Hacker News with Generative AI: Product Development

The EdTech Chicken and Egg Problem (ycombinator.com)
I've worked in edtech for almost 10 years now in B2B, B2C, and nonprofit contexts. I've seen real product market fit, and a lot of poor product market fit.
EdTech, Education, Business, Product Development
7 points by noemit 2 days ago | 6 comments
Ask HN: Were early stage products always so buggy? (ycombinator.com)
I help startups roll out tools for their go-to-market teams. These days, I keep coming across different products with small teams, the backing of notable VCs, and lots of potential, but then when I go to use them the UIs are just littered with bugs which prevent them from functioning. And often it has nothing to do with prompting, hallucination, or anything like that. It's simple things like "when I hit save, my data disappears."
Startups, Software, User Experience, Product Development
9 points by AbstractH24 4 days ago | 14 comments
Launch HN: Magic Patterns (YC W23) – AI Design and Prototyping for Product Teams (ycombinator.com)
Alex and Teddy here. We’re launching Magic Patterns (https://www.magicpatterns.com), an AI prototyping tool that helps PMs and designers create functional, interactive designs and websites.
AI, Product Development, Design, Startups, YC
184 points by alexdanilowicz 5 days ago | 114 comments
Show HN: I built a tool to find pain points in questions and generate SaaS ideas (painpointfinder.com)
Identify pain points faster and discover innovative SaaS ideas to solve them..
Software, Startups, Business, Artificial Intelligence, Product Development
11 points by carlosov 7 days ago | 7 comments
Ask HN: How do you drive adoption when your product requires a behavior shift? (ycombinator.com)
I’m working on a product where the value proposition depends on users adopting a new behavior.
Product Development, User Behavior, Adoption, User Experience
6 points by kassidycurrey 7 days ago | 12 comments
What are the best AI tools to turn an idea into MVP? (ycombinator.com)
What are the best AI tools out there that can help take a product idea and refine it to get it to an MVP?
Product Development, Artificial Intelligence, MVP, Tools
15 points by herberh2 19 days ago | 9 comments
What makes Elixir great for startups? (sequinstream.com)
The biggest problem most startups face is trying to find product/market fit. The key to discovering product/market fit is rapid iteration. You need to build, measure, and adapt quickly based on customer feedback.
Startups, Elixir, Product Development, Software Development
10 points by ahamez 31 days ago | 1 comments
The model is the product (vintagedata.org)
I think it's time to call it: the model is the product.
Machine Learning, Software, Product Development
237 points by cocoflunchy 39 days ago | 81 comments
Show HN: I Built a Customer Feedback Tool (usefeedlyst.com)
Stop guessing. Collect, organize, and prioritize feature requests – all in one place.
Software, Customer Feedback, Product Development, Tools, Startups
34 points by xRxphael 41 days ago | 30 comments
Apple Products Are Struggling (trendlinehq.com)
Apple’s products have been struggling in recent years. Iphone sales have been flattish, while sales for other product lines are declining. Vision Pro hasn’t been as much of a success and Apple has stopped working on cars. They need a new product. Seems like thats’s what they are going on announce on Feb 19.
Apple, Technology, Consumer Electronics, Business, Product Development
15 points by samspenc 44 days ago | 27 comments
The siren song of infinite flexibility (digitalseams.com)
Many companies have lived and died trying to offer a product with infinite flexibility.
Flexibility, Product Development, Business, Software
5 points by bobbiechen 48 days ago | 1 comments
I'm in Situationship with My Startup (ycombinator.com)
I love building product as soon as I stumble upon an interesting idea.<p>My idea was to come up with icebreakers based on person's profile. I built this tool: getdatahawk.ai without any customer calls<p>I have around 150 users, none paying & almost no daily active users. 2/150 people agreed to jump on customer call.<p>I am wondering if this is a big enough problem for people to care about or should I move on. How do I decide?
Startups, User Acquisition, Product Development, Customer Feedback
7 points by mahimamanik 48 days ago | 13 comments
Fish-gathering plate proves a big hit with anglers (japantimes.co.jp)
Showa Kogyo, a metal processing firm in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, has developed a fish-gathering plate to attract thread-sail filefish as its first attempt in its 76-year history to create its own product.
Fishing, Japan, Product Development, Innovation, Manufacturing
3 points by PaulHoule 53 days ago | 0 comments
"I scratched my own itch" isn't good enough (asmartbear.com)
“I had the problem myself, so I built a product.”
