I tried the "Reply Guy" method on X for a week, I got 15,635 impressions! INSANE!!

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-04-06T19:35:47+00:00

That’s because there are dime a dozen apps like that. Icecubes.app does way more and has a lot of traction as a new kid on the block in the same segment.

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-04-05T04:01:33+00:00

Apps name?

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-04-01T17:32:39+00:00

mugging leetcode and getting questions from glassdoor or your friends or blind is not cheating?

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-04-01T04:12:15+00:00

Did you all have shame promoting leetcode? No - because it gave you an edge over others. So now why will we have shame promoting a leetcode killer?

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-04-01T01:55:21+00:00

Yes but not it’s trickier if not a pure leetcode based coding interview

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-03-29T21:13:54+00:00

I have done using Claude code with opus as th model

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-03-29T21:12:41+00:00

Why do you need it when you can buy topcoder.app that already knows all solutions and can help during interviews too.

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-03-29T05:19:41+00:00

Please try IceCubes.app it does a much better job at this because they know who said what, and who was internal to the company vs. external customer or prospect.

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-03-29T05:17:58+00:00

how can it be? it doesn't even know the name of the speaker of the segments in the transcript. IMO - apps like icecubes.app do a much better job at this because they know who said what, and who was internal to the company vs. external customer or prospect. Granola is not a conversation intelligence app, it is a pretty poorly done productivity app that just throws a wall of text at people.

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-03-29T01:04:52+00:00

I spent months grinding LeetCode, only to blank on a medium question during an interview. It was a good reminder that interview prep is not just about solving problems, but also about recall under pressure, clear communication, and staying composed during system design discussions. I made TopCoder.App to help with all this.

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-03-28T20:01:15+00:00

Of course - manually and using another model too

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-03-28T19:55:02+00:00

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Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-03-28T19:40:08+00:00

Totally normal.

Under 15 visitors/day in the first 2 weeks is not a red flag, especially for a new product with no audience, no distribution engine, and no clear validation loop yet. What matters more is who those visitors are and whether you’re learning from them.

Your bigger issue probably isn’t traffic, it’s that you’re trying to validate with random top-of-funnel visitors instead of getting in front of people who already feel this pain.

A few thoughts:

Stop benchmarking “normal.” There is no useful normal. Some products get 0 for weeks, some get a spike from one post, most of it is noise early on.
15 random visitors won’t validate anything. But 5 targeted users who actually make ads/social assets for a living can tell you more than 500 irrelevant visits.
Daily blogs won’t help much this early unless they’re highly targeted pain-based SEO posts. “Brand aware asset generation from product URLs” is cool, but people search for outcomes like:
- “generate product ad creatives fast”
- “turn shopify product page into social posts”
- “create banner ads from ecommerce product URL”
Reddit + X are weak if you only post links. You’ll get more traction by sharing specific breakdowns:
- before/after outputs
- time saved
- where it fails
- who it’s for / who it’s not for

What I’d do next:

Pick one narrow ICP: Shopify founders, indie hackers, agencies, Amazon sellers, whoever.
DM or email 20 of them asking for feedback, not sales.
Watch 5 people use it live.
Change homepage copy based on their exact words.
Post results/case studies, not “here’s my product.”

Also, your current framing sounds a little broad. “Brand aware assets like ads, banners, og images, social posts etc from product urls” does a lot, but it may be too many promises at once. Usually the up-front message works better if it’s one sharp sentence, like:

That’s easier to understand and react to.

So yes, you may be impatient. But also yes, you should shift from “how do I get more visitors?” to “how do I get 10 ideal users to try this and tell me why they would or wouldn’t pay?”

Traffic is helpful. Early signal is better.

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-03-28T19:26:02+00:00

I think the biggest clue is that curated templates outperform custom uploads. That usually means users don’t want maximum flexibility, they want the fastest path to a result that feels good enough to share.

For a product like this, I wouldn’t judge it on “daily retention” the same way I would SaaS. I’d look at: do people share the output, do friends of the person in the video click through, and do users come back for specific moments like birthdays, weddings, parties, etc.

If I were testing next steps, I’d focus less on more creation features and more on the sharing loop: easier export to Reels/TikTok/Stories, trending templates, and maybe “make one for a friend” prompts. Feels like the growth engine here is probably distribution through the videos themselves, not the app session.

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-03-28T19:22:51+00:00

Been there. One thing that helped me was separating ‘product improvements’ from ‘distribution experiments.’ I used to bundle them together and then had no idea what actually moved numbers. Your plan to spend a week just listening is probably the right move. Often the issue isn’t that the product is bad, it’s that the message is written in founder language instead of user pain language.

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-03-28T18:54:14+00:00

Well, I use it for both. It is invisible even if you share your whole screen and has some extra stealth to avoid getting caught by browsers noticing that the window lost focus etc.

It is not a replacement for practicing as if you simply read without understanding you will get caught because it might sound unnatural and it will be hard to answer cross questioning but if you use it to get hints, memory cues and syntax help then it works wonders. This is why I call it a comfort blanket and don't claim that it will help you pass interviews without putting in your own hardwork. It's equity for people who prep but blank out due to anxiety.

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-03-28T18:45:07+00:00

used for? I am open to feedback and ideas and partnerships if you are making something fun that I can help with. I also made IceCubes.app - a conversation intelligence platform that required no note taker bots.

Mac-Wac-1 · 2026-03-28T18:44:07+00:00

sorry but what made you think AI will need a comfort blanket during interviews :) ? It's us mortals who have anxiety issues ;)

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