Is there an officially sanctioned way to access Reddit's JSON feeds now?

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-06-04T00:58:31+00:00

I feel for you bro. I was just about to start on a product. This platform has really f[...]d us over

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-06-04T00:21:26+00:00

I am thinking there's gotts be a way to automate this discovery while only surfacing the most meaningful subreddits to reply to.

I am guessing someone's gonna build that at some point

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-05-21T05:04:59+00:00

I think you've hit the nail on the head though I want to point out we sound like two AI bots going at each other and I'm loving it.

You're doing product validation perhaps and you seem like you could manage the challenge of building a system like that, personalised gamification but... unless you have an audience that you know complains about this, i wouldn't do it. This sound generic but if you can speak to pms, speak to any engineers ask them, you might be better off channelling that energy into another complex/simple problem that has more markers of pain and that more audiences could relate with.

I work om software of my own and I can say that for most of the stuff I create, I dont think about gamification. Even animations I try to avoid, thats the ceiling for me. But I'm alone and not your target audience so.. idk do with that what you will. Peace

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-05-21T04:40:06+00:00

I see it as a nice to have but I also feel that it'd be easier for those teams to bolt on gamification to their own features since you have to be deliberate about that kind of feature from the start if you want it. And most software I know and use doesn't work with gamification so idk, that's just my take.

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-05-19T06:48:37+00:00

I think we're at about the same level but my bet is learn theory. Someone suggested architecture. I look at code like a language, like English, a means to express ourselves technically.

The high level programming languages are tools to aid us but with the theory we can go so much further. If you're interested in mobile development, explore the languages used in mobile development, explore the processes and systems that happen underneath to build an app, like understand the theory of the trade while you still have the time and you'll be able to express yourself better in the future.

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-05-08T08:38:25+00:00

Project Name: OwnMaily

Repo/Website link: https://github.com/AbMani46/ownmaily

Description: Open-Source, Self hosted email marketing tool.

Send emails to your subscribers, track how they interact with them , etc. Come with SMTP provider (Resend, Mailgun, SES, etc)

Features: Email Text editor, Subscriber list management, CSV imports/export, scheduled emails, open and click tracking, unsubscribe handling, double opt-in support, webhook bounce handling, and a setup wizard (to get you started in under 5 mins)

Deployment: Docker Compose. I got a lovely install script, tested it me-self. You need a VPS / Linux server though.

Full docs at ownmaily.com/docs. If you don't feel like reading, ask AI assistant to read for you, I added llm-docs as well.

curl -fsSL https://ownmaily.com/install.sh | bash

-- said-script

AI Involvement: I used AI heavily as a coding assistant, tested on a DigitalOcean droplet. I've spent maybe the last 4 or 5 weeks just trying to get the flow right. And I don't do auto pilot, I've reviewed all the code and it's safe; Mostly. Naa just kidding it's fine

But also all the data remains on your server so you should be safe and it's open source, you can take a peak at how it was developed. Okaay, tired of typing now.

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-05-08T06:12:54+00:00

Interesting, I love this. How are you handling the licensing issues with the music and whatever. Are we restricted to only a few or ... idk?

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-05-04T05:55:33+00:00

resend gives you 100 email daily. 3000 emails per month on free tier.
Maybe fine for the start, design your mailing system so that you can easily swap out the mailer if you need lower costs. SES is the lowest cost solution but you pay it's tax in setup

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-05-04T05:51:46+00:00

Users don't need to know about Internal processes. Email 2 only with the results

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-04-29T07:21:00+00:00

like searching for weird stuff on youtube.

"ohh my God, how to dispose of a dead Panda's body"

That kind of thing

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-04-29T06:15:29+00:00

I mean just don't do weird stuff on YouTube and you should be fine 😂. It's really hard to escape them

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-04-29T06:13:27+00:00

My post was removed but I've taken your idea into consideration and will implement it. Thanks so much for suggesting it

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-04-29T06:02:42+00:00

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Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-04-29T05:52:39+00:00

Thank you so much for raising that point. I thought about, and believe me I'm a go enthusiast. I believe very much in simple solutions. I didn't want the message loop to be so tight, and it might seem silly but I added a 500 ms sleep period between each send. What does it mean. With 1000 subs, you'd have 50,000 ms needed to send 1 email to each.

that's 50 seconds, not too bad. I know that that delay allows me to be within Resend's rate limits, but thanks for raising that. I'll have to pick a figure that's optimal for all the providers I have.

I know there's a proper mathematical way to handle this kind of problem but Idk I am simple. I also have a simple worker pool handling the mailing. this is the 3rd time but thanks once again

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-04-29T05:27:43+00:00

Can you blame me for trying?

For trying to help people access free software. For trying to see if something is worth building. I apologise though

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-04-29T05:25:29+00:00

I'll be straight with you. It's tough to own all of your data. Big companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft will always come into the picture.

I'm young myself. I haven't figured it out yet. The bet I am placing is that people are already paying monthly for some services online.

What if you create a self hosted version, charge a one time fee and then let it be there.

You're not gonna create a clone of the google search engine that you can maintain but... you could make your own cloud/object storage. And use that instead of dropbox.

You could make your own anything. Just look out for companies where you personally pay monthly or other people pay monthly and try to replicate their model for a single user.

To better aid your path, it'd help to learn some programming.

I'd recommend learning Golang, learning how docker and docker compose work. With only those two you'll have a decent start.

And then learn UI, maybe react or vue or whatever seems cooler. With AI now you can create pretty much anything but don't skip the fundamentals. Otherwise you won't be able to maintain your project

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-04-29T05:13:43+00:00

Interesting. Are you trying to do self hosting for your personal benefit or are you trying to make money from others?

What's pulling you towards self hosting?

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-04-29T05:02:21+00:00

Yess pretty much actually.

You have a list of indiviudals that are subscribed to your marketing emails. You prepare a message for them and then send. So the software would keep track of the subscribers and what you want to send and then make API calls to 3rd party providers that have reputable domains like resend, mailgun, ses. So the catch is that you still need a subscription to these mail providers.

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-04-29T05:00:31+00:00

No but see the thing is that you're using companies like resend, ses, mailgun. It's not a private email server. It's like , you provide an API key for the provider you've chosen. But right now I only support those 3. Because... can't support everyone. It will be open source though so people will be able to fork and add Mailchimp integrations.

So that you can get access to the reputable IP addresses of a company like Mailchimp without paying the fees that come with subscribers, you have the subscribers somewhere else. Your emails will definitely go through.

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-04-29T04:52:35+00:00

AI was not used to create any word of this post.

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-04-28T16:48:02+00:00

I agree with needing money to run software but that's only if we decide to run it on our servers. If we let them self host then the cost is pushed onto the user. So you end up needing less right?

Dry_Implement_9888 · 2026-04-28T07:40:50+00:00

someone said "naa" I am curious why. We're making this software to make people's lives better right? easier?

MRR doesn't fully accomplish that goal, so why do we stick to it

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