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I thought I wanted to put a group together that actively builds together, but it's pretty clear I cant drag anyone along for the ride. Cancelled all calls booked. will go alone on this journey. Take care all.
[Template] Apify Actor + Docs Site
Yo! Pretty busy this week, sorry for not being about. Wanted to gift you something to get started though. I was thinking more about the challenge and… I’m making it as easy as possible for you to get started so you have literally no excuse not to put something out next week. Repo template: https://github.com/dougwithseismic/eir-template-apify Here’s mine: https://apify.com/deadlyaccurate/answer-the-public It took one evening, and I’ve got a whole load of supporting docs to go with it: https://withseismic.com/apify-actors/answer-the-public There’s about 100,000 monthly brand search volume for AnswerThePublic, and no other Answer The Public Apify Actor exists. So I’m pretty confident that if I start ranking, I should see users come in — and until then, I can buy paid traffic. Sometimes all you have to do is be in the right place at the right time. This might seem like too much effort, and you might worry about doing something that might not see any gains, but… Earlier this year I posted one sentence in reply to a thread on a Cursor forum. Someone asked: “Where can I hire developers that are well-versed in Cursor and move fast?” I replied with something like, “Probably on this forum,” and dropped my GitHub. That led to a $30,000 USD contract two or three months later, for a Techstars alumni project with an absolute legend of a client. So go do it. Post it here. DM me if you have questions.. or better yet, post them in the comments so we can all help each other and answer them. If you really don't feel like you can code or you're getting stuck with it, I invite you to help me market mine and improve it or choose another Actor target, I will help you build it and we will market it together as a group. In? This is a new skill you can pick up using Claude code, using Cursor, using the JavaScript you already know. I’ve put everything together so all you have to do is fork the repo and get cracking.
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[Template] Apify Actor + Docs Site
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@Hilary Torn If see what happens means promote your low-barrier-to-entry product with access to an existing marketplace of existing customers and new users. For me its an exercise in being able to promote a tool through to monetization. The product and monetization are taken care of already, so the traffic acquisition is all that's needed.
My 7 Day Plan to Save the U.S. Hemp Industry
So I've been a bit distracted lately with illness and kid stuff. But when the US government opened last week, they signed a new law that will basically wipe out the US hemp industry November next year. This is the industry my 3 year client works in, and I had a meeting with them yesterday and they were soooo sad. Its awful because they are the nicest people, it is a family run farm out in Oregon. This industry is really not organized and not technical. Two skills I poses, so I decided to do a little hackathon the next 7 days: - Build a website that makes it easy for hemp consumers to contact their representatives with email templates (based on why they care about the hemp industry) and even an easy way to call. The more noise the consumers make, the more likely a new law will be created. The goal is to make it extremely user friendly so even the granny who uses gummies to sleep will be able to use it. - The email template will include how much money the consumers state will lose with this hemp ban (varies state to state) - Website will include a counter for how many people use it, as well as a link to a petition (probably on change.org) to sign - After taking action, users get pre-filled social posts to share in one click ("I just contacted my rep! Join me: [link]") - track viral spread - AI generates personalized story paragraph for their email based on why they use hemp (sleep/pain/anxiety/business) - will see how much this will cost though - Interactive state-by-state impact dashboard: jobs lost, revenue lost, actions taken per state - visual, shareable map - "Thank Your Rep" follow-up: when a rep supports hemp, auto-email their constituents to thank them - keeps momentum - Media kit/press page with real-time stats, shareable graphics, your contact info - makes it easy for journalists - Create automations for X, Blue Sky and Reddit to respond to people talking about the ban and ask them to go to the website and create ACTION - Auto-DM influencers when they post about hemp ban: "I built a tool to help mobilize your followers: [link]" - Create an automation to outreach to farmers to share the website and help get people in action - Create an automation to outreach to hemp companies to share the website with their customers - Auto-post milestone celebrations: "10,000 people just took action!" - tag politicians/media when counter hits 1k, 5k, 10k, 50k - Email drip sequence to signups: Day 1 thank you, Day 3 next steps, Day 7 forward to friends - keeps engagement
My 7 Day Plan to Save the U.S. Hemp Industry
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This is a really great idea, and super timely – definitely an attention grabber! The topic itself is excellent. My main thought, though, as a hypothesis to lead with, is how a seven-day project like this could directly benefit you. If someone's had clients in this space for the last three years, it's not just about creating an action. You're potentially creating a list of clients or leads for yourself, too. How can you really showcase and share the work you've been doing so that you're also building a resource for your audience to find your audience? Sorry for the cringe reply tone.. I'm dictating on my phone and clearing it with gpt. Will edit later
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@Hilary Torn Have you thought about reframing it so that your competitor is Google? You'd have a great angle as a selective rising tide lifting the boats that pay you!
Google Gemini 3 + Antigravity IDE
https://antigravity.google/product I'm sure I'm the 10,000th person to be posting on your feeds about this, but if you haven't already, I implore you to check out Anti-Gravity. It is everything that I have wanted from agentic workflow mental models. And Gemini 3 Pro is phenomenal. I don't normally get caught up in hype cycles like this, but we're here. Have you tried it? Do you care?
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Google Gemini 3 + Antigravity IDE
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@Hilary Torn tell it your dreams! Ha
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TLDW - I'll focus on fly-on-the-wall content as I get my app ready for customers, so you can take what works and make it your own. Expect more raw video in a 'Need. Action. Outcome' type format, and less 'watch this course whilst I teach you'. Aligned? Let me know what you're expecting from this group. Shoutout @Taha M - Apologies for the subtitles!
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Founding Engineer. Applied AI / LLMs. Extensions, Crawlers, Agents. TS. Skunkworks. R&D (Growth & Revenue). github.com/dougwithseismic

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