PH Community!

Last week we built us a tool to see exactly what our LLM calls cost.

Still feels unreal. Last week, we crossed 10,000 people using Pretty Prompt!

Just 3 months after launch .

What started as a weekend hack to solve our own problem, is now loved by so many users around the world!

PH Community! Sooo we just hit 50,000 users in 14 months

Pretty Prompt wouldn't be without Product Hunt.

I spent last week doing the heavy lifting of building my very first Mac app to see if I could turn an idea into a functional tool for my own workflow.

Even Charlie gave his thumbs up

Took advantage of the @Glaze by Raycast awards to test my building skills!

Charlie (@cerwindcharlie)and I have been thinking a lot about what really matters when building a startup. And honestly, it all comes down to one thing:

Making something people want.

It s a bit cringe but it s true.

I used to think the hardest part of building a product was building the product.

Turns out, creating superfans is harder.

The real challenge is getting people to love your product:

I just told Claude Code to use Remotion to enhance my launch video for the new Pretty Canvas.

(Repurpose Content in Your Brand Voice in a visual canvas style) -> See how it works
Claude did a pretty good first draft. Then I prompted the following:

"Few things to update. The colour code should be: hashtag#0D4EBD hashtag#0A224D hashtag#0065FD hashtag#FEFEFD hashtag#9BA5BD
and accents of yellow where needed. - The font should be Poppins (titles) and Work Sans for smaller stuff. - The logo of Pretty Prompt is this one (attached) - Make sure you also save this information as context for future video edits. - Finally, the last screen should be this one (attached) use it as an example of the style of the lower thirds"

The result? 10x better video. In brand. When you provide good context, the output is way way better.

I am soooo excited about this update. Niche. Specific. Adds actual value.

We're introducing Personas, Focus, & Slash Commands for Pretty Chat.

This community helped turn a scrappy weekend project into something used by 25,000+ people from all around the world. So it felt right to share this here first:

On Jan 31, we are launching Pretty Prompt 1.0 right here on Product Hunt.

First day back with my co-founder Charlie, and we showed up ready to build!
Feels a bit like the first day back at school: excited, a little nervous, ready to dive in .