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Last Christmas I was at my parent’s place, pretty bored just watching TV on the couch, and realised I wasn’t satisfied with my life.

My career wasn’t going anywhere, and I felt like I really had no direction or anything interesting going on in life.

I had spoken with a friend around that time, who had vibe coded his website for his business, and it looked really cool.

So I spoke with ChatGPT to see what i could possibly build that could be interesting, but done in a more innovative way to what already existed.

As I worked in sales already, it suggested that I lean into my own experience, and build something for my own use case.

I’d been using LinkedIn automation tools to help generate leads, but I kept getting warnings from LinkedIn from the tools I was using, so I wasn’t using them regularly.

So, after a lot of back and forth conversation with AI, I realised that there was a big opportunity to create a tool that was safer than anything else out there;

Every tool I’d been using operated either on the cloud or used plugins - there were almost none that simply operated on your desktop, and this would most likely remove my issue of getting warnings and appear natural to LinkedIn.

So, I decided to build something with this architecture for myself primarily, in the sales job that I was in - could I build something that would help me generate more leads, without risking my account as much?

Turns out, I could.

It definitely wasn’t easy, there was a very steep learning curve in terms of learning how to build something with AI, as well as making complex design and architectural decisions. I also made a lot of mistakes at first, especially building new features without testing.

As a result, there were tonnes of errors and bugs initially, but I spent a huge amount of time on hardening the backend, to ensure that it’s now highly unlikely to break, and even if it does, it’s quick/easy to diagnose and implement fixes.

It was a complex build as it’s essentially two code bases - a web dashboard where people can control their campaign settings and messaging sequences, with an inbuilt CRM, unified inbox, analytics etc., along with building the software itself, which automates LinkedIn in a dedicated browser on people’s desktops.

Aside from building it, I had to make sure it actually worked effectively. So I used it on my own account throughout the testing phase, and still use it every day until now for dogfooding ie using the tool to promote the tool - this is how I mainly generate new customers.

I made sure that the tool had strict daily limits on actions, randomised delays between connection requests and follow up messages, along with effective messaging, written by Claude Sonnet via API.

And it worked - in my first campaign in my old job, I got a 40% acceptance rate and a 25% response rate.

What I realised along the way though, was that working on the tool itself was much more enjoyable than my sales job, so, I decided to quit my job and go all in on building and working on the tool.

I made it into a business and took a leap of faith.

Now, the tool has had 300 signups to free trials, many of whom converted into paying customers, and so far hovering around $4k in total revenue since launching in April, completely bootstrapped.

Not a life changing sum yet but the first few months have been very promising, and there’s clearly a demand for a tool that’s safe for LinkedIn accounts and effective at booking meetings.

Anyway, I hope this story inspires people to follow your passions and keep going!

Last Christmas I was at my parent’s place, pretty bored just watching TV on the couch, and realised I wasn’t really satisfied with my life.

My job wasn’t going anywhere, and I felt like I really had no direction in life.

I had spoken with a friend around that time, who had vibe coded his website for his business, and it looked really cool.

So I spoke with ChatGPT to see what i could possibly build that could be interesting, but done in an innovative way.

As I worked in sales already, it suggested that I lean into my own experience, and build something for my own use case.

I’d been using LinkedIn automation tools to help generate leads, but I kept getting warnings from LinkedIn from the tools I was using, so I wasn’t using them regularly.

So, after a lot of back and forth conversation with AI, I realised that there was a big opportunity to create a tool that was safer than anything else out there;

Every tool I’d been using operated either on the cloud or used plugins - there were almost none that simply operated on your desktop, and this would most likely remove my issue of getting warnings and appear natural to LinkedIn.

So, I decided to build something for myself primarily, in the sales job that I was in - could I build something for myself that would help me generate more leads without risking my account as much?

Turns out, I could.

It definitely wasn’t easy, there was a very steep learning curve in terms of learning how to build something from scratch, not only learning how to build something and make architectural decisions, but building something in a safe, structured way too.

