The content describes the development of a Python application designed to optimize lead generation for Cronlytic.com, a cron job scheduling SaaS. By leveraging Reddit’s API and OpenAI’s GPT models, the tool scrapes relevant subreddits to identify user discussions about scheduling and automation, focusing on posts that indicate potential pain points. It automatically scores and analyzes these posts for quality leads, storing the results in a local SQLite database.
Key features include the balance between focused and exploratory subreddit scraping, efficient API usage to keep costs in check, and detailed configuration options for users. The application supports daily pipeline execution and categorizes posts for easy retrieval. While core functionalities like Reddit scraping and GPT integration are complete, future improvements could include parallel fetching, export options, and a user interface. The project is open source for personal use, with commercial applications requiring permission.
