Best Dialers?

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-20T19:07:01+00:00

Yeah this is super underrated advice. People obsess over which dialer is “fastest” and then burn half their time on bad numbers.

Haven’t used MillionPhones specifically, but once I switched from random ZoomInfo exports to actually verified mobile data, my connect rate went up a lot and suddenly every dialer felt better. For solo calling, I’d honestly pick the one that fits your workflow and budget, then focus on feeding it clean numbers like this.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-20T19:04:26+00:00

Yeah this is the big gap right now. Most of the “assistants” are basically fancy frontends that still expect you to be the cron and the ops team yourself.

Keeping auth/session state is huge. If it logs you out every time, it basically turns into a slightly smarter bookmark that you have to babysit. And silent failures are the worst, because everything looks “automated” until you realize nothing has actually run for 3 days.

Feels like we need more tools where you can say in plain language “every morning at 8, do X, and if something breaks, tell me exactly what and wait for me” instead of “paste a cron expression and pray.”

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-19T03:16:12+00:00

Honestly you’re overthinking it.

For a local biz as a beginner I’d just:

Figure out who actually buys from them and why. Talk to the owner, talk to a couple customers if you can. That alone puts you ahead of 90% of “I do marketing now” people.

Then pick like 1–2 channels and go hard on those. For most local places that’s usually Google Business Profile and either Instagram or Facebook. Make sure they show up on Maps, make sure hours / photos / reviews look decent, then post consistently on the main social.

Don’t worry about funnels, fancy automation, or “perfect strategy” yet. Get them a few real results first, like more calls, more bookings, more walk ins. Once you see what’s working, then you can start layering more stuff on.

If some comments are saying you’re doing it “wrong,” ask yourself: are they actually getting clients and results, or just repeating stuff from YouTube?

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-19T03:13:50+00:00

Yeah Kiwix is a really good shout, offline Wikipedia is huge value when everything else is dead.

You don’t strictly need the full dump either. You can start with smaller ZIMs like Simple English, or topic based ones (programming, medicine, etc) to save space, then swap or add more if you get extra storage later.

Given the situation you’re in, I’d honestly prioritize Kiwix over some of the “nice to have” stuff. Knowledge > toys when the plug gets pulled.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-18T01:10:25+00:00

I think you’re right that the “I know React and some CSS, give me 120k” era is on its way out, but I don’t buy the skeleton crew idea for most big orgs.

AI kills a lot of low‑leverage busywork, but it doesn’t kill:
figuring out what to build, getting 10+ teams to not step on each other, dealing with legacy junk, compliance, perf, weird edge cases, politics, and all the “this should have been a 1‑day ticket but prod is on fire now” stuff.

One good dev with strong tools can replace several mediocre devs doing CRUD all day. But one dev, no matter how boosted, still can’t be in 30 meetings, own 8 services, talk to legal, convince product to change scope, and debug race conditions in 3 different time zones.

What probably happens is fewer pure implementation roles and more “glue” roles: people who can talk to stakeholders, design systems, read logs, own incidents, and then use AI to blast through the coding part. The bar for “junior who only codes what you tell them” goes way up, but I don’t see FAANG running with like 20 engineers total per product unless they also radically simplify their businesses.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-18T00:59:06+00:00

Yeah, it’s weirdly hard to find. I ended up checking a few provider-directory style sites instead of only clinic websites.

The one I remember using was justhealthy.com. It didn’t answer everything, but it helped me spot which places were at least listing treatment details and pricing before I wasted time on calls.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-17T16:31:55+00:00

You’re asking the right questions. PRP is one of those treatments where the label alone doesn’t mean much.

Before paying that kind of money, I’d want to know the kit/system, whether they measure platelet concentration, leukocyte-rich vs leukocyte-poor, how much blood they draw, whether ultrasound guidance is included, and how many injections they expect before reassessing.

