nerdkick

nerdkick

Solo dev building tools for indie hacker

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Solo dev. Building side projects and learning in public. Currently working on IdeaDose — AI that kills bad startup ideas before you waste time building them.

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We Tracked 1,000 Product Hunt Launches. Here's What the Top 10% Did Differently.

Last month, I went down a rabbit hole.

Product Hunt launches are every founder's obsession. Everyone wants to know the secret formula.

So I used Rankfender to analyze 1,000 Product Hunt launches from 2025-2026 tracking their AI visibility, citation rates, and what actually correlated with success.

Here's what the top 10% did that everyone else missed.

Your Site Is Translated. Your AI Visibility Isn't. That's a €45k Gap.

You spent thousands translating your site.

French. German. Spanish. Japanese. Maybe more.

Here's the painful truth: Your site is translated. Your AI visibility isn't.

When a German user asks ChatGPT in German about your category, you're invisible. When a French prospect searches Perplexity in French, your competitor shows up.

I Spent 6 Months Building a Product AI Would Never Mention. Here's What I Learned.

Six months ago, I launched a product.

Beautiful landing page. Great onboarding. Real customers. Solid retention.

One problem: AI never mentioned it.

Not in ChatGPT. Not in Perplexity. Not in Gemini.

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