There were tonnes of errors and bugs at first, but I spent a huge amount of time on hardening the tool to ensure that it’s highly unlikely to break, and even if it does, it’s quick/easy to diagnose and implement fixes.

It was a complex build as it’s essentially two code bases - a web dashboard where people can control their campaign settings and messaging sequences, with an inbuilt CRM, unified inbox, analytics etc., along with building the software itself, which automates LinkedIn in a browser on people PC’s.

And not only did I have to build it, but I had to make sure it actually worked. So I used it myself throughout the testing phase.

I made sure that the tool had strict daily limits on actions, randomised delays between connection requests and follow up messages, along with effective messaging, written by Claude Sonnet via API.

And it worked - in my first campaign in my old job, I got a 40% acceptance rate and a 25% response rate.

What I realised along the way though, was that working on the tool itself was much more enjoyable than my sales job, so, I decided to quit my job and go all in on building and working on the tool.

I made it into a business and took a leap of faith.

Now, the tool has had 280 signups to free trials, many of whom converted into paying customers, and so far hovering around $3.7k in revenue since launching in April, completely bootstrapped.

Not a life changing sum yet but the first few months have been very promising, and there’s clearly a demand for a tool that’s safe for LinkedIn accounts and effective at booking meetings.

Anyway, I hope this story inspires people to follow your passions and keep going!

Last Christmas I was at my parent’s place, pretty bored just watching TV on the couch, and realised I wasn’t really satisfied with my life.

My job wasn’t going anywhere, and I felt like I really had no direction in life.

I had spoken with a friend around that time, who had vibe coded his website for his business, and it looked really cool.

So I spoke with ChatGPT to see what i could possibly build that could be interesting, but done in an innovative way.

As I worked in sales already, it suggested that I lean into my own experience, and build something for my own use case.

I’d been using LinkedIn automation tools to help generate leads, but I kept getting warnings from LinkedIn from the tools I was using, so I wasn’t using them regularly.

So, after a lot of back and forth conversation with AI, I realised that there was a big opportunity to create a tool that was safer than anything else out there;

Every tool I’d been using operated either on the cloud or used plugins - there were almost none that simply operated on your desktop, and this would most likely remove my issue of getting warnings and appear natural to LinkedIn.

So, I decided to build something for myself primarily, in the sales job that I was in - could I build something for myself that would help me generate more leads without risking my account as much?

Turns out, I could.

It definitely wasn’t easy, there was a very steep learning curve in terms of learning how to build something from scratch, not only learning how to build something and make architectural decisions, but building something in a safe, structured way too.

There were tonnes of errors and bugs at first, but I spent a huge amount of time on hardening the tool to ensure that it’s highly unlikely to break, and even if it does, it’s quick/easy to diagnose and implement fixes.

It was a complex build as it’s essentially two code bases - a web dashboard where people can control their campaign settings and messaging sequences, with an inbuilt CRM, unified inbox, analytics etc., along with building the software itself, which automates LinkedIn in a browser on people PC’s.

And not only did I have to build it, but I had to make sure it actually worked. So I used it myself throughout the testing phase.

I made sure that the tool had strict daily limits on actions, randomised delays between connection requests and follow up messages, along with effective messaging, written by Claude Sonnet via API.

And it worked - in my first campaign in my old job, I got a 40% acceptance rate and a 25% response rate.

What I realised along the way though, was that working on the tool itself was much more enjoyable than my sales job, so, I decided to quit my job and go all in on building and working on the tool.

I made it into a business and took a leap of faith.

Now, the tool has had 280 signups to free trials, many of whom converted into paying customers, and so far hovering around $3.7k in revenue since launching in April, completely bootstrapped.

Not a life changing sum yet but the first few months have been very promising, and there’s clearly a demand for a tool that’s safe for LinkedIn accounts and effective at booking meetings.

Anyway, I hope this story inspires people to follow your passions and keep going!

Last Christmas I was at my parent’s place, pretty bored just watching TV on the couch, and realised I wasn’t really satisfied with my life.

My job wasn’t going anywhere, and I felt like I really had no direction in life.

