Kien Hoang

Solo dev. Building in public.

🎁 · $3/month

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

Wishlyr is now available on the App Store 🎉

A simple app to help you pause before buying, reflect after the impulse passes, and make more intentional spending decisions.

Download it here: https://t.co/mE5k4oJpha

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

Close your eyes and just listen to this conversation.
Can you tell the difference between the person and the AI?
I can't.
@blocks has created a really high-quality model; how can I experience it?

[Block @blocks]

Meet Dessa, our speech model trained from scratch on human conversation.

Hear it for yourself: https://t.co/FDmoXNPpIh

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

Today I have two more active trials.

Could they become my next paying users? Let's see !!!

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

🇨🇳 DeepSeek started out as a quantitative investment firm, and today it has become a leading tech company. It took only 4 years, from 2019 to 2023.
They entered the field of artificial intelligence by open-sourcing everything they could. They wanted to give back to the community, attract users, break down barriers, and bring humanity closer to true artificial general intelligence (AGI).
And thanks to that, we get to use really good models that keep getting closer to the power of America’s frontier models, at a much lower cost.
And now, DeepSeek has just raised $15 billion, putting it in direct competition with the leading US AI labs.

https://t.co/DYnkcCvmM1

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

I really like @claudeai visualization feature.

I'd like to ask if there are any suitable effects?
I prompted: Please list the effects along with the visualization images for me.

Also, I often check system designs using those visualizations.

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

A website can look great and still not rank. Any thoughts?

> What's the most common SEO issue you see on small sites?
> Internal links, page speed, content, search intent, tech issues, or something else?
> How would you audit a small site to find issues?

Would love your input.

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

@kylegawley this is what a real vibe coder looks like. we don't need to know about aws budget beforehand. :V

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

@uriel_builds What's wrong with your website?

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

Free on the App Store: https://t.co/8x5Du1eK3y

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

Wishlyr v1.2.1 is live on the App Store 🎉

4 new Home Screen widgets:
🛑 No Buy: days kept + one-tap check-in
⏳ Waiting to review: wants ready to decide
💰 Budget: what's left this month
📊 By category: this month's spending

Try it and tell me what you think 🙏

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

Submitted v1.2.1 for review today

New widgets so you don't have to open the app:
- track your No Buy challenge
- track items waiting for review
- track your budget
- track spending or skipped value

App review has been really fast lately, usually 2-3 days for my app.

Stay tuned.

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

got my first 5 clicks from SEO

the journey keeps getting more interesting, and there's more and more for me to learn. next up: 10, 100,.... clicks

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

I follow both Tyler and Marc, and I'm not taking sides. Everyone has their own view.

But this time I think Tyler hurt himself. Getting personal, mocking Marc's startups and his revenue, and painting the people who follow him as losers just isn't okay.

We all know how hard it is to build a successful startup. Countless founders fail again and again before they make it, and failing is completely normal. Meanwhile Marc runs market-leading products as a one-person team, which is already extraordinary.

We shouldn't attack each other like this. Let's keep this a healthy, competitive space where everyone ships products according to their own vision.

As a follower, I've learned so many great lessons from both of them. If this story keeps going, let's see what else we'll learn 👀

[Tyler Denk 🐝 @denk_tweets]

an excerpt from today's newsletter

@marclou did I miss anything?

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

Wishlyr is still live on Product Hunt today 🚀

If you've ever bought something on impulse and regretted it a week later, I built this for you.

An upvote or a comment would mean a lot 🙏
https://t.co/DDqJbvKhYQ

#buildinpublic

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

Wishlyr is live on Product Hunt! 🚀

Stop impulse buying. Save it, wait, then decide.

I'd love your support:
https://t.co/DDqJbvKhYQ

What's inside:
🛑 No Buy challenges
⏳ Wishlist with a timer
🤔 "Should I buy this?"
💭 Reflections
💰 Budgets
📊 Spent vs skipped

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

Wishlyr is live on Product Hunt! 🚀

Stop impulse buying. Save it, wait, then decide.

I'd love your support:
https://t.co/DDqJbvKhYQ

What's inside:
🛑 No Buy challenges
⏳ Wishlist with a timer
🤔 "Should I buy this?"
💭 Reflections
💰 Budgets
📊 Spent vs skipped

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

@samongaro_ Claude

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

launching wishlyr on product hunt tomorrow (October 21st, 2026 12:01 AM PDT.)

Hit follow to get pinged when it’s live 🙏 And if you’re reading this, give me an upvote!
https://t.co/DDqJbvKhYQ

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

@rohangotwal Thank you, Rohan !

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

@pcshipp You're not alone; marketing is currently the most challenging aspect of the entire process.

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

@pcshipp agree 100%

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

Submitted v1.2.1 for review today

New widgets so you don't have to open the app:
- track your No Buy challenge
- track items waiting for review
- track your budget
- track spending or skipped value

App review has been really fast lately, usually 2-3 days for my app.

Stay tuned.

[Kien Hoang @kien_hoang18]

I've prepared widgets, and they're ready to reach users.
I built them to let users:
- view their no-buy behavior
- view their spending status
- see their remaining budget
- check in no-buy

Users can:
- easily see their behaviors and habits being kept up, right from the screen
- easily interact right on the screen