... feel trapped than when the price goes up itself Comment from Askim Stucki (@askim_stucki): @busmark_w_nika it should not. its all about Konfiguration Comment from Askim Stucki (@askim_stucki): I think the key is to handle old vs new customers fairly. If the price was 25 and is now 30, existing customers should have time to reconsider or keep their original rate. That way, loyalty is respected while the new pricing moves forward. Comment from Shivam Kushwaha(@shivam ... ... works if the first buyers will pay it. My problem is the step before: with no paying buyers yet, a high first price is a guess I cannot test, while a price that starts low and rises

... NBER paper tracks 500,000+ GitHub developers against their actual AI telemetry. The task-level gains are enormous and they mostly don't survive the trip to a shipped release. Across four app marketplaces: a sharp rise in new apps, no rise

... Because building products has become much more accessible thanks to AI, the bar has had to rise a bit, or at least the expectations have become stricter. I built my own tool  SafeLimit, but personally, I wouldn t launch it on Product Hunt yet because it s still very basic and doesn t even have a website. Personally, I wouldn t use Product Hunt only to validate an idea or a problem anymore. I would feel ready to launch ... ... goal: if you want raw eyeballs go Tue-Thu, but for a badge/ranking with a modest following a weekend can punch above its weight. Comment from Sabber Ahamed(@sabber_ahamed): @busmark_w_nika   @abdullah_javaid3  the invitation vs

... Google still largely shows traditional results. AI search is mostly eating informational traffic, not purchase-intent traffic. Second, the traffic that AI does send is higher quality. ChatGPT-referred visitors spend an average of 15 minutes on a website versus Google-referred visitors at 8 minutes. Sessions from AI referrals grew 527% year over year in the first five months of 2025. Third, only 16% of brands are systematically tracking their performance in AI search. That means 84% of your ... ... competitors

... were building. Comment from Anna Ludwinowski(@anna_ludwinowski): @austinbuhl  Interesting that you land on problem-first for Salestrics but demo-first as a viewer. Do you think there's a difference between what convinces you to look closer versus what you'd actually put in your own launch copy? And on "most startups" - is there a specific kind of team you picture hitting that per-seat pricing wall, or is it genuinely everyone past a certain size? Comment from ... ... Ludwinowski(@anna_ludwinowski): @picspace  "What changed for the user" instead of "what did I build" is exactly the right swap! It's the same trap in enterprise IT and in most launches here, just dressed differently (feature list vs

... commoditized is the governance layer above them: the semantic definitions, the row-level permissions, the context architecture that turns a frontier model into a number a CFO will put in front of the board. When the floor rises across model providers, we benefit. Our customers get smarter answers automatically, with no procurement cycle and no migration. That's the right side of model commoditization to be on. Comment from Declan Riggs(@sircrispblade): I think this is the right approach ...

... actual insight, and it's bigger than it looks: making the notification say why it's waiting is what turns a ping into a triage. "Done" makes you tab back to find out what "done" means. "Needs approval vs finished vs

... Today, I came across an article reporting a rise in DuckDuckGo usage as more people boycott Google services. Sometimes, while working in tech support, I also come across people who buy de-Googled phones because they want nothing to do with this giant anymore. There are several companies today that feel more like monopolies for collecting user data. How do you personally view these kinds of services and the way they massively collect and use information about users ... ... especially, this has become quite a big topic. Which services have you decided to stop using, or replace with more privacy-friendly alternatives

... styled directions in one session. No outsourced render studios. No three-week turnarounds. Based on NAR staging research, Zillow consumer studies, and independent MLS analysis, here is what happens when listings include accurate 3D visualization and AI virtual staging versus photography alone:        Days on market: drops from 45-60 days to 25-35 days        Inquiry-to-viewing conversion: rises

... better" and the window to adapt is shorter than most people think. Comment from Suzanne Chartier(@suzanne_chartier): I believe we will see an impact to all professions of one type of another - even manual labor jobs with the rise of robotics. Being in the computer industry for most of my career - the one thing that was content was change. And you had to learn to learn - continually learn something new. AI has dramatically changed how I do everything ...

... Every stat has a grade from F SS. DUNGEON CORE AI The dungeon has a living brain with 4 state meters:   Energy      drains as monsters fall   Corruption rises with every boss kill forces harder spawns   Hunger      rises

... talent will remain, and use AI to multiply high-quality output. Highly capable individuals will compete with these companies, with their differentiation largely driven by personal branding. What I still can t fully figure out, though, is the potential rise in unemployment and overproduction caused by AI. If people (especially white-collar workers) lose their jobs and income, the question is, who will actually buy all these AI-made/generated products and services? :D So my main question ... ... meant hiring at least 2-3 devs, a designer, maybe a marketer. Now it's just me and AI tooling, and I'm shipping faster than some teams I've worked with. But I think the framing of "solo vs

... first, what is MCP? MCP Servers, often called the USB-C of AI systems, have had a meteoric rise in 2025. And the reason is plain to see. Without MCP, the complexity of integrating AI with external systems rises

... managed by AI went wrong. So which positions are really disappearing online, and which are emerging? I assume that security-related positions will emerge more. BTW... adding also an assumption made in 2012 by one author who predicted dying vs emerging jobs. image from the book The Future: 50 Ideas You Really Need To Know Comment from Viktoriia (@virtualviki): @busmark_w_nika ChatGPT can still do the job, but only if you're watching every step. Claude is a different ... ... from Henrik Pedersen(@henrikpedersen): 30 years in software development. I've watched this exact conversation happen with every wave, outsourcing was going to kill programming, then low-code, then no-code. What I actually see happening: the floor is rising

