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1.Middle-aged man trading cards go viral in rural Japan town2.Show HN: Lux – A luxurious package manager for Lua3.Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code4.Cardiac arrest deaths among marathoners have decreased, study finds5.What Was Quartz?6.Beyond Quacking: Deep Integration of Language Models and RAG into DuckDB7.Scaffold Level Editor8.A Supermarket Bag and a Truckload of FOMO9.Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit moon10.Fifty Years of Open Source Software Supply Chain Security11.Hasochism: The pleasure and pain of dependently typed Haskell programming [pdf] (2013)12.20 years of Git13.Decoding the 90s: Cryptography in Early Software Development (2023)14.PiDP-1, or the rebirth of an old machine15.Show HN: Minimal MCP server in Go showcasing project architecture16.Rsync replaced with openrsync on macOS Sequoia17.Ancient Dagger Up to 2.5k Years Old W Stars/Moons/Geometric Patterns Unearthed18.The Troll Hole Adventure19.In the 1980s we also downloaded software from TV20.Glamorous Toolkit21.Benchmarking LLM social skills with an elimination game22.A startup doesn't need to be a unicorn23.The Precise Language of Good Management24.DeepMind program finds diamonds in Minecraft without being taught25.Deterministic simulation testing for async Rust26.We asked camera companies why their RAW formats are all different and confusing27.Circling the Good28.The Mathematics of Crochet29.Show HN: Uncurl.dev – Convert curl commands to a shareable, executable UI30.Why Catullus continues to seduce us
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1.I built an app and had no clue what I was doing and it’s now making me thousands…2.Forget unicorns. $10K MRR solo feels better than $2M seed and stress3.My product made $2K in March and I got a job 💙4.Built, bootstrapped, exited. $2M revenue, $990k AppSumo, 6-figure exit at $33k MRR (email industry). AmA!5.This sub is littered with shit AI projects and it's exhausting6.Solo SaaS just made $6k in it's first month7.Got offered $20k for my startup and turned it down to keep building8.After 6 months and 4 failed projects, it finally happened. I MADE MY FIRST SAAS MONEY!9.Stay at it and you have no idea how much money SaaS can make you10.I really hate this community and its management11.Show proof or it didn't happen12.Gen Z’s Obsession with Fast Money Is a Trap13.How I cracked the code to my first $1K in 202514.Stop Building SaaS Products Nobody Wants15.I'm sick of all the advice16.Building a saas to escape reality17.Drop your AI-Powered SaaS. I will write an honest review in my LinkedIn about it.18.My 5h idea is finally making some money. From 0-$2.3k MRR in 6 months19.What are you working on? Let me review your demo.20.It’s so damn hard to promote your startup for free21.After 9 months of building, I finally realized I wasn’t building anything that could win22.I built 3 failed startups before finding success. the journey broke me, then saved me.23.I quit my job to focus full-time on my SaaS, failed, and did it again24.I Made $527K With This Cold Email Setup for Our B2B SAAS CLIENTS . Steal It.25.How YOU can Scale your SAAS to $40K MRR in 6 Months Using Cold Outreach (Step-by-Step)
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1.A little-known Spanish app studio is making ~$12M a year2.My product made $2k in March and I got a job 💙3.2 years, 20 over projects. 1 finally took off: my personal experience4.How I cracked the code to my first $1K in 20255.Product Hunt Alternative for indie makers6.My job board has passed $5K MRR after 3 years of building7.I built my grandma a one-tap app to FaceTime me. She just taps my photo. That’s it8.I used to start projects and never finish them — until I followed a simple planning flow that led to my first real launch9.Calmer: A tiny mental health app quietly gaining traction in a massive niche10.I collected 1000+ places to launch your product with viral post hooks11.How I made $5000 in 2025 with $0 ads12.Ever wonder where you’ve seen something before?13.My lessons from building fast14.Google Search Console just sent me this:15.How I got to 2.3K monthly active users 4 weeks after launching my product16.I’m Rishabh Goel, Co-Founder & CEO of Dodo Payments – a Merchant of Record (MoR) helping Indie Hackers sell digital products globally. We just hit #2 Product of the Day on Product Hunt! AMA17.Last month i made $2380 and spent $1433 on ads first month with good profit18.It seems everyone talks about GA or Hotjar, but I think Microsoft Clarity is quite under-rated19.Tried Google Ads for 1 Week (Low Budget) – Here’s What Happened20.Starting over... again21.I will help SaaS founders find their ideal customers and close their first 100 deals for free.22.I Tried to Make My Landing Page as Cringey As Possible. How'd I do?23.This is how indie hacking looks like...24.From Burnout to Breakthrough: How I Slashed Influencer Costs by 70% as a Solo Founder25.I built a speed reading app for my girlfriend with ADHD
