... Road to 1,000,000 Votap users Day 49 | Current: 1250 I felt extremely busy last week and realized I barely did anything. We said: Let s reach out to as many VCs and angels as possible. Sounds productive, right? But your brain doesn t understand that. What does many mean? Who exactly? Where do we find them? What do we say? How many per day? I realized the plan has to be almost stupidly simple. So we sat down ...

... everyone, Have you ever had one of those days where the world just felt too loud? A day where your mind is racing with a million "what-ifs," or maybe a day where something wonderful happened, but you weren't quite ready to share it with the world yet? I ve been there. Many times. I ve tried journaling in notebooks, but I often worried about someone finding them. I tried using big-name note apps, but they felt

... real. You pull up, park for free literally outside the door, walk in, board in 15 minutes, and suddenly you're on a small beautiful plane getting served champagne with your dog sitting next to you it felt like flying in the 50s. like when getting on a plane was actually an event and you got what you paid for. I would choose that over any first class seat on any commercial airline every single time. no question the problem ... ... they all live on their own separate websites. So even if you know semi private exists you still have to go on a full investigation just to find out if it's even an option for your trip that felt

... Vibe Coding always felt counter-intuitive to me. As a developer, I think in code, not paragraphs. So I built Shadow Code, a VSCode

... Self-centred update today, but adding the top Product Hunt badge to our site felt real good. See bottom right of image, also online here: meet-ting.com Thanks again, gives us pride and satisfaction. Dan, Ting + Team Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @marianaprazeres   @dbul  IMO would be cool how much attention people pay to product hunt badge and announcements. Comment from Dan Bulteel(@dbul): @busmark_w_nika We usually have events on Amplitude set up for things like ...

... switched from Windows to Mac a few years ago and there's one thing I never got used to: the Dock. Don't get me wrong, macOS is great. But the Dock has always felt like a downgrade from the Windows taskbar for actual window management: You can't see which windows are open. The Dock shows a tiny dot under running apps. That's it. If Chrome has 5 windows open, you'd never know. Minimized windows disappear. They ... ... shrink into some tiny thumbnail on the right side of the Dock that's easy to miss entirely. No window titles. When you have multiple VS

... everyone A while ago, I came across openclaw and decided to give it a shot. On paper, it looked promising but once I actually started using it, the experience didn t really live up to expectations. It felt slow, unnecessarily complicated, and honestly not very secure. On top of that, it had a lot of limitations and couldn t handle everything I needed it to do. That s when I thought: why not build something better? So I did. After ... ... through confusing setups it just works. Whether you re a beginner or an experienced user, DeepCLI keeps things clean, intuitive, and efficient. Best part? It s completely free and will stay free forever . If you were looking for an alternative

... When people started upgrading to PRO I should ve felt great. Instead, I felt

... first COVID batch) as a solo founder working on @Basedash . After YC, I did what you re supposed to do. I talked to users. I built product. I did founder-led sales. I hired a great team. It felt like progress because I was constantly busy and the product kept getting better. But then the graph didn t move. Here s what our MRR chart looked like over the first four years: Looking back at this chart is pretty embarrassing ... ... zoom out and the KPIs are basically flat. Over time, we got better at converting effort into revenue. Near the end, we sort of figured out how to grow, but it didn t feel like a machine. It felt

... never thought I would ever be able to say this. As a kid, I liked C++ and built a small voting software for my school elections. I learnt some basic HTML, but CSS felt overwhelming. I went to a seminar where someone made a "fish swimming in a pond" artwork live on stage using Java (I think). And I was fascinated by it. I bought a book to learn Java, but it was so thick that I never got around ... ... opening it. Turns out, I was better at animation & graphic design, so my career took a different path. And I had to say goodbye to coding. I felt

... because I couldn't see a future in it. I looked for any Analytical Chemists I could find in the country, but couldn't find any. Plus, we are an agriculture-based economy. So what was the point? It felt like time-wasting. Broke, desperate, I started doing iWriter content gigs. I had never written before, but I always felt

... curious how people here think about a calmer, signal-first feed in practice. If you ve tried Trace already: What felt immediately useful? What felt

... Acknowledging the quiet signs that require external help. He knew he was struggling, but talking about it felt difficult, almost embarrassing. The application provided a different language: the Silent Signal. It wasn't a demand for a therapist; it was a recognition that a chronic pattern (Stress + No Control for ten days) requires visibility. The system spoke for him when his voice felt

