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If you're using AI to write code, you're probably shipping secrets too. It's more common than you'd think.

It takes minutes for bots to start using your AWS account to mine crypto. Many startups have been greatly affected by this, some even needing to close.

Over 28 million secrets like API keys found in GitHub repositories in 2025, 34% more than in 2024. And even if you're doing everything right to store them, they can still end up in places where end-users can find them.

It's probably a good idea to scan your code for secrets before going live. You can do so for free locally with Trestle.

📷 Zoho.Pics

A picture captures a moment. A great picture captures a feeling.

In a world filled with endless content, powerful images still have the ability to stop people, tell stories, and create lasting impressions.

✨ Share your creativity

📸 Capture unforgettable moments

🎨 Turn vision into visual art

🌍 Inspire through imagery

Every photo has a story waiting to be seen.

Zoho.Pics — Where every image speaks.

#ZohoPics #Photography #PhotoSharing #VisualStorytelling #CreativeCommunity #DigitalPhotography #PhotoOfTheDay #ContentCreation #CaptureLife #PicturePerfect

A macOS menu-bar app that forecasts your Codex and Claude Code usage. It tells you whether your current pace runs you out before the limit resets, so you can finish on the deadline instead of getting stranded mid-task.

Also see your banked codex resets and when they expire, check it out!

reservegauge.com/

Hi! Good to see this platform growing as always. I had shared this earlier in the Strivle days, but I’ve since shipped a more complete version with a landing page and public release.

I built a desktop snipping tool that turns screenshots into structured AI input instead of static images. After taking a snip, it runs OCR to extract text and opens an action layer where you can send the context to a local model or external APIs like OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini.

The goal is to close the gap between seeing something on your screen and being able to immediately reason or act on it. I’ve also been experimenting with scrolling capture, screen recording, and step-by-step workflow documentation that can export into structured files with screenshots and actions.

It’s still early, but I’d love feedback from anyone interested in this kind of workflow or building tools around it.

heres the link: snipagent.app

I made a free list of 100+ places to launch your startup, SaaS, or side project

I kept seeing founders ask the same question: "Where should I launch my product besides Product Hunt?"

So I made a GitHub repo with 100+ launch directories, startup platforms, SaaS directories, AI tool directories, and communities where makers can submit their product.

I tried to include useful details like:

• Who the platform is best for

• Whether submission is free or paid

• Estimated audience size

• Submission time

• SEO/backlink value

• Direct submission links

The goal is simple: help indie makers get their first users, backlinks, and visibility without spending money on ads.

Repo: github.com/xioanchin/awesome-launch-directories

Would love feedback from other founders. And what launch directories or platforms should I add?

My extension for X got approved, feel free to try if you need to grow your following and do marketing on X.

Here's a coupon for 30% discount if you decide that it's useful: strivle

When others get approved, there will be a bundle available if you are marketing on several social networks

getbanger.app/x

Strivle is live on the App Store, everywhere.

The native iOS app is now available to download in every country, Europe included. If you have been waiting, this is it.

The full Strivle in your pocket. Your feed, live rooms, the leaderboard, and messages. Native, fast, and the same community you already build with.

Download it here: apps.apple.com/app/id6775327169

If Strivle is useful to you, leave a rating. This early, every review is what helps the next builder find us. Thank you for getting us here. This is the start.

just shipped the dedicated 3d sky tab and finally killed the great webgl bug phantom that was haunting us for days.

what started as a simple "hey the sky needs its own space" turned into a multi-day nightmare of renderer lifecycles, context allocation wars, race conditions, and me staring at console logs convinced the gpu personally hated me. every fix revealed another layer. it was not the final layer. not only were testers furious but we were too.

but we won. the flagship 3d sky now runs completely alone in its own tab with the full graphics card to itself. no more fighting for resources, no mysterious crashes, no stuttering when you try to spin or zoom. just smooth, buttery, full-screen cosmic exploration. sometimes phantom bugs are the best performance optimization.

So, something really frustrating happened to me today....My chrome developer account got taken down for "possible bot activity", and with it, my extension got taken off chrome store....But this is just temporary. I'm going to be back, this is NOT going to take any more than 2 days, and with this occasion, I want to strengthen my release even more. So when this comes back, I will finally release my 1.5.0 update and the final Pro version, that will let designers have every single website design they need, see analytics, 6 different export versions + Figma and added Gemini send button. I'm also giving that Pro to anyone who comments here, just let me know, I'll DM you and ask for your gmail.
So, has this happened to anyone before? Maybe on different platforms? Have you had a setback like this while developing your app?

#buildinpublic #google #vibecoding

Build in Public
bluen.io/, month 1. Numbers in the open.

I built a checkout for course creators and e-commerce running on top of Stripe. The idea came from a simple pain: creators and store owners lose sales to bad checkout and low approval rates.

Launched with 2 beta clients 30 days ago. First month result:

$3,044 processed $2,817 completed $141 in revenue 3 connected accounts

All of this with no ads and just 2 clients testing.

And what didn't work: $1,302 in failed payments and $227 refunded. Almost 1 in every 3 dollars attempted didn't go through. Card declines were our biggest hole this month.

What I learned: approval rate isn't a technical detail, it's revenue. Every declined payment is one of my client's customers walking away. The prettiest checkout means nothing if the money doesn't land.

Month 2 is all about lifting the approval rate. Declared goal: $60K in processed volume, $3,600 in revenue. 20x month 1.

I also opened referrals for creators: 1% recurring for anyone who refers through their link.

I'll post this result every month, win or miss. Want me to keep going? Drop a comment.

Hey founders, what is everyone building?

I'm building a tool that generates 3D assets and scenes made up of separate, logically connected parts.

All in a single shot, with one prompt.

I chose to join Strivle to help founders getting active users, from 1st January 2026 I've got 18 000 new users.

I know it might be late, but I just successfully launched on ProductHunt! As expected, a chrome extension doesn't get the highest placing or traction, but I just really love seeing my app there. Would really love if any of you seeing this would head over to the launch page and hit an upvote for the launch, maybe try the landing site and see if the extension works - it's 1.0.2 now, so it handles design extracting way better. producthunt.com/products/uidrop?utm_source=othe… Any upvote, review, comment is welcome, and if not, I appreciate it either way!

I know it might be late, but I just successfully launched on ProductHunt! As expected, a chrome extension doesn't get the highest placing or traction, but I just really love seeing my app there. Would really love if any of you seeing this would head over to the launch page and hit an upvote for the launch, maybe try the landing site and see if the extension works - it's 1.0.2 now, so it handles design extracting way better. producthunt.com/products/uidrop?utm_source=othe… Any upvote, review, comment is welcome, and if not, I appreciate it either way!

Apple rejected Strivle on the app store because we didn't have "Sign in with Apple" 😭

Resubmitted with the update, we'll see in 48 hours

Attention app builders!

All apps made with Gemini are starting to look the same. It's not a major issue, BUT if we want to build something with our own identity, we should try applying different color palettes or using another AI specifically for front-end and design. (Any suggestions are welcome!)

Let's keep building great stuff!

Is there anything more humbling than spending 6 hours building a feature you’re proud of, only to realize you have absolutely no idea how to explain it to a human being in 60 seconds?

I feel like I’m becoming a professional at "working hard on things no one knows exists yet"

That’s when I made Poko, it’s an AI motion graphics demo maker for SaaS and indie hackers. Just write - “make a killer SaaS demo” and done! Costs you just 5$ and 10 minutes of running an app in your device. And the output is like:

Currently offering lifetime deals for the first 100 users and 20% if you’re willing to give a honest feedback. Just hmu if want a trail.

Had my first face-to-face client meeting today, overexplained the technical side, but managed to get a good relationship going, waiting on their response by tomorrow.

Here is what nobody saw behind KnowChat today:

• Sent 50 cold emails
• Published blog pages for SEO
• Fixed a few annoying bugs

Results:
• 2 new users tried KnowChat
• Got 2 testimonials
• Started getting clicks from Google

Small wins, but progress is progress.

Still giving away 2 free Starter plans in exchange for honest feedback.

If you want an AI chatbot trained on your own content, reply "KnowChat".

Guyyysss, I think I’m officially exhausted from marketing 😭. Over the past few weeks, I’ve tried pretty much everything I could think of. Posted on LinkedIn. Posted on Instagram. Posted on TikTok.

Result? Lots of impressions. Almost no users.

Tried Reddit. Banned.

Tried Hacker News. Flagged.

At some point it starts feeling less like marketing and more like getting rejected by the entire internet 💀. The frustrating part is that I genuinely believe the product solves a real problem. It basically checks suspicious websites, emails, phone numbers, and crypto wallets and helps identify potential scam or risk signals before people trust them. The idea came from seeing how difficult it has become to tell what's legitimate online anymore.

A website can look professional.

An email can look convincing.

A wallet can seem completely normal.

And people have no easy way to check. So that's what I've been working on. Ironically, creating it felt easier than getting people to notice it 😭. For now, I've honestly stopped marketing for a bit. Not because I want to quit, Just because constantly posting, launching, getting ignored, getting flagged, getting banned, and repeating the cycle is mentally exhausting.

If you've been through this stage before, I'd genuinely love to hear how you got past it. And would love to hear some genuine advices from you guys!

I don't know if others here have this problem, but I'm genuinely lost on how to get the first real 100 users for a Chrome extension.

Posted on Reddit. Got 1 upvote. Half the subreddit feels like bots or just people there to promote their own stuff.

Posted a GIF demo, along with a cool presentation and value pitch. Nothing.

The extension is actually useful and I could see it be used by web designers, vibecoders who want to create frontend — it reads any site's design system and sends it to Claude/GPT/Lovable/Manus instantly. Developers who've tried it get it immediately. The problem is getting them to try it at all.

I know the answer is "go where your users are" but the places I've tried feel either dead or pay-to-play.

If you've gotten real traction for a free dev tool, what actually worked? Not looking for "post consistently" — I mean the actual move that got your first 50 real users, and ones that actually stayed and enjoyed the app.

#tool #developertool #chromeextension #saas #marketing

I don't know if others here have this problem, but I'm genuinely lost on how to get the first real 100 users for a Chrome extension.

Posted on Reddit. Got 1 upvote. Half the subreddit feels like bots or just people there to promote their own stuff.

Posted a GIF demo, along with a cool presentation and value pitch. Nothing.

The extension is actually useful and I could see it be used by web designers, vibecoders who want to create frontend — it reads any site's design system and sends it to Claude/GPT/Lovable/Manus instantly. Developers who've tried it get it immediately. The problem is getting them to try it at all.

I know the answer is "go where your users are" but the places I've tried feel either dead or pay-to-play.

If you've gotten real traction for a free dev tool, what actually worked? Not looking for "post consistently" — I mean the actual move that got your first 50 real users, and ones that actually stayed and enjoyed the app.

#tool #developertool #chromeextension #saas #marketing

What I would like to read on Strivle is founders that are working hard for purpose, but also stay humble towards other. Also hope that the platform will keep promoting interesting content and ideas, and not empower popular creators only.

In the meantime, let's connect, and share your project in comments 👇 so I can give honest review.

my name is Jean-Vincent, and i'm the founder of ismalicious.com, the largest database of cyber threats online.

First builder post, so I gotta introduce my project, right? I built a Chrome extension that reads any website's design system in one click and sends it straight to all your AI agents: Claude, GPT, Manus, Lovable, or copy to Cursor.

Reason I built it: every time I wanted to build something that "looks like Stripe" or just like a website with design patterns I like, I'd spend 20 minutes in DevTools copying hex codes. Then try to describe it to an AI in words. The result was always generic.

So I made UIDrop. One click, the AI gets the exact colors, fonts, spacing, shadows, component specs, either as a prompt or as "design_system.md"— with the screenshot attached.

It's free. 20 installs so far, launched 6 days ago.

Still figuring out distribution but the product works. Happy to get roasted on what I'm missing.

uidrop.site/

Strivle just got a real algorithm.

Until today the feed was simple: newest post on top. That rewards whoever posts the most, not whoever posts the best. So we rebuilt it from scratch.

Your For You feed now ranks by real engagement, with diminishing returns so no single signal can be farmed. A bookmark counts for more than a like. A real reply or repost counts for more than a passing tap. Quality wins, not volume.

Every new post gets a fair shot to be seen and earn its reach, no matter how many followers you have. Reach is earned here, never bought. There are no paid boosts on Strivle and there never will be.

And it cannot be gamed. You cannot repost yourself to the top. You cannot bump an old post by commenting on it. Bot likes are worthless.

You will also see what your network is actually doing. When someone you follow replies or reposts, it shows up in your feed with full context.

This is the start of the fairest feed in the builder world. More coming.

I put together a framework to help builders create better products to ship.

Validate your product idea here: meattheslop.hilarymoyo.studio

then share the result we tighten it up 💪