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What hobbies or skills do the founders in the Product Hunt community have?

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Whenever I click through to the social media profiles of the makers in the product hunt community, I find that they are quite versatile and are involved in things other than just business.

What other skills do you have besides your work skills?

I turned some of my hobbies into a business a few years ago, but reverted back to just enjoying them as hobbies:

  • photography/videography/editing

  • yoga/workouts

  • photomodeling (yeah, I was paid also for that šŸ˜€)

  • learning foreign languages

I would like to hear what other "super-powers" you have besides coding, marketing or sales. :-)

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I donā€™t even know what state Iā€™m in right now. All I do is sit with my PC or phone, writing prompts, building stuff. I donā€™t code, I am not a developer, I just make AI do it for me. Thatā€™s how I built , , Lexistock and many more.

My inner self knows Iā€™m messing up somewhere. Sitting all day. Ignoring things that matter. My wife isnā€™t happy with how deep Iā€™ve gone into this. But stillā€¦ my fingers move on their own. They donā€™t want to stop. I try to rest, but even while sleeping, ideas keep circling in my head. I wake up, and I build.

Itā€™s not always healthy, but it gives me peace. That feeling when something you imagined turns real, even if itā€™s small, itā€™s addictive. I know I should travel, I know I should go with friends, but I can't even if I want. For me, building is hobby, timepass and work. I feel happy when I think something, write it and it comes out beautifully done with words. And maybe thatā€™s the problemā€¦ or maybe thatā€™s the gift.

Any suggestion to balance evrything??

Ā At least, try to grab your notebook to the nature (and you can say you touched the grass) :P Jokes aside, I would suggest to find a physical activity where your arms are busy, ideally some sport :)

Ā Don't feel guilty-you're not alone. This is what Chat-GPT said to me

Ā I am very much this way too. What worked for me was planning and scheduling the work. If I don't plan it, then I will start working on whatever pops into my head, and I can't stop until I see that idea through. But if I add it to a task list and put it on the calendar, then it literally frees me. If I get everything I scheduled done early, then I can do anything else, guilt free.

Thankfully I'm sometimes forced into more social situations and I remember I like people. One of my coworkers at my day job suggested we start going on walks and I realized (remembered?) that I actually enjoy being outside. For me, little things like that along with having my work in a schedule has really helped with the work-life balance.

thanks, I will try to impelemnt this.

Ā Good luck!

Ā  Ā  "If I don't plan it, then I will start working on whatever pops into my head," Aren't we twins? šŸ¤£

hahahaha šŸ˜‚

I think founders often underestimate how much their hobbies fuel their creativity, sometimes even more than business books do.

Ā Good you mentioned: Books and travelling are also on my list.

What works for you? :)

Ā Right now Sneaker Shopping. I have 20+ Pair. Need to shopping more. šŸ˜„

Ā Shoppaholic? :D I feel we need to earn more money to purchase all of them :DD

Ā That's why I'm on a quest for the best sneakers, so I can outrun my competitors, dodge feature requests, and cross the finish line before anyone else even hits ā€œdeploy". šŸ˜„

I see a lot of makers getting good at CapCut, Canva, sales, and writing tweets or posts. Iā€™m still new, but thinking of going deeper into CapCut editing. Do you think itā€™s a good skill to grow with?

Ā I'm picking it up, not the steepest learning curve and just needs reps! Good luck with it :)

Ā nice, I'm learning it, easy than i've thought!

Ā I think that a video production is worth it. Video is one of the most consumed formats across platforms! :)

Ā same thoughts! let's do it :)

Hey! Trail Running, Karate, Flying! ;-)

Ā wait wait wait! What flying? :D How? :D

I do Muay Thai, read books and have a very cute doggo. Sometime I also go for bike rides. Last not least playing chess.

Ā What good book have you read lately? :)

Ā currently reading a book called The safe place by Anna Downes. It's not bad so far.

Ā Fiction book?
Do you have any recommendations for non-fiction? :)

Well, that was a nice discussion. I am interested in learning new languages, watching TV, and running in nature.

Ā What languages do you learn? :)

Ā German :) You?

Ā German as well + Spanish and French (But this one is very hard) :D

I love football! Actually, I'd wanted to be a pro footballer before stepping into building products :)

Ā Do you still play (at least for hobby)? :)

Ā Yep, that's my main passion!

I'm not yet the founder of my own project, but I find this question quite interesting. Here are some of my daily hobbies:

  1. Coffee: I enjoy both pour-over and espresso-style coffee. I find peace in the process of brewing coffee and love exploring different coffee beans.

  2. Meditation: It has given me a lot of inner strength and helped me navigate through past chaos.

  3. AI: Lately, I've been using AI to create small tools, organize my thoughts, and even structure novel settings and outlines.

  4. Crafts: Wire art and collage journaling bring me a sense of flow and creativity.

Ā When you are talking about AI coding/crafting,Ā do you have any programming background? Or are you learning from scratch?

Ā I have no prior coding experience, but I use Cursor and Claude to assist me. I rely on Cursor to write small tools and use Claude to answer my questions. Essentially, Iā€™m learning as I goā€”rather than focusing on traditional coding, Iā€™m more interested in figuring out how to better utilize AI coding tools.

Ā So do you somehow understand the code, or just giving prompts of your visualisation and "rating" the UX/UI result? :)

Ā Most of the time, it's the latter. However, after seeing enough examples, I can roughly understand the structure of the code. I know how to modify specific styles without relying on AI.

What a wonderful thread!
When I'm not working on my product (rare), I:
- run my nonprofit (feeding stray animals at Ukraine's frontlines)
- read (55+ books/year)
- dance in a mosh pit (any punks here?)

Ā Wow, you have so many books read. What was your fave?

Surfing!

Part of the reason I work so hard is so I can have the freedom to surf all the time as soon as possible

Ā Where do you surf? My country doesn't have the sea, so it is kinda unreal for me. šŸ˜…šŸ™ˆ

Ā new york city baby. rockaway beach.

A holiday trip to a beginner surf destination is worth it for you to give it a try!

Ā I silently envy. :D

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