... There is certainly no shortage of technical content. If anything, we have the opposite problem. You can watch part of a YouTube course, read a blog post, jump into documentation, save a GitHub repo, subscribe to a newsletter, buy a Udemy course and bookmark three different roadmaps. Some of that content is fantastic. ByteByteGo was one of the best things I found. I loved how technical concepts could be turned into concise, visual explanations that were easy to consume ... ... other directions a tech career can take? Something designed from the beginning around the idea that sometimes five minutes is all you have . That idea eventually became SysSnack . What I'm trying to build with SysSnack SysSnack takes technical topics

... marketing feels simple from the outside: Post on LinkedIn. Send cold emails. Do SEO. Run ads. Build in public. Go to events. Start a newsletter. Launch on Product Hunt. Do founder-led sales. But when you re actually building, it s hard to know what is genuinely worth your time. Some channels look good because everyone talks about them. Some look boring but bring real customers. And some make you feel productive while generating almost nothing. So I m curious ... ... focused next thirty days only on conversations with ten dream customers? Comment from Do Hyeon Kim(@znu): Honestly, the conversations in the comments have been more useful for me than simply publishing more posts. They show pretty quickly which topics

... 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 ... ... really Abiot's point above, and the day you pick is one of the few levers you actually control when you don't have backers. The detail that decided it for me: PH doesn't send the daily newsletter

... hear this perspective from someone with such extensive experience in the field. Comment from Adana Marukhyan(@adana): @timoteolapa  What's the method you use to get users on X? I can't quite understand it. Are there any dedicated topics or groups? I'm not familiar with how it works. Comment from Adana Marukhyan(@adana): @ashish_kumar_yadav3  How do you use X? Do you mainly follow groups, just watch & read, or actively post and engage yourself? Comment ... ... Volodymyr Khomichenko(@khomichenko): Great question, Adana! Yes but I treat each channel as a different room, not a broadcast list =) X is where I hang out with the maker/build-in-public crowd quick thoughts, launch updates, honest lessons. Substack is my newsletter

... 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, not on producing more. Comment from Hisashi Space(@hisashispace): @adana  Yes, at some point I'd like to show what I've built. But plenty of people here already have a product and are thinking exactly the same thing ... ... your story! Please ping me on the launch day, I'm here =) Comment from Gal Dayan(@galdayan): The angle nobody's mentioned yet: just writing in public, consistently, under your own name. I've been doing a regular newsletter

... that provide answers, but those that help us see connections between different domains. Comment from Matthias Grieder(@picspace): I really enjoy Niko s newsletter at Failory . Learning from failures is incredibly valuable it s reassuring and insightful to see that even successful companies face challenges you d never expect. It covers all kinds of business topics

... part of my LinkedIn community too.) Improve the product based on that feedback so you have some momentum before launching. Launch on a weekday to maximise your chances of ranking well and potentially being featured in the Product Hunt newsletter , which reaches more than 140,000 subscribers . Search Product Hunt discussions for people describing the exact problem your product solves. Help them first, and only mention your product when it's relevant (not as hard promotion). Leverage your Product Hunt ... ... right rooms that the buried admissions find you instead of the other way around. makes sense why the LinkedIn-connections point mattered more to you than the launch badge - you can't shortcut "already following the right topics

... product everywhere I could . I d join relevant X Spaces, post consistently, share what I m building, and find communities where my target users already spend time. I will add value there. Will connect with key figures around my topic. 2.The launch day itself would be a multi-platform offensive. Product Hunt would be the main launch, of course, but I d also coordinate with friends, founders, customers, and relevant creators to repost, quote, and talk about the product ... ... product helped them. That is usually much stronger than the founder simply listing features. 4.Then comes the post-launch phase. I d use the launch results as a reason to appear on podcasts, join more Spaces, contact relevant newsletters

