... still think it can be built so it makes money, but that's where your question actually bites. Comment from Hisashi Space(@hisashispace): @adana  Thank you for your reply. Token usage is the awkward one, agreed. A competitor with money behind them can run at a loss for a while just to take the users, and you can't answer that on price. There's still room though. Picking which model to send a given instruction to, automatically ... ... that into SaaS-style plans is hard, because unlike storage or AI tokens , there isn't an obvious "unit" to charge by . We've been weighing a few options: number of devices/systems covered, how often testing happens (one-time vs

... everyone! Two news! ArkTabs userbase reached 5.3k+ users today and MockupTown is live with most pro features available for free for month of August! Thank ...

... Prompt Optimization was one of the first features we shipped in AI Context Flow. We've grown a lot since then, evolving into a universal memory hub, but a big chunk of our userbase originally came for prompt optimization, and still loves it as a core part of their workflow. The feedback we kept hearing was consistent: " I like the fast, one-click optimization, but sometimes I need more control. " More control over how the prompt gets optimized. More control ...

... Ghost Kitty(@ghost-kitty-9984575): Comment Deleted Comment from Sundar Balamurugan(@sundar_balamurugan): @khadija_abdulhadi  Yes, Not till posting this thread. Community is helping me now. Comment from Sundar Balamurugan(@sundar_balamurugan): @sophie_myers  For this bigger userbase Comment from Sundar Balamurugan(@sundar_balamurugan): @lee_jay1  No fear . I am planning to go Community + Opensource first. Then see how it takes off. The thing that I am still thinking is about is monetization ways ... ... from Sundar Balamurugan(@sundar_balamurugan): @rahulbhavsar  Understood. Will move out in this direction now. Comment from Sundar Balamurugan(@sundar_balamurugan): @pablo_ani  Yeah, I never thought about launching paid in the first stage. I am talking Opensource vs

... everyone! News #1: ArkTabs crossed 2000+ users with 96% userbase in US. News #2: Arkida Mockups is launching on Product Hunt this Monday ! https://www.producthunt.com/prod... Follows, comments and shares would be highly appreciated! The more popularity it get, the more features it will get. Thank you! Comment from Nabeel Ali Hashmi(@nabeelalihashmi): @hosseinyazdi  Thank you! I highly agree with your statement! Comment from Hossein Yazdi(@hosseinyazdi): Congrats on hitting 2K users!! Getting users is one thing, but keeping ...

... golf (currently 2.3) Read for 30 minutes every night (~4 nonfiction books) Comment from Peter Shu(@peterz_shu): @busmark_w_nika  Well right now I'm reading a book called Breath, by James Nestor. Its got a wide userbase, and is not as time consuming as youtube, and its algorithm is not as unforgiving as Tiktok. And also I already have some 400 followers Comment from Zypressen(@zypressen): @kavyashree_s1  Wishing you clarity on stage and clear sinuses ...

... Vision Pro and other edge computing devices. As long as we need hardware to interact with AI and right now, every AI interaction is through hardware Apple has a massive advantage. The real danger signal would be if a competitor starts to significantly outsell the iPhone, and that clearly hasn't happened yet. We're still in the very early days of the AI era. It's normal for software and apps to go viral first because they're easy ... ... feels slow because they rarely rush to launch the shiniest thing first, they wait, watch everyone else break things, then launch something very polished that fits perfectly into their ecosystem. Imagine a genuinely helpful Siri across apps and devices, versus

... changed in the last few weeks? Comment from Mostafa Hosseini(@mostafahosseini): Not applying this batch still heads-down on product and a small set of design partners. Curious what pushed people over the line to hit submit this time versus waiting one more cycle. Comment from Muhammad Azhar(@muhammad_azhar21): Building Rahnuma io an AI-powered project management tool for dev teams that forecasts deadline/sprint risk before things blow up, instead of just tracking task status after the fact ... ... same space as a lot of YC companies helping solo founders get their first believers without giving up equity. The YC model is incredible for the companies that get in but the 99 percent who do not need alternatives

... anything from Starbucks lol :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @ixord  Gauss curve. When nobody does it = risky (because the market is not prepared and it is unknown). When many people do it = risky (too many competitors). Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @thebigk  I can say for sure that they haven't earned a single cent from me :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @martin_rue   @thebigk  When is the launch? Comment ... ... think that things are going too slowly. Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads... they are trying to succeed,d but somehow they struggle with traction  so far, only Threads is growing quite well, but just because of their "Meta userbase

... useful platform for finding founders of businesses that acquire other companies. Example: https://www.tiny.com/ https://x.com/_Sparling_ https://x.com/awilkinson Comment from Ben(@moonlite_money): @busmark_w_nika  if you're running a company, you know who your competitors are and where the market is. You probably intuitively know who the best acquirers are. They're usually the best partners. One way to visually illustrate what strategics would be good acquirers is to build a market map. You essentially ... ... think about all the categories you do / could fit in or add value to, then pull logos from all known companies in those spaces. Think about what companies would benefit the most from your functionality, has an overlapping userbase

... that me replying to you here has actually generated traffic to my site from PH users, more-so than my silenced PH launches itself. So, to claim the product offering was not clear enough is clearly misaligned with your userbase. And that seems it, really. IMO PH is no longer aligned with a bootstrapped-maker community. Rather than defend these actions and gaslight me into suggestion I should check what's broken about Firecrawl when it was I who pioneered ... ... think is the single most important trait of successful launches on Product Hunt? How do you make it to the top of the upvotes? Comment from Corgi Cabal(@corgicabal): AI landscape questions: How much do you personally use google vs

... community focused startups, kindly share your strategy of building community around your platform. What was the challenges and how did you solve it? How did you go from zero to current userbase ...

... course there are many things we need to get to. I'm new to doing product marketing and would love some advice from those who's gone through this phase of trying to grow the userbase from a grassroots perspective. What was the best way to get users on your site/product/service at the beginning? Were people willing to give you feedback and advice? (How did you find them?) Would love to hear your stories/kind advice ...

... track your expenses and do you generally plan ahead? Do you set aside some ramen money or just let it roll? Especially if you are bootstrapped? How do you link your revenue and expense? How do you track your userbase behavior ...