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dawie

2,268 karma · joined February 27, 2007

Email: davidsmit at Google's email service

2017: FilteredHq.com

2016: Sold 7-min.com

2013: Currently http://7-min.com

2012: (All these projects are dead) I was working on something cool: http://docley.com.

I am now working on something cooler: http://tabtrick.com/

I pivoted TabTrick to focus on Facebook Pages for Realtors...

2011: I have always been very interested in the startup scene. I have been to startup school twice and applied to YC once with Docley (I didn't get in).

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dawie··on x.ai Voice Agent Builder
Voice Agent Builder is now live in beta: a no-code platform for production voice agents with Grok Voice
dawie··on Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites
I love the idea, but it’s a real shame how people are using it. I wonder if AI can moderate it for offensiveness and spam prevention
dawie··on Claude for Legal
It made me double check if it was a fake repo.
dawie··on Show HN: Get Hired with AI, a free book I wrote on using LLMs for a job search
Creator here, happy to answer any questions you might have or provide tips for your own job search...

I also turned my skills database into a knowledge base with a chatbot on a very simple website so hiring managers or recruiters can ask questions.

dawie··on Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file
Super cool, super addictive :-)
dawie··on The browser is the sandbox
Is the source code on GitHub?
dawie··on Ask HN: What is the black line for at the top of the screen?
Not sure - I just thought it was a css bug
dawie··on Show HN: 47jobs – A Fiverr/Upwork for AI Agents
I thought this was the delivery of an n8n template and not a hosted AI that charges per run
dawie··on Ask HN: How are you using AI to find jobs? What worked (and didn't)?
What’s your skill set?
dawie··on Ask HN: How are you using AI to find jobs? What worked (and didn't)?
Do you remember the names of the apps? What sort of roles are you looking for?
dawie··on Ask HN: How are you using AI to find jobs? What worked (and didn't)?
Anonymous Google Form link - https://forms.gle/FcU4TmnksFVJYX177
dawie··on An Interview with Cursor Co-Founder and CEO Michael Truell About Coding with AI
Is the podcast not public?
dawie··on Chatbox: Cross-platform desktop client for ChatGPT, Claude and other LLMs
Very cool
dawie··on Ask HN: How do you exercise?
I have 6 Kettle bells at home and I have a program designed with 4 different options by an exercise physiologist.

I also run/bike/swim and walk the dog for 30 min per day generally with a 12kg weight vest (strength and cardio at the same time). I try to so 1 triathlon a year and 1 marathon a year and I find that is good motivation to prepare for an event.

I do 75 Hard (Google it) 2-3 times a year.

dawie··on Ask HN: Staying fit whilst working from home?
I started running at lunch time while working from home to get out the house and started doing longer and longer distances… I ended up running a marathon last year.

Another aspect is that I did 75 Hard last year, which is a life/game changer!

dawie··on Ask HN: How come there is no example code for B2B-SaaS apps?
If you find any, please let us know. We are looking for a Laravel example.
dawie··on How to get in touch with small businesses?
Assuming you have a LinkedIn profile, here is what I would do:

1. Optimize your LinkedIn profile to explain that you are a Software Entrepreneur

2. Search for Realtors on LinkedIn.

3. Connect with them on LinkedIn.

4. Once connected thank them for the connection

5. A few days later, ask them for a conversation. Talk to them about their business and problems.

Steps 3-5 can be automated with a tool like this: https://linkedprospect.com/

dawie··on [dead]
This dude has tried a lot of things... he deserves to hit success
dawie··on Show HN: I made a CRM system to make sales fun
They shut down Highrise and I am pretty sure there is a place for small business CRM. When I looked a while ago, I could not find a good Highrise replacement
dawie··on Ask HN: What productivity hacks work for you?
Haha. I was more asking about personal productivity.
dawie··on Ask HN: When browsing HN, do you click to view the article or discussion first?
View article first
dawie··on Show HN: TaskDone – Execute and get stuff done
It’s all email based.
dawie··on Show HN: TaskDone – Execute and get stuff done
The idea is accountability for Entrepreneurs, Freelancers and Consultants.

- My team helps me to get shit done, by being a human todo list. We helped a few beta users and now I want to scale things up.

- Knowing that someone is looking at what I am doing, makes me more productive. My team nudges me to complete outstanding items and it moves me forward every time!

- I had someone simply look at what I ate each day on an app and I lost 30lbs.

I would love your feedback on this idea. Are you more productive if you know that someone is watching/keeping you accountable?

dawie··on Ask HN: What are you working on?
This is amazing and inspiring! I would love to follow this and help in some way if I can. I would donate money to this cause. Please get in touch with me. My email is on my HN profile.
dawie··on Ask HN: What's your favorite newsletter for DevOps stuff? and Kubernetes?
These guys have great content:https://opsfleet.com/resources/
dawie··on Ask HN: How do I take my consulting business to the next level?
I would consider productizing and packaging your service...
dawie··on [dead]
1) Find a market that (a) is using software (b) make $100K a year and (c) is reachable 2) Reach out to business owners telling them you are doing research and are looking for business problems. 3) Get on the phone with these people and talk about their problems. 4) Once you have found a problem build a quick MVP and share it with them.
dawie··on Show HN: Summaries of the best books, broken down into 5-min daily emails/texts
I am interested and sent a message, but have not heard or received anything back. I would possibly even pay, if it was a high quality.
dawie··on Show HN: I'm a robot tech enthusiast and this is my robot website
Drop the ads. It takes away from an awesome site
dawie··on Show HN: My new SaaS side-project, after years of open source
Our corporate firewall blocks your url as "porn"

The fact that your ssl cert is not working is also a concern

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