... indie developer building apps mainly for the Apple ecosystem. I m really interested in productivity and time management, especially tools that help people organize their day and understand where their time actually goes. Today I launched my app Rise on Product Hunt. It s a daily planner focused more on routines and recurring activities rather than just tasks. The idea came from my own struggle with keeping structure when working on multiple projects. I m still figuring out the whole ... ... their first Product Hunt launch Comment from Alexander Martirosov(@alexander_martirosov): @rianbrob  Hey Rian, thank you! The Sponge sounds very interesting either, I will definitely try it out! Comment from Rian Robertson(@rianbrob): Hey Alexander, congrats on launching Rise

... plays a significant role in how products appear in Google search results. What surprised us was that AI assistants like ChatGPT were rarely citing Product Hunt in product recommendations. AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Gemini rely on reviews, alternative lists, and structured product information gathered across the web. Product Hunt is strong across all three. In theory, this should make Product Hunt a natural source for AI-driven product recommendations and comparisons. In practice, it was not happening ... ... many tools which systematically run prompts against several AI models daily, and measure visibility of a product within prompts. We're using a new tool called @Gauge . We chose because a) their citation tracking is more useful than the alternatives

... ties back to money. Supervised beats "fully autonomous" for anything that spends a client's budget. Comment from Neelanchal Gogna(@neelanchal_gogna): @nikhilshahane   @busmark_w_nika  This happened to me when our AI email bot sent a competitor's link to one of our potential users. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @priyanka_gosai1  aaaa, that would be too personal for me :D (no, I am not hiding anything, but such info can also be misused ... ... they face in their day to day. Comment from Henrik Pedersen(@henrikpedersen): @busmark_w_nika  Exactly passive vs

... LinkedIn officially shared the job titles that started appearing more often, and with the rise of AI, the market is restructuring. The actual top 10 roles that have seen the biggest rise

... where growth actually happens. And that is exactly where TataLaLa operates. What TataLaLa Does During Your Stream Once connected, TataLaLa continuously analyzes what s happening in your live room: Viewer arrival patterns Chat activity and sentiment Engagement momentum Subscriber vs non-subscriber behavior From this, it does three critical things automatically. 1. It Manages Chat Based on Viewer Value Not all viewers are the same and TataLaLa understands that. It treats: New viewers Returning viewers Subscribers VIP supporters differently ... ... stays quiet It holds back suggestions It protects your stream atmosphere This restraint is intentional. Growth isn t about selling more. It s about selling at the right time . 3. It Surfaces High-Intent Monetization Moments When engagement rises

... evolved. If your business still relies on manual processes and basic chatbots, you re not just inefficient you re invisible. Why 2026 is Different: The Five Shifts That Changed Everything From Typing to Talking: Voice-First is Here The rise of in-car interfaces, smart home devices, and wearable tech means customers now expect to interact by voice. Hands-free ordering, booking via voice command, and audible confirmations aren't futuristic they're standard. Your automation must understand natural speech ... ... This "employee" manages the entire customer journey from initial discovery and booking to payment, follow-up, and loyalty within one coherent, intelligent interface. Data silos are a relic of the past. Seamless GovTech: Trust Built-In With the global rise

... years ago I wrote an article about the rise of a more social web for Huff Post. At the time, Facebook was updating its News Feed and bringing Spotify, Zynga etc. into it. Google was also launching Google+. Obviously, one changed the internet. The other validated it, even if it didn't pay off. If you think about that shift, we stopped going to the internet to browse our top 10 sites and instead Facebook became the front door ... ... Substack I'll link at the end, but to avoid UI hopping I wanted to provide the basic summary here. If you've been trying to build something but you're fighting against entrenched user behaviours with a competitor

... days. Only 13 were featured; most were unremarkable. The LLM has fundamentally shifted the economics of software development. As someone with a dual vantage point being the #1 Product Hunter while investing in AI startups I watch the floodwaters rise in real-time. What s become clear: SaaS is dying; VC is withering . Building software is not uniquely compelling. Code has become a commodity. What most people miss about commoditization is that when a product or resource becomes abundant ... ... flood of AI products is wild - I'm seeing it firsthand. launched a desktop tool for reddit scraping a few months ago ( Reddit Wappkit ). nothing fancy, just solves a specific problem I had. but the interesting thing? most "competitors

... launching soon on Gamefound! Amrtaka is a fast-paced, strategic board game where divine powers, tactical maneuvering, and resource mastery collide in an epic battle for immortality. Players command gods and followers, conquer lands, and harness elixirs to rise as the ultimate immortal. After months of testing, refinement, and incredible community feedback, we re finally ready to bring Amrtaka to life through crowdfunding. What to expect: - Deep yet quick tactical gameplay (30 40 min sessions) - Unique God Follower system ...

... noticed two main narratives in how companies view their competitors. Either it s a fight to the death approach exactly like what we see between Replit and Lovable (though it seems Replit does more of the provoking ) basically: We speak badly about our competition. Or it s more motivational: We speak positively about our competition. Tho I do not know whether I have seen some example of this competition, I can see it only in terms of personal branding when ... ... people do not want to say bad things about someone, even when they are competitors

... According to the 2025 @Stack Overflow Developer Survey (49,000+ participants), @VS Code and @Visual Studio remain the most used dev environments, despite the rise