The Roundup
Everything you missed this past week on Product Hunt: Top products, spicy community discourse, key trends on the site, and long-form pieces we’ve recently published.
Remember SVB? The startup bank that infamously collapsed earlier this year sending a wave of anxiety and stress to startup founders around the world. Well, someone is making a musical comedy about it. Would you buy tickets?
Happy Monday, makers! Welcome to the 7,353 of you who joined last week. Your timing is perfect: We’ve just kicked off a fun way for us all to get to know each other better. Take a minute to introduce yourself to the community via a short video; we’d love to meet you. 🧡
In a protest expected to last 48 hours, Reddit moderators are taking some subreddits private in a stance against the platform’s plans to charge third-party app developers for access to the site’s data. Guess it’s going to be a dank meme-free Monday. Oh, and did you hear Apple is finally fixing the duck problem? It’s about ducking time!
Happy Monday, makers! Don’t forget Apple’s latest WWDC event is happening today. There are all sorts of predictions being made, from a VR headset to Apple finally announcing its plans for AI. What do you think will happen?
SEO can be intimidating, it can be a lot to wrap your head around when it comes to optimizing your site for the highest possible rank. AI can help. We’ve collected some of the best AI-powered SEO tools of 2023. Check them out here.
Meta isn’t having a good Monday. Today, the Irish Data Protection Commission has fined Meta a whopping $1.3 billion. That’s billion with a b. Alongside the fine, the company has been ordered to halt the transfer of EU data to the US.
Calling all makers, our next event in partnership with product insights platform, Sprig: The Top Dos and Don’ts of Building a Product Experience, is happening tomorrow, May 16th. Join the Product Hunt team, Sprig CEO, Ryan Glasgow, and Sprig PM Ning Ma by signing up here.
It’s the week of successions, it seems, King Charles is set to be coronated on May 6. Meanwhile, Microsoft announced their own succession of sorts: the latest update to Windows 10 will be the last, and users will now be prompted to upgrade to Windows 11.
It’s Monday, which means it’s another week for makers everywhere to smash their goals. If you’re at a crossroads in your maker journey or just need some wisdom, the community has shared the best advice they’ve ever received here.
