... Appreciate that, Aadil! Though I should warn you the problem you d be solving is the one I already built my answer to. That s the product launching here on the 18th, so between now and then my calendar belongs entirely to the launch and I m guarding it like a dragon. Genuinely curious though, founder to founder: what s your approach to containment? Always interested in how other people are drawing the blast radius lines. And I m totally ... ... Claude Code for most of what I build, and these go through it. The drafts are mine though: my thinking, my call, and nothing goes out that I haven't read line by line. Which is on topic

... year now, previously in other business models online, and over this past year I've dabbled into so much: + 50 articles about app growth, ideas, content saved on my X account + countless YouTube videos watched on the same topics I never ended up pushing anything until recently, which is https://www.getliso.app/ And what I realized is there is no minimum or a "readiness" score EVER with anything I launched on Product Hunt out of spite, with no plan; this should ... ... date, mostly because I'd rather launch late and ready than on time and broken. Realistically looking at the next couple of months, but I'm treating that as flexible until the actual readiness bar is met, not the calendar

... long - the app needs to make money otherwise, I can't fund it. Comment from Raju Singh(@imraju): @adana  sure. Thanks! Comment from Raju Singh(@imraju): @adana this video might help. I did my research on this topic and found out where the pricing picture for SaaS / Ai products is heading to -> https://youtu.be/2BCdjSrPWiY Comment from Lisa(@yelyzaveta_kibets): @adana   That covers the person who picked Free. The one I meant is the person who picked ... ... servers in there, but I don't sell those on their own. What I build is apps that work together with an agent. An agent that runs my email. One that runs my folders, one for the calendar

... Thanks to everyone who joined us at launch last month. Here's what we've shipped since, and it moves Buddy past "notes into a plan" into a note that fills itself. Your note fills itself. Connect email and calendar and the daily note fills in on its own: today's agenda, the emails that actually need a reply, and a draft answer for each, in your voice. You approve what goes out. Drafts that sound like you. Replies match ... ... data. Unknown fields stay blank. You review, finish, and send. Answers grounded in your own files. Upload a doc to the Library and Buddy answers from it, with links back to your notes instead of the generic web. Topics

... being in the stuff those models read, reddit threads and comparison posts mostly. we build in this area so take that with a pinch of salt Comment from Irina Motorina(@ira_motorina): For me the shift is from smm calendar to small repeatable experiments. One idea 3 5 formats different channels see what actually gets a reaction... then double down. I also think distribution has to start before launch now. Commenting, talking to other founders, sharing what you re building ... ... that is now where the whole game is. My advice for 2026 and 2027: pick the channel where AI removes your bottleneck rather than the one that is fashionable, then spend the time you saved on choosing the topics

... spend it on decisions that create more follow-up. The deeper work gets a protected block and a deliberately small definition of done. Otherwise AI can make you faster at generating options while your calendar quietly fills with things to evaluate. The best productivity system for me is the one that leaves some unallocated space, because surprises are part of running a business. Comment from Julia Shtogren(@julia_shtogren): @byalexai  Love it, especially 5. I think ... ... Nagulapalle(@rnagulapalle): I have behavioral focus time tool that handles based on my own signals daily personally tools helps organize but it s all about mental model for me Comment from feras olimz(@feras_olimz): This is a great topic

... post in a non-relevant thread. Comment from Bill Davis(@billspaced): I built Never Miss Meetings. It's an Android app that syncs with your Google Calendar. You create alarms in the app that are far better than Calendar

... post useful even if nobody clicks. For Retime, I try to talk about the messy meeting workflow, not "here is another scheduling tool": the invite is in the calendar, the agenda is in a doc, notes are somewhere else, and follow-ups live in someone's head. That is a useful topic

... real deal flow. They're often faster to decide and more willing to lead than an established name that's already seeing 200 emails a week: https://screen.studio/share/wTJt... Lesson #2 To close a round, you need to build calendar density with 30-50 meetings within a 90-day period. And that requires a tight process. There is no shortage of capital or investors out there. There is, however, limited capacity on the time of these investors, and very high ... ... with is very often different from the one with which you close. Learning during the raise process becomes crucial. 3A: Pre Meeting Analysis Prior to each investor call, Metal uses proprietary intelligence to surface insight into the likely topics

