... more than ever, when you look at new products launching on Product Hunt or anywhere else online, the conversation is dominated by one topic:  virality . There is an endless stream of tools and hacks promising to make your content "explode." It often feels like "going viral" has become the default KPI for every modern business. If you aren't trending, are you even growing? But is going viral a r eal, effective marketing strategy ? Pros: Massive awareness ... ... watching the view counter spin is exciting. Cons: The "tourist" traffic:  Viral hits often bring curious onlookers, not qualified leads. They arrive, look, and leave without converting. Unpredictability:  You cannot build a reliable business model on lottery tickets

... your marketing strategy. So, I compared both options and did the math. Here s what I found.  Fig. 1: Product Hunt also is a collective of newsletters Overview  TLDR is a collective of 12 newsletters on topics like AI, DevOps, and more.  Product Hunt, on the other hand, maintains 3 newsletters: The Leaderboard, Product Hunt s daily digest The Roundup, a weekly summary featuring the top launches The Frontier, a weekly, AI-focused newsletter ... ... others here think about matching product type to ph channel. Comment from Grayson Thornton(@grayson_thornton): What I think is cool about this kind of guide is that it doesn t treat day-of upvotes as a lottery ticket

... internet and how it works (except games like Dota 2 lol), but I always wanted to do my own thing. I never wanted to be employee. I downloaded a lot of courses from pirate torrent websites (SEO, marketing, high-ticket dropshipping) and spent months learning how online business works. Few months later, i opened my company in Bulgaria, because from my country (Macedonia) it was very hard (almost impossible) to setup any type of online business. My first business ever ... ... Baby Names Hub is just one feature of the few big main features we have, so once the parent(s) chooses a name they can move to the Polls and Events features for which they have basically unlimited topics

... month breakdown of my travel expenses: The main whale purchases are flights, rec.gov (these are US national park campsites), and some AirBnB s. It's funny that American Airlines just charges you twice when you buy two tickets. and a ton of campsites... So flights for my partner and I for the holidays, a flight to Europe, and a bunch of campsites that I booked for time I spent in Yosemite. All pretty reasonable! I don t pay rent anywhere ... ... need My Finance ! If that isn't you, maybe check it out so 2026 can be a year of clarity for your spending. Comment from Matt Carroll(@catt_marroll): @dbul  thanks Dan! It seemed a bit off topic

... Wispr Flow , it's completely changed the game on how I interact with my devices, I rarely find myself typing anymore. Even this post was dictated through Wispr Flow. Comment from fmerian(@fmerian): Great topic! I've really enjoyed using @v0 by Vercel . First launched in 2023, they're so back and they ship really fast (launched twice this year). Also genuinely surprised by @Amp . Elegant and opinionated, the AI coding tool has a unique take in their category: available ... ... project manager, I often use: @Canva for design a lot of my social media content. @Unsplash for any free picture to my deck/slides. @Figma yes for the UI/UX apps dev. @AskYura for my business chatbot (helps a lot for ticketing

... control Comment from Alejandro Esquivel(@alejandroesquivel): @minach  For the tasks I let agents handle in autopilot, low effort tasks I feel can be one shotted with the latest models, for medium sized tasks I usually groom a Linear/JIRA ticket along with an agent which narrows down the directions it could go Comment from Cam McMaster(@cam_mcmaster1): If I understand it completely or it s not super complex then I ll let AI do it but read every line ... ... building quickly and discarding. Even if you start from scratch, the code isn t meant to be final, it s useful for rapidly deciding your ideas, conceptualizing them, and communicating your thoughts. Comment from Alessio Di Salvo(@ale206): Nice topic

... delivered to price around users, features, or activity volume? If you switched models, what impact did it have on activation, churn, or predictability? What s working best for you right now? Comment from Laura Cruickshanks(@laura_cruickshanks): Love this topic! Following Comment from Ghost Kitty(@ghost-kitty-8806582): Comment Deleted Comment from Rik Lempens(@rik_lempens): We have both per asset based pricing next to actual usage-based pricing. Why? Our potential customers find it easier to calculate using assets ... ... pure usage; adoption improved but billing anxiety spiked. A simple hybrid works best now: small platform fee with included credits, soft limits with alerts, and a clear annual price ceiling. That combo gave us faster activation and fewer billing tickets

