Lazada. Like a lot of you, I hit a wall with burnout and stress from years of shipping, so I built OceanMind, an app that helps you shift your state in the moment through breathwork and AI-personalized practices ...

... many worse designs and rebrands. Which rebrands do you remember as catastrophically bad and some good? Comment from drew dillon(@drewdil): People just hate change, even if the change works out in the long run. Who remembers when Lyft was called Zimride or the many incarnations of the Uber logo? And most people barely notice despite social media rewarding, "This brand just TRASHED their reputation!!!!111" Style posts. I couldn't really tell that it was a disco ball ...

... Product Hunt, I m Nadia. I first joined PH while working at Kamcord, a mobile gaming and social media startup later acquired by Lyft, where I worked on new technology products for riders. I ve mostly spent my career thinking about one question: how do empower humans do more meaningful, value additive things with new technology? Right now I m fascinated by what tools like Claude Code and other AI agents are doing to software development. We suddenly have something ... ... would love to learn the one most profound thing AI has changed about how you build software this year? Curious what everyone here is building and experimenting with Comment from Nadia Eldeib(@nseldeib): For me, Claude Code CLI x VS

... teams down. Artefact brings structure, signoffs, and insights to that process AI just makes it faster and less painful. As for context: I m a former creative exec from The Atlantic and NBCUniversal My co-founders are a former Lyft PM and Acorns SWE We re bootstrapped but backed by deep domain experience And yes we re very aware that product company, which is why we re obsessing over pain , not just polish. Appreciate you pushing us to tighten ...

... everyone, I m Marc! I ve been in Product for nine years and am currently at Lyft. I m excited to join the community! I d love to connect and learn from others here. Does anyone have insights on the best strategies for launching on Product Hunt, especially when your USP are enterprise customers? Comment from Marc Milberg(@marc__milberg): @mzkvisuals  Hello! How's your time on PH going? Comment from Kaloian Toshev(@mzkvisuals): Hello Marc :) Comment from Kaloian ...

... Lyft and now building a tool to help PMs and engineers collaborate better with each other and other stakeholders, I ve seen firsthand how difficult alignment, documentation, and decision-making can be. Curious what s been your biggest challenge working across Product and Engineering while building and aligning on documentation, and what has actually worked for you?" Comment from Marc Milberg(@marc__milberg):   @rajiv_ayyangar Thanks for sharing I'll definitely check them out as well! Comment from Marc ... ... much more scrappy in nature and documentation can often fall into the back seat, but that is also not an optimal scenario or else teams will be reliant upon verbal conversations over clear documentation that is aligned upon. At Lyft

... case emerges, we tend to vastly underestimate how applicable that use case is. For example, the market for Airbnb is way bigger than the market for hotels because you can use them in many different situations. The market for Lyft and Uber is way bigger than the market was for taxis because they're so much better in cost, time, and experience. If we take it as an axiom that history tends to rhyme, if not repeat, then we might ...