u/johnwheelerdev

I don't think tools like Mailchimp are necessary anymore. I currently use makeshift system of Claude Desktop pointed at my production database--have it generate text-based lists, and HTML e-mails; but I'm looking for something a little more structured.

I want a CRM that has the following features

1. Uses my Amazon SES for cheap e-mail

2. Has a killer enrichment UI, probably Chrome extension-based, that allows me to right-click on leads I find on the web and enrich them with contact info / automatically populate a record

3. Can sync with my existing contact database structures easily to filter lists for campaigns. Can use an LLM to issue SQL queries to said database to help construct lists quickly.

4. Provides an LLM-based interface into HTML-based e-mail creation

I don't think tools like Mailchimp are necessary anymore. I currently use makeshift system of Claude Desktop pointed at my production database--have it generate text-based lists, and HTML e-mails; but I'm looking for something a little more structured.

I want a CRM that has the following features

1. Uses my Amazon SES for cheap e-mail

2. Has a killer enrichment UI, probably Chrome extension-based, that allows me to right-click on leads I find on the web and enrich them with contact info / automatically populate a record

3. Can sync with my existing contact database structures easily to filter lists for campaigns. Can use an LLM to issue SQL queries to said database to help construct lists quickly.

4. Provides an LLM-based interface into HTML-based e-mail creation

My name is John. About five months ago, I introduced myself here when I announced DEEP/4, my independent recreation of the Ensoniq DP/4. The response from the Ensoniq community played a huge role in helping me get it off the ground, and I’m still incredibly grateful for that.

Since then, its Gearspace thread has taken on a life of its own, DEEP/4 has found its way into the studios of artists including Martin Gore, Charlie Clouser, and Tycho, and Sound On Sound recently published a very thoughtful review.

Today, I’m excited to share my newest project: DEEP/Z, an independent recreation of the Ensoniq DP/Pro.

I love the DP/4, but the DP/Pro may be my favorite Ensoniq effects processor. Fewer than 1,000 units were reportedly produced, with its short production run coinciding with Creative’s acquisition of Ensoniq and the company’s growing focus on computer audio.

That is a shame, because the DP/Pro is a remarkable machine. Its reverbs are lush, its room-modeling algorithms are unusually nuanced, and its choruses and phasers have a pristine quality that is difficult to describe until you hear them. The original developers clearly obsessed over every detail. Expert Reverb 1 and 2, for example, each offer more than 40 adjustable parameters.

I built DEEP/Z to make this sonic character accessible to more people, while also giving DP/Pro owners a reliable backup for their increasingly rare hardware.

Also new, the DEEP/Z and DEEP/4 pages both include an interactive comparison tool that lets you A/B the plugins directly against recordings of the original hardware. Please give them a listen. I’m proud of how closely we were able to match them.

Most importantly, thank you to everyone here who supported DEEP/4, offered encouragement, and shared their knowledge. This community helped make the project possible.

not exaggerating the title. I talked to claude through a mic for roughly a day and out came Dropper, a native swift menu bar app plus its website (next.js on cloudflare workers).

the app: drop any file on the menu bar icon, it uploads to your own cloudflare R2 bucket, share page link lands on your clipboard. waveform players for audio, real video player, markdown rendering, built in screenshot + annotation tool. no accounts, no subscription, your files stay in your own bucket.

what I think actually made it fast: I knew exactly what I wanted. architecture, edge cases, what good looks like. claude did the typing but 25 years of scar tissue did the steering. the codebase has unit tests, a signing/notarization release pipeline, even a headless debug CLI, because I knew to ask for those things.

code's source available if you want to judge the quality yourself, I know "AI built" raises eyebrows:

https://github.com/dropper-devs/dropper

https://dropper.page

happy to go deep on the workflow if anyone wants specifics

EDIT: Here is a video I made using a screen recorder I also built.

https://dropper.page/share/july-13-2026/demo-jxne9r/index.html

figured this sub might appreciate a project that leans on R2 pretty hard.

