Three months. Two developers. One feature nobody used.
I knew it was bad when I checked the analytics and saw that the only person who used it more than once was me. And even I stopped after the second week.
Here's how I knew it was a waste of time. Not in hindsight. In the moment. I just ignored the signs.
The first sign: I couldn't explain it in one sentence.
There used to be at least some clear logic behind startup valuation. You d take: hours rate MVP cost. That gave you a rough valuation floor. Not perfect. But it was an anchor. That anchor is now gone. AI made MVPs almost free. ~$300. Two weeks. One person. And if a product costs almost nothing to build what is valuation based on now? The answer is uncomfortable: your product itself is no longer inherently valuable. Investors no longer look at: how long you ve been building how many developers you have how much money you ve invested into the product Because none of that proves anything anymore. Now there s only one question: who is paying? If no one is then in their eyes, your startup is worth roughly what your MVP cost. Here s what actually changed: why pre-seed is now about MRR, not MVP how investor requirements shifted why solo founders suddenly became viable and where moat actually lives when your product can be cloned in two weeks Full breakdown here
https://substack.com/home/post/p... And I have a qustion to you: Did AI kill innovative startups and turn venture into short-term revenue games? What do you think?
I ve been spending more time vibe coding recently, and I ve started to question something I initially took for granted. Most of the conversation around vibe coding is about speed. Like how quickly you can go from idea to prototype, or how fast you can iterate. And to be fair, that part is real. The barrier to building has clearly dropped.
But the more I use these tools, the more it feels like speed isn t the limiting factor anymore.
The real constraint seems to be taste.
what do you choose to build?
what do you keep vs discard?
what actually feels right vs just working ?
what is genuinely useful vs just impressive in a demo?
I knew there was a gap here when I started building Room Service, but I honestly didn t expect this much interest.
What surprised me is that it s not just a developer problem anymore.
With all the AI tools, game dev workflows, and this whole vibe coding shift, a lot more people are running into the same thing: their Mac fills up, but they don t really know why. That s what I m trying to solve.
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).
I am a Computer Science student doing research into how solopreneurs and small startups create new apps and what their stack looks like. Particularly, I'm interested in how you handle things like authentication, billing, and permissions/authorization in your apps.
Let me know what you're working on below and how you're going about it -- I'd love to connect for some quick calls to learn about your product and talk about your process in building it!
Just letting it out, doing anything for 100 days is not easy it tests discipline and commitment. I am also building a cool new story for past 60 days straight. What has been your longest streak ?
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?
Hi, I m an app developer who s shipped many projects the old-school way (hand-coding) for over a decade. Recently AI tools have exploded - speeding up my production like crazy.
What s happening:
- Idea to MVP: Creators focus on ideas while AI writes most of the code.
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?
Traditional professions like doctors, judges, and the like need specialised academic guidance (certificate) + experience. I agree.
But what about technical and humanities? So far, everyone has argued that a university will bring contacts (I'm not arguing, that's true... but the same can be done with hustling/projects).
Do you spend 3 hours trying to find a clever .com before writing a single line of code? Or do you ship the MVP and slap on whatever domain wasn t taken at the time?
Do you spend 3 hours trying to find a clever .com before writing a single line of code? Or do you ship the MVP and slap on whatever domain wasn t taken at the time?
I might be missing some but I've been pretty much in love with @Lovable, @Cursor, @bolt.new and have been trying to use @Replit more and I honestly haven't touched @BASE44 too much but have heard good things. @chrismessina has nudged me to use @Windsurf for whenever I build another Raycast Extension! Currently I use: - @bolt.new / @Lovable - @Cursor - @Warp Curious what everyone thinks is the top one so far!
I love @Cursor. It's enabled me to build (vibe code) so many web apps, sites, extensions, and little things quickly that 1. bring me joy and 2. help me with work or realize personal projects. However... I'm seeing a TON of movement around @Claude by Anthropic's Claude Code. I haven't personally tried it but it's apparently insane (and can also be expensive?) I'm curious. Should I switch? What are you currently using? Or do they both have their own use case. I right now like cursor because I can build directly in a GitHub repo or locally and it helps me learn my way around an IDE. Looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts!
