I've been self hosting automation tools for years. But I see many developers and non technical users struggling to get started with open source AI agents (n8n, OpenClaw, etc.).

You want the control and privacy of self hosting, but the reality is:

• You need a server, Docker, SSL, backups, and monitoring.

• Updates break things.

• Security is on you.

So I'm curious for those of you who have tried (or wanted to try) self hosting an AI agent:

I built Prodshort because I understood after my previous companies that the hard thing is not to Build but to Sell.
But because I'm a builder, not a seller. I decided to build something that Sells for me.
And Because the trend is Founder Led Marketing, I decided to build something that Create content on your behalf.
But there was a lot of AI tools out there. So I decided to go the opposite way, make it the most authentic possible.
I want you to create content when you are not even aware of it.
And honestly it worked for me. Many people tell me it's amazing but to keep it honest, NO ONE PAYED, and that's the only KPI I'm looking at.
For now, I have feedback about the landing page being too AI generated, and doesn't reflect the quality of our product.
And Builder socially scared from sharing there first content.
Let me know what you think https://www.producthunt.com/prod...

Hey everyone,

I made this extension for myself because long chats in ChatGPT and Gemini kept getting slow and annoying to work with.

At first I just wanted to make long AI chats easier to handle, but then I added export too, because I often need to move information from one chat to another or save useful chats somewhere else.

Now it can:

guys we just launched the GradPipe delta engine: GradPipe - Delta Engine
it analyzes your profile (resume, portfolio, github code), measure the delta between you and the person in your dream engineering role and tells you the exact specific projects that could help you cover the delta, please give any feedbacks, suggestions, you have and do support our launch.

When I first started, I believed that as long as I built a great product, it would naturally become popular. But as I zoomed out, I realized the market is incredibly competitive. Having a good product alone isn t enough to truly convince users.

That s when I began building my presence on social media creating content about myself, sharing my journey, and talking about the product I m building. I ve come to see this as a very effective way to build trust and spark genuine interest not only in what I make, but also in who I am as a founder.

With the advent of clawdbots, it's as if we've all lost our inhibitions and "put our lives completely in their hands."

I'm all for delegating work, but not giving them too much personal/sensitive stuff to handle.

Hey fam!
Thanks for all the support and interest for Citable! We're super excited to help you out along the GEO journey hands on)
During our launch, a lot of you asked very real, non-hype questions about AI visibility and GEO. Instead of answering them one by one in comments (which we did, but not enough), we re opening this up as a shared walkthrough on how to research GEO properly and turn it into measurable action.

Here are the exact questions people have been asking us:

• How is GEO actually different from SEO? What signals do LLMs care about?

• How do you know which prompts are worth optimizing before spending time or money?

• How do you separate being mentioned from being trusted or recommended ?

• How do you track impact when models are non-deterministic and drift over time?

• How do actions like Reddit posts, blogs, or LinkedIn content actually move AI answers?

• How do you prioritize when ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini disagree?

• Is this just analytics, or can you actually improve outcomes?

We ll walk through how we approach these questions step by step, using Citable as the working tool among others: