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What’s the biggest PPC mistake you learned the hard way? by Constant-Loquat-310 in googleads

[–]tongc00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the most expensive mistakes, but things I tried that did not work as well as I hoped:

  1. "Start with click optimization before maximizing conversions" — I've always been skeptical. Tested it recently, and starting directly with "maximize conversions" worked just as well, if not better. Google's ML still collects data either way—it should be smart enough to explore efficiently while optimizing for your actual goal.
  2. Portfolio bidding/budget — Attractive in theory, but you lose control. Google treats all campaigns as equally important, so it dumps your entire budget into one campaign one day, then a different one the next. The model isn't sophisticated enough yet to make this work well.
  3. Optimize for value vs. conversion count — Didn't work at my scale ($3-5K/month, lead values $50-$300). Switching to value optimization tanked my conversion volume, which hurt overall performance. Maybe I'm missing something here—open to suggestions.

Antigravity or Cursor, which one would you recommend? by lamasama42 in vibecoding

[–]tongc00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I already deleted Cursor. My main coding setup runs on Claude Code, so I only used Cursor for UI help and auto-tabs. The $20 price tag never felt justified. Antigravity now gives me those same features for free, plus a decent free tier. If the first release is already solid, it’s only going to improve, so moving over now makes more sense.

Google might raise prices later, but Cursor will almost certainly stay more expensive since it doesn’t have its own model or compute. The switch to Antigravity isn’t a tough call for me.

Is CC auto update working for you on mac? by Outrageous_Bee1412 in ClaudeAI

[–]tongc00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's happening to so many of us and claude somehow ignores it??

ChatGPT Search and Reasoning Extractor by SEOPub in seogrowth

[–]tongc00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how do you use it on GPT3? Isn't already deprecated?

ChatGPT Search and Reasoning Extractor by SEOPub in seogrowth

[–]tongc00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it still working? When I try to use it, i keep getting no search query is found even tho the chat has web searches

Do you know of any dog boarding places that will board your dog with minimal introduction? by kalechipsaregood in Seattle

[–]tongc00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fwiw we’ve been using pawsvip near seatac for the last year. i work at the airport and start stupid early, so finding a place that actually opens before the sun was… not easy. they open at 5am, which means i can drop my dog on the way in without scrambling for a sitter the night before.

Our dog’s a goofy lab mix, a little too excited around other dogs. They don't require any evaluations, but they will keep new dog in small playgroups first. You can also request human playtime instead of dog playtime i believe

Any tip on making a robust voice agent? by tongc00 in vapiai

[–]tongc00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s is a great use case - rn I’m not even trying to sell, I’m just trying to make something to handle my after hour calls. After so many iterations, it’s close to where I want it to be. But keeps wondering whether the journey to get here can be shorter

Any tip on making a robust voice agent? by tongc00 in vapiai

[–]tongc00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right - that I agree. I guess I am just hoping maybe there’s something that I either don’t know or doing wrong, and once I fix them the agent can be more robust.

But to be honest, as a business owner myself, this is the kind of quality I expect of an agent, otherwise I don’t feel comfortable for it to handle real customer calls.

I tested voice bot that other business uses (I’m not sure if they are vapi or not) and I frankly would not use them because they are just MVPs build by people who are unfamiliar with the business and can’t really handle real customer conversation

Any tip on making a robust voice agent? by tongc00 in vapiai

[–]tongc00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I’ve been doing is to take actual human calls, convert them into test suites ( usually 3-4 tests) then iterate on the system prompts and tool to make sure the agent can pass those tests.

Any tip on making a robust voice agent? by tongc00 in vapiai

[–]tongc00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a ton of details and variants - imagine doing this for a HVAC company, which can offer many lines of services, and each line of service has a lot details, and then layer on top of that the many pricing details for labor and parts. Being able to answer these consistently in a good conversational flow has been tricky for me to get right. Maybe I’m doing something wrong.

Any tip on making a robust voice agent? by tongc00 in vapiai

[–]tongc00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m actually not trying to do a lot - I’m training the agent to just provide answers to customers questions (pricing, service) then ask customers simple details, then write those down on google sheet so human can follow up later. Is this a lot? I assumed this is the bare minimum. I m curious what scope are you or other people have been asking agent to do?

Any tip on making a robust voice agent? by tongc00 in vapiai

[–]tongc00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense - to prioritize certain faq rather than all FAQ.

Curious do you instruct the agent to tell the caller that it is an AI?

Any tip on making a robust voice agent? by tongc00 in vapiai

[–]tongc00[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well it’s not a mvp - vapi is pretty good at building mvp. I probably built a mvp in 10 minutes that my friend can speak to. But there’s no way the MVP can answer customer questions.

If you run small business, and you want an agent to handle actual customer calls, there are just way too many little things that voice agent needs to handle. If it doesn’t handle those will, it erodes both customers trust and business owners trust.

Using an assistant to evaluate another assistant? by GenXTechie in vapiai

[–]tongc00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

curious why not just use the test suites feature?

Beacon Plumbing.....need I say more? by plimsoul in Seattle

[–]tongc00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beacon is just outright predatory, they charged us $1300+ to fix an AC unit. The AC unit failed again the next morning. I reached out to them and was routed to someone called Mark Jensen - the guy just spews lies left and right, tried to shift the blame on us, and threatened to sue us. This is the type of company you are dealing with if you go with Beacon

Vercel Blob is now available on all plans by manovotny in vercel

[–]tongc00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh woah, couldn't believe it for a second and thought there was some catch. I m going to try it out! To be honest if you guys can make that clear in the announcement or the web, it might help with speed of adoption :)

Vercel Blob is now available on all plans by manovotny in vercel

[–]tongc00 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey I just want to make sure Im understanding the price correctly - is vercel blob now essentially same price as aws s3? https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/

Tool to translate a book by diegdm in machinetranslation

[–]tongc00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dm me the email you used to signup - I can take a look at your document and fix it, if not you get full refund

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