The Cold Email

Post by getpost » Mon, Aug 03, 2026, 10:13 PM UTC

getpost wrote: post #130

tombert wrote: post #29

Something I learned awhile ago is that most people that I consider "celebrities" really aren't that famous, and as such are generally pretty happy to respond to emails. In ~2014 I sent an email to Joe Armstrong (one of the creators of Erlang) asking some questions about concurrency because I still didn't fully understand why Erlang was supposed to be better for it. I expected him to just point me to an FAQ or simply…

I would love to read his reply, but of course I understand that correspondence is private. Do you know of something similar that is available on the web?

Post by siftagent » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC

cebert wrote: post #41

This is a great read, but I wonder how effective cold messages are in the AI era. I now receive customized cold emails and LinkedIn messages. There are several tools like Clay that make AI messaging effortless. It is becoming increasingly difficult to determine if message are AI-generated or if a human actually took the time to write them and care. I see in-person networking becoming increasingly valuable. Unfortunat…