Using AI tools to draft copy or quick code saves tons of time but I've noticed I immediately jump to prompting instead of just sitting with a problem for five minutes.
it's great for speed, but sometimes the outputs feel a bit generic and strip away that personal touch.
do you set any personal boundaries on when to close the AI tab and just brainstorm manually?
Everyone remembers the first wave of AI panic, jobs disappearing overnight. It didn't happen that fast, so people relaxed, and now a lot of designers and editors i know genuinely believe AI still can't do what they do.
Tested some of the newer models recently. That confidence feels outdated to me now.
Not trying to fearmonger, just think the real risk right now isn't panic, it's complacency. The first warning didn't come true on schedule, so people stopped checking whether it eventually would.
Curious how others who've actually tested the latest tools feel about this, still confident, or starting to notice the gap closing.
Product Hunt has always felt like a place where underdog founders can try their luck not with VCs, but with a real community of builders. It reminds me of what made the early internet so special: it was a place where fragmented groups could find each other and power up together. For my personal use, as a maker, historically it s been more about supporting my friends' companies when they had launches and now I use it to keep up with the continues rollout of new tools mostly aimed at makers looking to vibe and make faster.
Right now, I feel anxious for America (and the world) feel from political chaos and our economic prospects. Resilience in our community has been a source of strength. LGBT are also natural contrarians to the status quo to such an extent I would say it is even a builder superpower.
My co-founder and I are building MVP.ai, emotionally intelligent AI companions that people can learn from (from skills to studying), regulate and process their emotions (thus increasing emotional IQ), talk with, and overall, grow together in an immersive bonding experience.
But wait... building AI companions, that seems unethical? Dangerous, right?
Posting on linkedin X and facebook feels like shouting into a void lately. You spend hours on a post just for it to get buried in ten minutes with zero clicks back to your site.
Free listing sites don't seem to drive any real signups either.
For anyone who actually built organic traffic recently without a budget what channel is actually worth putting effort into right now?
Genuine question, not a humble brag about our pricing.
Most pricing advice assumes a US or EU buyer. $29 a month feels unremarkable there. Converted, that is roughly Rs 2,600, and for an independent tutor here running 40 students out of a WhatsApp group that is a real monthly decision, not a rounding error. The product costs us the same to run either way.
We sell to Indian educators, and every option has a catch.
Flat global price. Simple and honest, and it prices out most of the market we actually built for.
we built something as an afterthought, basically a debug tool we left exposed because we were lazy about hiding it, and it turned into one of the most used parts of the product. meanwhile a couple of things we spent weeks polishing barely get touched.
curious if this is universal. what's a feature that you almost didn't ship, or built half-heartedly, that ended up mattering way more than the stuff you were actually proud of building?
