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What problem does PH solve/what problem would this solve? Honestly PH always felt to me like a time waster. “Oh look at this idea. Neat. Next.” Now, a website

What problem does PH solve/what problem would this solve? Honestly PH always felt to me like a time waster. “Oh look at this idea. Neat. Next.” Now, a website where I can type in the problem I am having and it suggests solutions (with a mix of self hosted vs commercial products depending on my settings) would be super useful. For example: “I want to organize a library full of old photos that don’t have metadata” or “I want a cheap online backup solution with support for Linux servers” or “I want to automate sending personalized-feeling birthday cards to people I know professionally”.

anonzzzies 2y ago
It can get you started, it did for many. It seems kind of crappy these days but it still works as a channel to get your product out.
breadwinner 2y ago
PH is a website that program managers from big companies such as Microsoft and Google go to get ideas for new features. I recommend against post anything to PH unless you have patents, or a big marketing budget, if not your idea will just be copied by big companies before you can get the word out about your product.
- gkoberger 2y ago
  Do you have any examples of this happening? How many products on Product Hunt do you think are patent-able? My startup was posted on PH, and many years later we're quite successful. We had $0 budget and it was just me at the time, and it worked out wonderfully.
- bootstrpppin 2y ago
  That's a pretty cynical view....besides, big companies would take months/years to to copy an idea - even if it's a good one - and by then the market has moved.
agnishom 2y ago
"Oh look at this idea. Neat. Next." That's exactly what HackerRank feels like. Same with "normal" social media like Reddit or Twitter
- hackernewds 2y ago
  then what keeps you here I'm curious
  - agnishom 2y ago
    you misunderstand. People actually _like_ this feeling.
  - PittleyDunkin 2y ago
    Occasionally people post here about stuff aside from making money, which is nice
asdf6969 2y ago
It’s a way for developers to sell products to each other in a big circle without actually producing anything

anonzzzies 2y ago

It can get you started, it did for many. It seems kind of crappy these days but it still works as a channel to get your product out.

breadwinner 2y ago

PH is a website that program managers from big companies such as Microsoft and Google go to get ideas for new features. I recommend against post anything to PH unless you have patents, or a big marketing budget, if not your idea will just be copied by big companies before you can get the word out about your product.

gkoberger 2y ago
Do you have any examples of this happening? How many products on Product Hunt do you think are patent-able? My startup was posted on PH, and many years later we're quite successful. We had $0 budget and it was just me at the time, and it worked out wonderfully.
bootstrpppin 2y ago
That's a pretty cynical view....besides, big companies would take months/years to to copy an idea - even if it's a good one - and by then the market has moved.

agnishom 2y ago

"Oh look at this idea. Neat. Next." That's exactly what HackerRank feels like. Same with "normal" social media like Reddit or Twitter

hackernewds 2y ago
then what keeps you here I'm curious
- agnishom 2y ago
  you misunderstand. People actually _like_ this feeling.
- PittleyDunkin 2y ago
  Occasionally people post here about stuff aside from making money, which is nice

asdf6969 2y ago

It’s a way for developers to sell products to each other in a big circle without actually producing anything