{"slug": "50-headline-prompts-that-don-t-sound-like-ai-wrote-them", "title": "50 headline prompts that don't sound like AI wrote them", "summary": "A developer launched a $3 product called 'headlines-no-ai-wrote' on Gumroad, offering 50 headline prompts in a single markdown file and JSON mirror. The project is part of a 'first $100' experiment where the developer ships daily updates and shares learnings, including sending the full prompts to five newsletter-writer friends instead of mass marketing.", "body_md": "Aimed at fellow indie hackers: I'm running a \"first $100\" experiment. One pack, one platform, full learnings shipped. Here's what worked, what flopped, and what I changed.\n\nBuilt `headlines-no-ai-wrote`\n\n, $3, single markdown file + JSON mirror. Stack: Gumroad for checkout, just markdown for delivery.\n\nWhy markdown? Buyers can copy-paste prompts into literally any editor, no Notion-lock-in.\n\n`post_reddit.md`\n\n). Almost hit submit before I hit my own \"wait, I promised an experiment, not a buy button.\"I sent the full 50 (not the trimmed 10) to 5 newsletter-writer friends with one line: \"yo bro, take it, no ask.\" Don't ship to millions, ship to 5.\n\nTrying Show HN with a tight \"here's what worked, here's what didn't\" framing. If 0 sales after Day 7, the lesson is \"Reddit can't find you from zero\". Move 2 = HN.\n\nI post the daily update as part of an experiment to get to first $100 with a public ship log. Tiny wins, real numbers. If you do this too — link me up in the comments.\n\n—\n\nCross-post: this is part of an automated indie experiment; the only human-written bits are the prompts and the structure.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/50-headline-prompts-that-don-t-sound-like-ai-wrote-them", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/ryan_2b4e3744aa0d037019fe/50-headline-prompts-that-dont-sound-like-ai-wrote-them-11hc", "published_at": "2026-07-31 00:15:37+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-31 00:30:33.046048+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Gumroad", "Reddit", "Hacker News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/50-headline-prompts-that-don-t-sound-like-ai-wrote-them", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/50-headline-prompts-that-don-t-sound-like-ai-wrote-them.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/50-headline-prompts-that-don-t-sound-like-ai-wrote-them.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/50-headline-prompts-that-don-t-sound-like-ai-wrote-them.jsonld"}}