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jal505

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About jal505

Building Svara (svarapi.io) — one REST endpoint to send native voice notes on LinkedIn, Telegram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, Slack, Discord, Viber, and WeChat.

Also building ZenMode (zen-mode.io) — desktop LinkedIn automation that runs locally via Electron/Puppeteer. No cloud servers, no proxies, no account bans.

Solo founder, zero engineering background.

Built both products entirely with Claude (chat + Claude Code).

Stack: Next.js, Electron, Puppeteer, TypeScript, Neon PostgreSQL, Clerk, Stripe.

From UK, now based in the Philippines. Previously 5 years at Google, then B2B sales/outsourcing.

jonathan@zen-mode.io

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    Hey, congrats on the momentum! Side projects that find their own legs are the best kind. Just curious - if you're looking into any kind of automation down the line (LinkedIn outrea…

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    I think you're right - the Tauri vs Electron comparison isn't quite the same scale of difference. Both still run web tech in a wrapper, just with different performance characterist…

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