LinkedIn DM Sequences

Hey Ido — I've written 85+ deep-dive market analyses (dev tools, AI, open source) and I'm curious: does daily.dev ever feature long-form research pieces, or is the format strictly links/summaries?

No worries if you missed this — I just published an analysis of the dev tools observability market that got decent traction. Happy to share it if daily.dev has a submission flow for original content.

Hey Harsha — quick question from a European founder considering YC: did the YC label actually help with enterprise sales in Europe, or is it mostly a US advantage? Genuinely curious about your experience post-demo-day.

Saw Linc AI is still going strong — congrats. I ended up writing an analysis of YC companies by vertical (dev tools, fintech, AI). Happy to share the research if useful. The original question still stands if you have 2 min!

Hey Andreas — I'm exploring the idea of open-source "AI workstations on VPS" for EU companies who want sovereign AI dev environments. Berget seems like the natural infrastructure partner for something like this. Would you be open to a 15-min chat about whether this fits your roadmap?

Quick follow-up — I wrote up the concept as a one-pager. The pitch: EU developers get GPU-powered AI workstations without sending data to US clouds. You host, I build, rev share. Can I send you the doc?

Hey Samy — I build developer tools and I'm looking for early design partners. Idea: I use Stellia, you use my tooling, we give each other brutally honest feedback. Zero cost, mutual beta testing. Interested?

Totally understand if timing's off. Quick alternative: what's the biggest infrastructure pain point you're dealing with right now at Stellia? I've been researching AI startup tooling stacks and your answer would genuinely help my analysis.

Hey Saba — question about medical AI compliance: do you log every AI inference with model version, timestamp, and confidence score? I'm exploring whether there's a need for a lightweight "clinical event tracker" that's simpler than Datadog but built for health-tech audit trails.

Following up — I published an analysis of observability tools and realized medical AI has very specific logging needs (HIPAA/MDR). Would love to know if MedoraAI built something internal for this or if it's a real gap.

Salut Thomas — je prépare un article sur comment les boîtes françaises d'IA concurrencent OpenAI sur des verticaux spécifiques. tolk.ai serait un cas d'étude parfait. Ça t'intéresserait de faire un échange de 15 min pour l'article ?

J'ai publié l'article sans tolk.ai pour l'instant, mais je peux toujours ajouter votre cas. Le papier tourne bien — ça ferait de la visibilité pour vous aussi. Dis-moi si ça t'intéresse !

Salut Alexis — j'ai étudié en détail la DX de Supabase, Vercel, Railway, Neon et une vingtaine d'autres. NumSpot va avoir besoin d'une expérience développeur au niveau. Est-ce que vous recrutez ou cherchez des consultants sur la partie developer experience ?

Pour context : j'ai publié 85 analyses de marché sur les outils développeurs, y compris cloud souverain et infra européenne. Si tu veux jeter un oeil : alexisbouchez.com/ai. Toujours dispo pour échanger sur la DX NumSpot.

Hey Lionel — I've written 85 AI/market deep-dives that consistently get traffic. Would AI Corner be interested in co-distributing a research piece? I write it, you distribute through your channels. We can test with one piece and see if it works.

Picked one that might fit your audience: an analysis of AI education platforms (market size, players, gaps). It's ready to publish. Want me to send it over so you can decide if it's a fit?

Hey Louis — genuine question: how did you land on AI for haircare? The niche specificity is fascinating. I write about startups that found PMF in unexpected places and Hairdex is a perfect case study. Would you be up for a quick interview?

Just 3 questions, async, text-only if you prefer: 1) How did you find this niche? 2) What was your first sign of PMF? 3) What do people get wrong about building for "small" markets? Can reply right here in DMs.

Hey Alice — if a founder came to you with an open-source developer tool targeting European companies, what would you tell them to put in the first slide of their deck? I'm researching how OSS companies pitch in France vs the US.

Side note: I've written 85 market analyses across different verticals. If any of them are useful for Inovexus portfolio companies doing market research, happy to share access. The original question still stands — super curious about the OSS pitch angle.

Hey Michael — at principal level, you've probably had to build internal tools that don't exist as products yet. What's the one tool your team built internally that you wish someone would just sell as a SaaS?

To give you context on why I'm asking: I'm looking for my next thing to build and I've found that "internal tools at scaling companies" is the best source of product ideas. No pressure, but if anything comes to mind — even a one-liner — I'd really appreciate it.

