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Christopher Kilpatrickleft a comment
Congrats on rocketing to the top of the leaderboard! I’m curious what the final launched products coming out of Atoms are like. Do you have any example businesses that have launched via Atoms and are actively open to new users/customers?
AtomsTurn your ideas into products that sell
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Love the concept here! It often seems like our phones are actively making our lives and society worse. I’m all for apps that want to turn that around and help us to have a better, healthier relationship with our phone.
minimalist phone app for iOS Your calmer, digital detox experience on iPhone
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Slack works well enough from a technical perspective, but the way it's actually used on teams is frustrating and hurts productivity. If Cleariest can solve the problems of constant interruptions, context that should be fully shared but isn't, and end the expectation the people should drop what they're doing and immediately reply to messages, then that'll be a huge step forward in how teams...
CleariestOpen team communication. Less friction, more flow
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Remembering someone's name shows you care. But for me, names slip away too quickly. I built Known Names to change that. I’ve worked remotely for nearly a decade and have lived in six different countries and worked out of countless coffee shops and coworking locations. One of my favorite things to do is meet new people and hear their stories. I think it's a great sign of respect and lets people...
Known NamesNever Forget a Name Again
Known Names helps you build deeper connections by remembering the people you meet. Ever forgotten someone's name right after meeting them? Known Names makes that moment a thing of the past.
After a conversation, quickly jot down their name, where you met, and a few details (like their dog's name or an upcoming event they're looking forward to). Later, when you review their entry, you'll instantly recall who they are and what mattered to them. People will notice.
Known NamesNever Forget a Name Again
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The writing flow I like is: 1. Write a first draft with no word count. 2. Turn on word count, and try to decrease the count by ≈25%. I find that allows me to flow naturally in the initial draft, and then I have a loose target to help me make my writing more concise.
Does word count help you… or pressure you?
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How do you remember people's names?
If you're like me, sometimes you forget a new person's name almost as soon as they tell you. Not because you don't care, but because it seems like there's just something tricky about getting your brain to hold on to new names. Does anybody else have trouble with names? What mental tricks or other tools do you use to help? In what situations do you most frequently find yourself needing to learn...
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These days the number one thing that makes me instantly delete an app from my phone or close the browser tab is privacy concerns. It's fine if apps want to allow integrations with things like location, microphone, camera, photos, and contacts access as a nice-to-have way to make their UI flow better. But, if it's the only way to use those "useful on paper" features, then I'm almost always going...
What makes you decide not to try a product?
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I think your "needed a job and I genuinely liked the product" reason is probably one of the best-case reasons to join a new project. It's a real treat to be able to work on products you actually enjoy using yourself. My day job is running a software consultancy, but I built @Known Names in my free time as a way of solving my own problem with remembering names. It's a completely free app, so...
What made you choose the company/product you’re building today?
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I think it’s a win-win for founders to openly talk about failed projects. For the audience, there’s often just as much to learn (perhaps even more) from a retrospective look at a failed project than a viral success. And, it helps psychologically to know most people with huge success often had forgotten failures first. For the founder, I think it can help people better relate to you as a real...
Do you think founders should talk more openly about projects that didn’t work?
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I really like your human chat support feature where you are personally online to chat with people! I'm so tired of all the "AI" support chatbots that are basically useless. You being online to answer questions yourself about the thing you built is less scalable, but a thousand times more useful to potential customers than chatting with a bot.
CamoleoShow the right message to every visitor on your website
Christopher Kilpatrickleft a comment
Love the energy of this project! You’re already endorsed by Bernie Madoff and Elizabeth Holmes! I bet if you reach out to Sam Bankman-Fried’s team, you could secure an endorsement from him as well. I predict that getting SBF onboard will quadruple your MRR.
FakeMRRThe database of unverified startup revenues
Christopher Kilpatrickleft a comment
Cool concept and UI design! Gamifying being healthier seems like a great way to help make it easier to make healthy choices. When you redesigned this, did you do all the UI designs yourself? I also looked at your step tracking app and like the vibes of both.
DrylendarTrack drinks to create a motivating calendar day after day!
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I took off from work and spent the first two days of 2026 out in nature in my country’s national parks. Checked off another high point with a 9 mile hike up to Texas’ Guadalupe Peak (alt. 8,750 ft) and then a quick walk through the beautiful Carlsbad Caverns that are also in the Guadalupe mountain range. I’m back at work today, rested and fresh for starting the new year.
🌿 How did you welcome the first day of 2026?
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I’m assuming any followers of either your product page or personal account will get notified when you launch? If so, that seems like a really good suggestion to get followers on both before launching. Do you have any tips on the practical implementation side of this? For example, I’m launching an app Jan 13th, but no users will see the product page until the launch day. How do you recommend...
How would I approach Product Hunt in 2026?
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I think this could be a cool way to gamify micro charity donations! Especially if the low entry point draws in a huge number of donors that might not otherwise donate. It does leave me with some questions that would be helpful to answer in your launch promo materials, such as: How does the voting system work? Does the plurality of votes across the platform determine where all donations (the...
What if 1M people gave 99¢/month? Would you join?
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I've been working remotely since 2016, and one of the most impactful changes I've made is to continue working "remotely" but stop working "from home". I experienced all of the downsides you mentioned when working from a room in my house. I'm lucky to have nearby coffee shops I can work from only a 5 minute walk away. This creates a dedicated "second space" that family sees as being at the...
How do you increase your productivity when working from home?
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Cool idea! I often decide what to wear for the current day based on the previous day’s weather. Since where I live in the US south can have large temperature shifts from week to week, I sometimes choose incorrectly. Your app is a nice way to keep my basic system but do it more accurately. The main feature I would like to see added is the ability to get the weather forecast privately. Location...
YestodayCompare yesterday & today‘s weather
Christopher Kilpatrickleft a comment
Sleep was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw your headline. It's going to be really hard to beat sleep and exercise for the short and longterm impact it'll have on your life (physical health, mental health, productivity, etc). One thing I just learned about is @znaz 's @Brick which is a physical "brick" you touch your phone to and then whatever apps you've selected won't open...
Which productivity hack do you think is underrated? Share.
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There're a lot of reasons for people not wanting to pay for things. I can’t speak to areas outside the US, but here I think a big driver is cultural expectations around what should be free vs low cost vs high cost. For example, the tech industry has made so much software and content “free” by monetizing our data, that "free" has become a cultural norm in some areas. That makes it much harder...
Why do so many people expect you to do things for free? What hides behind this mentality?