... from thecrawler(@thecrawler): my 5: Claude/Chatgpt: brainstorming, research Crawler Vision; for AI SEO Grammarly Quillbot Google search console/Analytics Comment from Archana Bakshi(@archanabakshi): Hi! I've found my top 5 evolving with time. What's remained unchanged: Google suite: Calendar, Sheets and emails Calendly: Still seamless for scheduling external calls. Claude: I use the Claude CLI for creating internal tracking systems and CRM. However, that has evolved. What's changed: I've been working on building a tool called mybrains.ai ... ... design work 5. Google Workspace email & calendar

... validation, internal links, JSON-LD schema, and an AI-SEO check before publish. Handle each of those manually and you've just traded one bottleneck for four. So I turned the pipeline into four Claude skills that chain together. Topic Research pulls from People Also Ask, Reddit, Stack Overflow, and GitHub issues before you commit to anything. The goal is avoiding that situation where you finish a 2,000-word draft and realize nobody's searching for it. SEO Blog ... ... Sanity, and static site generators. Blog Figure SVG I added because I kept skipping illustrations. It generates diagrams and feature cards as SVG with screen-reader metadata, which is good enough that I actually use them. Editorial Calendar

... never sends or reschedules anything without you. So safe stuff runs on one click, anything touching other people or your calendar stops and asks first. And it is yours to tune, you can set each action to always ask or run on its own. Comment from Marie Saxon(@marie_saxon): @maxence_leguery_podtech  usually by topic

... getting positive reviews (social proof) on your 1st product? Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @konrad_sx  That's cool, I should think of the something similar too! Comment from Abusaid islam said(@abusaid_islam_said): Great topic, @busmark_w_nika ! Early on, we found that asking users for feedback right after they achieve a small win with the product works best. Instead of asking for a generic "review," we ask: "What problem did this solve for you today ... ... think days is the wrong unit, and picking 7 or 14 is what causes the weak reviews. On day 14 some people have a story and some have nothing, and you get both because the trigger was the calendar

... Look, We all know that "premium email apps" have been around for a long, long time. But why is it still such an untapped topic that nobody seems to talk about? And why does gmail still hold 80% of market share? Compare this to the Ai/LLM market, where no single company holds more than a quater of the market. I think the reason might be to do with the "emotion cost of switching". Why do you think this is? Comment ... ... from Peter Shu(@peterz_shu): @moon10  Definitely, thanks for sharing Comment from Moon(@moon10): For me, the biggest barrier is ecosystem lock-in. Gmail isn t just email it s tied into Google Drive, Docs, Calendar

... frustration than exhaustion, the gym helps more. After that, my head usually switches from everything is too much to eat, sleep, repeat Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @alex_iliescu  What do you mean by this in this topic? Comment from Arnold Oshenye(@oshylabs): @busmark_w_nika Two things have kept me out of full burnout while running a product portfolio alongside a full time job, and neither is a spa day. First, treat recovery as a metric ... ... Alex Iliescu (@alex_iliescu): @busmark_w_nika  When you're close to burnout, the instinct is to push harder because the signal looks the same as before. The interpretation shifts without you noticing. The body keeps score. The calendar

... ludwinowski): @rahulbhavsar  Yes, good points - lead with the OUTCOME! Think of it from the lens of: what's in it for THEM? What do they get from using the product/service? Comment from Anna Ludwinowski(@anna_ludwinowski): @hadifarnoud  That calendar/meeting struggle is REAL! The problem you solve is well described but I challenge you to push that just a little further- What is the FEELING the user gets after using Retime? Pull out the emotional reality that lies underneath ... ... this." Comment from Anna Ludwinowski(@anna_ludwinowski): @lisa_doherty  You're most welcome - glad it was helpful :) Comment from Kevin Short(@kevin_short3): Eliminating an unlimited feed on a social media, and focusing social media around the topics

... with  it is a red flag :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @harry_gregor  I think it is about the discipline, like no matter what, you will get through it! You will make time in your calendar if it even means to wake up at 3:30. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @daniel_nwankwo  but even that freedom is limited :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @daniel_nwankwo  I understand that some areas ... ... busmark_w_nika): @diego_2r87  yeah, "good product" attracts attention is a myth. You need to show. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @johnoed  I am happy that you mentioned this case of educating people about the topic