Dropper is a macOS menu bar app. drop a file on it, it uploads to your R2 bucket, generates a static HTML share page, uploads that next to the file, and copies the link. the share pages are just files in the bucket served from the public r2.dev URL or a custom domain. if the app vanished tomorrow every link keeps working.

implementation stuff: the app does SigV4 signing locally and talks straight to R2, nothing in between. onboarding is one cloudflare API token, the app derives S3 credentials from it, creates the bucket and flips on the public URL itself. the marketing site plus the public share route run on a worker (next.js). media gets converted to web safe formats at upload (HEIC to JPEG, MOV remuxed to MP4 where possible instead of re-encoding), waveforms and thumbnails computed on the mac before upload.

free egress means the links cost nothing to serve, which is kind of the whole reason this product can exist without a subscription.

source: https://github.com/dropper-devs/dropper

site with live demo: https://dropper.page

curious what people think of the single token onboarding, and happy to answer anything

EDIT: Here is a video I made using a screen recorder I also built.

https://dropper.page/share/july-13-2026/demo-jxne9r/index.html

This is my project and here's how I made it:

I created this in less than one day (including the website) by talking to Claude through a microphone. The code is very high quality and so is the application. I was able to do it fast because I've been building for 25 years and I know what I want. Please feel free to ask me any questions you have.

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Dropper makes two irritating processes that founders do all the time easy as hell.

1. Sharing videos, audio, markdown and more in their own webpage
2. Taking screenshots and sharing them

Website: https://dropper.page

Source: https://github.com/dropper-devs/dropper

Alternatives and what dropper does different

Dropshare

Dropper adds guided R2 setup, format-specific share pages, and collections you can update or rearrange without changing the URL.

R2Drop

Dropper additionally generates polished pages, mixed-media collections, annotations, thumbnails, and web-friendly media conversions.

The screenshot editor

EDIT: Here is a video I made using a screen recorder I also built.

https://dropper.page/share/july-13-2026/demo-jxne9r/index.html

Hi everyone, the other day I made a post to record websites for people showing them my first impression as a user and people seemed to really like it a lot

I ended up doing 36 recordings and posting them on my YouTube

I've made a subreddit dedicated to this and would be grateful if you'd give me a chance to record your site

https://www.reddit.com/r/RecordMySite/

Thanks!

John

Hi everyone, the other day I made a post to record websites for people showing them my first impression as a user and people seemed to really like it a lot

I ended up doing 36 recordings and posting them on my YouTube

I've made a subreddit dedicated to this and would be grateful if you'd give me a chance to record your site

https://www.reddit.com/r/RecordMySite/

Thanks!

John

https://preview.redd.it/ikqy0iexzh7h1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b8ce7df584dc2d85873eb3b0a48f589c678a2c4

Hi everybody, I created this for another business that I run developing audio plugins called Temecula DSP. It's what I use to show off my plugins on YouTube.

It runs with a lighter footprint than Screen Studio and renders two to three times as fast because it uses new Swift APIs.

This is not clunky junk like most Screen Studio clones which are written in pure HTML/CSS/JS or Electron. I've been developing for 26 years professionally and I understand how to make a solid UX. That being said, I've only tested this on my machine.

It is Mac OS only. Free

The website right now is very basic. Just two videos that show a before and an after. I'm currently building out features. I'd love if you would try it out and let me know what you think.

https://www.screen.cam

I've heard that logic is really good and I've got DS view which is not and I'm wondering what people think. I'm on a Mac

So I've been monitoring Reverb and eBay for the past few weeks trying to get a DP Pro for a plugin that I'm developing and I haven't had any luck. I'm surprised that they're not listed more often. Does anyone have one that they would sell for $800 plus shipping, price negotiable? The thing is I want to buy it off of eBay or Reverb for the buyer protection.