... This has got to be a first... launching a fully custom, retro-inspired MMORPG on Product Hunt instead of your typical SaaS tool or productivity app. Why Evomanias? For the past few years, I've been deep in the trenches building and scaling Evomanias a passion project designed to bring back the golden era of isometric, hardcore MMORPGs (Open Tibia-inspired) while modernizing the backend, infrastructure, and player experience. Instead of another AI wrapper or project management tool, I wanted ...

... Hunters! For the past few months, I've been deep in the trenches building Aegisora a zero-trust runtime proxy for AI agents. The biggest challenge I noticed in the current landscape: traditional security gateways break down when dealing with non-deterministic AI behavior. If you hard-block an LLM's tool call, the entire execution loop usually crashes. To solve this, I built what I call an "Escalation Boundary." It dynamically intercepts a risky tool execution and holds ...

... Living in the Google Ads and media buying trenches, I constantly see makers make one of two mistakes: either burning cash on Performance Max campaigns before having true product-market fit, or relying purely on organic hustle for so long that they starve their own growth. For those of you who have successfully scaled, what was your exact trigger to start buying traffic? Did you wait for a specific revenue milestone, or did you run search campaigns early on just ...

... house down to start over. Silent users are a mystery: The strangest part of getting revenue? Nobody gives feedback. People are quietly paying for and using the tool, but the silence is deafening. For the other makers in the trenches right now: what's one lesson from building your product that completely caught you off guard? Comment from Maxim Fursov(@makimum_dev): @klein1  That s exactly it, it s the shift from building for myself to building ...

... 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. demo). Since you mentioned the sentence changes as you learn: do you have an example of how yours shifted for picspace? Like what the early version of the problem sentence was, versus

... once upon a time and considers himself an expert . I don't consider myself an expert. No one is. Because the landscape is constantly changing. I'm just a guy on the bleeding edge who's been in the trenches, having conversations with hundreds of businesses about the real challenges they face. And I can tell you, what I m seeing isn t good and the frustration is real! Here s what I ve observed in the last 4 years ...

... explain through visuals Comment from Gaurav Singh(@gaurav_singh91): Building: adextract - one MCP server that connects AI agents to ad libraries (Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and more) For: Claude power users and AI agent builders who need programmatic access to competitor ad data Hardest part right now: Every ad library is a different silo with no API. The scrapers that exist break on every DOM change. Making a single endpoint that survives layout shifts across four platforms while returning clean structured ... ... apps, and handles the next steps with your approval. Launching on Product Hunt soon: https://synced.it Sign up to get early access!! Comment from Ognjen Adzic(@ognjenadzic28): @nolan_vu  I like that way of thinking about it. "Irreversible vs

... Product Hunters, I m Jake I ve spent 10+ years in marketing, launched beers for Greene King, spent 5 years in the crypto trenches with Animoca Brands, and now I m building apps to help people reduce screen time The biggest thing I ve learned across all of those worlds is that complexity kills The stuff you can explain in one sentence and build quickly often ends up being the stuff that works My current project is Reclaim ...

... BYND 10-K actually said what I claimed it said. Comment from Zakaria empire(@zakaria_empire): @busmark_w_nika Myth debunked: "You have to post every day to be relevant." False. I tested 3 highly targeted posts per week versus 1 random post per day. Result: +300% engagement with 4 times less content. Audiences prefer value over quantity. And the algorithm will too in 2026. So, are you chasing frequency or quality? Comment from Zakaria empire(@zakaria_empire): @busmark ... ... automation stack would fix growth. What I learned is that without a simple, disciplined workflow, tools just amplify the chaos. What s a belief you had about marketing myths that turned out completely different once you were in the trenches

... doorbell. It rings the same whether it's a package or a fire. That's basically the gap Pushary fills, same hook idea you've already wired, but the event carries a real handoff (done vs blocked vs

... Product Hunt community! My name is Manuel Echepares, and I am the founder of Axiom Systems. I am an independent software architect building tech straight from the trenches. I founded Axiom Systems with a very clear, radical vision: to tear down traditional, over-engineered development and replace it with high-performance, lightweight, and independent technological ecosystems. What is Axiom Systems & How We Work: The Monolithic Architecture: We completely reject the corporate trend of dividing simple software into hundreds ...

... linear, but you're right it's honest work. Let's definitely keep in touch! @codeandsea Comment from alfredo Oma a(@allfredus): Hi Tom! Thanks for the welcome. Always great to cross paths with another solo founder in the trenches. I really appreciate the interest in AllAi1 and Spaice. The solo grind is real, so it's good to connect with people who get it. What are you building right now? Let's stay connected! Comment from alfredo Oma a(@allfredus ... ... GitHub action staged and waiting for sign-off. Everything the crew produces, before you commit to anything. Still on my list from your comments: pricing is not on the site yet, only in the PH post, and COMMAND vs

... Product Hunt community! I'm Sandeep Sharma, founder of Cogvert, a digital marketing agency. We've been deep in the trenches of SEO and content marketing for years, but over the past 12 months we noticed something shift: our clients' brands were becoming invisible in AI-generated answers. That frustration is what pushed us to build Scout an AI visibility platform that tracks how your brand appears across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity, and then gives you a step-by-step ... ... What makes Scout different: Tracks brand mentions across all 3 major AI engines in one place The Optimize Hub, specific, prioritized fixes across Content, Technical, Citations, Reddit & LinkedIn Daily auto-scans so you never fall behind a competitor

... look and connect. Quick question for the room: What s your absolute favorite tool in your tech stack right now that you refuse to build without? Comment from Rian Robertson(@rianbrob): Cool to see another dev in the trenches building SaaS! I'm working on The Sponge...an AI flashcard app that turns any webpage into spaced repetition study material. If you're up for it, I'm launching on PH soon...would appreciate a follow (See "PRODUCT HUNT LAUNCH ...

