What if DEV had a launch system, like Product Hunt but for developers?

This is a really interesting idea! 😸👀

I actually love seeing people launch things on DEV.

#showdev is one of my favorite tags here, and I check it pretty often because we can find some really fun and unexpected projects there. 🚀

At the same time, I do feel like some great projects disappear into the feed way too quickly.

So I totally understand why a proper launch system sounds appealing! 👍

But I’m a little worried about adding things like upvotes and rankings directly into DEV too. 😿

Once people start competing for votes, we might get more repeated promotion, vote chasing, and “please support my launch!” posts.

And personally, I really like that DEV is not just about launching products.

It’s a place for tutorials, silly experiments, deep technical posts, career stories, discussions, OSS, random discoveries, and even introducing your pets. 😸🐈

So I think I’d probably keep the actual launch system separate, while still using DEV articles to tell the story behind a launch. 😸

And actually, when I read this post, my heart skipped a beat a little. 😹

Because I’ve secretly been building something pretty close to this idea!

It’s a platform where people can share OSS projects, discover new ones through a bit of exploration and adventure, and eventually launch their own projects too. 👀🐈

I’m hoping to release it as a Necoz project in the future!

It’s still very much under construction, and I probably need another month or two just to get the foundation into a shape I’m happy with. 😹

But we definitely want to keep building it.

So, stay tuned! 😸🚀

And when the time comes, I’d really love to hear everyone’s ideas about what would make a developer-focused launch and discovery platform actually fun to use. 🙏