# Interests: Product Hunt

## Quantity Guidelines

- **Minimum 5 items, optimally 10** from Product Hunt per digest
- Be generous — if it's remotely interesting, include it
- Only skip truly irrelevant items (crypto, dating, fitness, etc.)
- **FRESHNESS: Only include products launched in the last 7 days**

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## What I'm Looking For

### Automation
- Workflow automation tools (Shortcuts, Automator alternatives, n8n-style)
- Browser automation
- Scripting tools that make repetitive tasks easier
- API connectors and integrations

### Power User Tools
- CLI utilities
- Keyboard-driven apps
- Apps with extensive customization
- Tools that respect user expertise (not dumbed down)

### macOS Apps
- Menu bar utilities
- System enhancements
- Finder extensions
- Window management
- Native Mac apps (not Electron wrappers)
- Automation
- Things that integrate with Raycast
- Things that integrate with Claude Code

### iPhone/iOS Apps
- Productivity apps
- Shortcuts-compatible tools
- Widgets done right
- Apps that sync well with Mac

### Self-Hosted
- Alternatives to SaaS products
- Docker-ready tools
- Privacy-focused solutions
- Home server software

### Hardware
- E-ink devices
- Input devices (keyboards, mice, trackpads)
- Desk setup / productivity hardware
- Smart home devices
- Developer-focused hardware
- Interesting peripherals
- Any unique gadgets

### AI & LLMs
- Tools that use AI in genuinely useful ways (not just "ChatGPT wrapper")
- Local LLM tools
- AI automation
- Computer use / browser control with AI
- MCP servers and integrations

### GenAI / Images
- Image generation tools
- Video generation
- Creative AI tools
- Workflow tools for AI art

## What to Skip

- **Note-taking apps** - Unless they have something genuinely novel vs Obsidian/Notion, or truly high quality
- **Generic project management** - Too many of these
- **Social media tools** - Schedulers, analytics, etc.
- **Crypto/Web3** - Skip
- **Dating apps** - Skip
- **Fitness/wellness** - Skip
- **Simple ChatGPT wrappers** - If it's just a UI on top of GPT, skip
- **Windows-only** - Not useful to me

## How to Evaluate

When something looks interesting but competes with established tools:
1. Check what makes it different
2. If it doesn't stand out, note it briefly (e.g., "Note app, nothing special vs Obsidian")
3. If it has a unique angle, dig deeper