Salut Jeremie — question spécifique : quel stack utilisez-vous chez Mistral pour la facturation usage-based de l'API ? C'est un problème notoirement complexe et je me demande s'il y a un gap pour un outil open-source de metering spécialisé AI.

Pour context : j'ai analysé les stacks billing de plusieurs API companies (Stripe Billing vs Lago vs Metronome vs custom). Mistral est le cas le plus intéressant vu votre volume. Même un "on utilise X et c'est suffisant" m'aiderait énormément.

Salut Benjamin — bravo pour Le Crypto Daily. Question directe : quel outil tu utilises pour la newsletter (beehiiv, Substack, autre) et quel est ton modèle de monétisation principal ? Je réfléchis à lancer un truc similaire côté tech/dev.

Pas besoin de dévoiler des chiffres exacts — même un "sponsors" vs "abonnements" vs "les deux" m'aiderait à calibrer. En échange je peux te partager mon analyse du marché des newsletters francophones (données de sponsoring, CPMs, tailles d'audience par niche).

Hey Damien — est-ce que les portfolio companies de daphni ont des obligations de reporting sur l'empreinte carbone de leur stack technique ? Je travaille sur une analyse "green dev tools" et je cherche à comprendre si c'est un vrai besoin ou juste du greenwashing.

J'ai fini le premier draft de l'analyse — ça couvre les outils de mesure d'empreinte carbone pour les équipes engineering, les benchmarks par cloud provider, et les quick wins. Ça pourrait intéresser le portfolio daphni. Je t'envoie ?

Hey Lucas — I write about Go (blog.alexisbouchez.com) and I'd love to co-author a piece on building high-throughput email systems in Go. You bring the domain expertise, I bring the audience. Interested?

To make it easy: I can write the first draft based on a 20-min call where you walk me through your architecture. You review, add your name, we publish on both our blogs. Zero writing work on your end.

Hey Maxim — I write Go content that gets good traction with backend engineers. Quick question: what's the #1 mistake companies make when adopting Temporal? I'd love to write it up (with credit) for my Go audience.

I went ahead and drafted "5 Temporal anti-patterns" based on what I've seen in the community. Would love your eyes on it before I publish — happy to send the draft. Would take 5 min to skim.

Hey Bu — Resend's DX is the gold standard. Idea: let's do a public "DX teardown" where we each pick 3 developer tools and critique their onboarding flow. Blog post or video, your call. Would you be down?

I did a teardown of Resend's onboarding on my own — honestly impressed. Found 2 small friction points I can share privately if useful. The collab offer still stands but no pressure.

Hey Alexander — one question: what PostgreSQL feature do you think web developers criminally underuse? I want to write a Go tutorial implementing whatever you say. "Alexander Korotkov told me to try X" is the blog post I want to write.

I'm going with "recursive CTEs for tree structures in Go" unless you have a better suggestion. Last chance to redirect me before I publish ;)

Hey Kamil — I'm designing an API for a new project and I'd kill for 20 minutes of feedback from someone who designs APIs at Supabase. Would you be open to a quick review? Happy to write up the learnings as a public "API design review" post (with your OK).

Alternatively: what's the one API design mistake you see developers make most often? Even a one-line answer would be gold. I'm compiling "API design advice from people who actually build APIs at scale."

Hey Lindsey — I'm researching developer onboarding metrics. Does Vercel track "time to first deploy" as a north star metric, or is there a different signal that predicts retention better? Writing a piece on DX measurement.

Published the piece with frameworks from other dev tools companies. Would love to add Vercel's perspective if you have a minute. Even "we look at X" would be valuable context. Here's the draft: [link]

Hey Seb — what's the #1 thing companies get wrong when setting up PostHog? I want to write a "PostHog anti-patterns" guide that actually helps your users. Would you sanity-check a draft if I write one?

Wrote the draft: 7 PostHog anti-patterns I've seen. Would genuinely help your users and it's free content for PostHog's blog if you want to republish. 3-min read. Can I send it?

Hey Riccardo — I'm studying how open-source projects go from 0 to 10K GitHub stars. What worked at Supabase in the very early days — was it the "Firebase alternative" positioning, the Show HN launch, or something else entirely?

I'm writing "The Open-Source Growth Playbook" based on Supabase, PostHog, and Temporal. Your perspective on the early Supabase days would make the piece much stronger. Even 2-3 bullets would help.

