... 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 ... ... depends on someone being able to send a friend an actual result, not a screenshot of a promise a small group of real people ready to show up in the first hour, because I've been checking, and every competitor

... 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

... user___1702026e6f946759d1d798a): This is also one of the first things investors look for. A polished demo can attract attention, but if someone cannot quickly understand who has the problem, how painful it is, and why the current alternatives are inadequate, the conversation hits a dead end. Based on my own experience and a friend who works at 1752vc, the strongest pitches often make the problem feel inevitable before they spend much time explaining the product. Comment from Martin Tanner ... ... that's a very important distinction. That could also explain why you're attracting more men, who are looking for a real solution vs

... 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

... that they don't believe effort leads anywhere anymore? 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 in my life ...

... 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 Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @maria_anosova  maybe baking will be a part of some "art" that only a few people will ... ... weakness, it is my superpower lol. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @karlykingsley  IMO, it will just increase the gap size between those "comfortable and conform" people and those who are able to manage more things. One-skilled vs

... 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

... interesting  how do you use AI for your work and how do you see candidates using it? Are they relying too much on AI? Comment from Henrik Pedersen(@henrikpedersen): The distinction I keep coming back to is read vs. write access, and reversible vs

... behave a lot like companies Presidents and prime ministers act like CEOs And the public? We re the shareholders In financial markets, sentiment is brutally honest and visible in real-time. Prices move instantly. Everyone can see how confidence rises or collapses. In politics? We get delayed approval ratings. Small samples. Outdated polls. By the time you see them, the moment has already passed. That gap sparked a question we couldn t shake: What if public opinion on leaders could ...

... 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

... Being an engineer myself, I see that many people are outputting more code than ever. Some of it being generated vs. written, the volume of code being outputted has definitely risen.  There seems to be a shift from "is this something we can build?" to "should we build this and ship it?" For people who have been recruiting or looking to recruit recently, what roles are you hiring for?  Role title (I've seen a rise