... directory badges are nofollow anyway so you clear their conditions and still get zero SEO value out of it. No paid ads here, so backlinks have to come from somewhere real: guest posts, being mentioned in a roundup, someone linking to a tool because it was actually useful to them. For those of you doing this on a bootstrapped budget what's actually worked? Directories that gave you a real dofollow link worth the submission time? Guest posting / outreach that ...

... product mentions. Three things stood out: 1. Reddit was a source behind the answers in 93% of categories. Capterra, the review directory a lot of us pay for, in 12%. The assistants lean on forums and independent roundups, not the review grid. 2. In 62% of categories there was no single winner. No product got named in all six answers, so changing one word in the question reorganizes the shortlist. "Best" is far less settled than it looks ...

... Google for the relevant search queries, so it all definitely makes sense Comment from Omri Ben-Shoham(@omri_ben_shoham1): congrats on the top 2. one thing that worked for a friend's desktop utility - reaching out to the "alternative to [big paid tool]" comparison sites and roundup

... made them succeed or fail? For those who've sold into small/mid-sized businesses, what's usually the biggest blocker to adoption price, integration effort, or something else? Is there a feature here that seems like a "nice to have" versus something that would actually change behavior? Would appreciate any perspective, whether from experience building similar things or just as someone who's dealt with this as a customer or business owner. Comment from Tommy Kang(@sjtkang): What I'm building ... ... worth ad dollars at a tiny budget, and which are a money pit? I'm doing daily build-in-public content on TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and X, but I honestly can't tell yet what's driving downloads versus

... including AI in your product because E2EE and AI don't mix well? Comment from Mark Thayer(@f0rest8): Quick update Metamorphic was just featured as the #1 pick in We Are Founders' "Best Habit Tracking Apps" roundup for 2026. We're the only zero-knowledge encrypted option on the list. Also recently added .ics calendar import/export and moved data export to the free tier. More coming soon. Comment from Mark Thayer(@f0rest8): @platypus_cash  Thank you and congrats ... ... zero-knowledge, which means you hold the key. The customers who choose us choose us partly because of that constraint, not despite it. The worry never fully goes away, but I try to reframe it because what's the alternative

... plays a significant role in how products appear in Google search results. What surprised us was that AI assistants like ChatGPT were rarely citing Product Hunt in product recommendations. AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Gemini rely on reviews, alternative lists, and structured product information gathered across the web. Product Hunt is strong across all three. In theory, this should make Product Hunt a natural source for AI-driven product recommendations and comparisons. In practice, it was not happening ... ... many tools which systematically run prompts against several AI models daily, and measure visibility of a product within prompts. We're using a new tool called @Gauge . We chose because a) their citation tracking is more useful than the alternatives

... Khashayar Mansourizadeh(@khashayar_mansourizadeh1): @cathcorm  If you like, I can show how you can replace most or all of this stack with starnus.com, not because we compete with them, but because we have integration with all the best alternatives: 1. Apollo is not good anymore (just one of the oldest and known ones), we have People Data Labs, DropContact, Sales Nav, and 12+ other data providers that are much more accurate than Apollo 2. Clay is good, but expensive ... ... 20h/week just to run mediocre campaigns. Comment from Catherine Cormier(@cathcorm): @khashayar_mansourizadeh1  ohhhhh i'll definitely book a call in a near future to set that up with you! thank you so much for this genius roundup

... pointed out by The Roundup , the inference space is booming right now. Last week, @Baseten raised $300M at $5B valuation. They just announced the acquihire of @Inferless to "accelerate innovation in inference infrastructure." @Baseten 's co-founder and CTO, @amiruci , in their blog announcement : Talent is the most important ingredient in the AI infrastructure race and the Inferless team is bringing invaluable expertise to Baseten to help bring improvement to the Baseten Inference Stack. I am honored to welcome ...

... same day? That context is the difference between a productive response and a witch hunt. If you're a small studio and a dedicated community hire isn't in the budget, even one person doing a weekly feedback roundup and reporting back with "here are the actual patterns, here's what's getting worse, here's what resolved on its own" will save you from most of these fire drills. It doesn't have to be sophisticated. It just ...

... nika): @nastassia_k  This is so cool, definititely will have a look at Reddit (Hopefully, they will not kick me out from their subreddits) :D you know, it is harsh :D Comment from Vivian Zheng(@vivianzheng): Love this roundup! I swear by The Batch newsletter for no-fluff AI research recaps, and I m obsessed with following Andrew Ng on X for his no-BS take on trends. Also, the r/Local LLaMA subreddit is chef s kiss for anyone ...

... Marketer, remote EU Keep reading The Breakpoint [2026-01-20] - Prompt engineering best practices The Breakpoint [2026-01-07] - Happy 2026 The Breakpoint [2025-12-17] - Best AI automation tools? Comment from Bhavin Sheth(@allinonetools_net): Loving these weekly roundups super helpful to see tools + hiring in one place. For coding I ve found switching models by task works best: one for deep refactors, another for quick debugging. Consistency > hype. Comment from Siddharth Kumar(@thekosmix): Have anyone tried using ...

... plug for my company but its high end Rev Tech). Slack, Salesforce, n8n, Claude, OpenAI, Ramp, Lattice, Atlassian, G Suite, Customer.io, Intercom and a handful of other tools. Comment from David Kaufman(@davidkaufmann): @trackslife  cool, thanks for this roundup. Peopl.ai indeed looks like a revops tool for mid-market to enterprise companies. I was wondering if you had suggestions for smaller guys like us, who in fact need a clean and efficient outreach experimentation process. Also, what exactly ...

