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Ask HN: How to find first users for niche ideas?

• realprimoh 3y ago
  Lots of cold emails and cold reachouts on LinkedIn/Twitter/Threads probably. Checking out research lab websites in universities like UC Berkeley is probably a good place to start.
• sargstuff 3y ago
  University of Pennsylvania has some projects that include public providing help with genomic/epigenetic research related to given topic descripition[0]. (using l-systems & bnf[5][8][9] format as way to encode/handle dna sequences [1][2][3][4][6][7]) Example/demo of topic : [10] [0] : https://genetics.med.upenn.edu/ https://genetics.med.upenn.edu/ [1] : automated dna motif discovery : https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.0065 https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.0065 [2] : Improving CUDA DNA Analysis Software with Genetic Programming : https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2739480.2754652 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2739480.2754652 [3] : https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-48304-7_21 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-48304-7_21 [4] : https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~weimerw/p/weimer-tse2017.pdf https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~weimerw/p/weimer-tse2017.pdf [5] : https://github.com/shnewto/bnf https://github.com/shnewto/bnf [6] : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3194197/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3194197/ [7] : https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/088930v1.full https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/088930v1.full [8] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASTA_format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASTA_format [9] : https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6120/3/4/42 https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6120/3/4/42 [10] : a) https://discoveringthegenome.org/ https://discoveringthegenome.org/ b) grape : https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6120/3/3/39 c) needs 3d printer extension for real world replication : https://bnfc.digitalgrammars.com/