I have been the developer founders hire, for five years. The thing that costs them most is not my rate.
It is arriving with a solution instead of a problem. Someone asks for a screen that does a specific thing. I build exactly that. It works. It gets approved. And it does not fix anything, because the real problem was somewhere else in the flow.
Lately, my DMs have been full of this question. While I can t say exactly what changed after Product Hunt s Aug 25 update (since the featured criteria seem a bit mysterious now), here are a few patterns I ve noticed:
Version updates: New versions or re-launches (like Product v2.0) often don t get featured anymore.
No freemium or free trial : Launches without a free plan or trial seem to be struggling to get featured.
Hunter Featured : Having a well-known hunter doesn t guarantee a feature. In fact, recently, the two seem almost mutually exclusive.
Look & feel: Launches that use the same template design or layout as others often get skipped.
Curious to hear your thoughts - have you noticed similar trends?
I see this platform succeeding in moderating discussions and communities in general. When the platform succeeds, individuals succeed too (and vice versa).
I believe that everyone can make friends here and contribute to a strong, supportive community.
Thanks to all the interactions and tips I got from the discussion page, we managet to lauch our product and get product of the day AND week. https://www.producthunt.com/post... I am so excited and grateful to everyone who gave me tips and feedabck along the way. Now I just need to figure out a way to beat OpenAI for product of the month
Everyone has a hobby or passion that they love. What s yours? How do you like to spend your free time, and why does it bring you joy? Share your hobbies and maybe you ll inspire someone else to try something new!
I ve been testing a few coupon extensions lately, and I m looking for a good Honey alternative.
I used @Honey for a while, but after watching the Megalag videos about them and seeing all the controversy around how they operate, it seems like a lot of people are boycotting or moving away from Honey now. That made me want to look at other options too.
What coupon extensions are actually worth using in 2026? Ideally something that:
