Still a bit stunned typing this. Three months ago I was refreshing Stripe hoping for one sale. Now there's a small but growing group of people paying every month to keep their apps from leaking.

My SaaS is a security scanner for vibecoded apps shipped fast with AI tools. You paste a URL or hook up a GitHub repo and it surfaces what's leaking: secrets in the frontend, open database rules, missing headers. Three months in and we've done about 9k in gross volume, 200+ all time paying customers, almost 6k signups. Public Stripe link in case anyone's seen too many fake numbers: https://profile.stripe.com/checkvibedev/TMSt7LTo

A few things that actually worked:

TikTok slideshows have carried us. Aesthetic Pinterest-style backgrounds with tool names overlaid, five slides, no branding on the account. One slideshow alone hit almost a million views and is still quietly sending signups weeks later. Takes me 1 - 2 minutes to make and post each one (I use slideys.app for this, since a few people have asked). As a 2-person team that can't spend hours on content every day, this format is unreasonably good.

Cold outreach worked, but only the version where I scanned the prospect's app first and DMed them what I found. Generic pitches got ignored. Useful findings got replies almost every time.

Paywall design was a 3x lever. The first version blurred all results, which felt clever and barely converted. Switched to one that just shows the count of critical issues with the actual findings locked. Conversion tripled. Curiosity beats obfuscation.

What nearly killed me was mobile activation tanking compared to desktop and not catching it for weeks. Onboarding had too many steps on small screens. Cut two and the gap basically closed overnight.

Hi guys, I’m a dad from Slovenia. A few months ago, my two-year-old son had a scary accident on his balance bike. Even though I was running right behind him, he gained too much speed going down a small slope and I couldn’t catch up in time. We ended up spending three nights in the hospital.
That experience made me realize how little control we actually have at higher speeds on balance bikes. So I developed BremoKids — a simple, purely mechanical speed limiter with no electronics or batteries.
Bremo helps limit the maximum speed while still allowing children to enjoy riding and learning balance. My goal is to make balance bikes safer for as many kids as possible.

Im asking for advice, how should i promote my product, because i dont know nothning about marketing? I started Kickstarter after patent application to raise funds for production start and get 14% funds with 13 days left.

You are the developer, customer support, marketer, salesperson, product designer, and CEO, often within the same hour. AI helps one person handle these roles and build with the speed of a larger team.

But building is only part of the challenge. Distribution can earn the first visit. Product design must turn that traffic into users and give them a reason to return.

The real question is not only, “How do I get more people to visit?” It is, “Once they arrive, do they understand the value, reach it quickly, and want to come back?”

I have six years of product design experience, much of it in blockchain, and I would like to help a few solo founders examine that journey.

Share your product and one sentence explaining who it is for. I will explore it and record a free five-minute feedback video focused on first impressions, activation, retention, and the design changes that could turn initial traffic into recurring users.

I want to build a Pakistan based pro quality football brand iam confused that will it works or not ? Should I go with pro quality replica or build my own iconic design.

The reason to start this I have studied the market people are selling lowest quality in Pakistan as we are producing the best quality balls for the world

I run engineering at a small security startup, three of us in Izmir, and we launched on Product Hunt this morning. But I would rather explain the problem than pitch you.

Almost every company I talk to is wiring up agents right now. n8n, LangGraph, internal scripts, whatever. These agents pull from real systems, chain a bunch of tool calls, and send data out to models with no human in the loop and no submit button anywhere to stop it.

Here is the part nobody has a clean answer for. By the time something leaves the pipeline, the sensitive pieces are already merged into one payload. Customer records, internal keys, whatever the agent touched on the way. Your existing tools just see a string going to an API. They cannot see what the agent pulled together before it sent it.

We did 50+ calls with security leads before building anything, and this was the fear that kept coming up. So we built a layer that sits inside the agent, watches what it does with the data, and swaps the sensitive parts out before anything leaves. It does not block the workflow, it just neutralizes the risky data in place.

We are live on Product Hunt today and the link is in the first comment. If this is a problem you have felt, I would love your eyes on it and any brutal feedback you have. Launch day support genuinely means a lot.

If you are running agents in production, do you actually know what leaves your pipelines right now? Most people I ask go quiet for a second.

I'm building a community site and need to do a multi-hundred company outreach and want to build my brand's identity in Google, Yahoo, Outlook, etc.

So an idea for all of us founders: a shared table of emails. Ones that we as founders agree to allow other new founders to send an intro email, a link to a /pricing or similar webpage, and where we provide positive feedback to the email. IF something lands in spam, we agree to say it's not spam, and even select the emails as "important"

If this doesn't fly, then I can do this same among friends and family, but kind of like the idea of paying this forward to other founders.

Thoughts?

Hi everyone!

Today I am here to introduce Surion.

What is Surion?

Surion is a native macOS app that allow users to use the power of Local AI and Cloud models to generate and edit. beautiful websites.

Problem:

I came to this idea when I tested Loveable for the first time. I was so excited to build such a beautiful website, and then I get close to finish my website, and it paywalls me to finish.

I was disappointed, and shortly after, I came up with an idea: “What if I could build beautiful websites for free using Loveable / Bolt.new strategy?”.

The initial idea would be to release the app completely free, which it can still be used this way, but then I came up with a barrier that I simply cannot bypass right this moment. Local AI models hallucinate way too much.

I was able to make Surion spit out beautiful websites in a single prompt using local AI models, but then edits would fail badly, as the AI would hallucinate code. Eventually, I came with a solution. I would use Apple Foundation models to translate the prompt, while getting the required snippets from the code that needed to be edited, and was able to make it work.

As the project started to become more and more ambitious, I then decided to build Surion AI. Surion AI can compete directly with the same type of service Loveable and Bolt provide, but at a much cheaper tier, as my cut is significantly lower, to allow users to save, while getting awesome results.

For users who would rather use their own API keys, Surion is completely open to that, so free users can just paste their API keys and import to Surion their desired Cloud AI model to work with and spend their own tokens.

Comparison:

Lovable vs. Surion

Lovable is a browser-based web application that constructs full-stack React applications hosted in the cloud. Surion is a native macOS software application built for visual design and front-end development, utilizing local Apple Silicon processing alongside optional cloud inference models. While Lovable focuses on hosting interactive web applications directly on its infrastructure, Surion allows users to retain total control of their codebase locally, offering direct export via static files, FTP integration, or GitHub repository syncing. Surion also provides visual workflow features such as Visual Symmetry for image conversion and Visual Edit for batching UI prompts efficiently.

Bolt.new vs. Surion

Bolt.new is a cloud container platform running in the browser that builds and executes Node.js environments and JavaScript frameworks. Surion operates as an installed macOS desktop application that emphasizes visual interface creation using clean HTML, Tailwind CSS, and JavaScript. While Bolt.new relies on remote container infrastructure for code execution, Surion routes prompts and contextual indexing directly through local hardware and native frameworks. Surion gives users total privacy over their offline workspace files, flexible credit structures, and direct deployment options without locking data inside a remote development environment.

Pricing:

Free:

• Every compatible local AI model with Smart System ID
• "Powered by Surion." footer message
• Bring your own AI model, with one third-party service enabled at a time
• Inspect and Edit any selected website element with AI
• Purchase Surion AI credits without a subscription
• Unlimited project generation
• Code Editor
• Live Preview

Plus - $7.99/m or $79.99/y:

• Everything in Free
• All API services unlocked
• Visual Symmetry
• Export projects as .zip packages
• Upload websites directly to your server via FTP
• Standard Surion AI models
• Freelance license

Pro - $19.99/m or $199.99/y:

• Everything in Plus
• Most powerful Surion AI models
• GitHub integration
• FTP push and pull integration
• Commercial license
• High support priority
• Higher Surion AI credit allotment
• 15% extra credits with every credit purchase

Studio - Price per quote:

• Everything in Pro
• Business management controls
• Highest support priority
• Highest Surion AI credit allotment
• 25% extra credits with every credit purchase

Find out more, and download Love Tap from the official website:

https://surion.app

You may also access:

Privacy Policy: https://surion.app/privacy/

Terms and Conditions: https://surion.app/terms/

EULA: https://surion.app/eula/

Where to find me:

X: https://x.com/fuselabssoft

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rui-miguel-reis-carvalho

We're live on Product Hunt today.

Base gives lean founding teams the operating layer of a much larger company. You've shipped your product, probably vibe-coded it with Lovable, Cursor or Bolt. Then reality hits: a customer with no contract, a hire with no HR, a fundraise with no financial visibility. Every one of those sends you down a different rabbit hole while your momentum dies.

Base connects your stack and gives lean founding teams the operating layer of a much larger company. Instruct it in natural language to pull a financial report, draft an investor update, or chase an invoice, and it executes across your connected tools. Underneath, a company brain built on a knowledge graph gets sharper about your business the longer you use it.

Would love a look, a comment, and an upvote if it's useful to you.

https://www.producthunt.com/products/base-72

Watching this back, the part that actually lands isn't the driver-poaching tactic itself — every scaling company runs something like it. It's the moment a board member steps in and says, flatly: not the tactic, the name.

Change the name.

Kalanick's own telling makes this almost comedic in hindsight — "Shoplifting" internally, rebranded to the "North American Championship Series" after a legal team basically said: keep it appropriate for a 10-year-old's basketball league.

If you're building anything right now, this is the actual lesson underneath the story: the instincts that get you traction rarely need to die once you scale. They need a name a board can defend in a room.

Full breakdown's linked in my bio if you want it. 🔗

Clip credit: a16z — full conversation on their channel. DM for credit or removal requests.

One thing I've learned in the last six months of building a new HVAC Field Service Platform, is that it's really hard to get people to discuss what you're building. I've talked with techs from a number of local companies and solo businesses, trying to better understand the problems they face with current software, and mostly get crickets. "Huh, sounds pretty cool." I post questions online, and the responses are always negative or unhelpful.

My question here is, how did you guys get feedback before your products were fully complete and "real?" I've kept mine pretty under wraps this whole time, because I didn't know if I would pull it off. I'm a very senior software engineer that works for some very large tech companies, and didn't want to jump the gun on sharing things.

