... uninvited guest that shows up around month 3 of building your startup. You know the one. You started with fire in your belly, convinced you're building the next big thing. Then slowly, quietly, it creeps in: "Who even needs this?" "Why would anyone pay for this?" "Am I just building a solution looking for a problem?" Been there. Still visit there sometimes. Here's what I've learned about wrestling this demon: 1. Talk to Users, Not Your Mirror ... ... this week. Not surveys. Real conversations. Ask them about their problems, not your solution. Their pain points will either validate your direction or help you pivot before it's too late. 2. Find Your "One Person" You don't need

... that, we weren't even a consumer software company. By January, we were seeing long posts on LinkedIn and X about how the product had changed people s lives. We also saw ~20% of our users convert to paid (vs. the usual 3 4%), and organic growth of ~90% month-over-month in January and February. On average, users were doing around 100 dictations a day and typing only 25 30% of their total input on a keyboard ... ... company. It doesn't sound sexy, doesn't sound world-changing. But when we talk to users, they say this has had a bigger impact on their life than literally anything else. That was the only signal we really needed

... format. But their own audience? Small business owners or enterprise buyers who don t relate to that tone at all. Your job is to create content that resonates not alienates. Your job also isn t to be everywhere. You need to be where your audience is and to show up in a way that plays to your strengths. Some founders are great on camera, like Amjad Masad (Replit). Others prefer podcasting, like Jacob Eiting (RevenueCat), or writing, like Aravind Srinivas ... ... Perplexity). You don t need

... community, I recently launched TOVIDEO, an AI-powered video creation app for iOS. You can turn text prompts or photos into cinematic-quality videos in seconds no editing skills needed. Key features: Multiple AI Models: LTX Video, Google Veo 3, Pixverse, Kling, and more Text-to-Video & Image-to-Video: From ideas or existing images Customizable Styles: Cinematic, animated, realistic, and more Fast & Affordable: Quick rendering with competitive pricing Constantly Evolving: New AI models added regularly App Store ...

... remains a static snapshot trained through April 2025, not a self-evolving mind. I'm sorry to those of you who want your own WALL-E or Baymax, but AGI isn't here yet. Here is everything you need to know, from the model lineup and ChatGPT s six headline upgrades to vibe coding magic, benchmark records, and more. The models you get As has become the trend in AI model launches, GPT-5 is no single monolith. OpenAI offers ... ... five distinct engines for users and developers, so you pay only for the power and latency you need

... Everyone focuses differently. And for a lot of people, where and how they work makes a huge difference . Some need silence. Others need

... Personally, I started out alone. Eventually, I partnered up with someone who was better at the technical execution side for what we were trying to do. Now we run a service business together that helps founders get momentum without needing a whole team on day one. That changed everything. Still, I think about how much of this journey was possible before I had a partner. Curious what others think is solo a smart risk or a slow death? I wouldn ... ... friend who tried to go solo. I think it's not about capabilities, you may be the best CEO/CTO mix, but at the end of the day. You only got 24 hours, that's why you need

... share what I built, because honestly, I'm proud of it. For years, my world was the LAMP stack. PHP, jQuery, a trusty MySQL database. I could build things with my eyes closed. But every time a project needed invoicing, I'd hit the same wall of tedious, frustrating work.  So, I decided to build the solution for myself. The rule was simple: no using my comfort zone. I wanted a real challenge, to build something scalable and learn ...

... Remember the first time you offloaded a tedious coding task to an AI? For me, it was asking ChatGPT to write a regex because I was too lazy to get the syntax right. I literally described the pattern I needed in plain English, hit enter, and voila the regex appeared. I had effectively vibed my way to a solution without manually coding anything. At the time, I didn t think of it as anything radical; it was just using ... ... trusting the AI to fill in the blanks. By early 2023, many of us had adopted this habit. We would describe what we wanted in natural language, get AI-generated code, and then tweak or fix it as needed

... those unfamiliar, PromptBase is an amazing platform that allows creators to share and sell high-quality, ready-to-use AI prompts for specific tasks. Think of it as a marketplace where you can easily find the exact prompt you need to solve your problem, whether it's for content creation, data manipulation, or brainstorming ideas. --- ### What Makes My Prompts Stand Out? I ve worked hard to craft highly specialized prompts that serve a wide range of creative and technical needs

... over three years and it keeps growing (now having more than 34,000 active users). lately, we're curious and looking for feedback. we've been thinking like "what kind of features currently we don't have but people need these days to make their website-building journey easier?" we're also planning to launch it on Product Hunt soon, so any thoughts or suggestions would really help us shape it better. would love to hear your thoughts. have ...