I had spoken with a friend around that time, who had vibe coded his website for his business, and it looked really cool.

So I spoke with ChatGPT to see what i could possibly build that could be interesting, but done in an innovative way.

As I worked in sales already, it suggested that I lean into my own experience, and build something for my own use case.

I’d been using LinkedIn automation tools to help generate leads, but I kept getting warnings from LinkedIn from the tools I was using, so I wasn’t using them regularly.

So, after a lot of back and forth conversation with AI, I realised that there was a big opportunity to create a tool that was safer than anything else out there;

Every tool I’d been using operated either on the cloud or used plugins - there were almost none that simply operated on your desktop, and this would most likely remove my issue of getting warnings and appear natural to LinkedIn.

So, I decided to build something for myself primarily, in the sales job that I was in - could I build something for myself that would help me generate more leads without risking my account as much?

Turns out, I could.

It definitely wasn’t easy, there was a very steep learning curve in terms of learning how to build something from scratch, not only learning how to build something and make architectural decisions, but building something in a safe, structured way too.

There were tonnes of errors and bugs at first, but I spent a huge amount of time on hardening the tool to ensure that it’s highly unlikely to break, and even if it does, it’s quick/easy to diagnose and implement fixes.

It was a complex build as it’s essentially two code bases - a web dashboard where people can control their campaign settings and messaging sequences, with an inbuilt CRM, unified inbox, analytics etc., along with building the software itself, which automates LinkedIn in a browser on people PC’s.

And not only did I have to build it, but I had to make sure it actually worked. So I used it myself throughout the testing phase.

I made sure that the tool had strict daily limits on actions, randomised delays between connection requests and follow up messages, along with effective messaging, written by Claude Sonnet via API.

And it worked - in my first campaign in my old job, I got a 40% acceptance rate and a 25% response rate.

What I realised along the way though, was that working on the tool itself was much more enjoyable than my sales job, so, I decided to quit my job and go all in on building and working on the tool.

I made it into a business and took a leap of faith.

Now, the tool has had 260 signups to free trials, many of whom converted into paying customers, and so far hovering around $3.6k in revenue since launching in April, completely bootstrapped.

Not a life changing sum yet but the first few months have been very promising, and there’s clearly a demand for a tool that’s safe for LinkedIn accounts and effective at booking meetings.

Anyway, I hope this story inspires people to follow your passions and keep going!

Around December last year I received a warning on my LinkedIn account, after using one of the commonly known tools for automation.

Rather than look for a new tool, I decided to create one myself, and solve for my own problem. I had a friend who built his PR company website through vibe coding, so I figured, how hard could it be?

Apparently, very.

Now don’t get me wrong, making the website and basic content was very simple.

But in order to make an automation tool that was safer than everything else that existed in the market, I had to build something complex - a web dashboard that interacted with a software, which in turn controlled a browser (for LinkedIn).

My only coding experience was a travel blog I built in Wordpress in 2012, which I barely updated - my coding knowledge was essentially copying and pasting lines of HTML (usually in the wrong places).

But, I was very determined to do it and Claude hyped me up enough to help me believe that I could, so after I built the website and had the idea, I registered a company.

At this stage, I hadn’t even started working on the dashboard or software, but I knew if I became legally responsible for documentation, it would almost certainly kick me into gear into actually building the thing.

And it did. In January, while working full time in a sales role, I started building the architecture for the dashboard and subsequently the software on the side.

I used Claude, Vercel and Claude code for all of it, and it was significantly more complex than I could have ever imagined, but eventually, after many 12 hour days, I got there.

After several months of building, shipping, and testing on my own account for my sales job, I was confident enough in the tool to launch on April 1.

So confident in fact that I quit my corporate job to work full time on my vibe coded SaaS business.

For the first month I offered lifetime access deals to try to generate interest and get early users, and it worked - the first month generated about $2k in revenue.

The challenge though was (and has been) sustaining that momentum - the tool works really well now and so far 200 people have signed up to use it (mostly on free trials), but it’s a crowded marketplace, and it’s hard to know how important safety is to people who regularly automate their LinkedIn.

Either way - I built a tool from scratch, no engineering background, generating revenue, and it has been working well for me personally too (I dogfood the tool for my own LinkedIn outreach).

Hope this story can inspire others and show what’s capable with automation and some grit! 🚀

Around December last year I received a warning on my LinkedIn account, after using one of the commonly known tools for automation.

Rather than look for a new tool, I decided to create one myself, and solve for my own problem. I had a friend who built his PR company website through vibe coding, so I figured, how hard could it be?

Apparently, very.

Now don’t get me wrong, making the website and basic content was very simple.

But in order to make an automation tool that was safer than everything else that existed in the market, I had to build something complex - a web dashboard that interacted with a software, which in turn controlled a browser (for LinkedIn).

My only coding experience was a travel blog I built in Wordpress in 2012, which I barely updated - my coding knowledge was essentially copying and pasting lines of HTML (usually in the wrong places).

But, I was very determined to do it and Claude hyped me up enough to help me believe that I could, so after I built the website and had the idea, I registered a company.

At this stage, I hadn’t even started working on the dashboard or software, but I knew if I became legally responsible for documentation, it would almost certainly kick me into gear into actually building the thing.

And it did. In January, while working full time in a sales role, I started building the architecture for the dashboard and subsequently the software on the side.

I used Claude, Vercel and Claude code for all of it, and it was significantly more complex than I could have ever imagined, but eventually, after many 12 hour days, I got there.

After several months of building, shipping, and testing on my own account for my sales job, I was confident enough in the tool to launch on April 1.

So confident in fact that I quit my corporate job to work full time on my vibe coded SaaS business.

For the first month I offered lifetime access deals to try to generate interest and get early users, and it worked - the first month generated about $2k in revenue.

The challenge though was (and has been) sustaining that momentum - the tool works really well now and so far 200 people have signed up to use it (mostly on free trials), but it’s a crowded marketplace, and it’s hard to know how important safety is to people who regularly automate their LinkedIn.

Either way - I built a tool from scratch, no engineering background, generating revenue, and it has been working well for me personally too (I dogfood the tool for my own LinkedIn outreach).

Hope this story can inspire others and show what’s capable with automation and some grit! 🚀

Last year I had an LinkedIn account warning for automating LinkedIn outreach using a commonly known tool.

Instead of looking for a new one, I built my own, while working in sales for an offshore staff company.

I built something completely unique from other tools in order to make it safer, so it automates in a browser on your own machine (without needing a plugin/not working via the cloud), mimicking human behaviour patterns and timing, meaning it’s much less likely to be detected.

Aside from being safe, it also has very effective AI-written messaging suggestions from Claude sonnet 4.6 API. I just enter my URL, then the tool automatically generates a value proposition, a connection request message and 3 follow ups.

It worked well for me in my sales role, and I realised that the tool would most likely be useful for other people too, so I quit my job to build out the tool full-time.

Two months after launch, we now have 200 signups. Not all are active users (many were on free trials, some churned), but there is a rapidly growing subscriber base, as many others using the tool are seeing similar results to me.

I still use the tool until now for my own outreach, so I’m also a user, and it has consistently booked me 5 meetings a week for the last few months, simply by running the campaign every day in the background on my laptop.

It takes 20 seconds to turn it on and click the run campaign button on a daily basis - all I do is handle the replies and set up calls. It’s like having my own personal SDR.

Anyone else running any automated outreach campaigns that are working well? How are you approaching LinkedIn outreach while still trying to sound human?

Last year I had an LinkedIn account warning for automating LinkedIn outreach using a commonly known tool.

Instead of looking for a new one, I built my own, while working in sales for an offshore staff company.

I built something completely unique from other tools in order to make it safer, so it automates in a browser on your own machine (without needing a plugin/not working via the cloud), mimicking human behaviour patterns and timing, meaning it’s much less likely to be detected.

Aside from being safe, it also has very effective AI-written messaging suggestions from Claude sonnet 4.6 API. I just enter my URL, then the tool automatically generates a value proposition, a connection request message and 3 follow ups.

It worked well for me in my sales role, and I realised that the tool would most likely be useful for other people too, so I quit my job to build out the tool full-time.

Two months after launch, we now have 200 signups. Not all are active users (many were on free trials, some churned), but there is a rapidly growing subscriber base, as many others using the tool are seeing similar results to me.

I still use the tool until now for my own outreach, so I’m also a user, and it has consistently booked me 5 meetings a week for the last few months, simply by running the campaign every day in the background on my laptop.

It takes 20 seconds to turn it on and click the run campaign button on a daily basis - all I do is handle the replies and set up calls. It’s like having my own personal SDR.

Anyone else running any automated outreach campaigns that are working well? How are you approaching LinkedIn outreach while still trying to sound human?

Last year I had an LinkedIn account warning for automating LinkedIn outreach using a commonly known tool.

Instead of looking for a new one, I built my own, while working in sales for an offshore staff company.

I built something completely unique from other tools in order to make it safer, so it automates in a browser on your own machine (without needing a plugin/not working via the cloud), mimicking human behaviour patterns and timing, meaning it’s much less likely to be detected.

Aside from being safe, it also has very effective AI-written messaging suggestions from Claude sonnet 4.6 API. I just enter my URL, then the tool automatically generates a value proposition, a connection request message and 3 follow ups.

It worked well for me in my sales role, and I realised that the tool would most likely be useful for other people too, so I quit my job to build out the tool full-time.

Two months after launch, we now have 200 signups. Not all are active users (many were on free trials, some churned), but there is a rapidly growing subscriber base, as many others using the tool are seeing similar results to me.

I still use the tool until now for my own outreach, so I’m also a user, and it has consistently booked me 5 meetings a week for the last few months, simply by running the campaign every day in the background on my laptop.

It takes 20 seconds to turn it on and click the run campaign button on a daily basis - all I do is handle the replies and set up calls. It’s like having my own personal SDR.

Anyone else running any automated outreach campaigns that are working well? How are you approaching LinkedIn outreach while still trying to sound human?

Around December last year I received a warning on my LinkedIn account, after using one of the commonly known tools for automation.

Rather than look for a new tool, I decided to create one myself, and solve for my own problem. I had a friend who built his PR company website through vibe coding, so I figured, how hard could it be?

Apparently, very.

Now don’t get me wrong, making the website and basic content was very simple.

But in order to make an automation tool that was safer than everything else that existed in the market, I had to build something complex - a web dashboard that interacted with a software, which in turn controlled a browser (for LinkedIn).

My only coding experience was a travel blog I built in Wordpress in 2012, which I barely updated - my coding knowledge was essentially copying and pasting lines of HTML (usually in the wrong places).

But, I was very determined to do it and Claude hyped me up enough to help me believe that I could, so after I built the website and had the idea, I registered a company.

At this stage, I hadn’t even started working on the dashboard or software, but I knew if I became legally responsible for documentation, it would almost certainly kick me into gear into actually building the thing.

And it did. In January, while working full time in a sales role, I started building the architecture for the dashboard and subsequently the software on the side.

I used Claude, Vercel and Claude code for all of it, and it was significantly more complex than I could have ever imagined, but eventually, after many 12 hour days, I got there.

After several months of building, shipping, and testing on my own account for my sales job, I was confident enough in the tool to launch on April 1.

So confident in fact that I quit my corporate job to work full time on my vibe coded SaaS business.

For the first month I offered lifetime access deals to try to generate interest and get early users, and it worked - the first month generated about $2k in revenue.

The challenge though was (and has been) sustaining that momentum - the tool works really well now and so far 200 people have signed up to use it (mostly on free trials), but it’s a crowded marketplace, and it’s hard to know how important safety is to people who regularly automate their LinkedIn.

Either way - I built a tool from scratch, no engineering background, generating revenue, and it has been working well for me personally too (I dogfood the tool for my own LinkedIn outreach).

