... list, because a lot of what's out there is dead, secretly paid, or a blog with a contact form. That only shows up if you actually try to submit. Still haven't launched on Product Hunt or Show HN. Those are one-shot, so I'm rehearsing the rest first. submitmap.com Where do you actually submit besides PH? Looking for ones that sent real signups, not just a backlink ...

... have. Swipe enriches it with everything it knows, saves it, and you swipe and query it exactly like the built-in deck. More sources. Partnering with people like Boardy or OpenData to widen the pool well beyond YC and HN. An agent that tailors the deck. Instead of keyword matching against your ICP, something that actually understands who you sell to and builds the list for you. Actually start the conversation. Take the Tinder thing the whole way: match, then ...

... before my last two launches I wasted weeks building before checking who else was in the space. don t be me. here s the 30-min competitor check I do now, all free tools: 1. search PH archives (5 min) search your keywords on Product Hunt. sort by launch date. note how the top 5 positioned themselves the gaps in their taglines are your opening. 2. check who s actually alive (10 min) a launch from 2023 means nothing ... ... signals: are they hiring? shipped anything in the last 6 months? active changelog? I use exploreyc.com for this (free db of 8,600+ YC / a16z / PH startups with hiring status) but LinkedIn works too. 3. read the comments on competitor

... environment What s been harder than expected than the stack itself is everything around it: auth + permissions are getting complex fast (especially with multi-client setups) data pipelines + syncing are way harder than expected deciding what to precompute vs calculate on demand is still an ongoing trade-off Feels like the product isn t just build features it s designing a system that stays manageable as data + clients grow. Curious how others handled this: did you optimize your data layer ... ... tattoos or mockups) Tech-wise I m using: Flutter for the mobile app Firebase (Firestore + functions) OpenAI + Replicate for image generation (testing multiple models right now like DreamShaper, Flux, Ideogram) Biggest challenge so far has been balancing quality vs

... Thank you for letting me know. I am preparing for one launch (marketing strategy), and Hacker News is also on my list, but searching for similar platforms that can "make PR"  This is how I see the HN ...

... next. Hashnode Posted 3 blogs. Total views: under 20. I'm starting to doubt if the platform is used by anyone - outside people that's posting like me. Hacker News I ve tried posting some of the content on HN. Got one post passed through and had some traffic to the website. Obviously, I'm still figuring out what actually works. How are you building community or getting your content noticed? Any insights, experiments, or surprises worth sharing ...

... great. But we learned, refined our positioning, simplified our product, and our Product Hunt launch went viral / led to a outsized seed from a16z. Launching sooner than we wanted was life-changing advice. Launch on Product Hunt. Launch on HN. Keep launching and iterating. Don t stress too much about the ranking. Even if you don t get #1, the feedback and engagement from launch will teach you a ton. Comment from Zhiqi Shi(@zhiqi_shi): I always feel like ...