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Nick Kramer

24d ago

The reality of building on MCP: Is the friction worth it?

We ve spent the last few months moving our Google Workspace tools over to the Model Context Protocol (MCP). While the potential for 'agentic' workflows is huge, but the friction of working on the edge of a new protocol is very real.

For those who haven't dived in yet, the biggest hurdle we found was the Remote vs. Local setup, rather than the protocol itself. Most tutorials focus on local command-line installs, but for a production-ready SaaS, you have to build for remote MCP servers. This requires a completely different approach to authentication and persistent state that the current docs don't fully cover yet.

Sanja Micic

2yr ago

What's your most productive day of the week? 🚀

My definite favorite is Wednesday.
Nika

3mo ago

How has the product hunt community helped you and what help would you still expect?

After more than three years of observing this platform (mainly in the forums), I can see which posts have helped you the most. [Yes, I can tell based on their performance.] In addition to updated news from the tech industry, you liked the most:

website roasting and

tagline adjustments/improvements for launch day (mostly from @aaronoleary )

Nika

4mo ago

What new job position rise do you see in upcoming years?

LinkedIn officially shared the job titles that started appearing more often, and with the rise of AI, the market is restructuring.

The actual top 10 roles that have seen the biggest rise in listings (in the U.S.) are:

  1. AI engineers Engineers developing and implementing AI models that perform complex tasks

  2. AI consultants and strategists - Helping organisations plan and implement AI technologies to improve operations

  3. New home sales specialists Which sounds like a rebranding or real estate agent

  4. Data annotators Labelling and reviewing data for AI projects

  5. AI/ML researchers Designing new AI models and systems

  6. Healthcare reimbursement specialists Ensuring healthcare providers are getting correct and timely payments

  7. Strategic advisors and independent consultants Which seems like a pretty broad-ranging segment

  8. Advertising sales specialists You re reading a marketing blog, I assume you know this one

  9. Founders Not sure this can be listed as a job title in itself, but LinkedIn s keen to highlight how people are shifting to their own businesses

  10. Sales executives

Nika

1yr ago

What monetization strategy do you apply during the launch on Product Hunt?

I noticed that many of you are using discounts, which is great. Well, recently I started "witnessing" a very specific behaviour about myself: I am more likely to purchase products with a one-time payment rather than a subscription plan when they are launched. Do you have the same from the user's point of view? Startups and businesses, what monetization strategies are you using on this special day?
Astro Tran

2mo ago

Does building something to fight loneliness make you lonelier as a founder?

There is a strange irony I have been sitting with lately.

I am building an app specifically to help young people feel less alone. And yet, some of the loneliest moments I have experienced have been in the past year, building it.

Tristan Pollock

11mo ago

The Ultimate AI Vibe Marketing Arsenal 🚀

the ai marketing space is going crazy right now, but there's this weird gap i keep noticing tools specifically built for "vibe marketing" are all over the place and barely tagged on product hunt. you know what i mean? those ai tools that don't just pump out generic content but actually get your brand's personality and create connections that feel real. after months of obsessively testing everything from ai sales bots to content optimizers, i finally put together a collection of tools that are absolutely crushing this balance between smart algorithms and actual human vibes: https://www.producthunt.com/@pol...

what gets me hyped about this whole category is how these tools are cracking the code on ai marketing's biggest problem: staying authentic while scaling like crazy. we're talking about ai that doesn't just spit out content it creates stuff that actually hits different, builds genuine trust, and gives people those good vibes that turn random visitors into ride-or-die fans. the tools in my collection are the real deal when it comes to this movement, from community platforms that actually understand culture to content creators that read the room and adjust their tone.

Clay vs Apollo vs manual research. What actually works?

I ve been experimenting with different ways to build outbound lists recently.

The usual tools show up quickly.

Clay. Apollo.
A bunch of automations promising endless leads.

And they are useful.

Chris Messina

7mo ago

Product Hunt maker comment trolled as AI slop in r/OpenAI

Folks, please. This isn t LinkedIn (YET).
Write your own maker comments.
Sheesh.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/...

Umar Saleem

2yr ago

300-Day Streak +1K Followers: A Journey of Fire and Followers! 🔥💪

From 0 to 300: Marking 300 Days of Consistency, 1K Followers 1300 Points 22 Badges! Let's Connect and Grow Stronger! I'm looking for Product Hunt user groups on different platforms. If you know any, could you drop the link? Thanks a bunch, no matter where it's at!