🔥 Get more points by launching on Alpha Day
We’re trying something new on Thursday: Alpha Day.
The idea is simple. If this is the first time you’re launching your product anywhere, you can tag it alpha and get a boost to your points (and land on a special leaderboard).
This is for the genuinely fresh stuff. The products that are just getting out into the world. The ones that still need feedback, still have rough edges, and are way more interesting because of it.
We’re also putting more weight on comments. So if you try an Alpha product and leave a thoughtful comment, it matters more. And if you’re a maker, jumping in and commenting on other Alpha launches can help you too.
Basically: launch something new, try other new things, leave real feedback, and make each other’s day.
If that sounds like your kind of chaos, get your launch in by tomorrow midnight PST.
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The extra weight on comments is interesting, might actually bring back thoughtful discussions instead of just upvotes.
Raycast
It's been a long time since Product Hunt's server crashed... this could be a repeat of days long lost! 😉
Uxcel
Hey @aaronoleary love the idea. Will this be ongoing every Thursday or a one-time experiment?
Grass
Launching our Grass App on Alpha Day!!
Feels like the right place for it.
We're giving away free VM compute for coding agents. Point Claude Code or OpenCode at it, run your session in the cloud, done. No config, no burning your laptop.
It's rough around the edges. The mobile UX still needs work. Some flows are clunky. We know.
But the VM works, the agents run, and 10 hours of compute is free for everyone who tries it today. Would love real feedback on what breaks.
Sounds pretty sick, look forward to trying this out tomorrow 🤝
Okan
Seeing a dedicated space for rough-around-the-edges products is incredibly refreshing. Lately, standard launches feel like highly orchestrated marketing campaigns, which can be pretty intimidating when you're just a solo dev trying to get a raw v1 out the door. Weighting thoughtful comments higher is the real game-changer here, since constructive feedback is so much more valuable than a mindless upvote at the alpha stage.
@y_taka super agree with this, this is is the same feeling I have -- intimidation and double doubting. Always thinking if your app is production ready and where to get your first user for constructive feedback.
Nice, this is a great idea! Are you piloting it, or is this something that surely will stay?
While we didn't catch this for @CoreSight , it would be good to know if Alpha Day will be around in the future as well.
Awshar AI
@aaronoleary My Edit was freeze i have to update my product details lauched today, help me with this please.
If I launched my product yesterday, am I still able to add the alpha tag? awesome idea
@cayden_bauschek yeah definitely, just add it on the Thursday!
If this is our first time launching on PH, but we’ve launched on a couple of other sites, can we still qualify for the Alpha Launch?