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Nika

1d ago

How do we define “seniority” and career/skill progress in the age of AI?

We keep hearing: Juniors won t stand a chance.

But companies are still opening internships, which suggests something deeper than just skill-building still matters (like understanding systems, workflows, and how companies actually operate the management part).

Nika

9d ago

Brands use employees’ social networks as influencers. But what do employees get out of it?

I've noticed a trend where CEOs of well-known companies are investing more in their personal brands on LinkedIn and X.

However, the level is increasing, and they want something similar from employees.

The Breakpoint [2026-03-16] - In AI we trust?

Meow world, welcome back to The Breakpoint, a weekly thread on all things dev tools on Product Hunt.

The latest

Recent dev-first products launched on the site

Nika

18d ago

Are builders so busy building businesses that starting a family isn’t a priority?

Most of my classmates from elementary school, high school, and university have been married for a long time and have had kids for at least 4  5 years.

But none of them started a business. They got jobs, their shift ends at 5 on Friday, and then they go enjoy their free time.

Nika

20d ago

Did you choose to bootstrap or go the funding route and why?

Today's Product Hunt lineup genuinely surprised me in the best way.

TL;DR: As @aaronoleary said  one or more companies launching today will get a YC interview and potentially funding.

Nika

22d ago

When will we be able to clone human memories? Scientists just uploaded a fruit fly brain into a PC

A story and an experiment have been spreading on X: Scientists uploaded the brain of a fruit fly into a computer, and now it lives freely in its own simulation.

We managed to clone the physical form of animals more than 30 years ago (for example, the cloning of a goat using SCNT in 1999). There was even a controversial case in China where a scientist was sued after attempting to create gene-edited babies in 2018.

Nika

23d ago

How do you decide what features should be free and what should be paid?

Let me start from the creator s perspective:
I personally don t have a product (apart from hiring people for creative work or offering personal consultations).

But as a creator, I constantly share content, insights, and information, value that helps me build trust (for free). Based on that perceived expertise, people eventually decide to work with me (a paid service).

Nika

26d ago

Are there any topics you wouldn't ask AI for advice on?

Are there any topics you wouldn't ask AI for advice on?

We've literally put our entire lives in the hands of artificial intelligence.

From work responsibilities to relationship issues, to advice on philosophy and our bodies.

Nika

28d ago

How do you decide which features to add to your product? [building & improvements]

Early-stage founders often try to improve their product as much as possible and tend to take almost any feedback into account.

Sometimes they end up adding every feature users (even non-paying ones) ask for, even when those features are unnecessary. The product then becomes more complicated and harder to use.

And I m not even talking about the stage when the product is already established. At that point, there are more users, and their expectations start to differ.

What have you been able to build with AI as a non-technical person?

Before AI, I always thought I would NEVER learn how to code. I genuinely admired technical people, watching them code felt like watching magic. I remember wishing that maybe one day, I could do something like that too.

I ve never had any formal education in programming, and I had zero experience building apps. But with AI, I was able to start from just an idea and slowly figure things out on my own experimenting, setting things up, and eventually creating my first interface that I could actually interact with.

It honestly felt magical. It made me realize how fast the world is changing. Coding is no longer something completely out of reach. AI is making it possible for people like me to turn ideas in our heads into real, tangible drafts for the first time.

Nika

1mo ago

How do freelance marketers price their services?

There has always been a framework for pricing that considers:
Costs
Competitor pricing
Typical price ranges in the country
What the client or company can afford to pay (meaning their business size)
Your personal brand and authority

The more people ask for my services and want to claim my time, the higher I need to set my price (not surprisingly, I then often get ghosted).

Nika

1mo ago

Use of AI in medicine – 3 projects that show it's already happening

I m not very active on Twitter I usually take on the role of a silent stalker.

But I ve never seen such a flood of posts about AI being used in medicine as I have recently.

These caught my attention the most:

We did it – Lunair just won Product of the Day on Product Hunt 🎉

Yesterday Lunair launched on Product Hunt - and we just found out we re officially Product of the Day

Nika

1mo ago

What will the future of studying be like when AI does everything for us?

Today, I came across an article on TechCrunch: The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead).

It shows that UC campuses saw a drop in computer science enrollment for the first time since the dot-com crash (6% in 2025, 3% in 2024), but students are shifting to AI-focused programs.

Airbnbp/airbnbNika

2mo ago

Is automating customer support the ultimate solution?

Today I read in TechCrunch that Airbnb says a third of its customer support in the US and Canada is now handled by AI.

Many CRM-focused platforms are following suit, automating support with their own AI bots for example, Crisp, Chatbase, and others.

Nika

2mo ago

Does faking MRR really help a business grow? [mini-case study example]

This is rooted in psychology.

When you show that there is enormous interest in something, a crowd of people will flock and want to see it.

I woke up this morning, and X was full of this message:

How do you create video?

What's the most important aspect of video creation for you? What do you want to do the most that you cannot currently do easily?

Nika

2mo ago

How much time do you spend on a product launch, and what items take the longest to prepare?

Today I received a question about proper launch preparation:

Nika, how long should this take us?

And I didn t have a clear answer.

Murrorp/murrorMona Truong

2mo ago

How long does it usually take to upgrade your product before releasing it on Product Hunt?

After our first launch on Product Hunt, our team spent a little over a month upgrading the product. There were major changes to the UI and several new features added, so the process took time from discussions and redesigning the interface to testing, fixing bugs, and updating AI prompts.

We re also a very small team, so everyone had to push themselves to give 200%. Time and resources are limited, and at the same time, we also had to work on securing funding for the next six months to keep the team running and continue developing the app.

Why Lovon?

We spent a year building Lovon with a PhD psychologist with 40+ years of clinical experience. What makes it different:

Therapeutic, not agreeable (like gpt). Evidence-based frameworks (CBT, Emotion-Focused Therapy) designed to gently challenge unhealthy thinking - not reinforce it.