... example, I d love to ask: @chrismessina what the number one thing is that catches his attention when deciding whether to hunt a product. You, @busmark_w_nika , how you always manage to come up with such interesting topics and conversations. @benln how he manages to build such incredible communities around the products he s involved with, like Notion and Cursor. @gabe how he evaluates whether a product meets the criteria to be featured, and what stands ... ... continually turn out features fast, and how quickly he knows a feature isn't going to work and decides to roll it back. Comment from Robin Peter M ller(@robincostmyai): @busmark_w_nika Tobi L tke. Easy. Not the Shopify

... give space versus when to gently prompt. But here's what keeps me up at night: we know things about our users that their closest friends don't know. This isn't like a social media company knowing your shopping habits. This is an AI that has read someone's rawest, most vulnerable thoughts -- their fears about their marriage, their struggles with self-worth, their grief they haven't told anyone about. The temptation for any product team would ... ... might be making the restraint legible to the user without turning it into a scary privacy dashboard. For example: used for this reflection only, not saved as a profile, not used to time prompts, or intentionally simplified because this topic

... Nolan Vu(@nolan_vu): @busmark_w_nika  and if you don't mind I have another irrelevant question about PH Do you know how to avoid being rejected for thread on p/general, since I want to share some topics about AI and my expertise but the system keep rejecting my request so it's kind of upset to not know the reason, thanks in advance Nika Comment from Nolan Vu(@nolan_vu): Great thread though Mine are honestly pretty ... ... spent designing and iterating Fathom probably the tool that saves me the most time every week Reddit equal parts research and doomscrolling Crop Photo AI recently started using it to standardize and resize product images for a Shopify

... that adoption is being pushed top-down long before the social norms, evidence, and tradeoffs are fully settled. Comment from Bogomil Shopov - (@bogomep): @adana  Thanks :) I do use it, yes :) Comment from Adana Marukhyan(@adana): @bogomep Really enjoyed the reading of a thread where I met deep analysis and creative approach to the most common topic

... move rankings, pipeline, and product narrative. Each piece is built from the inside out grounded in real campaign data, semantic SEO, and the kind of linguistic precision that most content shops skip. What you'll find inside: Deep-dives on content strategy for AI and SaaS brands Frameworks for topical

... first: does this need a document lookup, a live database query, or an external API call? The agent decides automatically and hits the right source. This is powered by MCP (Model Context Protocol) agents connect directly to SQL databases, Shopify, Odoo, Google Sheets, Notion, Zendesk, and 16+ live data sources. When a customer asks "where is my order?" the agent queries your actual database and returns a real answer in real time. On top of that: - Voice AI agents answer ... ... across channels. Switch from WhatsApp to a phone call, the agent remembers everything. - Multi-LLM failover if one model goes down, traffic shifts automatically. Zero downtime. - Safety guardrails responses scoped strictly to your data. No hallucinations, no going off-topic

... work in public. The CEO building a personal brand without a product to point at is one thing. But by the time the product exists, the brand-without-product founder has 6 months of audience that paid attention to topic, not outcome. Different muscle than a paying-customer audience. What I have seen actually work for indie founders: ship one tiny, useful thing first. Then build the brand by talking about what you learned shipping it. The thing becomes ... ... faked authority. The hard part is the first tiny ship. Most brand-first founders never get to it because the audience starts asking 'so what are you actually building?' around month 4. Running BeginThings, a small landing-page audit shop

... structured-finance team you sit across deals you could never put together as a founder or freelancer: nine-figure renewables transactions, regulated-utility refinancings, multi-counterparty PPP structures. The institution buys you access to scale that a one-person shop simply cannot replicate. That access has a price, and the price is your weekday hours and a chunk of the upside. What the side project does is invert the trade quietly. The templates I sell are built from problems already ... ... have to wake up and continue anyway Comment from Evan Sterling(@evan_sterling): Being a founder sounds freeing until things go wrong then it can feel heavier than any job. Comment from Amine EL KABIRI(@amine_el_kabiri): Cool topic

... strict markdown schema (like a CLAUDE.md or similar instruction file) to tell the LLM how to summarize and map the data. Let the AI build a flat, interlinked wiki overnight with directional backlinks (e.g., Supports [[Topic A]] or Contradicts [[Topic

... voters vs authentic voters? IMO the bar for becoming a trusted Product Hunt user is fairly low, just apply for verification. Comment from Mike Kerzhner(@mikekerzhner): @koalr  sorry about that. Misconfigured permissions. Should work now. Comment from Bogomil Shopov - (@bogomep): This is going for years :) Why change it. The fake votes can bring your project up, but it will not convert users, right? Am I missing something? Comment from Mike Kerzhner(@mikekerzhner): @suzanne_chartier  Review not showing ... ... many people reach out on linkedin after i submitted my latest product here. this definitely changed over the last few years and is kind of annoying. I blocked all of those people reaching out to me - unfortunately the topic

... bunch of bots talking about proxy and sending me DM. If reddit starts working on anti-bot system like fingerprints, and other types of captcha like Shopee does, we will decrease a lot a number of bots. Shopee

... News. I will try to do it free, I will then invest some money in ads. I will try vloggers and directly contacting people that might be interested. I really don't know. Any suggestion and help on the topic will be highly appreciated. I am thinking to do something 'old school' next time, and buy a few books first :D Comment from Stoyan Minchev(@stoyan_minchev): That's why they write in the big books, you need to make ... ... create ideas to pitch to our customers. We only work on pain points that our potential customers have. In other words, we only build when there is a customer. It does sound like a dev shop

