A few weeks ago, I got tired of sending cold DMs that either sounded robotic or got ignored completely.
Most outreach tools I tried generated messages that felt too corporate, too generic, or just obvious AI copy-paste.
So I started building a small desktop tool called LURE to experiment with better outreach angles.
The goal wasn’t “spam more people.”
It was:
- shorter messages
- more human tone
- curiosity-based conversation starters
- platform-specific outreach styles
The interesting part:
I built and packaged the entire thing on my low-end 8GB RAM laptop while learning along the way.
Things I worked through:
- AI prompt structuring
- desktop packaging
- Windows + macOS builds
- UI tweaking
- handling weird JSON outputs
- fixing API/server errors
- optimizing response speed
What started as a tiny experiment somehow became a full working product — and recently got its first sale online.
Still improving it daily, but shipping it taught me more than months of overthinking ever did.
Would genuinely love feedback from developers, freelancers, or anyone doing outreach.
If anyone wants to test it or give feedback:
Windows:
Lure for Windows
MacOS:
Lure for MacOS
Launch discount code: PH50
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