Best product launches of Jan 2022

Just shipped a big upgrade to our Link-in-Bio builder on SimpleURL: rich embeds (Spotify, YouTube, Calendly & custom domains). Calling all: • Founders • Podcasters & YouTubers • Freelancers & consultants • Musicians & authors Drop your use-case below & I’ll hook you up with 1 free premium

We all know the friction: a friend shares a Spotify link in WhatsApp, but you use Apple Music, YouTube Music, or Tidal. You either manually search for the track or ignore it. I built SongFlip to make this completely effortless: • 0-click background redirects on Android • 1-tap via Share Sheet on iOS • Supports 10+ streaming services • 100% open-source (GPLv3), private, and no account needed Launching next Monday here on Awesome Indie! Check it out and let me know your thoughts: https://awesomeindie.com/product/song-flip

Batch consistency is the part nobody warns you about. One photo with a clean white background looks fine; ten photos where nine are #FFFFFF and one is #F7F7F7 look broken on a grid. Three things that fixed this for me: Pick one target value and check it, not "white". #FFFFFF is 255/255/255. Sample five points with the eyedropper - corners, centre, both edges. If the edges read 250-252 you have a soft falloff, not a flat fill. Normalise the export, not the source. Resize and compress last, and use one setting for the whole set. A JPEG at q85 can drift flat white to 253 while an adjacent PNG stays 255, and the seam shows in a carousel. Watch shadows. A soft grey drop shadow under the product is correct; a grey cast across the whole frame is not. Keep the shadow under the object and the rest at target. Full disclosure: CleanWhiteBG is my product (https://cleanwhitebg.com) - free, no signup, white-background replacement. Weigh the tip accordingly.