... Doing one of these because I get more from reading what others are building than from any newsletter. I'll start. Building AI Hive, an enterprise AI agent platform that helps mid-market and enterprise teams get from AI pilot to production in weeks instead of quarters. The hard problem we keep solving: compliance, model flexibility, and the lack of in-house AI talent on the customer side. Product Hunt page: https://www.producthunt.com/prod... Your turn. Drop: - What ... ... them? The trial includes 60 hosted minutes: https://app.meetingclarity.app Comment from Sajid Javid(@sajid_javid): Love this format, Nolan, thanks for kicking it off. What I'm building: IntelliResearch, an all in one AI research assistant. You type a topic

... spending more time helping people discover better content ? I'm curious how others here approach this. A few questions I'd love to discuss: Where do you consistently find articles that are genuinely worth reading? Do you rely on newsletters, social media, blogs, RSS, communities, or something else? What makes you trust one publication more than another? Has AI made discovering quality content easier or harder for you? If you could improve one thing about how we consume knowledge online ... ... media is where I get most of my news, though this requires making sure I follow good accounts. Also, it's easy to ask an AI to summarize the latest news, whether it general news or news on specific topics

... with my clients, and leads 5. my phone - to make actual phone calls and close deals Comment from Mo Hakeem(@moalhakeem): For me right now, a business consultant Claude: find the patterns in my sales + consulting calls Nashra.ai: Publishing, newsletter, landing pages ...etc. (I founded this) Social media: reach, exposure Stripe: obvious Riverside: record + manage my podcast Comment from Sona J(@sona): @busmark_w_nika  Hey, thanks for asking! Sivi Gen-1 launched in 2023, not too late :) Sivi ... ... videos, generate subtitles and turn them into properly styled captions without spending hours doing everything manually. Without these tools, my workflow would be much slower and probably a lot less creative. Comment from Maali Baali(@maali_baali): Nice discussion topic

... trying to use a social media strategy that essentially identifies specific personas that my app solves problems for, then ive ask it help me come up with interesting slideshows that directly empathise or inspire that specific audience (about a topic most related to them) but the last slide of each slideshow has a CTA to the app and why that is another thing that can solve their problem. Ive noticed it has much more engagement and impressions than other more ... ... task coding agent lost context. Rebuilt helper functon already existing two files away under different name. Showing how that happened brought way more genuine interest than polished "pitch" Comment from Konstantin Tikhaev(@konstantin_tikhaev): @busmark_w_nika  No newsletter

... traffic that keeps coming from Product Hunt after launch day. For example, yesterday own.page got mentioned in a big newsletter (36k subscribers), which gave own.page another nice boost in traffic. I also think people underestimate how many large newsletters

... honestly, the part I m starting to value even more is the GTM learning . With mailX, in one day, we got real questions like: Is this useful for low-volume founders? Is it only for cold email, or also newsletters and transactional emails? How is it different from Mail-tester or MXToolbox? Can AI agents use it before sending? Can it move from diagnosis to auto-fix? Should agents monitor deliverability continuously? That was gold. Not because the questions were ... ... articles. Before scaling outbound. Before building a full sales motion. You get a compressed day of: positioning feedback objections use cases audience signals competitor comparisons wording people naturally reuse comments that can become landing page copy, SEO topics

... nika): @mustafa_najoom  Which is your LinkedIn? I would like to connect with you :) Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @marie_saxon  How long have you been building MettaShift? It sounds like a very comprehensive project (the topic is very huge). I am a fan of your sports effort :) Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @prashant_patil14  valid point, when you will be doing everything in bursts, you can run out of energy very soon. Wishing ... ... whether the marketing actually moves the needle or just the ego. See you back here in 3 months :) Comment from Gal Dayan(@galdayan): Work goal - we're running a 60 day content push to grow a newsletter

... undoubtedly made our work easier and faster. An article that would have taken me several days before (defining the topic, doing research, interviewing experts for unique insights, validating data, and writing the final piece) can now be turned into a solid article in under two hours. (in my case, when I publish a weekly newsletter

