ItsLaunched
Dev tools
product launch platform
SHOW HN2025
246points
112comments
#243of 3,837 in 2025
Top 7%of 2025 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
18 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 13 critical, out of 50 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Idea: 6 for, 9 againstDesign: 3 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fresh UI and fair-visibility idea
From 3 comments
Looking cool! I have two questions though: >10 launches per day, max. What if your launch queue will be filling at a much faster rate aka backpressure issue? E.g what if this…
gloosx on HNLooks great! Hope to see more submissions to HN from this site! Congrats on the launch!
SCUSKU on HNLove the idea! Would be amazing if the ranking algorithm would be public. As in you know exactly what needs to be done to rank higher
danimirror on HN
Transparency of showing site stats
From 1 comment
I like that you show the website stats. For an indie maker, we care about reach a lot. The transparency is important I think.
yellow_lead on HN
Objections
Voting and leaderboards feel like a popularity contest and add noise
From 2 comments
It's all a fine balancing act, sure, but ... "This isn't a popularity contest... so anyway, here's how voting works" is a bit silly, and right there on the front page is…
frotty on HNWhat is with this idea of having engaged user metric for such sites? Why are engaged members rewarded and recognized when the products should be the one that should get the focus…
vidyesh on HN
Queue backlog if the platform grows; launches could wait months
From 3 comments
Looking cool! I have two questions though: >10 launches per day, max. What if your launch queue will be filling at a much faster rate aka backpressure issue? E.g what if this…
gloosx on HNHow would you handle the situation that if this is successful, you’ll get massively more than 10 candidates each day?
nbuujocjut on HNSurely this trades being in the spotlight for a few minutes now for being in the spotlight in a year's time when it's your turn in the 10-products-per-day queue?
robertlagrant on HN
Vote gaming via fake accounts
From 1 comment
Looking cool! I have two questions though: >10 launches per day, max. What if your launch queue will be filling at a much faster rate aka backpressure issue? E.g what if this…
gloosx on HN
Requests
Hide votes until the user has voted
From 2 comments
If you care fairness, I have 1 extra suggestion that you might be interested in. It was proven by several data-science research that when users have to votes (or give ratings)…
abricq on HNAwesome, congratulations! A few notes: - Sign up with Twitter? Please consider sign up with Apple, Github and maybe Google. - You should def hide votes until someone has voted or…
jawngee on HN
Fix date off-by-one in launch calendar and encoding/bugs
From 3 comments
This is nice! It looks like the pipeline is filling up! I signed up to launch NimbleAI [1] on your site. One small issue with the launch date calendar. When I clicked a date in…
harrisreynolds on HNHey! I am launching my product on your site! Overall I think its really well made, 2 small things: 1) In categories it says (1) even for things that don't have a single launch…
appsDev on HNNice work! It looks pretty good, I just might use it soon! FYI, you seem to have an encoding issue. There is a bunch of `'` in your pages. [0] [0]:…
strongpigeon on HN
More sign-in options beyond Twitter
From 1 comment
Awesome, congratulations! A few notes: - Sign up with Twitter? Please consider sign up with Apple, Github and maybe Google. - You should def hide votes until someone has voted or…
jawngee on HN
Questions
How will the queue be handled at scale?
From 2 comments
How would you handle the situation that if this is successful, you’ll get massively more than 10 candidates each day?
nbuujocjut on HNLooking cool! I have two questions though: >10 launches per day, max. What if your launch queue will be filling at a much faster rate aka backpressure issue? E.g what if this…
gloosx on HN
Is the ranking algorithm public?
From 1 comment
Love the idea! Would be amazing if the ranking algorithm would be public. As in you know exactly what needs to be done to rank higher
danimirror on HN
Alternatives named
Product Hunt
From 3 comments
I really wish Ryan Hoover would take back the integrity of Product Hunt. It's such an amazing product with such currently painful execution, assumingly in the name of site…
havefunbesafe on HNI see a new product-hunt alternative launched every couple months here. Maybe I’m cynical, but I don’t think we’re going to displace product hunt with things like new voting…
pinkmuffinere on HNI really like the direction you’re taking. Product Hunt can feel like it’s run more for the benefit of the maintainers than for the community. It’s their service, so fair enough,…
dalemhurley on HN