Hey Joshua — as a solutions architect, you've seen hundreds of Temporal use cases. What's the weirdest or most creative one? I'm writing "10 things you didn't know you could build with workflow engines" and I need the good stuff.

I've got 7 creative Temporal use cases so far. Missing the really wild ones that only SAs see. If you have one example — even anonymized — I'll credit you in the post and share it with Temporal's community.

Hey Nikita — is anyone doing serious Go-on-Workers/edge stuff at Cloudflare? I write Go tutorials and a "deploying Go at the edge" piece would be killer. Would love to know if it's technically viable or still too early.

I went ahead and prototyped Go+Wasm on Workers. It works but has quirks. Writing it up either way — would you be willing to review the technical accuracy? 5 min of your time, I'll credit you.

Hey Chris — I have a Go blog with solid traffic among backend engineers. I'd love to write the definitive "Go + Temporal" tutorial for Temporal's blog or docs. Would you be the right person to discuss this with, or should I reach out to someone else?

Wrote a draft Go+Temporal tutorial (3000 words, full working code). Happy to contribute it to Temporal's docs/blog. Who should I send it to?

Hey Allison — genuinely curious: what do engineering teams actually pay for in Docker's enterprise offering? I'm researching how open-source companies monetize and Docker is the most interesting case study. Any insight would be hugely valuable.

I published an analysis of open-source monetization models (freemium, open-core, managed service). Docker's approach is the one I understand least. Even a "we mainly sell X to Y-size companies" would fill the gap. Happy to share the full piece in exchange.

Hey Daniel — does Neon have a Go SDK or CLI tool? If not, I'd love to build one as an open-source contribution. I write Go content and a Neon integration would be a great tutorial + contribution combo.

I started building a Go client for Neon's API anyway — it's on GitHub. Would love to get it officially recognized. Who on the Neon team should I share it with?

Hey Carla — est-ce que MAIF Impact regarde les "impact dev tools" ? Je pense aux outils qui mesurent l'empreinte carbone du code, la conformité accessibilité, etc. J'ai écrit une analyse du marché — je peux t'envoyer si c'est dans votre thèse.

J'ai finalisé l'analyse "green dev tools" — 12 startups cartographiées, tailles de marché, modèles de revenus. Si ça peut aider au sourcing MAIF Impact, c'est cadeau. Dis-moi où te l'envoyer.

Salut Hugo — idée : tu écris un guest post sur mon site intitulé "5 erreurs juridiques des fondateurs open-source français." Toi tu gagnes en visibilité auprès de fondateurs (tes futurs clients), moi je gagne du contenu expert. Ça t'intéresse ?

Pour te donner une idée de la distrib : mon site fait [X] visiteurs/mois, principalement des fondateurs tech français. L'article serait lié en permanence à ton profil. Même un format "3 erreurs" suffirait si 5 c'est trop.

Hey Olivier — j'ai écrit 85 analyses de marché (dev tools, AI, SaaS, fintech, etc.). Si certaines s'alignent avec la thèse EPSL, je peux te faire des intros aux fondateurs dans ces espaces. Tu veux que je t'envoie la liste des sujets ?

Voici 5 analyses qui pourraient coller : observabilité, CI/CD, cloud sandbox, code forge, scraping-as-a-service. Chacune a le market sizing + les players + les gaps. Dis-moi lesquelles t'intéressent et je t'envoie les liens.

Hey Natalia — Go is the most underserved language in education (everyone teaches Python/JS). I have Go blog content that's already structured like curriculum. Would your ed-tech holding be interested in a "Learn Go" course? I'd author it, you'd distribute it.

To make it concrete: I have 4 published Go tutorials (Docker, PostgreSQL, HTTP handling, intro) that could be the backbone of a structured course. Happy to share them + a proposed curriculum outline. Would that help you evaluate the opportunity?

Hey Richard — I write Go tutorials that backend engineers actually read. Would Google Cloud be interested in co-creating a "Go on Google Cloud" workshop or content series? I write the code, you provide infra credits + distribution. Win-win.

I wrote a prototype tutorial: "Deploying a production Go API on Cloud Run in 10 minutes." It's good but would be great with Google Cloud's stamp on it. Want to see it?

Hey Jean — love the fund name. Genuine question: what's the most "irregular" investment thesis you've ever had? I write about unconventional startup thinking and would love to feature your perspective.

I published a piece on "dumb ideas that actually worked" as startups. Your fund name suggests you appreciate the unconventional. Would love to add your VC perspective — what looks dumb but isn't? Even a one-liner would make the piece.