... regularly overpay due to non-transparent bank terms. There is no advocate service that would analyze their spending and find hidden fees. 8. Search for a controlled and stable channel for attracting clients to a banquet hall, as an alternative to unpredictable social media advertising. 9. Marketing directors and founders have nowhere to find verified contractors (targeting specialists, SMM managers) the existing search process is a lottery that wastes time and budget. 10. It's impossible to donate to animal ... ... paying attention to it. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): 5 can be possibly executed very fast. It just needs a good programmer who can crete something like that :D Comment from Misha Mavrin (@misha___mavrin): I like the roundup

... collective of newsletters Overview  TLDR is a collective of 12 newsletters on topics like AI, DevOps, and more.  Product Hunt, on the other hand, maintains 3 newsletters: The Leaderboard, Product Hunt s daily digest The Roundup, a weekly summary featuring the top launches The Frontier, a weekly, AI-focused newsletter  Let's compare the two AI-focused newsletters, their audiences and performances. Larger audience on TLDR, founder-first on Product Hunt TLDR reports 920,000+ subscribers ... ... both audiences are mostly US-based, resp. 64% for TLDR and 53% for Product Hunt. Product Hunt has a significant proportion of founders (19%) and subscribers are more likely to work in early-stage companies under 100 people (59% vs

... Kitty(@curiouskitty): @chrismessina  More in-depth content has a ton of utility all across Product Hunt, so even if you don't find them regurgitated verbatim, we're using all that info behind the scenes to offer better alternatives and make decisions about the Orbit Awards (check out the most recent roundup

... time. What AI tool actually helps you work smarter in 2025? Looking forward to discovering new gems #Productivity #Entrepreneurship #AI Comment from kathrine rolce(@kathrine_rolce): Thanks for putting this together, it feels genuinely helpful, not just another generic roundup. I've been leaning on AI heavily for content cleanup and meeting notes and it has made my workflow smoother. I'm curious to see what other gems you've included. Comment from Vincent Bastille (@vincentbastille10): Thanks for the early ...

... Black Friday and Cyber Monday are here again, bringing the biggest SaaS discounts of the year. It s the perfect moment for creators, developers, agencies, retailers, and solopreneurs to upgrade their tech stack without stretching their budget. This roundup highlights some of the most valuable deals across CRM, AI tools, collaboration platforms, automation software, and more all designed to help you work smarter and grow faster. Whether you ve been eyeing an AI-powered CRM, a productivity booster ...

... only more recently, is the difficulty in reaching 15 (or 12, etc) debit card transactions a month in order to be eligible for an increased APY rate on a savings account. For example, Doctor of Credit has a great roundup of all these types of bank accounts, one of which is the OnPath High Yield Checking account which offers a 7% APY only if you make 15 transactions a month on the account debit card. If I have ...

... infinite loops, with preflight budget estimates and hard kill switches as well. Comment from fmerian(@fmerian): @mreksar  neat product, looking forward to your launch Comment from fmerian(@fmerian): next level! Comment from Maks Reksar(@mreksar): Great roundup! It s exciting to see more tools focusing on specialized AI agents. We re building ActlysAI - a platform that lets you easily create and customize agents for different tasks with integrations into Gmail, Sheets, Calendar, and other Google services. Would love ...

... accessibility issues, and typos @Pieter by @levelsio is a Windows 3.11 retro computer with working dial-up modem internet @Git Pushups wants you to stay healthy while coding Best IDE in 2025? In the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, VS Code ranked as the most-used developer environment. I was curious to know the feeling of the community. VS

... next Tuesday for another thread. follow @Product Hunt Comment from Claudia Lyons(@deleted-9060530): This list just made my morning scroll more productive thanks for sharing! Comment from fmerian(@fmerian): oss ftw! Comment from Sanskar Yadav(@sanskarix): Solid roundup! It reminds me how much the open-source scene is driven by passion. Curious to see which project from this list gets picked up and built into something massive ...

... founders and builders to uncover what's powering modern startups: tech stacks, GTM, and approach to AI. See full report here Some results that struck me: AI coding tools are indispensable for startups, and not just @Cursor (27%) and @VS Code (25%). Vibe coding tools like @Lovable , @bolt.new , and @v0 by Vercel are also common. Most startups are already integrating models like @OpenAI (39%) or @Claude by Anthropic (21%), especially for semantic search, summarisation, and customer support. Half are building ... ... Jibin Victor John(@jibinvictorjohn): 5 and 6. There is a slight variation to the 6th point, 61% founders also believe some big tech company could make a better product (most of the time, small projects often outperform their big competitors

... everyone! Co-founder of Roundups here which launched earlier this year on PH . TLDR; AI analyzes products and generates guides that influence buying decisions. Creators generate revenue when an audience gains insight and makes purchases. Not here to promote the product but I just wanted to introduce myself and gauge the temperature for a Substack for Products. We initially launched as a content play for bloggers trying to stay relevant in the age of AI with high value content ... ... easy monetization, but with Google killing SEO, unless you have an existing blog and audience, you would have a mountain to climb to realize value from Roundups

... many features, not enough clarity Planning takes longer than doing Whether you re a founder, indie maker, freelancer, or just trying to stay afloat What part of scheduling still feels harder than it should? Happy to share a roundup of the common patterns if folks are interested. Thanks in advance ...

... being pretty impactful. So I guess four suggestions: 1) don't overlook email deliverability as it can gatekeep your content from people that would want to see it but never get to. Start with smaller pieces of content, or roundups, sent to your most engaged subscribers. It's okay if that list is small to start. 2). Try not to gather and distribute content for content's sake. Use email as a channel for delivering value through content. When ... ... have enough value to distribute at the same time, and some group of people who could benefit from that value, then it is a good time to think about a roundup