Today I launched #32 on PH and was thinking back to the first software product I made.
It was a simple .exe popup I sent to a few friends...they had to type 'Andrew is awesome' before it would go away 🤣
I was so pleased...
A chat server and client all in one during college days, before social networks and internet were a thing. The college network admins found it difficult to get rid of off their network as everyone would be joining everyone, forming a mesh network. I was so proud to be part of the campus's increased "productivity levels", who knows, I could have been part of several couples meeting each other and having future kids now 😄
My first PH launched product is Company 360 (for iOS): Stock research and valuation for ‘Robinhood’ style app users with access to only bare-bones trading and no research.
Back early days of facebook: A facebook toolbar for Firefox. Showing you your facebook header with new messages & requests no matter where you were surfing the web.
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Did the legal department approach you? (Badge of honor ;-) )
My friend’s summer job at a real estate agency in ~2012 was to manually input the prices of apartments and homes into a spreadsheet so that the company knew how to price their units.... so I built a Craigslist scraper utility which automated the process to sell to the real estate company. I tried to license it to the company, but they refused to pay a yearly fee and countered with a lowball (like $100 to own the code) so I put it away and now it gathers dust on a usb drive 😝
@zachary_blender Craiglist still undervalued ;-) especially in all this duopoly nonsense ;-)
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My first product was a simple game made in python where you control a character. Pizzas and broccoli are flying at you and you have to get the pizza and avoid the broccoli. As you get more and more pizza your character gets fatter and fatter. Once you ate enough pizza, the simple stick figure character was replaced by a picture of my older brother (who had gained weight recently).
My family got a big kick out of it!
Seeing the enjoyment my family got out of my game made me want to continue making games. Now I just released a game that people other than just my family would enjoy.
Phrenemies! - https://phrenemies.com
Since I am not that old to PH and I have released only 2 product So I remember both... 😛 ("Email blocklist checker" and Grade My Email (https://www.producthunt.com/post...))
but the fun fact I explore more here and love to see the idea merged with technology.
My first one is Notice Hire where HR hunt people who serving in notice period.
I'm on the pause mode now but I'm recharging myself to launch series of products.
But recently I've started my personal domain and things are going well like I've enabled Adsense and getting decent users ( 1$/ Month ). I wanted to start multiple content blog to see if that generating revenue.
My coding skills are okay but I'm lacking the idea skills and validation so hence that pause.
DiamPrice, an iOS app that helps you calculate the price of diamonds. I made it for my father to use in his business and eventually launched it on the App Store. I wish I knew back then what I knew now because I would have been able to do a lot more with it!
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