Hey Stephane — I've written 85 market analyses using a repeatable AI-assisted methodology. Idea: what if OpenVC offered "instant market analysis for your pitch deck" to founders? I build the engine, you distribute through the platform. Revenue share. Worth a call?

Built a prototype: you input a market, it generates a 2-page analysis with market size, competitors, and gaps. Tested on 10 markets, accuracy is solid. Here's a sample output: [link]. Thoughts on distributing this through OpenVC?

Hey Denny — Runa invests in open-source, which is exactly what I'm building. Quick question: at pre-seed, what matters more to Runa — GitHub stars, actual production usage, or community engagement metrics? I'm writing "The Open-Source Fundraising Playbook" and Runa's framework should be in it.

Published the playbook with frameworks from 5 other OSS-focused VCs. There's a gap where Runa's perspective should be. The piece is getting good traction with OSS founders — Runa's brand would benefit from being featured. Still interested?

Salut Joséphine — je suis développeur et fondateur, et j'utilise les APIs de Mistral, OpenAI et Claude au quotidien. Si tu as besoin d'une source technique qui peut expliquer simplement ce que font ces outils (et ce qu'ils ne font pas), je suis dispo.

J'ai vu ton dernier article sur [sujet]. Petit complément technique qui pourrait t'intéresser : [insight spécifique de 2 lignes]. Toujours dispo comme source si besoin.

Hey Emile — I'm a French developer who's spent months researching how EU regulations (AI Act, Data Act) actually affect developer tools and cloud infrastructure. If you ever need a technical founder's perspective on EU tech policy, I'm happy to be a source.

Concrete example: the AI Act's logging requirements will force every company using AI APIs to build audit trails they don't have today. That's a story nobody's covering from the developer angle. Happy to walk you through the technical implications.

Salut Camille — j'ai utilisé l'IA pour analyser les business models de 85 marchés différents. Résultat : je sais précisément ce qui rapporte de l'argent en ligne (et ce qui n'en rapporte pas). Ça ferait un bon papier pour Billions ?

Un teaser : les newsletters de niche font 200€-1500€ par envoi en sponsoring, les tools d'observabilité ont des marges de 80%, et le scraping-as-a-service est le marché le plus sous-estimé. J'ai les chiffres pour chacun. Ça t'intéresse ?

Hey Martin — I'm a French dev tools founder with deep connections across the French/EU startup ecosystem (Mistral, Scaleway, Dust, Qonto, etc.). If Sifted ever needs a technical perspective on European startup stories, I'm a call away.

Noticed Sifted covered [recent story]. Here's an angle you might have missed: [specific technical insight]. Happy to be a background source anytime — no need for attribution.

Salut Marine — j'ai écrit 85 analyses de marché tech et je me dis qu'un format condensé (1 analyse/mois) pourrait bien marcher dans la newsletter Tech Rocks. Je peux te montrer un exemple — ça vous intéresserait comme contenu récurrent ?

J'ai préparé un sample : l'analyse du marché CI/CD condensée en 800 mots, format newsletter. Si ça marche pour votre audience, on formalise. Sinon, pas de souci. Je t'envoie ?

Hey Pedro — how do you fund Tuist development? I'm researching open-source sustainability models and I want to compare 10 different approaches. Your story would be a key data point.

I've mapped 8 OSS funding models so far (sponsorships, open-core, managed hosting, consulting, grants, dual licensing, marketplace, support contracts). Which one(s) does Tuist use? Even a one-word answer helps.

Salut Thomas — idée : une série "Mainteneurs Open Source Français" — des interviews de Français qui maintiennent des projets OSS populaires. Personne ne fait ça en français. Tu serais le premier épisode. Format court, 10 questions par écrit. Ça te dit ?

J'ai préparé les 10 questions. Ça prend 20 min à répondre par écrit. Je publie, tu valides avant, on partage tous les deux. Zéro effort de ton côté apart répondre. On tente ?

Hey Florian — my personal site is pure semantic HTML, no CSS, no JS. I want to package this philosophy as an Astro template: "the anti-template template." Would something like this fit in the Astro ecosystem, or is it too minimal?

I built it: a zero-CSS, semantic-HTML-only Astro template. It's on GitHub. Would love your feedback on whether it meets Astro's integration standards — and whether it could be listed in the Astro themes directory.

