I'm three weeks from launch and I have a list of fourteen things I could still build. I know I can't build all of them. What I don't have is a rule for deciding.
The rule I've been using "cut anything that isn't core" is useless, because everything feels core when you're the one who built it.
What I'm trying to get to is a single non-negotiable: the one thing that, if it's missing, the product isn't the product. Everything else is a candidate for cutting.
So for the solo makers here: what was your one non-negotiable thing at launch, and what did you cut that you thought you couldn't? And looking back, did cutting it hurt, or did nobody notice?
I've been in PMM for almost 7 years and I'd love to see if I'm missing some cool tooling to work more efficiently. So, what tools do you use for - user research, - market research,
- crafting persona & job stories & user journey, - feature feedback & feature prioritizing & roadmap planning,
- developing & implementing go-to-market strategies, - creating positioning, - planning all PMM activities, syncing with the team, managing other marketers & product people in your team Super curious to learn from other product people here
We are pumped to be launching ArianaAI on ProductHunt tomorrow! Ariana is a ChatGPT-powered AI assistant that lives in your WhatsApp. From daily tasks to travel or questions that take more than a single google search, Ariana is always there and you can chat to her as you would text a friend. I managed to grow our users to over 10k already (on both paid and free plans) - Ask Me Anything! Will be happy to share my strategy and hopefully help someone else! Check it out: https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Last week Garry Tan (CEO of Y Combinator) shared his entire Claude Code setup on GitHub and called it "god mode."
He's sleeping 4 hours a night. Running 10 AI workers across 3 projects simultaneously. And openly saying he rebuilt a startup that once took $10M and 10 people. Alone, with agents.
Curious if this is just me or other devs face it too. I use Jira and GitHub MCPs inside claude code to fetch my tickets and complete them as autonomously as possible.
But it always keeps messing up finding the correct repos, branching properly or delivering a PR without CI failing. And I end up repeating instructions and copy-pasting CI errors and asking to fix it. I tracked this and I spent on avg 75mins a day repeating context and instructions.
It's Thanksgiving week and as we all reminisce on what we are thankful for this year I thought it would be fun to include products in the mix. What products are you thankful for?
Personally, I'll be traveling to Brazil and I'll have plenty of time to work on my Project Pastick. So my main objective is to have a MVP opened to b ta testers.
Yours ?
Everyone talks about productivity, meditation, cold showers, morning routines and what not. What are some unusual activities that WORK for you and keep you flowing?