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1.The website for (newly-released) Anime.js v4 is just incredible.2.The language learning app I originally made for my wife is already making monthly income!3.Cloudflare doesn’t publish their domain price table. So I scraped it and made the prices available for anyone4.What?5.I reached 100 but does the end justify the means?6.The <select> element can now be customized with CSS7.Light/Dark mode animation using View Transitions API [Open-source]8.The product always feels off when you build for people you don’t understand9.My girlfriend and I built a questions game on vacation to talk about our relationship more—turned into a habit we now love10.how do you code everyday without getting burnt out11.So I just got screwed over AFTER getting the job offer12.Am I the only one who hates gimmicky heavy scroll animation?13.Best Netlify alternatives?14.A price and feature comparison site for VPS servers15.I made an all-in-one media downloader website without ads16.I built a free resume builder – no sign-up, no paywall, no data tracking.17.This less than symbol appeared one day and I don't know how to get rid of it (repost cause I forgot to attach the images in the first post)18.Minimal CSS-only blurry image placeholders19.Is front-end more tedious than back-end?20.Why CSR Wins Every Time21.I made a tool that builds your portfolio in seconds from GitHub or Dribbble22.Is it worth it to switch to typescript from regular javascript?23.Is it just me, or google cloud platform is absolute trash?24.Does your company use activity tracking software like Hubstaff or Monitask?25.The 13 software engineering laws
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1.2.How I Grew Deformity to 1,000 Users3.A case study: The startup that lost it all4.What Is Vibe Coding and the New Business Model for VC's5.Testing an AI-Powered Growth Strategy Tool6.How we're helping solopreneurs cut ad cost with our AI marketing intelligence platform (and they're getting better results)7.I reverse engineered how Clay went from zero to $1.25 Billion in 7 years8.Anyone else spending way too much time cleaning marketing data in Excel?9.Helpful Resource for SaaS Founders & Designers10.When a Casual Demo Video Went Viral - Thanks to Elon Musk🚀11.I curated 150+ growth strategies from indie founders12.Launched my AI product - CrawlChat13.I created a SaaS that turns text into high-quality images—here’s what it taught me about standing out in 2025.14.How to Start an Online Business for Free With the Skool Community and Platform15.Using Conversion Blitz to Supercharge Gemini Deep Research for Lead Generation16.The Question Every Founder Should be Asking (But Most Don’t)17.Showcase: What have you vibe-coded this recently?18.Target audience research method everyone wants to steal19.Tips for creating carousels...20.Is Exponetial Growth a Myth?21.I built a 100% free tool that helps you create social media carousels in Canva22.Duolingo helps, but it's real conversations that take your language skills to the next level23.The One Growth Tactic That Transforms Any Startup24.The Power of the Pack: How Wolves Drive Exponential Growth25.I Suck at Marketing… So I Built a Free Game to Promote My App.26.I Suck at Marketing… So I Built a Free Game to Promote My App.27.Worried about Skype shutdown? Not anymore with these free alternatives28.Looking for Partner in Canada29.How We're Using AI to Help Realtors Get More High-Ticket Clients Today30.I went from an idea to a live product in 24 hours.31.How to Get Backlinks for New Projects 10132.The P.A.S.S. Framework: The Marketing Machine That Grows Local Businesses33.High Paying Jobs for Introverts with Anxiety: A Comprehensive Guide34.Supercharging Lead Generation With DeepSeek AI35.Growth Hacks I'm considering - need your inputs
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1.When "differentiation" becomes disaster: Passes' catastrophic decision to allow underage creators (another Lucy Guo misfire) - I will not promote2.Launched v1.0 After 7 Years. Now I’m Burnt Out and Considering Selling - I will not promote3.Best Startup Companies you thought would NEVER Work - Here's Mine (I will not promote)4.Where a dev with startup mindset and entrepreneurial spirt could find co-founders? - I will not promote5.The #1 simple trick to double your YouTube views (you're missing this!) (I will not promote)6.How much equity to give a co-founder who joins 1 year in? - I will not promote7.Bombed accelerator interview :/ - I will not promote8.Our start up has stagnated (I will not promote)9.You ever drive yourself nuts treating everything like a startup? (I will not promote)10.Need help with cold outreach for my startup to get new inboud leads without dropping the ball (I will not promote)11.Are we in an "Investor Recession" (and