v1 launch

Show HN: Zarek – Paste a product URL, get a full launch roadmap + copy written

I built this after watching myself (and others) spend more time figuring out *where* to launch than actually launching. Zarek takes your product URL, reads your site and GitHub, builds a fact-sheet automatically, then produces a 6-phase launch roadmap with every piece of copy already written: X thread, Show HN post, LinkedIn, Reddit, Product Hunt kit, launch email, blog draft.

The technically interesting part is the verification layer. Most directory-submission tools fire and forget. Zarek checks whether your listing is actually live after submission, including on JS-rendered pages like Product Hunt and X where a plain HTTP fetch returns nothing useful. It uses a headless browser pass for those and diffs the result against a known-live baseline.

Beyond copy and directories, it researches subreddits, newsletters, influencers, and podcasts, attaches estimated budgets and pitch angles to each, and sends a daily email briefing covering overdue tasks, dead listings, and what to do next. Tracked links are deduped and bot-filtered so the click numbers aren't noise.

Current honest limitation: the roadmap covers a defined 6-phase launch window. Post-launch monitoring (are your listings still live 30 days out, is referral traffic holding) is not built yet. That's the next thing on the roadmap, partly because multiple early users hit the day-30 cliff and asked for it.

One beta tester is running a real product through it now and giving detailed feedback. I'd love more of that, especially from anyone who has launched on HN before and can tell me where the Show HN output falls short.

https://zarek.tech