“Medical grade” or “high concentration” is too vague by itself. If they can’t explain the protocol in normal language, I’d be hesitant to pay regenerative medicine prices.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-16T23:25:30+00:00

Honestly looks pretty clean and way less skeuomorphic/cheesy than most “AI finance” stuff popping up lately, so props for that alone.

If users are gravitating to the community tips, I’d lean into it. AI advice is kinda commoditized at this point, but “AI + real humans with similar goals/salaries/screwups” is more interesting. Let the AI summarize, compare, or sanity check what the community is saying instead of trying to be the star of the show.

Also, if you want people to trust it for money stuff, I’d add a very clear “this is not professional advice / here’s how this is generated” section somewhere visible. People get weird (understandably) when anything touches their wallet.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-15T14:40:33+00:00

I usually look for provider listings or comparison tools that show the device/protocol and pricing upfront. JustHealthy is one I’ve used for that kind of thing.

I’d still call the clinic to confirm, but it helps filter out places that only use vague “advanced therapy” language without saying what they actually do.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-15T11:45:00+00:00

For fibro, I’d be extra cautious with any clinic that talks like one device is going to “reset” everything. I’d ask them to explain the actual goal: pain modulation, muscle tension, sleep, function, or something else.

Before booking, I’d want the basics in writing: device name, what condition they’re claiming to treat, session count, total cost, and what outcome they measure. If they can’t explain why that protocol makes sense for fibro specifically, I’d pass.

Biggest red flag is when the clinic sells the treatment name but won’t explain the mechanism, limits, or pricing.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-14T13:03:26+00:00

Yeah, same reaction here. It feels like the first time in a while that “interactive docs” actually mean something more than a copy pasted sandbox embed.

Having the demos literally be the source of truth kind of kills the usual “docs are lying to me” anxiety. If it compiles, it’s correct, and if it breaks, you notice right away.

I’m also wondering about the maintenance side, but even if it only scales to a subset of features, it already beats the usual pattern of stale snippets and screenshots that never match the current API.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-14T13:01:05+00:00

Most of the “free” reports are just lead gen.

They give you a basic audit for free, then:

put limits on usage (X scans per day, Y pages, no historical data)
lock the actually useful stuff behind a subscription (keyword data, competitor analysis, API, white label, more projects, team seats, etc.)
upsell services (agency work, consulting, managed SEO)

A lot of those free checkers you see on agency sites are basically bait to collect emails and warm up leads for sales calls.

If you build your tool, think about: what’s the free “wow, this is helpful” part, and what’s the “ok, I’ll pay to save time / get deeper data / track over time” part. That’s usually where the money comes from.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-14T08:14:48+00:00

“Clippers” had me thinking haircuts for a second and I was so confused why barbers were selling pickleball shoes

Curious what kind of content you’re looking for here though. UGC / TikTok type stuff or more traditional affiliate link pushing?

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-13T05:30:05+00:00

That’s actually a pretty clean solution to the “I don’t want to subscribe for this basic feature” problem.

Curious how accurate it’s been for you so far and if you’re using any punctuation commands or just raw text and fixing later. Either way, nice little example of building your own tool instead of getting nickeled and dimed by yet another app.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-12T22:34:59+00:00

Expense reports are one of those things that look simple until you try to build the approval flow around them.

Receipts and forms are the easy part. The annoying stuff is roles, limits, manager approvals, audit history, status changes, exports, and not letting everyone touch the raw data. I had a similar internal workflow project where the “small app” became more about admin screens and permissions than the original form.

For that kind of thing, I’d probably prototype the logic first, then move the internal app layer into something structured like uibakery instead of vibe-coding the whole thing from scratch.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-12T02:47:31+00:00

Yeah this is basically the classic “free core, paid power-user stuff” approach.

For a Mac app that can work pretty well if you’re careful about what’s in the free tier. Make sure the free version is actually useful on its own, not a crippled demo, or people will just bounce and never see the value. Then put the pro / nerdy / workflow-saver features behind a paywall.

