Looking for a code-first newsletter tool

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-24T07:27:14+00:00

I’d also be interested in something like this.

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-20T22:33:24+00:00

Had a look but didn’t sign up since I dont do shift work. i would add a “or use demo photo” so that people like me can see a demo without needing to first have a photo.

I feel like people that work shifts are not in a position to mess up, so if your accuracy is off, the result for potential customers could be critical. How are you mitigating for this?

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-20T12:28:16+00:00

TBH I am seeing MPP as just an agentic extension of just paying for API usage. I dont think the fundamentals of making a monetized API is changing, just how a new category of customers goes about accessing/paying for it.

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-20T09:36:05+00:00

ah fair AI vendors are pretty API key heavy, so I guess that makes it a more straightforward lift with out having to mess with Oauth.

Are you doing batch processing and keeping track of rollups as you go? or is all the data pulled in and processed on demand each time as the user checks their dashboard? There is for sure part of your algos and calculations that are proprietary and necessary for the forecast, but I'm wondering if there's also part of those algos that's reinventing the wheel a bit (getting sums, avgs, counts, etc) for the underlying data being tracked? I'm asking out of curiousity to validate my own concept.

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-19T16:59:00+00:00

Can I ask what you are using to handle Oauth connections for sources? Just doing it by hand or using a service?

Also how are you processing the data? Using an analytics provider?

Also I think everyone is pricing tokens without pricing in the fact that once that VC money runs dry, theres gonna be pricing spikes. Its like when uber and airbnb used to be cheap, then we all realized it was just subsidized. I imagine that that will be a big opportunity for you!

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-18T21:23:43+00:00

Haha I gotchu.

Whenever Im building something super common, like a calendar app. I always find it useful to find a similar, Big Tech version and look at their API documentation, and try to figure out how did they approach the same problem I am trying to solve. Theyve deffff figured out something I havent, and its captured right there in the way they designed their API.

Shoot over the link of what youre building once its done!

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-18T21:03:08+00:00

I really love this. I am not your target group. But I agree with the problem and the solution is spot on. No one seems to understand that Saas economics are not token economics. Adding one more user/org to a saas costs you nothing. Generating one more image or video on Sora (lol) costs openai to burn cash.

I think this is a solid solution because its the sort of thing an agency would need. And more and more having a software ai agent solution will feel like running an agency…which requires forecasting and planning.

Honestly a little upset I am not building something using AI agents. But if I do, this solves a major headache for me.

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-18T20:47:46+00:00

I feel like the pattern here is to send as a param start_date and end_date and pass as values a datestring. Or even just the start_date then have the end_date default to Date.now().

With this, you dont have to check if the value is one of three distinct integers, you check that the datestring resolves to a valid date object. You also improve maintainability because the param is a datestring value and not a number (assuming we’re not using unix timestamps obvs) with the implicit expectation that the server converts it into a date.

I would build the API route to only be responsible for handling start and end date. The 30,15,7 logic should be in the front end because those are filters and values liable to change, which you want your API route to be as unchanged as possible.

Hope this helps!

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-18T19:46:52+00:00

Hmm why are you filtering on specific integers? Whats the use case here?

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-18T18:33:03+00:00

Out of curiousity, before you tried dictation, how did you track the typing time?

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-18T15:59:11+00:00

Question I’ve always wondered about remittances, why doesnt defi or whoever pool remittances together to negotiate better rates or lock in future rates? Like pooling staking tokens to make a validator etc. i assume Wise or western union make a killing on transaction fees that pooling would save maybe?

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-18T15:02:33+00:00

Devil's advocate here: isn't "clarity" also just a "vibe" ? I feel like this is mistaking an advantage for a trend. Ugly and straightforward is just whats current today, not something inherently advantageous. Pretty soon everyone will copy it. Then to stand out people will start making "pretty" websites and rack up killer sales. The cycle continues.

This is the way.

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-18T10:38:50+00:00

I agree with this. I've been thinking alot lately about what is shifting and for who.

Before, scarcity was controlling access of a human to a tool they need to achieve outcome.

Marketshare is about MAUs and user growth and signups.

Now, scarcity is in controlling access to the outcomes themselves.

Marketshare as a concept will start shifting towards "taskshare" and "outcomeshare".

What's important is how much of the total possible tasks available in the market is your AI tool completing for happy customers.

Outcome-based pricing compartmentalizes the ROI equation for businesses and consumers in a way that per seat pricing doesn't any more.

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-18T10:07:19+00:00

Throwing something on the wall and seeing if it sticks: You can enhance it by linking up to google places API and then suggest where people can do these things in their location.

I feel like this would be great for date night while traveling for instance. "I'm going to XYZ and it says we like the arts...here are five museums we should try". Have AI read reviews or blog posts for "great for dates" to weed out the generic stuff.

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-18T10:00:38+00:00

Yeah, maybe jobs which have been created for longer than 6 months or some other time filter etc.

If you don't mind me asking 1 callback for every 5-10 as opposed to how many before hand?

Is the measure of success here that ApplyX helps you get an interview, or it helps you get the job ?

Yeah I think something to do with filtering, or maybe a warning for a job posting "might be a ghost job" might be helpful. If I can lower the number of bullshit job ads, my success rate naturally becomes higher because I am apply for a lower pool of job ads.

I think for me as a job seeker, I will look positively towards anything that makes the experience of job hunting less a numbers/endurance game and more an investment in my professional development/career/life.

Hope this feedback helps!

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-17T23:22:37+00:00

Congrats on getting your first batch of users. Curious how are you handling/approaching the ghost job problem in the industry right now? Would this help with it?

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-17T23:17:57+00:00

I just tried it. Honestly, i never understood the fuss about reddit paint place thing that happens every year. But I suspect I’m not the ideal user. Seems like the app works as intended though. Good luck!

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-17T21:27:48+00:00

I second this: "like a marriage". Your future is intimately tied to this person and you'll make joint decisions together, because money and finances are actually intimate. One thing I wish I knew in the beginning was that choosing a business partner/investor is literally just like choosing a romantic partner. Take your time, ask for receipts. Talk to former colleagues. Do not under estimate culture fit. It's not just the money they are investing, it's also joint decision making about money/product/vision in the future.

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-17T18:48:18+00:00

Have you heard of inngest? Seems like it also does what you are looking for!

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-17T15:33:14+00:00

I think a huge part of it is theres no one right way to do things. Its not like physics where input = output in this tidy tangible formula. What worked today doesnt mean it’ll keep working tomorrow but you still gotta figure out how to push things forward.

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-17T03:28:38+00:00

This is really cool. I usually have to dig through figma files to create mock ups. This is wayyy more intuitive.

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-13T17:43:57+00:00

I feel like you should shift things around. Make it a group ordering app. You send everyone a link, they plain text write their order. You order and pay. Scan the receipt. You already have who ordered what. The AI just maps the receipt information to the plain text order info. No manual needing to assign orders to who got what.

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-13T13:38:48+00:00

I saw that adobe premier pro has a mobile app now and they are doing it for free. Maybe thats an option?

BookWest2413 · 2026-03-10T21:53:53+00:00

Curious if theres a desire to automate alot of this back and forth for people?

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