... most users don t want charts and dashboards. So instead of complex analytics, the app focused on: Journaling history Self-assessment checkpoints A sense of narrative over time Users could look back and see how their thoughts evolved, which felt more meaningful than numbers. This approach aligned well with users who wanted reflection, not performance metrics. User Personas That Actually Shaped Decisions Two personas influenced the design heavily. Aiden Startup Founder (42, Toronto) Aiden is busy, mentally overloaded, and constantly ... ... reason he used the app at all. Sofia Executive Coach (35, Mexico City) Sofia needed a simple tool she could recommend to clients. Her priorities: Simplicity Clarity Easy reflection prompts She avoided apps that felt

... people! Just launched our product, and would really know what you think of it, and what should be working on? If you try it for 60 seconds: what felt fastest, and what felt

... Product Hunt! I m the maker of Sage I built Sage after realizing something uncomfortable: Most productivity tools worked But they made me feel worse using them. Timers felt aggressive. Streaks felt

... transformation of a prompt into a necessity. In the first week, the app notification felt like a chore. By the third week, the absence of the check-in felt

... Retour The hardest part wasn t building it was knowing what users actually felt Post As a builder, I underestimated how messy user feedback gets once real people start using your product. Not because users don t care but because feedback shows up everywhere : Slack DMs Random emails One-off messages after meetings By the way comments that never get written down The real problem for me wasn t collecting feedback it was losing context, urgency, and patterns ... ... time I reviewed things, the emotion was gone and decisions felt

... about uLuup . Its name comes from you loop Let me explain the first reason behind this article: Last week, I completed 16 out of 18 days of a cycle. Seeing the progress made me genuinely happy. I finally felt like I reached a point where I could share this. Reaching around 160 users in the last 28 days also encouraged me. I want to share my experiences and what I ve learned soon on YouTube . I released my app four ... ... past, I never imagined I could manage all of these at the same time. But in this cycle, I studied a language, exercised, and built a water-drinking habit. By the end, I reached 54% consistency , and I felt

... focus first on studios (crew builds) or individual creators (micro-gigs)? I ll be here all day sharing behind-the-scenes and shipping 1 change this week based on this thread. Try it: showbizy.ai tell me one thing that felt slow and one thing that felt

... Here s what we ve been working on 1 The problem Freelancers spend hours sending cold emails, following up manually, and trying to keep track of conversations. It s time-consuming. It s boring. And it kills motivation. We felt that too. 2 The idea What if you could automate everything about client outreach from first message to follow-up in just a few clicks? That s how Next Client was born. A French-made SaaS inspired by OneShot ... ... demo video for launch. In 3 days, Next Client goes live If you re curious, follow along we ll share early access soon. 6 Final note We built this because we needed it ourselves. If you ve ever felt

... physical products. I worked on the Apple Vision Pro, I invented a robotic basketball trainer for Hoopfit, and I created analog tools at Noble Crafters. But every time I applied to YC, I heard back no. Eleven YC rejections felt like enough. Besides, I had recently started a job at Amazon, where I liked the people and the work. And I had already learned a lot about businesses by starting them (and failing many times). My guiding principle ... ... life worth living. Getting into YC was just one step, not the entire staircase. Ironically, I think it s exactly that kind of non-attachment that helped me finally get in with number twelve. Here s what felt

... launched @Lumi.new on Product Hunt last week ended the day at #5 of the day. Not the #1 you often see here, but for us as a small indie team, it felt like a big win. Here s what we learned along the way: 1. No top hunter ? Still possible. We didn t have a top hunter submit our product. As a result, the first hours were really quiet. Visibility was low and it felt

... most defining project before @Guitar Wiz was GtrLib Chords. As a guitarist, I was always searching for a complete chord reference that could show me every voicing of a chord across the fretboard, with audio previews. Nothing I found felt complete, so I built one: GtrLib Chords. It struck a chord (pun intended!) with teachers, students, and pros who were all looking for the same thing I was. GtrLib Chords found its place with serious learners and musicians ... ... always felt

... getting really frustrated with the subscription fatigue that comes with using tools like Restream, Streamyard, etc. Paying $30, $50, or even more every single month just to unlock basic features like removing branding or adding more destinations felt unsustainable. It felt