Hope this story can inspire others and show what’s capable with automation and some grit! 🚀

Around December last year I received a warning on my LinkedIn account, after using one of the commonly known tools for automation.

Rather than look for a new tool, I decided to create one myself, and solve for my own problem. I had a friend who built his PR company website through vibe coding, so I figured, how hard could it be?

Apparently, very.

Now don’t get me wrong, making the website and basic content was very simple.

But in order to make an automation tool that was safer than everything else that existed in the market, I had to build something complex - a web dashboard that interacted with a software, which in turn controlled a browser (for LinkedIn).

My only coding experience was a travel blog I built in Wordpress in 2012, which I barely updated - my coding knowledge was essentially copying and pasting lines of HTML (usually in the wrong places).

But, I was very determined to do it and Claude hyped me up enough to help me believe that I could, so after I built the website and had the idea, I registered a company.

At this stage, I hadn’t even started working on the dashboard or software, but I knew if I became legally responsible for documentation, it would almost certainly kick me into gear into actually building the thing.

And it did. In January, while working full time in a sales role, I started building the architecture for the dashboard and subsequently the software on the side.

I used Claude, Vercel and Claude code for all of it, and it was significantly more complex than I could have ever imagined, but eventually, after many 12 hour days, I got there.

After several months of building, shipping, and testing on my own account for my sales job, I was confident enough in the tool to launch on April 1.

So confident in fact that I quit my corporate job to work full time on my vibe coded SaaS business.

For the first month I offered lifetime access deals to try to generate interest and get early users, and it worked - the first month generated about $2k in revenue.

The challenge though was (and has been) sustaining that momentum - the tool works really well now and so far 200 people have signed up to use it (mostly on free trials), but it’s a crowded marketplace, and it’s hard to know how important safety is to people who regularly automate their LinkedIn.

Either way - I built a tool from scratch, no engineering background, generating revenue, and it has been working well for me personally too (I dogfood the tool for my own LinkedIn outreach).

Hope this story can inspire others and show what’s capable with automation and some grit! 🚀

Around December last year I received a warning on my LinkedIn account, after using one of the commonly known tools for automation.

Rather than look for a new tool, I decided to create one myself, and solve for my own problem. I had a friend who built his PR company website through vibe coding, so I figured, how hard could it be?

Apparently, very.

Now don’t get me wrong, making the website and basic content was very simple.

But in order to make an automation tool that was safer than everything else that existed in the market, I had to build something complex - a web dashboard that interacted with a software, which in turn controlled a browser (for LinkedIn).

My only coding experience was a travel blog I built in Wordpress in 2012, which I barely updated - my coding knowledge was essentially copying and pasting lines of HTML (usually in the wrong places).

But, I was very determined to do it and Claude hyped me up enough to help me believe that I could, so after I built the website and had the idea, I registered a company.

At this stage, I hadn’t even started working on the dashboard or software, but I knew if I became legally responsible for documentation, it would almost certainly kick me into gear into actually building the thing.

And it did. In January, while working full time in a sales role, I started building the architecture for the dashboard and subsequently the software on the side.

I used Claude, Vercel and Claude code for all of it, and it was significantly more complex than I could have ever imagined, but eventually, after many 12 hour days, I got there.

After several months of building, shipping, and testing on my own account for my sales job, I was confident enough in the tool to launch on April 1.

So confident in fact that I quit my corporate job to work full time on my vibe coded SaaS business.

For the first month I offered lifetime access deals to try to generate interest and get early users, and it worked - the first month generated about $2k in revenue.

The challenge though was (and has been) sustaining that momentum - the tool works really well now and so far 200 people have signed up to use it (mostly on free trials), but it’s a crowded marketplace, and it’s hard to know how important safety is to people who regularly automate their LinkedIn.

Either way - I built a tool from scratch, no engineering background, generating revenue, and it has been working well for me personally too (I dogfood the tool for my own LinkedIn outreach).

Hope this story can inspire others and show what’s capable with automation and some grit! 🚀