Michael La Barbera

Michael La Barbera

Former Math Chair turned AI Founder.

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Do serverless platforms still underestimate observability?

One thing we think is still underrated in compute platforms is observability.

A lot of infra feels simple until something breaks in production. A webhook fails, a cron job doesn t run, an AI agent gets stuck, or a function times out even though it worked fine in testing.

That is where just running code stops being enough.

In Inquir Compute, we think logs and observability are a core part of the product, because developers need more than raw output. They need context: what triggered the execution, which route or webhook was involved, how long it ran, whether it retried, and what happened right before the failure.

Which language do you prefer when building serverless functions?

I m curious what languages people actually prefer for serverless workloads today.

When you build functions for cron jobs, APIs, background tasks, or AI-related workflows, what do you usually choose first and why?

Is it:

  • Node.js for speed of development

  • Python for AI/data tasks

  • Go for performance and simplicity

  • something else

The AI feature your users actually want is not the one you think

Every AI product I see launching right now is racing to add the most impressive, most complex AI feature they can build. Autonomous agents. Multi-step reasoning. Real-time analysis of everything.

When we started building Murror, we fell into the same trap. We wanted to build the smartest emotional AI possible. Something that could analyze patterns across months of conversations, predict emotional states, generate deep psychological insights.

Math Professor turned Fintech Maker 📊 — Hi Product Hunt! 👋

Hey Product Hunt!

My name is Michael. I'm a maker, quantitative finance enthusiast, and math educator.

TabDogp/tabdogSung

3d ago

🚀 TabDog v3.0.0 is Here! - Faster, Smoother, Smarter

Hey Everyone!

TabDog new version 3.0.0 is just released!

Yuriy Sigay

3d ago

I'll build your go-to-market strategy for free. Drop your project below 👇

I'm a solo founder building a GTM tool (Marketing co-pilot) for early-stage projects. To stress-test it, I need real projects not fake data.

Here's the deal:

Tell me about your project in the comments:

  • Landing page link

  • What problem does it solve?

  • Who is it for?

  • Where are you right now (idea / built / launched)?

Taeyun Kim

3d ago

Hey everyone — building my first product 👋

Hey everyone,

I m currently studying Advanced Computing & Commerce at the University of Sydney, and recently started building my first real product.

Why AI companies are building ecosystems in 2026?

Something raised in the last couple of months. And it's worth paying attention to.

Runway launched a $10M venture fund + free API credits for startups yesterday. Perplexity launched a $50M fund for seed-stage companies. CoreWeave Ventures launched in September. OpenAI has been running its Startup Fund for a while now.

Y Combinatorp/ycNika

2mo ago

Y Combinator offers 7 startups ideas they want to fund (Spring 2026)

As usual, Y Combinator came up with segments that are worth investing:

1. Cursor for Product Managers
2. AI-Native Hedge Funds
3. AI-Native Agencies
4. Stablecoin Financial Services
5. AI for Government
6. Modern Metal Mills
7. AI Guidance for Physical Work 8. Large Spatial Models 9. Infra for Government Fraud Hunters 10. Make LLMs Easy to Train

Tasos V

1yr ago

Pitch your product with max 5 words. Can you?

Vaizo - Maximize crypto gains with AI Whats yours? If you can do with less than 5 words, you have my respect lol :P