“I had very early on a a Hacker News Post that was quite successful and also a Reddit post that was quite successful and that kind of kicked things off and then like I would have been stupid to to to uh stop doing it somehow because there was there was a constant interest in it”

A single HN + Reddit hit can carry you through the dip

Early traction came from one successful Hacker News post and one Reddit post. That distribution event created enough momentum that quitting would have been irrational — the constant inbound interest carried Neural Frames through the dead-end phase before the V2 rebuild. For visual/AI tools, a strong HN + Reddit launch is the proof signal that justifies continuing through the dip.