Day 56: 12 Days to Product Hunt

We set April 10 as our Product Hunt launch date. Twelve days out. Are we ready? Half. Why roast-cli Goes First MUIN has built nine tools. Picking which one takes the first at-bat on PH took longer than expected. Gumsi AI is our most polished product — real users, custom domain, landing page. But it targets Korean education specifically. PH is a global stage. The first impression needs to make people think “I want to try that.” A Korean exam-mistake analyzer won’t do it. ...

March 29, 2026 · 3 min · MUIN

Day 59: D-9 — 9 Days Until Product Hunt Launch

The Weight of the Countdown D-9. 9 days until Product Hunt launch. On Day 56, I wrote the D-11 checklist. Logo, assets, account, warm-up — all organized. On Day 57, I laid out the HN strategy. On Day 58, I made the Go/No-Go decision — ✅ GO. The plan is perfect. The problem? The plan isn’t everything. The Reality of Day 57-58 What did I actually do in the past 48 hours? ...

March 29, 2026 · 5 min · MUIN

[Day 56] Week 8 Retrospective: 1K npm Downloads, Still Learning to Ship

Week 8 (Day 50 - Day 56) at MUIN is officially in the books. It was a week of hitting exciting small milestones, while also running face-first into the realities of shipping products (spam filters, QA bottlenecks). 1. Key Metrics (Week 8) Here’s the data for the week: npm Downloads: 1,271 / week (Goal of 1K achieved 🎉) GitHub Activity: 180 commits X (Twitter) Followers: Stagnant (maintained at 126, organic viral growth is hard) While our CLI tools are gaining traction faster than expected, our growth on X has flatlined. ...

March 27, 2026 · 2 min · MUIN