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Sharing a workflow I put together this week.

Wanted to build a lead list of every Y Combinator and a16z portfolio company + their founders for outbound.

Instead of paying for a scraper service, I had Claude Code write the whole pipeline: YC companies: Turns out the YC directory is all public.

The data lives as raw JSON on the backend. Claude Code wrote a headless fetch script that pulls it directly - no browser needed, no rate limiting issues.

Got ~4,000 companies with metadata in about 2 minutes.

a16z portfolio: This one needed Playwright since the site renders client-side.

Claude Code wrote a script with natural timing (random delays between navigations) to avoid getting flagged.

Pulled their full portfolio across funds. Enrichment: Piped both lists through Apollo.io public API to match founder names → emails and fill in company size/revenue data.

Total pipeline cost: $0 beyond my existing Claude Code subscription.

Claude Code figured out the YC backend was serving JSON before I even thought to check.

It just went headless on its own because it recognized the data didn't need a browser render.

If anyone wants to try something similar - check whether a "dynamic" site actually serves its data as static JSON before spinning up Playwright.

Saves a ton of time.

u/Shawntenam — 12 days ago
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Need Guidance from you !!!

Hey everyone,

I’m currently 20 years old and in my third year of college. Recently, I’ve been exploring DevRel (Developer Relations) and GTM (Go-To-Market) roles, and honestly, they really excite me.

I feel like in the future, pure coding skills alone may not be enough. Developers who can communicate well, build communities, explain products, and connect with people will become even more valuable. That’s one reason I started getting interested in DevRel.

To be honest, I’m average at coding. I can understand concepts, but hardcore coding has never been something I deeply enjoyed. But I genuinely enjoy talking to people, building communities, managing teams, and creating engagement.

Right now, I’m working with a YouTube company that has almost 10 million subscribers. Previously, in college, I joined multiple clubs, managed communities, and even became the head of some clubs. Through those experiences, I realized I really enjoy community-facing and communication-oriented work.

That’s why I feel DevRel could be a great career path for me.

I’d love guidance from people already in this field:

  • How did you start your journey in DevRel or GTM?
  • What skills should I focus on?
  • Any good resources, courses, or communities to learn from?
  • How can someone without very strong coding skills still grow in DevRel?
  • And if anyone has internship opportunities or beginner-friendly openings, I’d genuinely love to connect.

Would really appreciate any advice or guidance. Thanks!

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