QA.tech 1.0 - 24 hours on Product Hunt

@QA.tech first launched on Product Hunt in 2024. On October 8, 2025, they announced 1.0.

Here's a recap of how it went, hour by hour. 

12:01:AM:PST — going live

Step 1: getting featured. Check!

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/products/{yourProduct}/launch-day

01:11:AM:PST — new milestone: 100 points

Product Hunt is a great place for developer tools to launch — a place where many dev-first products launched successfully: @Supabase, @Mintlify, and @Inngest, to name a few.

It helps raise awareness, get feedback, and collect testimonials — the type of materials you can reuse later on for marketing purposes.

Take this comment from @oleg_chumakov, founder of Luden.io, for example.

QA.tech is the first tool that has figured out how to test our video games by using WASD movement and performing in-game actions.

— Oleg Chumakov, CEO of Luden.io

01:35:AM:PST — new milestone: 118 points

When @QA.tech first launched on Product Hunt a year ago, they got 117 points. They just surpassed it.

Product Hunt is about consistency. Launch, and keep launching.

03:35:AM:PST — new milestone: 150 points

Nat '@natlas' Lasica from @UXPin is spot on:

Totally see how this could make life easier for smaller teams. Love the idea.

— Nat Lasica, Product Manager at UXPin

04:01:AM:PST — current status: #1 Product of the Day

@QA.tech is currently #1 Product of the Day, with 159 points and 19 comments.

05:45:AM:PST — new milestone: 200 points

@QA.tech is still #1 Product of the Day and just reached 200 points. They're currently #2 Developer Tool of the Week.

Reminder: @whtmnk and I are going live on Twitter/X at 4 PM CET / 10 AM EST to discuss the behind-the-scenes of this launch. Tune in!

07:42:AM:PST — featured in The Leaderboard

The Leaderboard is @Product Hunt's daily newsletter featuring three takes on new products and yesterday’s top 10 launches.

Their take on @QA.tech:

Testing is the part everyone dreads. You push a release, cross your fingers, and hope nothing catches fire. QA.tech wants to end that guessing game by finding what you’d miss before users ever see it. If it actually does that, it’s not just another dev tool. It’s peace of mind.

Read on →

08:59:AM:PST — new milestones: 250 points, 50 comments

When launching on Product Hunt, you're overwhelmed with comments, feedback and words of appreciation.

Take this comment from @davidculemann for example:

I gave [QA.tech] a whirl and first impression is sweet, very smooth onboarding and chat guided test setup. As a solo builder, this sort of tool could be a game changer for testing.

— David Culemann, solo maker

@QA.tech is currently #1 Product of the Day and #2 Developer Tool of the Week with 250 points.

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12:01:PM:PST — current status: 12 hours to go

Product Hunt is a 24-hour run that started at 12:01 AM PST. At the halfway mark, @QA.tech is #1 Product of the Day with 283 points and 54 comments. 

01:41:PM:PST — new milestone: 300 points

Currently #1 Product of the Day, just reached 300 points. They're now #1 Developer Tool of the Week. 

07:05:PM:PST — current status: #2 Product of the Day

@Retool took the lead! Epic run. @QA.tech remains #2 Product of the Day with 312 points.

12:00:AM:PST — wrapping up

That's a wrap!

Results

• 337 points

• 66 comments

• #2 Product of the Day — featured in The Leaderboard

• 519 new followers on Product Hunt (+186%)

Key takeaway

Launching on Product Hunt as a developer tool works.

When first launched a year ago, @QA.tech didn't get featured. Introducing 1.0, they got featured, 337 points, and ranked #2 Product of the Day.

Launch, and keep launching. Product Hunt pays off in the long term.

Oh and they're still #2 Developer Tool of the Week. See launch →