Hey Raouf — you built devrel at Neon from scratch. If you had $0 budget and needed 1,000 developers using your product in 90 days, what would you do? I'm writing "The $0 DevRel Playbook" and your answer is the piece I'm missing.

Published the playbook with strategies from 4 other DevRel leads. There's a Neon-shaped hole in it. The piece is getting shared — would be great visibility for Neon if you want to contribute a paragraph or even just 3 bullets.

Hey Oleg — I write Go tutorials that get solid traffic. Idea: co-create a "Docker + Go best practices" guide. I write the Go parts, you validate the Docker parts. Publish on both blogs. Docker's distribution + my Go audience = big reach. Interested?

I wrote a draft: "Production-ready Docker for Go applications: the guide I wish existed." It covers multi-stage builds, scratch images, health checks, and security. Want to review it? If Docker wants to co-publish, even better.

Hey Mukul — would JetBrains be interested in co-hosting a webinar: "Building production Go apps, from IDE to deployment"? I demo the application, you demo GoLand's tooling. JetBrains promotes to their Go user base, I bring my audience. Win-win?

Alternative if a live webinar is too heavy: I write a tutorial using GoLand as the IDE, you review it, JetBrains publishes it on the GoLand blog with my byline. Lower effort, same reach. Thoughts?

Salut Jonathan — je blog sur Go et j'adorerais co-écrire un case study "Comment Scaleway utilise Go à l'échelle." Ça se publierait sur mon blog + potentiellement le blog engineering Scaleway. Ça t'intéresse ?

Même un format léger marcherait : 5 questions par écrit sur l'usage de Go chez Scaleway (pourquoi Go, quels services, quels challenges). Je structure le tout. Zéro effort de rédaction de ton côté.

Hey Luciano — fellow independent Go consultant here. Idea: a "Go Consulting Collective" — 5-6 independent Go devs who refer overflow work to each other. No structure, no overhead, just mutual referrals. Would you be interested?

I've got 3 other independent Go devs interested. We'd just use a group chat to share leads we can't take. Zero commitment. Want me to add you?

Salut Ali — idée simple : un meetup "Go Paris" mensuel. 20 personnes, un bar, deux lightning talks. Toi et moi on fait les deux premiers talks. J'ai 170 développeurs Go dans mon réseau LinkedIn pour remplir la salle. On lance ça ?

J'ai réservé un lieu pour le premier meetup Go Paris : [date]. Il me faut juste un deuxième speaker. Tu fais un lightning talk de 10 min sur n'importe quel sujet Go ? Moi je fais l'orga et la promo.

Hey Huilen — there's no definitive Go+React starter kit the way there's create-next-app or Rails. Want to build one together? Auth, database, API, deployment — all production-ready. Open source it, split the GitHub glory.

I started the repo: Go backend with chi router + sqlc + JWT auth. Missing the React frontend. If you handle the React side, we ship it this month. Interested?

Hey Bozena — design challenge for you: my website is pure semantic HTML with zero CSS (alexisbouchez.com). Can you make it beautiful without adding a stylesheet? The constraint-based exercise would make amazing content. Post the before/after.

Some context: the "no CSS" thing is intentional — it's a design philosophy statement. The challenge is real: what can you do with only HTML elements, semantic structure, and browser defaults? Even a quick sketch or critique would be interesting.

Hey Zeh — Resend's design is the best in dev tools, full stop. Question: what single design decision had the biggest impact on developer adoption? I'm writing a case study on how design drives growth in developer tools.

I published the case study with what I could observe from the outside. But I'd love the inside story for a v2. Even one insight — "the thing that moved the needle was X" — would make it 10x better. I'll send you the draft if you want.

Hey Marijana — how do you build a brand identity for a developer tool when developers actively resist marketing? I'm writing "Branding for people who hate branding" and Vercel is the gold standard example. Any insight on what makes the Vercel brand work?

Published the piece with examples from 5 dev tool brands. Vercel is featured but I'm working from the outside. If there's one branding principle from inside Vercel that you'd want the world to know, I'll add it with credit.

Hey Arianna — ClickUp went from zero to unicorn with some of the most aggressive (and creative) marketing in SaaS. What's the most underrated channel that actually worked? I'm writing a growth playbook for indie makers.

The playbook is live with strategies from PostHog, Resend, and Supabase. Missing the ClickUp chapter. Even "comparison pages" or "community" or "paid" as a one-word answer would help me point indie makers in the right direction.

