1 month since launch on ProductHunt

One month ago we launched Contral on Product Hunt and hit #1 Product of the Week. Here's what happened since.

500+ developers downloaded the beta. We didn't expect that number this early honestly. The feedback has been wild, some stuff we expected people to love (the teaching layer) and some stuff we didn't expect at all (Defense Mode became the most talked about feature by far, people genuinely love being quizzed on their own code which was surprising).

We started conversations with a few universities about running Contral as a pilot in their CS programs. The idea of students learning to code inside an actual IDE instead of switching between a tutorial and an editor resonated hard with the professors we spoke to. Nothing signed yet but the conversations are real and moving.

Bug reports have been humbling. Our early users don't hold back and thats exactly what we needed. We've shipped fixes almost daily since launch based on real user feedback. The product today is genuinely better than what we launched with a month ago.

What's next: more language support beyond Java, performance improvements based on the most common feedback, and closing the university pilots so students can start using Contral in actual classrooms this semester.

To everyone who upvoted us on launch day, downloaded the beta, reported bugs, joined the Discord, or just sent us a DM saying the idea resonated, thank you.

If you downloaded the beta and haven't tried it yet this is your sign. And if you haven't downloaded it yet, 70% off is still live but not for much longer.

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