I remember the era when people on X started gossiping that this platform is dead. (IMO, they were just angry that some rules had changed and they weren't featured.)

I can speak for myself that, being here for more than 3 years, I have had many opportunities:

• got free access to many tools or were sent physical products

• had calls and touch with the members of the community and also the internal team, including the CEO

• was encouraged to create a hackathon (last year)

• recongition

• there were also many missed opportunities from my side to hunt products

• featuring in newsletter with 140k+ recipients strengthening my personal brand position

Yesterday we recapped our past 3 months, and I would like to continue in accountability.

Whether you have personal goals or business/career goals, write them down in the comments and after a quarter, we will revisit what we have done. (And what we will push into Q4.) :D

There are a lot of products being hunted, launched, and competing for attention here.

But I still see some makers missing the very basics.

I don t want to rant here (but I probably will a bit)...

Almost every ad visual, but also a lot of organic content on social media, is very generic and created by AI (I get it, it s a cheaper and more scalable way of promoting). But when everyone does it, it becomes really hard to stand out and differentiate yourself.

AI is incredibly good, I d even say almost perfect.

And for many people, that uniformity of perfect templates is starting to feel annoying.

Vercel Day is back Thursday, July 16

Last month's edition pulled in over 750 launches. This one's going to be bigger, and darker :wink:

There are founders you d love to NOT work for. And then there are founders whose company you wouldn t want to leave, no matter what.

A big part of that comes down to people, their values, and their character.

And often, that starts with the founder.

We know this situation exists, but not many people are openly talking about it.

Being in a highly competitive entrepreneurial environment is challenging on many levels... not only in terms of sales and business growth, but also legal responsibilities, administration, and often handling most things independently, all while managing family and personal stuff.

A lot of people try to raise funding before they even begin.

And then sometimes I read those zero to hero stories. (Maybe they re a bit "polished" by the media to have publicity.)

In any case, building products has become much easier from a technical perspective, which also makes it cheaper especially for software startups.

Since I haven't been able to meet my work goals very well in the last few quarters, I now plan to approach them more systematically and not push myself too hard on work goals, as that ultimately led to problems that made my plan less sustainable.

So here is my structure and list: