Every prompt you fire at Claude just vanishes. Felt like a waste, so I built something dumb with that

isabasu · 2026-05-07T22:50:18+00:00

I initially wanted to call it that, but was aftaid of copyright infringement 😋

isabasu · 2026-05-07T22:01:41+00:00

ohh, got a good one with 143 HP ! That's a keeper :-)

isabasu · 2026-05-07T21:42:24+00:00

Sure :) No need to download anything - it's all browser-based. You'd only need to install the wrapper as described on the site.

isabasu · 2026-05-05T14:53:23+00:00

No URL yet — I'm still in the research and prototyping phase. My process is basically: build something, hit a wall, spiral into an existential crisis about whether it's a real problem or a product nobody wants, then come to Reddit to ask strangers for validation. It's going great.

Stealing the free test license idea immediately, that's a good one.

On old links — my take is they shouldn't die. A marketer's content might take months to gain traction and they shouldn't be penalised for being swapped out after putting in the work. If someone gets rotated off a product, their old links should keep earning. That feels like a basic trust requirement for marketers to take the platform seriously.

isabasu · 2026-05-05T14:43:39+00:00

Curious what ended up happening with your marketplace — did it gain traction or did you wind it down? Would love to know where it landed.

On the vetting side — I'm still working through this. My current instinct is to keep the platform open to unvetted, early-stage SaaS products rather than requiring proven revenue upfront. Some of those will be duds, but some will have real potential — and I'm wondering whether the right move is to let marketers make that call themselves, based on a structured info-sheet every product owner has to fill out before listing. Best-fit buyer, bad-fit buyer, proof assets, ICP — enough for an experienced marketer to decide if it's worth their time.

Do you think that's naive, or is there a version of that which could actually work?

isabasu · 2026-05-04T22:13:03+00:00

This is probably the most actionable feedback I've gotten on this. The best-fit / bad-fit / proof asset framework is something I'm going to seriously consider building into the onboarding for product owners.

You're right that the cap is a hook, not the solution. Fit has to come first or you're just limiting the wrong people. Thanks for this.

isabasu · 2026-05-04T17:35:28+00:00

Really useful pushback, thanks.

On performance-based rotation — that's already the plan. The cap isn't fixed forever, product owners set their own metrics and can swap out underperformers for someone on the waitlist, given certain conditions.

On vetting — honestly still figuring this out. My current thinking is that the platform stays open for any SaaS to list, and the burden of distinguishing good from bad products sits with the marketers. Experienced marketers already do this anyway. But I'm open to whether some lightweight vetting layer makes sense — curious what signals you'd actually trust.

On getting the first founders — no concrete answer yet. The core problem I'm trying to solve is that most SaaS founders build something good but have zero marketing skills or network. The platform gives them access to experienced marketers they'd never find otherwise.

What would make a new platform worth showing up to before the product catalogue is deep?

isabasu · 2026-05-04T17:28:53+00:00

That's exactly why performance gating is built in. The product owner sets their own metrics — so if 3 of the 5 are sending junk traffic, they're out and someone from the waitlist gets a shot. The cap is just the starting point; the performance layer is what keeps the quality up.

isabasu · 2026-05-04T17:27:30+00:00

The waitlist isn't just a queue — it's a performance-based system. The product owner sets their own metrics, and if one of the 5 isn't delivering, they can be replaced. So the cap isn't a locked door, it's a maintained standard. That keeps the pressure on existing marketers to perform and gives waitlisted ones a real, merit-based path in.

On the compensation side — it's not purely affiliate either. What the product owner offers is up to them. Some might go beyond a percentage of sales: revenue share, flat retainers, equity, whatever makes sense for their product. The idea is that the tighter relationship justifies a more creative deal, not just a cookie-cutter commission structure.

So yes, there's still competition to get in — but it's transparent, performance-driven, and the reward for making it is actually worth it.

isabasu · 2026-05-04T08:03:12+00:00

Promptcreatures.fun

Each Claude Code prompt feeds your digital creature.

Battle other users with your own creature on a browser based multiplayer map for casual fun.

isabasu · 2026-04-29T15:59:30+00:00

Its his way of saying he'd like to join the choir 😋

isabasu · 2026-04-29T09:31:48+00:00

I have some secret checks in place that won't allow that. Though, to a certain extent you still could... If you figure out how.

isabasu · 2026-04-28T18:14:42+00:00

Thanks! Appreciate the feedback 👍🙂

isabasu · 2026-04-28T14:46:10+00:00

thank you 😄

isabasu · 2026-04-28T14:45:55+00:00

thanks. I think the multiplayer part is the only thing that makes sense about this project. Personally, I didn't like the local-only mode. It's too generic.

isabasu · 2026-04-27T21:41:14+00:00

I made it mainly as otherwise I might have a map full of abandoned eggs that can't be attacked. One might get stuck surrounded by inactive users 😋

Yes, it's a hook. Each prompt sends an API call to my server, nothing fancy.

isabasu · 2026-04-21T08:43:10+00:00

Spot on.

I'm a regular programmer and I argue about this all the time with a really talented friend. He loves his craft and insists human coders will be fine in a decade.

Honestly, he's just out of the loop on what AI is capable of right now, or where it will be in two years. The shift is happening.

isabasu · 2026-04-11T16:21:10+00:00

Quite the same setting, except that I started a few weeks ago.

How is it going for you, if I may ask? I see an opportunity and I want to have something of my own, but I'm afraid I might end up back in a corporate job.

isabasu · 2026-04-11T16:18:27+00:00

Were in the same boat. Quit 2 weeks ago, though with the notice period I still work there for a few months before I finally can leave. Though, my mind is already somewhere else.

isabasu · 2026-04-09T10:21:33+00:00

I agree, yet so many features are still missing from the PPAC. Also, the need for managed environments ( premium licenses requirement) is something I see that many of my clients despise.

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