Unpopular opinion: Most SaaS founders overbuild. The MVP era is dead.

Welcome to the MLP era.

🧵 Let’s talk about it:

1/

We used to ship MVPs — barebone, ugly, functional.

The goal? Validate fast, fail faster.

But look around Product Hunt today…

Every launch looks like Apple made it.

2/

📦 Clean UI

⚡ Blazing speed

📣 Brand voice on point

💬 Polished onboarding flows

Even beta products are dripping with love.

Why? Because Minimum Viable is no longer enough.

3/

👉 We’re in the age of the Minimum Lovable Product (MLP).

People don’t just want it to work.

They want it to feel good, look good, and tell a story.

MVP gets users.

MLP gets fans.

4/

But here’s the dilemma:

Build fast or build lovable?

Shipping early gets feedback.

Shipping refined builds trust.

What’s the right balance?

5/

So I want to ask the Product Hunt tribe:

💬 Would you rather:

A. Launch raw and iterate in public

B. Polish until it’s memorable (even if it delays you)

C. Something in between?

Drop your vote. Share your take.

What’s worked for you? What backfired?

👇 Let’s discuss 👇