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Designing for 2026: Why calculators don't have to be boring anymore π
Hi Product Hunt community!
I m Todoroki, and I ve spent the last few weeks obsessing over a simple question: Why do most utility apps still look like they belong in 2010?
Tomorrow, I m launching the Todoroki Calculator 2026. My goal wasn t just to build a tool that adds numbers, but to create a Glassmorphism masterpiece that feels fast, modern, and inspiring to use.
This is just the first step in my journey to build The Master Hub (a suite of 100+ modern tools), but I wanted to start by reinventing the most basic tool we use every day.
I d love to hear from you:
Do you care about the UI of your daily tools?
What s one "boring" app you wish had a futuristic redesign?
Can t wait to share the full launch with you all tomorrow! Hi Product Hunt community!
I m Todoroki, and I ve spent the last few weeks obsessing over a simple question: Why do most utility apps still look like they belong in 2010?
Tomorrow, I m launching the Todoroki Calculator 2026. My goal wasn t just to build a tool that adds numbers, but to create a Glassmorphism masterpiece that feels fast, modern, and inspiring to use.
This is just the first step in my journey to build The Master Hub (a suite of 100+ modern tools), but I wanted to start by reinventing the most basic tool we use every day.
I d love to hear from you:
Do you care about the UI of your daily tools?
What s one "boring" app you wish had a futuristic redesign?
Can t wait to share the full launch with you all tomorrow!
The Product Hunt leaderboard is lying to you today.
If you just glance at the homepage today, you d think the biggest innovation in tech is a "Year in Code" wrapper.
At #3: GitHub Wrapped. (Vanity metrics).
At #1: A generalist workflow tool.
But sitting quietly at #5 is arguably the most significant architectural shift in AI coding we've seen this year.
I ve been digging into the "Launch" list, and Dropstone is the only tool that isn't optimizing for "Velocity" (Speed). They are optimizing for Physics.
How to escape when vibe coding goes wrong
Keep all possibilities open Don't trust AI guessing. Make it verify with actual server, DB, API calls
Read the functions your function calls Don't guess, actually trace the logic. Timing conflicts between functions cause one to get skipped
Search everywhere that function is used It's being called somewhere you didn't expect
Fixed a screen freeze bug that wouldn't go away for days using this method. The culprit was insufficient function call intervals + fit function not executing.https://www.solhun.com/changelog
Sharing the actual prompt in the comments.
Kilo Code raised $8 Million in seed funding
Hot off the press! OSS AI coding assistant @Kilo Code just announced a $8 Million raise in seed funding.
@scobreit wrote in their blog announcement:
This funding accelerates our roadmap: smarter multi-agent collaboration, enterprise-grade tooling for technical leaders, and a feature set that continues to accelerate the AI flywheel for development teams using Kilo.
how are you using cto.new?
for those who got access, I'm curious how you're using cto.new as part of your development workflow?
Gemini 3 is here. Here is why we are still building Dropstone (Self-Evolving IDE)
Today, Google dropped Gemini 3 and "Antigravity," and the raw reasoning power is incredible. It s a massive leap for AI.
But it reinforced exactly why we built Dropstone AI.
Whatβs Your Vibe Coding Stack in 2025?
AI dev tools are evolving crazy fast , every few weeks there s a new must-try for vibe coders.
Some people are building full products with @ChatGPT by OpenAI and @Replit , others swear by @Cursor and @Claude by Anthropic , and a few are mixing @Lovable + @v0 by Vercel + @bolt.new to ship apps in record time.
I ve been refining my own vibe stack lately, trying to find that sweet spot between speed, control, and creativity.
It made me wonder ,what does your setup look like right now?
Poll: Best IDE in 2025?
According to the 2025 @Stack Overflow Developer Survey (49,000+ participants), @VS Code and @Visual Studio remain the most used dev environments, despite the rise of subscription-based, AI-enabled code editors @Cursor and @Windsurf among others. Both maintain their top spots relying on extensions as optional, paid AI services like @Github Copilot and @Kilo Code.
Curious which IDE the Product Hunt community uses the most?
How do you test an idea before talking to users?
Genuinely curious: what s your first-mile approach before you book those early interviews?
Do you start with Reddit deep-dives? Reverse-engineer reviews? Talk to personas in your head?