why?) (I will not promote)12.7 days a week position I will not promote13.Has Anyone *Legitimately* had an idea "Stolen" by an Investor? (I will not promote)14.What is your idea of Startup Hell? -- I will not promote15.I will not Promote. Getting users is hard.. getting initial users is harder16.Made the jump from Big Tech to a startup: sharing 6 biggest mindset shifts I had to make [I will not promote]17.anyone here have real experience with influencer marketing? - I will not promote18.is freemium a waste of time when you're starting out? i will not promote19.Is your startup using AI? How do you handle AI model costs? I will not promote20.What actually worked when converting free users to paid? I will not promote21.Started with an office and ended up with a remote team – I will not promote22.Thinking About Hiring a Business Coach—Is It Really Worth It? "i will not promote"23.Non-technical CEO wants to work on the product *I will not promote*24.Founders - you make or break a company (I will not promote)25.What's "Seed-Strapping?" The next fundraising trend or a legit alternative? Any experience? (I will not promote)
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1.Show HN: Lux – A luxurious package manager for Lua2.Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code3.Show HN: Minimal MCP server in Go showcasing project architecture4.Show HN: Uncurl.dev – Convert curl commands to a shareable, executable UI5.Show HN: ReGenNexus Core – A Protocol for Universal App/Device Communication6.Show HN: All-in-One Japanese Study Tool with AI + Anki7.Show HN: Disco – The self-hosting platform I wish existed years ago8.Show HN: LocalScore – Local LLM Benchmark9.Show HN: Browser-Use MCP for Claude that works without an API key10.Show HN: nix-mcp-servers – MCP server Nix package repo11.Show HN: I tried making YouTube safer for my kids12.Show HN: A fast, minimal and offline-friendly web playground13.Show HN: Soundscapes and Lofi Player14.Show HN: Turn school textbook into a personal tutor (powered by Groq)15.Show HN: I built a word game. My mom thinks it's great. What do you think?16.Show HN: SQLTest.online: A free, interactive SQL practice platform I built17.Show HN: Lately ADHD Journey Planner18.Show HN: I built a Rust crate for running unsafe code safely19.Show HN: Hatchet v1 – A task orchestration platform built on Postgres20.Show HN: An intentionally annoying app to break doomscrolling21.Show HN: Converge, the daily AI word association game22.Show HN: A free movies and series randomiser23.Show HN: Clawtype v2.1 – a one-hand chorded USB keyboard and mouse [video]24.Show HN: OTPDock – API inbox for testing email OTP flows in end-to-end tests25.Show HN: uWrap.js – A faster and more accurate text wrapping util in < 2KB26.Show HN: Crowdsourced tips on the Internet for gaining muscle27.Show HN: The C3 programming language (C alternative language)28.Show HN: I turned GitHub contributions into a retro battle game29.Show HN: OCR pipeline for ML training (tables, diagrams, math, multilingual)30.Show HN: Browser Router – Open links in different browsers based on URL rules
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1.Saveku – Organize links, inspire others2.StartEase – Nuxt SaaS boilerplate focused on Growth & Conversion3.Stellify – Defines your entire app so that AI can develop and maintain it4.TheBizness.ai – Find out which marketing channels actually drive conversions5.TaskView – A powerful tool for managing tasks, projects, and teams6.Tagada – The Gmail Extension for Clearer, Faster Replies.7.Keyword Research Tool – Try it for free - No cost, No Sign-ups.8.Flowglad – Drop-in payments and billing for developers9.Crispy Mail – Our AI email assistant will help you save 6-8 hours each week10.Pretty Insights – The simple Google Analytics alternative that gives you live data11.ReelsBuilder AI | Viral Content – Automatically create short-form videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels, etc12.OnlineMarkdown – Online Markdown Editor13.NaturaLink.ai – Create AI agents using Natural Language14.CreateWise AI – Let AI do your podcast show notes in one click15.EquityResearch – Smart Stock Analysis Powered by AI16.dreammoods – Capture, analyze, and visualize your dreams17.WebCrawler API – Simplifying Web Data Extraction for AI Applications18.NoteUX – Smart And Minimalist Note Taking App19.welcomr – Create, assign, and track onboarding checklists20.ExpenseTrackr – Limited Presale – Effortless expense tracking for teams and individuals21.Cloudairy – A Collaborative Workspace22.Site.Studio – Build landing pages with Tailwind and AI23.TempMail.World – Avoid spam and protect your personal inbox24.nocal – A calendar and note taking app designed for extremely busy people25.Aernotes – Plan your holidays in one place, not ten
