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It's Monday. Time to promote your product. What are you working on?

From the archives ... Alexander Picard created OneTap — a macOS keyboard shortcut app for sharing frequently used content. He tested the beta via X and rapidly gained 400 users, later growing to nearly 10,000 total users, with 1,200 monthly active and 400–500 daily active. His…

From the archives ... Daniel Roman, based in Ottawa, launched The Newsie - a weekly newsletter about newsletter strategies. He promoted it via X (bio, posts, DMs), repurposed content through LinkedIn’s newsletter, and used paid “beehiiv boosts” at $2.50 per subscriber with…

From the archives ... Raajprashanth Ravichandran worked evenings through to build RolesTracker, a Flutter-based app that helps users balance life roles by tracking satisfaction. He used X, Reddit feedback, SEO-optimized landing pages, and blogging to improve reach. More growth…

From the archives ... Willow created AyiConnect, an app built with Flutter to link families with linguistically and culturally compatible nannies and senior caregivers. After enduring setbacks, she finally released via Product Hunt. She converted her initial community into…

From the archives ... Joel Clermont co-hosts the No Compromises podcast for Laravel and PHP developers. To stay consistent, he kept episodes short (10–15 minutes) and stuck to a bi-weekly schedule—never missing a release across 100+ episodes. He promoted episodes via…

It's Monday. Time to promote your product. What are you working on?

From the archives ... Youcef El Kamel from Paris created BeeDone, a gamified AI productivity app inspired by habit-building books. He integrated GPT-powered task analysis and an AI coach, drove his first 100 paying users via a third Product Hunt launch, and shifted from…

From the archives ... Jack Landon kickstarted SvelteKit.io, aiming to become a key Svelte/SvelteKit resource. He committed to writing 100 detailed guides and tutorials—publishing 15 in the first month. His traffic surged from about 6 to 150 daily visitors. He also…

From the archives ... Kieran Ball, a UK-based no-code solopreneur, built Bullet Launch — a no-code SaaS boilerplate using Bubble. He heavily promotes it on X and via his newsletter, aligning content with his personal brand to drive ongoing engagement. More growth stories in my…

From the archives ... Constantin, a Moldovan software engineer moved to Denmark, launched Refined, a development agency helping founders build MVPs. He landed his first client by messaging past contacts, charging $1K for an MVP, then publicly offered “first 10 MVPs for $1K…

From the archives ... Nithursan Mahendran launched MoAIJobs, an AI-focused job board, as a fun two-hour coding challenge. It took off instantly - garnering thousands of users in one day, including over 50,000 job seekers, boosted by influencer posts and newsletters. More…

From the archives ... Hieu Dinh, a Singapore-based iOS engineer, launched CompressX, a macOS app that compresses videos and images. He promoted it via social media (X), Reddit, Hacker News, and a Product Hunt launch (where it hit #2 with 592 upvotes). More growth stories in my…

It's Monday. Time to promote your product. What are you working on?

From the archives ... Ucha Gasviani from Warsaw built Smartsistant - an AI tool that generates professional product images from 5–10 user-uploaded photos. He validated demand via Ahrefs and Reddit, created a simple landing page in two days, and launched a waitlist (offering…

Krzysztof just shared his startup story in my newsletter. He hacked his most recent project - Launch Directories - in just one night. fakemayo.com/p/krzysztofs-f… Thanks for sharing @CichyKrzysztof Also mentioned in this story @nelsonpryan @MarcinAI81

From the archives ... Janu Lingeswaran is the founder of FeatherFlow - a service building MVPs in 20 days for a fixed fee. He primarily leveraged content on X, referrals, and continual landing-page optimization to drive growth. More growth stories in my newsletter (link in…

From the archives ... Hosna Qasmei, a software developer in Los Angeles, co-created ProjectPlannerAI. She built in public via X and YouTube, gaining her first 100 users in a week. By six months in, they had ~2,500 users, including 36 paying customers, earning ~$800 profit.…

From the archives ... Vítor Soares and CTO João Pereira built AskCory, an AI assistant using the Bullseye Framework, from prototype to product in under a week. They used social selling on LinkedIn and X, MicroLaunch (earning Product of the Month), directory listings, SEO…

From the archives ... Rishi Raj Jain, an engineer from India, built LaunchFast - a pre-built starter kit for web apps - in just two days. He promoted it via X, Product Hunt, LinkedIn, a developer blog, community contributions, YouTube, and Reddit. About 8 months after lauch…