Looking at our user cohort data, about 5% of our users use the product daily and generate almost all of our word-of-mouth referrals. Meanwhile, the majority sign in once or twice a month, do a quick task, and leave.

When deciding what to build next, we re torn between adding advanced capabilities for our power users or simplifying the experience to convert casual visitors into daily active users.

How do you prioritize product updates when your power users and casual user want completely different things?

After Levelsio started posting about his latest project on Twitter, other creators started following him.

They created a game that resembles a Minecraft/Sims hybrid, where they offer sponsorship.

In itself, this can have an audience and be interesting for two reasons:

The short video format originated primarily on TikTok as "TikToks." Of course, it was then picked up by Instagram ("Reels"), YouTube ("Shorts"), and later other platforms began to embrace this trend of short, vertical videos (LinkedIn, X).

For these purposes, TikTok created a mobile video editing app and later a desktop version, CapCut. (2019)
And guess what...

Most tools store your chat history and search it later. I tried this and it never really worked for me, the model finds an old message but it still does not know what I actually decided.

So I am testing something else. The thing I store is a decision, not a message. Each one has the decision itself, the reason behind it, the date, and a status.

When you run a project it's super easy to confuse "watching things happen" with actually "making progress." I spent months obsessing over tiny daily fluctuations in revenue and signups. If a number dropped on Tuesday I would panic and try to fix something that wasn't even broken. Once I stepped back and forced myself to look at weekly trends instead, the noise faded away. The business didn't break but my mind got way calmer and I actually started finishing key features instead of reacting to daily noise.

How often do you inspect your product numbers? Do you check daily just out of habit, or do you have a set system for reviewing performance

I have a multi-step onboarding wizard in Next.js that ends on a generated result page. All my checks passed. Then I finished the flow by hand, pressed the browser Back button on the result page, and landed in onboarding again, not on the main screen a finished user should return to.

The cause was one word. Each navigation in the wizard used router.push, which adds a new entry to the browser s history. So the whole wizard stayed in the history stack, and Back walked straight into it. It happened in three places in one component.

The fix: router. replace instead of router.push at those three places. replace overwrites the current history entry instead of adding one, so finished steps don t pile up behind the result page. I kept router.refresh() so the server data still reloads. I merged it and confirmed it by pressing Back on a real finished flow.

Why I missed it: unit tests check what a screen renders and what a function returns. History is browser state, and no test of mine pressed Back. I found it by hand.

Building community used to be a Web3 thing. Crypto projects lived by their Discord. Token holders became evangelists, most of the times the community was the product, almost as much as the technology itself.

In 2026 AI companies are borrowing the same playbook and taking it offline. The trend I'm watching most closely right now is in-person events as a growth channel. Not conferences. Not sponsored booths. Genuine community gatherings built around the product.

December is the month that officially closes the launch chapter of the year, so you still have a last chance to come up with something that will get attention.

Such December classics are definitely products with these narratives:

• Wrap-ups

• Advent Calendars

• Most searched topics

• Prognosis for the coming year

• Productivity and health apps (ready for New Year's resolutions)