... patterns instantly Break down threats in plain English Help non technical users stay safe without needing a security background I m looking for feedback, early users, and conversations with people building in AI, security, productivity, or the solo founder trenches. If you re working on something similar or just love talking product, UX, or threat detection I d love to connect. Comment from Esther Ibrahim(@esther_ibrahim): @mporter84 Most AI-Powered tools for cybersecurity feels like its for people with ...

... Fellow Builders I'm Chirag, founder, operator, and someone who's been in the compliance trenches long enough to know how broken it is for early-stage founders in India. I've built and exited one company. Now I'm running Pesh where we make incorporation, ROC, GST, and compliance actually make sense for founders who'd rather be building than drowning in paperwork. I also run Ordinate, a venture building studio, and Hymnit, a lyric/ai-distribution platform I'm building ...

... everyone! I m back with a "from the trenches" update on PawseKeys . We ve been working on bringing that intentional pause to more than just your desktop, and I finally have some movement to share. The "Almost There" Milestone It hasn't been a smooth ride with the automation, my Fastlane pipeline is still acting up, but I m not letting a broken script stop the momentum. I ve officially pushed the Apple Watch and iOS versions to App Store ...

... shadow-ignore" is the part you never see. No angry comment. No complaint. Just silence. The person never engages again. And you never know why. The screenshot-and-mock trend is real. I've seen it happen to a competitor. Someone posted a bot reply that was technically fine but completely off. The thread turned into a roast. The brand looked foolish. All because no human bothered to read the post before hitting send. The AI-summarized agreement ... ... built in the details that AI doesn't know to include. The specific reference to a past conversation. The acknowledgment of frustration that wasn't stated directly. The thing you only know because you've been in the trenches

... artificial intelligence to democratize smarter, data-informed stock insights, bringing institutional power to the masses. It s been an incredible journey translating complex math and quantitative libraries into a user-friendly web app. I've been deep in the trenches of React and Firebase lately, making sure the UI matches the power of the Python models running under the hood. Since the site is up and running, I m here to absorb as much advice as possible from this amazing ...

... building the Recursive Logic Engine that allows a lead to flow from a quiz into a custom calculator and then into a segmented email without a single Zapier hook. I m curious to hear from other builders in the trenches: 1 When building your MVP, how did you decide which "legacy" tools to compete with and which to integrate with? 2 Have you found that "All-in-One" positioning is a harder sell than a "Single-Feature" tool ... ... chat in the comments! Comment from kosy arnold(@kosy_gtm): This resonates, especially the fewer tabs, more connected data angle, that s the real pain most people feel but don t articulate well. On the all-in-one vs

... spent the last few months in the trenches building an email sending platform and along the way I picked up a few things that surprised me. Not about the code but about how poorly understood email deliverability is even among technical Founders who send email regularly. Here's what stood out to me during this period: Most platforms are built around convenience not protection Every major email platform makes it easy to upload a list and hit send. None ...

... super clean. One piece of unfiltered feedback: the hero section could maybe explain why MCP form publishing is a game-changer compared to traditional builders right off the bat. Upvoted to support a fellow builder in the trenches today, best of luck ...

... seem to hit a wall. The GTM advisor you're building sounds like something a lot of people actually need not another framework to read, but real examples of what worked and what didn't for founders in the trenches. That's a different thing entirely. Would love to follow along as it comes together. Welcome back to the community! Comment from Shivani Shimpi(@klashkil): recently came across rankai.ai and couldn't help but think about wovly in the same ... ... breath. wovly's ICP detection + daily linkedin and x posts and competitors

... Ahmed Rony(@faisal_ahmed_rony): @busmark_w_nika  Haha, fair point, Nika! :D Content and insights are indeed a different ballgame compared to software. @mario_gomez I really appreciate your perspective. Being self-funded definitely changes the 'free vs paid' equation as ROI becomes a priority from day one. I'm curious though without a free tier, how do you usually build that initial 'trust bridge' with new users? Do you find that detailed case studies or high-quality ... ... something but don't have time to use it within the first 3 days. When I circle back to try it 10 days later (when I really have time), the trial has already expired. Maybe A/B testing day-based trials versus

... Quick update from the trenches. One thing that kept coming up in early feedback: there was no way to control silence in generated audio. You'd write a dramatic script, generate it, and the timing between lines felt off. No breathing room. No pauses for effect. So we built Pause nodes. How it works: Type / in the script editor, pick "Pause", and choose a duration (300ms to 3 seconds). A small tag appears inline in your script showing the pause ...