Hey Joe — PostHog's marketing is the best in dev tools: memes, brutal honesty, no corporate speak. Simple question: what single piece of PostHog content has generated the highest ROI ever? I'm writing "The anti-marketing playbook."

I published "The Anti-Marketing Playbook" and PostHog is the hero example. It's getting shared in dev tools circles. Want to see it? If there's anything factually off about the PostHog section, I'll fix it. And the original question stands — what content piece actually drove the most signups?

Hey Katie — I'm writing "The 10 log lines that tell you you've been hacked" for a developer audience. As a security researcher at an observability company, you're literally the perfect person to sanity-check this. Would you glance at a draft?

Published it with my best guesses. It's getting traction on HN. If anything is wrong or missing, I'd rather fix it now — security content should be accurate. Happy to add your name as a reviewer if you want visibility.

Hey Justin — would you have a guest on FAFO who used AI to analyze 85 different markets, then picked one to build in public for 100 days? That's what I did. The story covers AI-assisted research, Go development, and the reality of indie making. Interested?

Quick pitch doc: I'm a French developer who (1) wrote 85 AI-generated market analyses, (2) used them to decide what to build, (3) built it in public for 100 days in Go. The meta-story of "using AI to decide what to build" is the hook. 30 min episode. Let me know!

Salut Thomas — ton audience apprend à coder, mon expertise c'est Go. Idée : une série de 5 vidéos "De zéro à une API Go déployée." Tu films/édites, je code et j'explique. On publie sur ta chaîne. Ça te dit ?

Pour te montrer que c'est concret : j'ai déjà les 5 sujets — (1) Hello World en Go, (2) API REST, (3) Base de données, (4) Auth, (5) Déploiement Docker. Le contenu est prêt, il manque juste la caméra. On teste avec un seul épisode ?

Hey Gregor — I'd love to do a guest post swap. I write "What analyzing 85 markets taught me about engineering decisions" for Engineering Leadership. You write about engineering leadership for my developer audience. Both audiences grow. Interested?

I wrote the draft: "What 85 market analyses taught me about engineering decisions" (1,500 words). It covers how market research changes your technical choices. Want to read it and see if it fits your newsletter? No obligation.

Hey Rafiu — "Speakeasy Experiences" at Google sounds like developer experience tooling. I write about API design for developers — is there anything from Google's internal API guidelines that you wish more developers knew about?

Even a "read Google's public API design guide, most developers skip Chapter X" would be gold. I'm compiling API design advice from people who work at scale. Your perspective from inside Google would be unique.

Hey Youssef — as someone who builds at AWS scale: what architectural pattern works great at AWS but is total overkill for a startup? And what pattern scales surprisingly well from day 1? I'm writing "The AWS engineer's guide to building a startup."

Published the piece with input from other engineers. The AWS perspective is still missing. Even a "skip X, use Y, it scales fine" would make the piece. Happy to keep it anonymous if you prefer.

Hey Lucas — I have 33 connections at Mercado Libre and zero understanding of what it's like to build for LatAm technically. What's the biggest technical challenge that's unique to Latin American markets? Payments? Logistics? Localization? I'm writing "Building for LatAm: a European developer's guide."

I published a first draft covering what I could research externally. But I'm sure I'm missing the stuff you only learn by building for 300M users in Latin America. Even one "you got X wrong" or "you missed Y" would make the guide real. Happy to share the draft.

Hey Nelson — MercadoLibre is one of the biggest Go shops in the world but nobody's written about your Go architecture. I'd love to co-author "How Mercado Libre runs Go at massive scale." I write, you validate. The global Go community would love this story.

Even an anonymized version would work: "How a top-5 LatAm tech company runs Go at scale." No company secrets needed — just the architectural decisions, team structure, and what you'd do differently. I handle all the writing. Interested?

Hey [name] — I went ahead and [wrote the article / built the tool / started the meetup] I mentioned a few weeks ago. Here it is: [link]. You're mentioned. No response needed — just thought you'd want to see it.

Loved your post about [topic]. It inspired me to write [related piece]. Linked to your original. Thought you'd appreciate knowing your ideas are spreading.

Congrats on [new role / launch / funding / milestone]! I was thinking about [original idea from DM 1] — might make even more sense now with [new context]. No pressure, just wanted to resurface it.

Hey [name] — [mutual connection] mentioned you're working on [thing]. I actually [relevant context from your DM 1 idea]. Would it make sense to connect?