Product Development, Entrepreneurship, Startups
4 points by doppp 55 days ago | 0 comments
I'm broke and non-technical, trying to develop tech startup (ycombinator.com)
Before COVID, I started a marketing and consulting services in Nepal, which failed horribly leaving some thousand in debt. Since, I'm trying to develop a product for high school graduates and entrepreneurs to help finding out PMF and FMF, leaving no burden to start their journey as I've been there. I'm 22 now and the most productive age is slipping out of hand.
Startups, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Nepal, Product Development
5 points by vyasaveda 62 days ago | 27 comments
Amazon Kills yet Another Service (neowin.net)
Amazon is reportedly killing Inspire, its short-form video and photo feed for discovering products, launched back in 2022.
Amazon, Business, Social Media, Product Development
16 points by bundie 66 days ago | 4 comments
Feature Overload Is Killing Your MVP–This AI Prompt Fixes It in Minutes (founderplaybook.substack.com)
Building too much, too soon? Use this AI-powered method to cut the clutter and launch faster.
Startup, MVP, Artificial Intelligence, Product Development
3 points by readytolaunch 66 days ago | 0 comments
Thinking Machines Lab (thinkingmachines.ai)
Thinking Machines Lab is an artificial intelligence research and product company. We're building a future where everyone has access to the knowledge and tools to make AI work for their unique needs and goals.
Artificial Intelligence, Research, Product Development
30 points by Philpax 66 days ago | 4 comments
My 2 year journey to building a successful product ($2,700 MRR) (ycombinator.com)
Today: Buildpad has now reached close to 150 paying customers and $2,700 MRR. We just released Buildpad 2.0 and I think this is the update that will take us to $10k MRR.
Startups, Product Development, Business
42 points by davidheikka 71 days ago | 14 comments
Product Development Processes You Might Not Have Heard of (2022) (departmentofproduct.com)
According to the Department of Product’s survey data, by far the most popular product development methodology (for our audience at least) is Scrum with 2 week sprints.
Product Development, Agile, Methodology, Surveys
118 points by lgunsch 71 days ago | 29 comments
Show HN: Calculate Your Revenue (postmake.io)
Often when we're building a new product or service, we spend a lot of time thinking about our plans and pricing options.
Startups, Revenue, Business, Product Development
20 points by Malfunction92 82 days ago | 5 comments
Instagram tests Reels pause feature as TikTok remains in limbo (cnbc.com)
Social Media, Instagram, TikTok, Product Development
17 points by grajaganDev 85 days ago | 41 comments
Stripe lays off 300 employees, mostly in product, engineering, and operations (msn.com)
Layoffs, Tech Industry, Stripe, Business, Product Development
9 points by thehrfairplay 94 days ago | 2 comments
How would you start to learn coding today? (ycombinator.com)
I'm a PM and Product Designer looking to transition into launching my own products. While I have basic programming knowledge, I'm trying to be strategic about what technical skills to develop given the current AI landscape.
Programming, Career Advice, Product Development, AI
23 points by cbenjumea 96 days ago | 24 comments
$250 remaining of L&D budget – what to spend on? (ycombinator.com)
Currently learning basic SQL (for free on Code Academy), already have a Coursera subscription for business courses. Interested in different forms of learning (MOOCs don't really engage me that well).<p>My background is in finance and I would like to learn more about product development and strategy.
Learning, Finance, Product Development, Strategy
29 points by czatt 120 days ago | 21 comments
Building AI Products–Part I: Back-End Architecture (philcalcado.com)
In 2023, we launched an AI-powered Chief of Staff for engineering leaders—an assistant that unified information across team tools and tracked critical project developments.
Artificial Intelligence, Back-End Development, Software Architecture, Product Development
162 points by rafaelferreira 120 days ago | 21 comments
Show HN: Open-Source AI Templates to help you build your next product (metaschool.so)
Metaschool projects are best viewed on desktop
Open-Source, AI, Templates, Product Development
12 points by miletus 131 days ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: What are your experiences with scaling a company? (ycombinator.com)
Let's say your company has 20 employees (markets, products, dev) and one stable product they offer. The plan is to introduce another new product and maybe add new members to the team.
Startups, Scaling, Business Growth, Product Development, Hiring
70 points by surrTurr 138 days ago | 38 comments
Ask HN: Product to improve monitoring and documentation: a good idea? (ycombinator.com)
Hi HN,<p>I have an idea for a product, but I want to test the waters before building anything.
Startups, Product Development, Software, Monitoring, Documentation
4 points by d--b 144 days ago | 5 comments
Show HN: DailyPings – Like HN, but for maker's daily progress (dailypings.com)
Hacker News, Product Development, Community, Maker Culture
8 points by drdruide 146 days ago | 4 comments