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Industry Standard Tools
The register of tools that became the default in their trade
Every trade has a few tools so entrenched they've become the default: Mitutoyo calipers, the Shure SM57, a Cambro. This register writes that knowledge down: 465 entries across 45 trades, written, contested, and voted on by the people who use them. Open to read, invite-only to write. An entry becomes a Recognized Standard at +10, every entry starts at zero, so the first standards will be decided by whoever shows up. No sponsors, no affiliate links.
Every trade has a small number of items so entrenched that they've become the de facto tool nearly everyone in that trade uses. Mitutoyo calipers. The Shure SM57. A Cambro. Ask a machinist, a sound engineer, or a line cook and they might name the same brands without hesitating.
Industry Standard Tools is that list: 465 entries across 45 trades so far, each one an argument about how a trade actually behaves, contested and voted on by the people who use the thing.
A few deliberate choices:
• Open to read, invite-only to write. Anyone can read every entry, score, and discussion. Writing takes a membership, and a membership takes an invite so a contributor is a person from the trade. The first 200 of you can join with this link: https://industrystandard.tools/j...
• An entry becomes a Recognized Standard at +10
• Nothing is sponsored. No affiliate links, no paid placement.
What's the tool in your trade that everyone owns and nobody ever wrote down?
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About Industry Standard Tools on Product Hunt
“The register of tools that became the default in their trade”
Industry Standard Tools was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #62 on the daily leaderboard. Every trade has a few tools so entrenched they've become the default: Mitutoyo calipers, the Shure SM57, a Cambro. This register writes that knowledge down: 465 entries across 45 trades, written, contested, and voted on by the people who use them. Open to read, invite-only to write. An entry becomes a Recognized Standard at +10, every entry starts at zero, so the first standards will be decided by whoever shows up. No sponsors, no affiliate links.
Industry Standard Tools was featured in Productivity (659.4k followers), Hardware (11.4k followers) and Community (3.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 164.4k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Industry Standard Tools?
Industry Standard Tools was hunted by Che-Wei Wang. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Che-Wei Wang
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Every trade has a small number of items so entrenched that they've become the de facto tool nearly everyone in that trade uses. Mitutoyo calipers. The Shure SM57. A Cambro. Ask a machinist, a sound engineer, or a line cook and they might name the same brands without hesitating.
Industry Standard Tools is that list: 465 entries across 45 trades so far, each one an argument about how a trade actually behaves, contested and voted on by the people who use the thing.
A few deliberate choices:
• Open to read, invite-only to write. Anyone can read every entry, score, and discussion. Writing takes a membership, and a membership takes an invite so a contributor is a person from the trade. The first 200 of you can join with this link: https://industrystandard.tools/j...
• An entry becomes a Recognized Standard at +10
• Nothing is sponsored. No affiliate links, no paid placement.
What's the tool in your trade that everyone owns and nobody ever wrote down?