... shows. Comment from Varun Mishra(@varun1jan): The most underrated one for me is talking to customers and turning those conversations into content. The exact words people use to describe their problems become: landing page copy social posts SEO topics sales material onboarding improvements One good customer conversation can fuel weeks of marketing while making the product better at the same time. Comment from Varun Mishra(@varun1jan): @busmark_w_nika  Most of the time, yes. If I'm taking notes ... ... Ortega(@luigi_receiptorai): The LLM citation angle you mentioned is something I've been paying closer attention to lately, and it's not just Wikipedia, it's also every detailed review, every comparison article, every mention in a niche newsletter

... ones in the left sidebar - I can see only five of them: general, vibecoding, ama, introduce-yourself, self-promotion. I bet there's more things to discuss than these five :) Comment from Stan Kolotinskiy(@sk_uxpin): We need moar topic forums! Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @fatima_shehzad  I think that in that case they would need more people on the board :) Comment from Riya Pariyar(@riya_pariyar): @busmark_w_nika   @rohanrecommends   @byalexai ... ... better text box . After adding a numbered list, I can't format the text that follows it Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @antwon_randolph2  Something like "Memories"? Because sometimes that follow-up is done via their newsletter

... industry before the launch. Have a clear launch day engagement plan where you're ready to reply to every comment quickly. Visit other maker's launches and have real conversations with them. Share your launch on social media, your newsletter, or anything else you can leverage. Make your comment section conversational. Don't let it become a place for "thank you" comments. Ask questions, seek feedback and encourage sign ups. Make sure your product is actually ready before launching ... ... they hurt reach). I m curious whether Product Hunt is moving in the same direction. Do generic AI comments still help products get visibility, or are meaningful discussions becoming the real ranking signal? Comment from Aleksandar Blazhev(@byalexai): Great topic

... working together. But the part many teams underestimate is what happens after the launch. That is often just as intense. You need to use the momentum while it is still fresh: turn the result into partnerships, reach out to newsletters and podcasts, create social proof, activate new distribution channels, and in some cases even target investors. @elitza_vasileva and own.page 's launch is a perfect example of this. It shows that even a solo founder can create a huge result ... ... real campaign. And she is still grinding. A lot more still on the PH launch roadmap. Comment from Nolan Vu(@nolan_vu): @busmark_w_nika  Exactly, but use what depends on their purposes sorely. Thanks for your interesting topic

... everyone, posting this week's release notes. Most of what shipped is in two places: subscription controls and content quality. What changed: Pause your subscription for a month. New control in Settings > Subscription. Billing stops, your existing newsletters and settings stay readable, and HeyNews resumes automatically at the end of the month. Use it when you need a break without losing your setup. Cleaner cancellation. If you want out, share a brief reason, review any save options (including switching ... ... native video title and published date. Renaming a source no longer rewrites the titles of stories that came from it. Broader search. It now checks titles, summaries, source names, and URLs together, so you can find a story by topic

... Hello Product Hunt! We are thinking of spinning up topic specific, weekly digest newsletters

... brand, problem and interests :) Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @tijogaucher  If the product reflect the problem of the founder, it is better to present it, esp. also from the foudners perspective (he/she is more passionate about the topic) and you feel that vibe :) Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @tijogaucher  Whent the problem is urgent and strong, and you have a good solution, product brand can overrule even your personal brand (in a good way), of course ... ... product. Build both you get distribution, feedback, and credibility. One thing I strongly agree with: your personal brand should be a marketing channel, not the business itself. Use company-owned assets from day one (domain, email, social accounts, newsletter

... from Aleksandar Blazhev(@byalexai): @busmark_w_nika  No-follow if you re not featured. Do-follow if you are featured. But either way, nobody will publish you in a newsletter if you re not among the top products of the day. Comment from Aleksandar Blazhev(@byalexai): Great topic

... keep track of new predictions and updates without constantly checking the site. So we re launching a weekly Springfield Oracle newsletter over the weekend. The goal is to give you a quick pulse on: Newly verified predictions Trending claims circulating online Updates to existing predictions Emerging patterns worth watching We re also working on topic