... African emerging markets https://seamount.io Comment from Prakhar Nag(@prakhar_nag): Hi @rajiv_ayyangar , Applied! Building Documet A voice-first AI assistant that transforms static documents into conversational, shareable agents. Built for teams in healthcare, finance, and ops who need instant, hands-free answers from dense documentation, no more CTRL+F or digging through files. We ll be launching on Product Hunt soon, excited to build in public, learn from the YC community, and push the boundaries of voice ... ... roof. Not sure whether YC is looking for ecommerce startups anymore though Comment from Sourav Chakraborty(@csourav_17): Building a Graphic Design Assistant that can generate through conversation, no prompts or templates are required. Small businesses and individuals need

... sleek the kind of site that just looks amazing, full of cool animations, the works. I thought that was the secret sauce. But then I had a moment that shifted my thinking. Someone pointed out that written instructions or alternative formats are essential for people who can t access certain content types. It made me realize how easy it is to overlook needs

... aiming to do?) Klara is here to become a loyal assistant for the modern person living in the digital world. Our biological brain is not well-suited to handle the huge amount of information we face every day. We need a new, powerful tool. Klara is an AI-powered assistant designed to solve this problem. It is your digital brain. A digital extension of you, fully under your control. Motivation (Why are we doing this?) We have two main motivations ... ... Managing the chaos: We believe the amount of information we face each day has gone beyond our ability to manage it. It has reached a point where we are no longer in control. We need

... types. Atono has a concept of a "Story" and "Bug" (others to come) and uses Product Theme to group stories into themes. Is a "theme" expansive enough to cover these other item types in your environment or do you need "Epics" and others? Jira allows users to add labels ad-hoc, for any purpose. So each workspace is a unique creation. Should labels be allowed in a clean layout of stories and bugs? Jira allows for custom fields ... ... purpose. Complicated to manage, keep from proliferating, they become validation checks to restrict state change, etc. Often these are used to mask poor process, workflow, reporting needs

... been primarily using @Cursor as I like how it operates, enjoy that it's visual, and I am getting very comfortable with using it and being able to easily select different code bits and modify what I need....however.... I recently started using Gemini CLI in @Warp and I must say... I'm kinda liking it. I feel that it's able to do a lot more, faster without needing

... adding a specific service to QuickAgent? What platform would you love to have AI communicate with? Now you can easily upvote the services that you want prioritized and we'll make sure we hit them in order of most-needed. See below. And if you don't see one you want on the site, comment here and I'll add it to our queue ...

... Design the new feature The more thought and planning that goes into the design phase, the faster everything moves later. It s easy to put together a few concept screens in Figma but great design goes beyond visuals. Designers need to imagine how the feature will actually be used in the real world, anticipate edge cases, and map out complete user flows. Not just the happy path. At Clueso, we re building a video editing platform. Like any powerful design ... ... lead to an almost infinite number of user states and interactions. In the past, when our designs only covered broad concepts and not end-to-end workflows, engineers would often hit roadblocks. Either they d get stuck midway and need

... would have taken months of development in the past can now be done in under a week. Take that time to really think through the user flows, screens, and overall design. The backend and all the features do not need to be fully functional, but you should have enough to explain how they will work. Then, pick a small group of potential users you trust. Make sure these people are actually indicative of your ideal customer profile ... ... patterns. Some of the feedback should prompt you to make instant changes, so you can show an updated version to the next interviewee. Other points should be thoroughly evaluated before adding to the roadmap. 5. Differentiate between niche needs

... providing your real-life context to an intelligent assistant that will allow you to better understand, interact, share, or remember the world around you. Fieldy focuses on remembering, and more proactively reminding you about your latest interactions, things you need to do based on your day or meetings, and even a nice recap of how your day went. The device is a lightweight wearable designed to blend reminders, voice capture, and productivity tools into a single, always-on companion. After ... ... first impression of the actual device was that the plastic finish felt a little underwhelming, especially if you re used to the polish of Apple or Nothing devices. This made me want to hide the device vs

... Hope for #1 of the Day But here s the question nobody asks: What comes before that? Because for most solo builders, this is the real launch: 3 retweets 0 feedback Silent DMs Empty traffic spikes You don t need dopamine. You need

... generation function of "EasySlides", which accidentally saved my late-night overtime work. This is not a promotion, but purely to share the real experience: My Crash Scene I received a temporary task at 5pm on Tuesday: "I need a 15-page PPT on the technical structure of the product at 9am tomorrow morning". As a non-technical origin of the operation, just organizing the logical framework took 3 hours, only overnight option left from the deadline. Operation flow ... ... intervention Feed the demand (2 minutes) Scattered bullet points were entered into the EasySlides text box: "Generate an introduction to SaaS-enabled industrial IoT platform, audience is investors, highlight real-time data processing capabilities and edge computing benefits, need

... Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @aleksandra_trueme  aaaa :D now I get it :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @laura_cruickshanks  aaa, okay :D got it. Now, I am not at that point of building :D I need to find a good idea to be motivated to code it :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @laura_cruickshanks  But does the app have to be developed by myself? Because at the moment, I do not have ... ... never figured out how to publish it on the App Store. So, the project files are still lying on my computer, haha. Comment from Gin Tse(@jean_xavier): @busmark_w_nika  Yes, independent developers on the App Store need

... heartfelt stories and messages that inspire you including Voices From the Past, a feature that resurfaces forgotten thoughts and feelings to spark new connections and deeper empathy. please check my web app MVP here Self Script MVP need feedback guys and also suggestions ...

... These days, almost every product that launches comes with some form of AI. It's become the default AI for this, AI for that. And honestly, most of them don t really need it. The result? Everything starts to feel the same. The only real selling point becomes we use AI. That s exactly why I started building @HumanEye because not every problem should be solved by AI. Some things, like resume reviews and career guidance, still deserve the human ... ... empathy, and context still matter a lot, especially in careers and creativity. Comment from aliza beth(@deleted-8653260): Totally agree. I've noticed how "AI-powered" has become the default tagline lately even when the product doesn't actually need