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Show HN: I built a 1B+ contact database as a solo founder in 60 days

Posted by InfiniteBox on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @10:20PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.snappyleads.co.uk/trial.php

After evaluating lead generation tools like Apollo, Hunter, and RocketReach, I noticed a common problem: they rely on old database technologies that often contain unverified emails, yet charge premium prices — this inefficiency bothered me.I decided to approach this differently by leveraging modern AI technologies. I spent time learning the strengths of various LLMs (Grok, DeepSeek, ChatGPT,...

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Re:A better use than Perplexity is Felo AI on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @02:52AM (#43554258)
With all due respect, though, I don't like the name very much. Perplexity's name makes me feel good about using it, felo? nah.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025) on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @02:04AM (#43543339)
A lead generator called snappy leads: https://snappyleads.co.uk/

Input: The website of a company. Any company. Apple.com or Ycombinator.com if you want.

Output: The verified email of every Apple/YC employee we've managed to find. Works for linkedin profiles too — put a linkedin profile in, you get a verified email out.

It's currently cheap as fuck ($10/mo) because it's a hacky piece of software. It doesn't work every time, but it gets improved every 48 hours so it'll be really good soon.

We're also teaching people how to hack sales and advertising, stuff like how to get a 30% response rate with targeted cold email. Basically everyone who's bought a subscription gets a lesson once per week. I've got 10 years of experience teaching skills, so in my opinion it's cool.

Join the discord server here if you want to talk about that: https://discord.gg/2RNwH8ta4A

If you want proof that I can even write an email as good as that: https://imgur.com/a/z9gNgGH

Re:Doge.gov site has been hacked on Friday February 14, 2025 @07:58AM (#43047867)
I don't know every motive or even most motives for cheering it on. But I know my take on it: I'm an anti authoritarian.
Re:Ask HN: Looking for a project to volunteer on? (February 2024) on Thursday February 01, 2024 @01:28PM (#39219387)
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS: Teaching to Learn (TTL)

A discord for people who'd like to learn (or improve their) skills by teaching them ^^ No experience needed, we'll teach you how to teach - and if you teach pretty well we'll even let you monetize.

Link to join: https://discord.gg/Ahgh7YneJ9

Re:Ask HN: Should I teach you hackers how to teach a skill? on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @02:41PM (#39208341)
I'm not exactly charging, my only ask is that you contribute to the community I want to build in some way. If you want to pay me, we can find a sum that works for you, but you could also teach me a skill I find useful, or find some other way to make it work:)

Ask HN: Should I teach you hackers how to teach a skill?

Posted by InfiniteBox on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @09:55PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I've been learning skills by teaching them for the last 8 years. I started by teaching people chess, then I taught problem-solving, and now I'm teaching how to teach. (I obviously taught lots more stuff in between, but I summarize, ha.)Assuming you're down to try, here's some basic stuff I need:1) 15-20 minutes for a session zero, where we decide how to teach you. I'll give a plethora of...

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Re:Programmer's Pyramid on Thursday January 06, 2022 @01:00PM (#29827143)
Helpful, thanks.
Re:Interest check: I want to teach HN meta-learning on Friday November 12, 2021 @10:20PM (#29207101)
Thanks for the advice! So I invented a faster way to learn chess. The solution was simple: I found necessary conditions for various chess blunders and trained myself to recognize them during play.

Here's a simple proof: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13unaqOo02sA4kiBFayoQ01CS...

I shared the technique with a friend, and he doubled his chess skill within 10 hours of training. That is, he went from better than 35% of players to better than 70%.

Interest check: I want to teach HN meta-learning

Posted by InfiniteBox on Friday November 12, 2021 @09:42PM
from the self-post dept.

I've got 7 years of experience as a learning designer, specializing in self-education.Here's the thought. I have needed elements for learning a skill, what I call "the fundamentals of meta-learning," and I use them to create new ways to teach. For the next 3 months, I'd like to teach a course around them. They will help you learn skills faster and teach others better.The course will include...

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Ask HN: What are the main things that happen in coding?

Posted by InfiniteBox on Monday November 08, 2021 @09:39PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm curious who here knows the power of 'necessary.' Here's what I mean: if I asked what's necessary for fire, you'd say some variation of "oxygen, fuel, and enough heat." [1] But hidden is awesome potential for out of the box thinking.For instance:Say I'm camping in the woods, and I want to start a fire. Knowing what's necessary, I look around me: my clothes can be fuel, and my glasses can...

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