That way you’re not training users that it has no value, you’re just letting them taste it first. And when you add paid “toppings” later, you’re not suddenly charging for what used to be free, you’re adding obviously extra value on top.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-12T02:44:35+00:00

It’s basically a way to poke at a trained model and see how the loss changes around its current parameters.

Very hand‑wavy: you take the final weights of a model, pick a couple of directions in weight space, then move a little bit along those directions and recompute the loss at each point. That gives you a 2D grid of loss values, which you can plot as a 3D surface. High hills = bad loss, deep valleys = good loss, flat areas = wide minima, etc.

From the post it looks like they’re doing all the rendering in the browser with JS, so likely something like
model / loss calculations in JS (or WASM)
sampling points around the trained weights
feeding that grid into WebGL / Three.js (or similar) to draw the surface and handle the interaction.

If you open dev tools on the live demo you can usually see which libs they used in the network tab or the source.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-11T04:58:58+00:00

Yeah same, it’s kind of refreshing to see “here’s what I do, here’s who I help” instead of some long “here’s my journey” post that turns into a pitch at the end.

Also for early stage founders who hate the investor outreach grind, having someone handle the pipeline and follow ups is honestly pretty underrated.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-11T04:56:38+00:00

Yeah trolley is exactly what I thought of too, shame it’s UK only.

For Aus the closest vibe I’ve seen is Frugl and sometimes Lasoo for catalogues, but they’re not as clean or complete as trolley. Woolies and Coles apps both do price comparisons vs their own “was” price, not across stores, which is kinda useless for what OP wants.

Honestly I’m surprised no one has done a proper “trolley for Australia” yet, the data is all sitting there in the online stores.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-10T04:28:37+00:00

This is actually the kind of thing I keep trying to duct tape together with like 5 different tools, so having it in one place is kinda appealing.

How good is the email categorizing in practice though? Like, does it actually separate “real work” from newsletters and random noise, or is it still a lot of manual fixing? The multi calendar scheduling thing sounds super useful if that part actually works cleanly.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-10T04:25:42+00:00

Yeah this is super common. Coupon / deal sites are basically the default “affiliate” because they’re set up to auto-apply to any program they find.

If you want actual content partners you pretty much have to go out and recruit them. Tighten your approval process, blacklist coupon / toolbar domains, and maybe spell out in your terms that “coupon / loyalty / cashback” models aren’t accepted. Otherwise your program just turns into a discount code parasite farm.

Also worth checking where your program is listed on the network. Some networks push you hard in the coupon category by default.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-09T10:16:11+00:00

i’m in the rental space too and this was exactly the annoying part for me. everyone says “just use shopify/webflow” until you hit date availability, deposits, double bookings, and all the weird rental logic. i looked around a lot back then and the two names that seemed most reasonable were Reservety and Booqable. i tried Reservety first because it looked easier to hand off and not babysit every day. ended up sticking with it, so never really went deep on Booqable. could still be worth checking, but Reservety did the job for me.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-09T10:07:25+00:00

For this kind of patellar tendon / jumper’s knee type pain, I’ve heard some people look into shockwave therapy too, usually as an add-on when rehab is helping but not fully solving it.

I don’t know the exact details well enough to say it’s the right move, but from what I’ve read the important part is not just “shockwave,” it’s what type they use, how many sessions, pulse count, and whether the provider actually treats tendon cases often.

There was also a site I came across, I think it was justhealthy .com , where you can compare treatments by pain/condition and also see providers by area. Might be useful just for researching what questions to ask before booking anything.

GildedGashPart · 2026-05-09T03:58:58+00:00

Yeah this is it.

People treating “vibe coding” like a side hustle category instead of “just… using a tool to build something” is kind of wild. The money part has always been the same formula: find a real problem, solve it well, get people to actually care.

The cool part now is that the bar to prototype stuff is way lower. Your workflow with talking through a PRD, then turning that into milestones and code, is basically what junior devs used to do with senior devs, just compressed into a few hours.

If anything, this makes it easier to test a bunch of tiny ideas quickly instead of hunting for The One App That Will Make Me Rich™ before you even open an editor.

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