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1.Why you should build tiny viral apps2.The personal software revolution: Our interview with Replit CEO Amjad Masad3.How we launch at Supabase4.How to Ace a Product Demo5.The ultimate guide to willingness-to-pay6.How to Improve Your AI Agent: A Guide for Founders7.How to Detect AI Content with Keystroke Tracking8.An Initially Failed PH Launch Turned Around to Get Us 850+ Paid Subscribers9.The Case for Supabase10.3.5 Years, 12 Hard Pivots, Still Not Dead11.Cofounder Mode: A Tactical Guide to Finding a Cofounder12.A Founder’s Guide to AI Fine-Tuning13.A Better Way to Get Your First 10 B2B Customers14.The Cold Email Template that Got Me an 8% Reply Rate15.Outbound Email Doesn’t Work Anymore. You Need to Do It Anyway.16.Comparing GPT-4o mini vs Llama 3.1 for fine-tuning17.The inner work of startup building18.Suffering = Growth19.Our Great Migration from MongoDB to PostgreSQL20.Can LLMs find bugs in large codebases?21.Programmatic SEO: A Beginner’s Guide for Founders22.How we ranked N°1 on Github Trending for a week using Github SEO23.What AI tech leaders say about AGI24.Upgrading to GPT-4o: Four founders share their experience25.Q&A: What the heck is RAG?26.Q&A: What makes AI models hallucinate?27.What we've learned in 3 days of Llama 328.Introducing Shoutouts 29.Can Devin AI Replace Product Managers?30.Anthropic says its latest models can give GPT-4 and Gemini a run for their money31.Google announced an open-source, lightweight version of its flagship AI32.OpenAI’s latest model takes video generation to the next level 33.Meet Nvidia's new localized AI chatbot 34.The top 15 AI products from 202335.Here’s all the software we use at our Series A startup36.Q&A: Why is Perplexity such a big deal?37.An interview with lempire founder, Guillaume Moubeche38.This ML concept will bring hyper-personalization to your screen39.This isn’t your regular old Webcam40.Product Hunt partners with ScreenSpace41.14 best free AI art generators from text in 202342.How to create the AI yearbook trend for free or using viral EPIK app43.What is a JavaScript playground? (and 9 of the best in 2023)44.How to use DALL-E 3 for free or with ChatGPT Plus45.How to use Generative Fill in Photoshop to extend and edit images46.AI app can now text you with personalized gift ideas ahead of their special day47.How to remove My AI on Snapchat (with and without Snapchat Plus)48.Best note-taking apps for iPad 2023: Apple Notes and alternatives49.This app shows you what your friends are listening to from your lock screen50.Product Hunt maker, now CEO
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1.How To Build A Business Case To Promote Accessibility In Your B2B Products2.Building A Drupal To Storyblok Migration Tool: An Engineering Perspective3.Blossoms, Flowers, And The Magic Of Spring (April 2025 Wallpapers Edition)4.How To Argue Against AI-First Research5.Adaptive Video Streaming With Dash.js In React6.Previewing Content Changes In Your Work With document.designMode7.Web Components Vs. Framework Components: What’s The Difference?8.How To Prevent WordPress SQL Injection Attacks9.How To Build Confidence In Your UX Work10.How To Fix Largest Contentful Paint Issues With Subpart Analysis11.The Case For Minimal WordPress Setups: A Contrarian View On Theme Frameworks12.Sunshine And March Vibes (2025 Wallpapers Edition)13.The Human Element: Using Research And Psychology To Elevate Data Storytelling14.Human-Centered Design Through AI-Assisted Usability Testing: Reality Or Fiction?15.How OWASP Helps You Secure Your Full-Stack Web Applications16.How To Test And Measure Content In UX17.Time To First Byte: Beyond Server Response Time18.Taking RWD To The Extreme19.Integrations: From Simple Data Transfer To Modern Composable Architectures20.Look Closer, Inspiration Lies Everywhere (February 2025 Wallpapers Edition)21.The Digital Playbook: A Crucial Counterpart To Your Design System22.Transitioning Top-Layer Entries And The Display Property In CSS23.Svelte 5 And The Future Of Frameworks: A Chat With Rich Harris24.Navigating The Challenges Of Modern Open-Source Authoring: Lessons Learned25.An Ode To Side Project Time26.On-Device AI: Building Smarter, Faster, And Private Applications27.The Role Of Illustration Style In Visual Storytelling28.Solo Development: Learning To Let Go Of Perfection29.Tight Mode: Why Browsers Produce Different Performance Results30.Lesser Known Uses Of Better Known Attributes31.How To Design For High-Traffic Events And Prevent Your Website From Crashing32.What Does AI Really Mean?33.New Front-End Features For Designers In 202534.New Year, New Hopes, New Dreams (January 2025 Wallpapers Edition)35.The Design Leader Dilemma36.Three Approaches To Amplify Your Design Projects37.An Introduction To CSS Scroll-Driven Animations: Scroll And View Progress Timelines38.Mastering SVG Arcs39.The Importance Of Graceful Degradation In Accessible Interface Design40.Creating An Effective Multistep Form For Better User Experience
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