... just rank-worthy. Pipeline 3: Topical Authority Builder Publishing is not topical

... Records conversation history and user preferences per persona Emote Learning : Tracks preferred emotes and animations based on user feedback Relationship Metrics : Calculates rapport, familiarity, and trust scores over time Favorite Topics : Automatically identifies and remembers user's favorite conversation topics

... took me 15 minutes). It's almost like how, once someone starts using an iPhone, they don't want to switch back to Android. My main headache with auth/permissions was trusting Lovable to do it well. Those topics have to do with security, and that itself is a very important part of an app. Lovable has a security system that finds all vulnerabilities, but even Lovable themselves say it's not perfect, and multiple runs are recommended. I haven ... ... isolation no access to cookies, localStorage, or the parent DOM. Comment from Adam Pichardo(@adam_pichardo): CS student doing real research, love it. Solo builder here, won't say much about the product yet but happy to talk shop

... with AI agents. Every program must be able to access only the information and resources that are necessary for its legitimate purpose. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @ponikarovskii  Which medical system? :) Comment from Cait M(@pacalacait): This topic is close to my heart. I'm actually building a web-app (a visual management system) using agentic coding tools (what that one guy called vibe coding). It's a bloody great app and I know I've built something ... ... trust AI? it s how tightly is the scope constrained and how observable is the system. One thing I ve noticed working around privacy-sensitive setups (I help out occasionally with a small infra shop

... from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @kavyashree_s1  Regarding public speaking, I have a few tips: practice in front of the camera practice in front of the mirror write down topics, prepare, and talk 15 20 minutes on some topic

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... first page on all key terms against products that have been around for 2 decades and millions in daily traffic. Comment from Ping He(@makerping): @mujoe  depends on a lot of things but end of day all negotiated, shop a few and you will get a feel for it quickly. Comment from Yvonne Jackson(@yvonne_jackson1): I m focusing on warm leads right now from the communities that I m already a part. For example: My consulting newsletter Waitlist ... ... everyone I know. Comment from Yvonne Jackson(@yvonne_jackson1): @mujoe  Sustainable is the key word! I have a mantra right now that says: Peace is my content strategy. So, I m leaning into community and writing about topics

... Facebook helps some businesses forget to delete bad reviews from their old, abandoned Facebook pages, and thanks to that, I ve managed to avoid a few scams.) P.S. When we talk about this topic, Google Chrome just added AI-powered store summaries to help US shoppers

... ngmi): Made a quick Claude artifact based on this thread discussion to find the best prices https://claude.ai/public/artifac... Comment from Atique Bandukwala(@atique_bandukwala1): @busmark_w_nika  also to add something here while we are discussing this topic...please do check out @Vidopix Video is the New Data platform as well...we made this platform with one intent only...to understand video content before it gets published so that it can be optimised for better impact and performance ... ... spread it across all platforms. By the way, Nika, would you be interested in becoming our ambassador? Comment from QIQI(@qiwap): @sumitgoel   @busmark_w_nika  I actually have a list to show how many sale each TikTok shoppable

... tools across different teams, the more I ve seen it play out in reality. Yes, AI speeds things up. Yes, it automates tasks. But what happens with the time it frees? Often, it disappears into distractions - social media, online shopping, context switching. And sometimes, the saved time is misleading because reviewing and editing the AI output can take just as long. The data reflects this too: Generative AI boosts productivity in specific tasks and groups (especially less experienced employees ... ... find that focus and use extra time well. Comment from Satish Rajendran(@satish_rajendran): AI does save time on most of the research and content related tasks. But if you are not well versed in the topic

... physical goods that are sold on Amazon. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @borja_diazroig  Kickstarter sounds more serious because there is a chance to get money directly :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @byalexai  Another topic you are experienced in (of course, I remember, you told me on the call) :D Have you ever met with a scenario where makers boosted their own launch with money so it looked like they had already been donated ... ... Comment from Anas Alshanti(@alshantianas): I ve seen a lot of creators here mention the same challenges building momentum, managing fulfillment, and losing visibility once the campaign ends. That s exactly what inspired me to create Fundlify Crowdfunding, a Shopify

... prefer value-based pricing, where the focus is on the product's unique benefits. As for promotions, I believe they're useful when aligned with brand value but shouldn t compromise perceived quality. That's a quite interesting topic that inspires a lot. Comment from Harsh Shah(@harsh419): @busmark_w_nika  Sure, we're offering 2 plans -- Monthly at $9 and Lifetime at $49.99 Comment from Harsh Shah(@harsh419): Great question pricing is one of the most strategic ... ... looked at cost, competitors, customer usage, and feedback from sales calls. The main problem was how we were communicating value and framing it, especially on our pricing page. We tested a few things: tied pricing to usage, used mystery shoppers

... cross-platform, multimodal agent that sees , hears , thinks , speaks , and acts on your machine. Free & open source. A deterministic, AI-powered timeline intelligence engine that assembles precise, interactive 2D and 3D timelines to explore the journey of any topic, idea, product, or movement over time, grounded in real-world sources. Comment from Sean Howell(@howell4change): A waitlist feature with https://www.producthunt.com/prod... I had used lovable to make a landing page before but solar let me throw in some ... ... creative outlet here are a few things I ve built recently: A simple task management site A resume template site A wedding photography studio landing page A personal portfolio site A retro-style landing page for a beverage shop