Altern
Discover the best AI tools, models, and agents all in one place.
Developer Tools·AI & Machine Learning·Productivity
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Altern is a comprehensive directory platform designed to help users discover and explore the best AI tools, models, APIs, and libraries. Featuring over two thousand indexed solutions, it provides curated lists, rankings, categories, and leaderboards to navigate the rapidly growing landscape of artificial intelligence.
The platform is built for professionals, developers, and beginners looking to find the right AI applications for specific use cases, ranging from productivity and coding assistants to marketing and data analysis. Users can easily browse through hand-picked collections, track top-performing tools, and submit their own AI products for maximum visibility.
What sets Altern apart is its extensive, organized database combined with weekly leaderboards and task-based comparisons. It serves as a centralized hub to cut through the noise and find practical, highly rated AI solutions efficiently.
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FounderPlaybooks.
What other founders did to grow.
2722 dispatches from hundreds of founders, pulled from the week's best podcasts.
it takes one email and I say this to everybody that emails me I'm like this email keeps me going because it does like the fact that they read something and took the moment to like reply and say I'm going to incorporate this... it's all I need to keep going
Reply to every reader email personally
Reader replies are the retention engine for early creators — answer every single one personally for as long as you possibly can. It does two things at once: it converts the subscriber into a relationship (not a number), and it keeps you publishing through the boring middle. Automate everything else first; this is the last thing you delegate.
In weight loss you don't want to talk about it until you've seen success. When you find successes you start losing 5, 10, 15, 50 pounds — now you're going to scream from the rooftops. We've got programmatic emails that go out at a few weight-loss milestones asking people to tell us their story.
Trigger word-of-mouth at the 5-pound milestone, not at install
Lose It! waits for a 5-pound (or larger) milestone before triggering testimonial/story-collection emails — never at install. In stigmatized categories, asking users to evangelize at signup is wrong because they don't want to admit the problem. Wait for the early win, then make sharing a celebration rather than a confession.
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