... downvote make people more likely to be harsh or more honest? I m thinking of Reddit, which relies on downvotes, but also of Facebook s negative reactions like Sad or Angry for expressing a different stance on the topic. Should regular discussion posts on PH also have a downvote button? (For now, it only applies to comments.) One thing I noticed about myself [UX/UI feedback]: I was so used to the "Upvote" and "Reply" buttons that I automatically tried ... ... community chooses to interpret and use it. Comment from Ritik Ranjan(@ritik_ranjan): Interesting observation! I think downvotes can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, they help highlight low-quality or off-topic

... At a time when everyone allows themselves to build any solution using AI, it is difficult to differentiate themselves, and ...

... gave you feedback on the bigger picture. Curious to hear your take! Comment from Leonardo Zanobi(@leonardo_zanobi): @brainless  yeah I agree and share your point, I could have explained not clearly my point, when talking about architectural topics I meant more overall project structure rather than bare metal things ( that's one of my preferred task to tackle ). about "all tasks upfront" I need to agree once more, and furthermore it just isn't the right path ... ... into development and you'd need to rewrite all the initially scheduled tasks. Comment from Sumit Datta(@brainless): I generally do not ask high level architecture questions or when I do, I do that to break the task into tickets

... similar code generation tool. There will be obstacles, there will be confusing steps and frustration. That happens when we send our software ideas to developers too. What I want to encourage is to try. Learn about the topics a little, some basics of a software development workflow, how GitHub manages software development, what does DigitalOcean or Amazon Web Services provide, etc. It is OK if we do not get a fully working, bug-free software launched ... ... development is changing and I believe more people are going to be empowered . To conclude, here is a little experiment I did where I spent just about 45 minutes to describe a software to Claude.ai , asking it to create tickets

... your frontline support team, available 24/7 across: WhatsApp , Instagram , Messenger , and your website bubble chat With Antalyze, you get: Analytics Dashboard Get deep insights into chat performance, engagement, and resolutions. Topic & Intent Analysis Understand what users are asking and why, so you can improve CX and conversions. Auto-Ticketing

... hours a day answering support requests. Now I timebox it to no more than one hour. Support has become a permanent part of my daily routine. I built my own ticket system with Cursor. Every day I open my admin dashboard and go through pending tickets

... A few of us at Product Hunt are putting on our most brutally honest (but helpful!) hats and roasting landing ...

... note is also valid. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): I think that guys who are constantly remote working would welcome some boot camp or so (maybe trying to ask through some poll or create a waitlist or ticket sale) because when you are lacking colleagues and want to meet with like-minded people in the industry, some guys are more likely to travel to experience something like that. It's hard to say. SF is far away from Europe ... ... Rohan Chaubey(@rohanrecommends): A unique way to help new Makers could be PH launching something similar to LinkedIn Learning or YC School. It could feature mini-course style content created by PH team or experienced PH community members. The topics

... curation, not just generic AI suggestions. We're building a tool for SMMs to find fresh, trending content ideas via smart curation- not just generic Al suggestions Comment from Chris Wood(@cpwood): Notably News -- "Email updates about your favorite topics... rarely!" I have struggled with this -- as always! -- so thank you in advance. Comment from Sepideh Yazdi(@sepidy): Call our AI agent and tell us what internal tool you need, receive it in a day! Comment from Shubham Pancholi(@shubham ... ... built for developers. Using a multi-agent process with GPT, Claude, and Gemini models, Snippfy reviews, develops, and quality-checks code before generating a pull request. It integrates directly with task management tools like Jira and Trello, automatically pulling tickets

... everyone! I'm exploring platforms in which I can host live, recurring speaking series or even one-off sessions. A must-have preference is the option to receive payment for "ticket" sales / attendance. A nice-to-have preference is for the platform charge a % of ticket