... been building, and the right one is how many people you've watched use it without you explaining it first. If you have to pitch it every single time, that's the clock to watch, not the calendar. What made you look at ProblemHunt specifically? Curious whether you found it genuinely useful for killing ideas or mostly for validating ones you already wanted to build. Comment from Susanne Ertl(@susanne_ertl): I don't usually kill ideas if I believe ... ... from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @samir_asadov  at each time, the product is needed differently, so this can be kinda risky, timing plays a role too. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @maliikb  food is an extensive topic

... something created by AI that was really useful and innovative? We could start with one noble thing, like using AI to find a cure for cancer a specific article here . Comment from Aleksandar Blazhev(@byalexai): Hey Nika! Great topic. I ll jump in here, but I don t want to talk about the obvious stuff everyone already knows and uses. Sure, text and image generation are cool and all... but mostly they just make things faster. Honestly, does your life ... ... That's when it clicked for me: the orchestration matters way more than which LLM you pick. Comment from Marcelo Arias(@marcelo_earth): Beyond programming, I like using it to get organized. I've connected Claude Code to my calendar

... world of AML / KYC / ABA? and a fist full of other prying acronyms, we need more than ever to know about every transaction. --With this AlmsTins launched, and summer heading out way, I am currently working on a teachers calendar that supports phonics, and grammar games. Comment from Donnie(@dstr88): @busmark_w_nika  thank you Comment from Ricky Singh, MBA(@xquest): Fear is honest, and I think more founders than admit it started from there ... ... good at writing them :). Finally I wanted to take the venture towards independence. I hate the idea of being a cog in the machine. Money and freedom are nice too :) Comment from Ruxandra Mazilu(@ruxandra_mazilu): Loooove this topic

... invited to a weekly meeting despite the holiday. I had forgotten one fact: Orthodox countries celebrate Easter a week later. (and countries in the Far East simply don t have this holiday at all.) This is actually a broader topic, because every country celebrates holidays differently, and with many teams being international, some kind of synchronisation is necessary the question is: how? Do you organise holidays and days off individually based on each employee, or according to where the company ... ... international company has offices in another country, it must follow the rules, otherwise the government of the country will not be happy and additional sanctions might be applied. I go in public holidays in my days country official holiday calendar

... wait until Monday?" Binary routing. Easy to verify. - FAQ deflection. Hours, address, do-you-service-my-area. Static info, static answers. Medium trust - needs guardrails - Booking. Fine when the agent can only book inside a pre-approved calendar window. Disaster when it confidently invents an appointment slot. - Lead qualification. Good for "is this person in our service area." Bad for "how much should we quote them." Low trust - not yet, maybe never - Anything with money attached. Quoting jobs, processing payments ... ... what it comes back with ...but in general, for me, I have to be the human in the loop for decisions with real world consequences. Sorry that i went so into one Nika, but its a topic

... calendar sync, team features, and priority AI. What we noticed: users who stay free for 7+ days convert at a much higher rate than those who try to upgrade on day 1. The free tier is doing its job building the habit. The paywall is working by staying out of the way. Comment from Chris Messina(@chrismessina): @colenikol  what about it? I mean, if you're not a business, you probably don't need to worry about this topic

... heavy users. The live product is at lucidextractor.liceron.in if you want to see it. Happy to do a quick call to walk through the architecture for your research! Comment from Chris Conlee(@conleec): This is a great research topic, Ryan. As a solo founder launching PictaBase today, I can tell you that for a "pro-sumer" tool, the stack isn't just about what's easy it's about what's provable and sustainable . I built PictaBase ... ... Comment from Sai Tharun Kakirala(@sai_tharun_kakirala): @ryan_hendrickson Great questions! The primary interface is actually both we have an iOS app, but the real magic happens through WhatsApp and Telegram. Users manage their entire day (reminders, todos, calendar

... Would you try it at least once? Thnx in advance. Let s go! What is Kindred? Kindred is a platform where you book meaningful 1-on-1 conversations with people who share your interests directly in each other s calendars, without chatting first or social pressure. What will Kindred do differently than other typical social-networking apps? On most apps, everything usually starts with: Hey silence awkward follow-ups ghosting. Not on mine. This is how it works: You search ... ... French wines, horse racing, crypto, relocating abroad, career doubts, niche hobbies anything You see people who share those interests. You browse profiles of real people who are interested in the same topics