I'm three weeks from launch and I have a list of fourteen things I could still build. I know I can't build all of them. What I don't have is a rule for deciding.

The rule I've been using "cut anything that isn't core" is useless, because everything feels core when you're the one who built it.

What I'm trying to get to is a single non-negotiable: the one thing that, if it's missing, the product isn't the product. Everything else is a candidate for cutting.

So for the solo makers here: what was your one non-negotiable thing at launch, and what did you cut that you thought you couldn't? And looking back, did cutting it hurt, or did nobody notice?

I've been working on my own iOS side project alongside my full-time job.

As a developer, I thought building the app would be the hardest part. Turns out, getting people to discover it is an entirely different challenge.

I recently crossed 200 users, which feels like a pretty exciting milestone for something I started just for myself.

But now I'm realizing how much I still have to learn about distribution, marketing, and growing a product without a big budget.

The growth example hits home because AI is terrifyingly good at agreeing with whatever hypothesis you feed it.

If your starting prompt is biased, the tool will just find data to make you feel smart about a wrong decision.

True collaboration only happens when you force the model to look for counter-arguments or blind spots you missed. Have you found a reliable way to get AI to challenge your strategy instead of just echoing your thoughts back to you?

We ve been growing really fast (30%+ MoM ARR) at @Basedash since launching last year. Most of that growth has been the result of hard work, but we ve also had a secret weapon: an AI agent that acts as both a data analyst and a PM, working 24/7 to optimize our product s activation and conversion rates.

For decades, companies have been making product decisions based on intuition and manual data analysis. We wanted to see what would happen if AI could take the wheel completely.

Hey hunters,

It can be a little nerve wrecking leading up to launch day, especially for a solo founder with no audience, following, or experience in the product hunt community.

The more visible I become on platforms, the more opportunities I receive (not just sponsored ones).

Quite often, people reach out saying they re looking for a marketing co-founder.

And practically every month, there s someone with another revolutionary idea, the next big thing, a multimillion or multibillion-dollar business but then you never hear about them again.

Last month I tried 5 AI based tools for different tasks. I kept 2 and dropped 3. The 2 I kept had the same pattern: they gave me suggestions but I made the final call. The AI didn't try to do everything, it did the boring part and I did the deciding part. The 3 I dropped either did too much automatically and got it wrong with no way to correct or did too little to be worth opening.

My read is that "human in the loop" isn't a feature it's a requirement. People say they want full automation but in practice they want control.

So for those who use AI tools daily: do you actually prefer full automation or do you want the tool to stop at "suggestion" and leave the decision to you? And the harder question: if a tool automated 100% of the task correctly every time, would you trust it or would you still check?

Hey everyone :) !

I m trying to figure out the best ways to gain visibility and drive potential buyers to my website. It feels like certain social platforms are much better suited for this type of business than others.