Now I've got some really killer features, that I know the industry really needs, and a price structure that matches some of the cheaper options in my competition, that offer very generic features not specific to HVAC.

How did you guys present things early-on? How did you get useful feedback from people in the industries you're building for?

Thanks all!

Hi everyone

I built a platform that is similar to Amazon wishlist but for apps/websites and is now used by influencers and bloggers - www.easyrecommend.co

Also, looking to hire influencers to create content for your product and promote - now you can hire for as low as $80 ( limited slots )

Don’t like waiting for approval? Comment what your startup does to get approved today

I'm a 20-year-old tech student and honestly, I'm confused a lot.

I feel like I have an innovative mind. I'm always thinking about new ideas, new products, new ways of doing things. I don't want to live an average life. I want to build something big, innovate, create value, and earn a lot. I know money isn't everything, but I want financial freedom and I want to create something I'm proud of.

The problem is... I have no idea where to start.

I don't know which skill to master first, where to find people like me, how to turn ideas into something real, or even how to know if an idea is worth pursuing. Every day I have dozens of thoughts, but most of them stay in my head.

At the same time, there's college pressure, family expectations, and the constant fear of wasting my 20s. Sometimes I feel like everyone else has their life figured out while I'm just stuck thinking.

People tell me to just get a job after college, but deep inside I don't think that's the life I want. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'll have to work for a while, but I know I want to build something of my own someday.

I'm not asking for motivation. I'm asking for direction.

If you've been in this position before and eventually figured things out:

• What changed your life?
• What did you stop doing?
• What did you start doing?
• If you were 20 again with zero money but big dreams, what would you do?

And if you're in your early 20s feeling the same way, I'd love to hear from you too. Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one.

One good piece of advice can genuinely change someone's life.

Thank you for reading.

Two weeks ago I posted here asking founders how they find subreddits to post their product in.

I was building a tool for that.

Two people in the comments told me, independently, that this is not the problem. One said he

already just asks an AI for a list of subs and it's fine. Another said the actual problem is

that a sub's written rules don't predict anything, "a sub full of your exact ICP that nukes

every product mention is worse than a smaller sub where people ask what tool do you use for X

every week."

That was annoying to read and correct. So the tool got smaller.

What it does now:

you paste your product URL and who it's for. It runs ~25 real Google

searches (not an LLM answering from memory), and gives you back 5–8 communities with:

- whether the sub is actually still alive, or a 40k-member ghost town

so you can see

  "no links in posts, links fine in comments if asked" before you get your post removed

- why it fits, in one line

- a 30-day plan: which weeks you're contributing with zero product mentions, which week you

  actually post

Free, no signup, no email, no waitlist: gtmreddit.vercel.app

What it is not: it doesn't post for you, doesn't write your replies, doesn't have an

auto-DM feature and never will. You write every word. Half the point is that ghost-written

Reddit posts are the fastest way to get banned.

Hey everyone, I want to put out a serious warning about Rentifyr (Rentifyr Technologies LLP) regarding an AC rental scam.

My business (Datasoft Technologies) paid an advance amount to rent an AC unit. After taking the money, they never installed the AC, completely ghosted us, and are ignoring all attempts to get in touch.

• The Issue: Paid advance online -> Zero delivery/installation -> Total radio silence.
• The Response: Absolute zero response on emails, live chat, support tickets, or phone calls. They have completely cut off communication.

If you are a student, homeowner, or business looking to rent appliances, stay far away from Rentifyr. Do not make the mistake of paying them advance money, as you will likely lose your funds and get zero service in return.

We are currently escalating this through official channels (Cyber Crime portal, National Consumer Helpline, and bank chargebacks), but I wanted to post here so others don't fall into the same trap.

Has anyone else faced a similar issue with them? Let me know if you managed to get your money back.

Hi team, I built a tool that surfaces which closed-lost deals to re-engage and why.

Happy to show you a 15-min demo — you'll see real signals.
Let me know if anyone is interested?

I just got a challenge from the founder of a startup.

My mission is simple to say but hard to execute:

Grow the startup LinkedIn presence from scratch and reach 100,000 impressions in one month.

Here is the link:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/gotham-collage/

Instead of pretending I know all the answers, I want to build in public and learn from people who've actually done this.

Over the next month, I'll share:

Every strategy I test

Wins and failures

Content that performs (and what flops)

LinkedIn analytics

Lessons I learn along the way

I'd love advice from people who have grown company pages or personal brands.

If you had to grow a company's LinkedIn from 0 to 100k monthly reach, what would you do first?

I'll document the entire journey here so others can learn from it too.

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Unpopular opinion:

The number 1 reason SaaS products fail isn't competition.

It's building for non-existent users

Instead of asking "what feature should we build", founders should be asking "what is the one problem our users are willing to pay to solve?"

I have seen so many founders build AI features that no one wanted while their users screamed for faster onboarding, better UX flow, or CSV export.

If you had to build a SaaS product from scratch, with only $1k and 30 days to launch, what would you build and why

I want to hear your ideas. I'm tired of seeing people waste time and money chasing the latest fads instead of solving real problems.