20 years shipping products, 15 years out of code — and back

Hi everyone! I'm Ilya

20 years shipping products. Started 2005 as a PHP developer at CS-Cart, ended up running it as CEO (50,000+ licensed installs, 3× revenue, ~18 years there). Today: CGO at Co.Actor (AI content for LinkedIn) + Sales & Tech and solo entrepreneur.

I'm also leading GTM for Publora — a social publishing API + MCP server that lets AI agents post, comment, and read feeds across 10 networks with one call. Launching on PH June 10. https://www.producthunt.com/products/publora

What I find genuinely wild: after ~15 years mostly out of code (managing teams, P&L, GTM), AI coding tools pulled me back to building with my own hands. Same craft as 2005, but layered on top of 15 years of operator context. Completely different game.

So I ship a small zoo of personal products too:

• FamilyCheckList - positive parenting (iOS/Android/Web)

• SwipeScan -iOS document scanner

• Personal Health Agent - health data in one place

• AI-first knowledge base - all the context in one place readable for agents

A few will launch publicly soon.

Happy to talk agent-native products, vibe-coding with operator context, Personal brand growth, B2B SaaS, parenting tech, or writing code again at 40+.

What about you — is what you're building right now a pet project, or your main bet?