... before my last two launches I wasted weeks building before checking who else was in the space. don t be me. here s the 30-min competitor check I do now, all free tools: 1. search PH archives (5 min) search your keywords on Product Hunt. sort by launch date. note how the top 5 positioned themselves the gaps in their taglines are your opening. 2. check who s actually alive (10 min) a launch from 2023 means nothing ... ... signals: are they hiring? shipped anything in the last 6 months? active changelog? I use exploreyc.com for this (free db of 8,600+ YC / a16z / PH startups with hiring status) but LinkedIn works too. 3. read the comments on competitor

... Reynol, a solo developer who just launched my first product Clarity, a free Chrome extension for tracking social media time on desktop. Built it in 48 hours with zero budget. Planning 4 ecosystem products total. Happy to be here https://www.producthunt.com/prod... Comment from Rian Robertson(@rianbrob): Wow, Reynol