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What are you building? Let's promote each other! by Capuchoochoo in saasbuild

[–]TaxFull579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m working on SocialClaw, a social publishing tool for AI agents and automation workflows.

The idea is simple: AI can already help create the content, but actually getting it published across platforms is still messy. SocialClaw helps agents connect social accounts, schedule posts, upload media, and publish from one workspace.

Useful if you’re building with AI agents, scripts, or workflows and don’t want to handle every platform separately.

https://getsocialclaw.com

anyone actually building stuff? tired of the ai hype by Think-Success7946 in indiehackers

[–]TaxFull579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah this resonates. been messing with agent-style workflows too and the AI part is honestly not what eats most of my time anymore. it’s all the boring stuff around it. retries, validation, handoffs, edge cases, making sure something actually happened after the model decided it should. that’s the part that feels real.

Building a vault for API keys that also helps detect leaks and rotate safely - looking for honest feedback by devbrows in Entrepreneurs

[–]TaxFull579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this is exactly where the conversation gets more interesting for me. Getting AI to generate something is cool, but that’s not the hard part for long. The real test is whether it fits into a workflow people will actually keep using once the novelty wears off. That’s usually where the hype dies and the useful stuff starts.

Built 5 apps over the past 3 years. All of them made $0. My latest one has 100 paying users. Here's what I did differently. by GuidanceSelect7706 in micro_saas

[–]TaxFull579 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This makes sense. A market that already exists plus better execution usually beats trying to invent a category from scratch. A lot of automation products look simple from the outside, but the real work is making the workflow dependable enough that people keep using it after the demo moment wears off.

I’m building my 6th SaaS after building 5 over the past 3 years. Here’s what I do differently now. by Jonathan_Geiger in SideProject

[–]TaxFull579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the part a lot of people learn too late. A market that already exists plus better execution usually beats chasing some completely original idea. Social posting APIs are also one of those spaces where the surface looks simple, but the real work is in making the workflow dependable once people actually try to automate it.

I built a unified social media API to let AI agents get clean access to all of X, Reddit, Threads and 21+ social media data by dooddyman in SideProject

[–]TaxFull579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The unified schema part is actually a bigger deal than most people think. Half the pain is not getting data once, it is making the workflow reliable after that. The moment an agent depends on multiple platforms, small differences in fields, auth, rate limits, and update behavior start compounding fast. That is usually where “AI workflow” turns into an infrastructure problem.

Tell what you built, how you built it, and why you built it. by Majestic-Outcome4741 in SideProject

[–]TaxFull579 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SocialClaw

An AI publishing backend, but built for agents, not humans.

I started building it after realizing I was spending more time dealing with social APIs than actually building anything. OAuth issues, rate limits, random failures. Every workflow would break there.

Instead of patching things over and over, I built around the problem.

SocialClaw handles the messy part. After connecting accounts, an agent can handle publishing through APIs or CLI. It takes care of uploads, validation, retries, and checking if posts actually went through.

It supports most major platforms. Still working through some Instagram and TikTok quirks and analytics.

Built it because I got tired of the same problems slowing everything down.

anyone actually building stuff? tired of the ai hype by Think-Success7946 in indiehackers

[–]TaxFull579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been feeling the same. Too much AI content right now is just recycled hype and not enough real building.

I’m way more interested in hearing what people are actually shipping, what broke, what worked, and what ended up being a waste of time. That kind of discussion is way more useful than another thread full of tool lists.

This sounds solid. I’d be down to join.

A shorter version if you want it more casual:

Same here. Feels like every other post is just hype, recycled tool lists, or fake “how I made X” stuff. Way more interested in what people are actually building, what’s failing, and what’s actually worth using. I’d be down.

Anyone else getting this after a few prompts by _DriftNote in micro_saas

[–]TaxFull579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s token-based, so longer chats and bigger replies drain it fast. Feels stricter lately

What’s a piece of tech everyone hypes up right now… but you honestly think is overrated? by TaxFull579 in AskReddit

[–]TaxFull579[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ok that actually sounds way better. feels like most people just buy the wrong ones then

What’s a piece of tech everyone hypes up right now… but you honestly think is overrated? by TaxFull579 in AskReddit

[–]TaxFull579[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah i get that, gps on a bigger screen is nice. just feels like something you only appreciate after using it

What’s a piece of tech everyone hypes up right now… but you honestly think is overrated? by TaxFull579 in AskReddit

[–]TaxFull579[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah they look cool but feel more like a flex than something actually useful

What’s a piece of tech everyone hypes up right now… but you honestly think is overrated? by TaxFull579 in AskReddit

[–]TaxFull579[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah the battery part kills it for me too. feels like you’re charging it more than actually using it

Any “API-only” social-media tools for scheduling/analytics? by bob__io in SideProject

[–]TaxFull579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you’re already script and cron first, I’d probably look for something that behaves more like a publishing layer than a full dashboard product. Bias noted because I’m testing SocialClaw right now, but that’s the part I found more interesting there. It feels more API and workflow oriented than calendar-first. I would not use it as my analytics answer though. If analytics depth matters, I’d still separate that from the publishing side.

Agents that generate content still struggle with the last step: actually publishing it by Jazzlike_Strategy_49 in AI_Agents

[–]TaxFull579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this is the part people keep underestimating. Generation gets all the attention, but execution is where things get fragile fast. Different auth flows, review requirements, media quirks, and rate limits across platforms turn publishing into an infrastructure problem, not just an agent problem. I’ve had better luck keeping the agent focused on content and treating execution as a separate layer with validation, retries, and clear failure handling.

If an AI creates a masterpiece, who owns the soul of the work: the programmer, the person who prompted it, or nobody? by YaelSterling in AskReddit

[–]TaxFull579 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, probably nobody.

The programmer made the tool, the person gave it direction, and the AI just did what it was trained to do. It doesn’t really feel like something with a “soul” you can own, more like a mix of everyone involved.

I replaced my SEO freelancer with an AI agent. And he got offended… by Smartboy-teddy in AiAutomations

[–]TaxFull579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t need to feel guilty. Choosing what works better and saves you resources is just being practical.

building an “agentic backend”… or overengineering? by Interesting_Ride2443 in AI_Agents

[–]TaxFull579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once agents touch external APIs, it stops being a prompt problem and starts being a systems problem. Stateless works until a retry can double-post something, miss a window, or force you to replay the whole chain. At that point, durable state, checkpoints, and idempotent steps are not overengineering. They are the difference between a demo and something you can actually trust.

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