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Show HN: LinkedIn Hype Crew

16 points by henrysg 2y ago

Hi HN - we’ve been working on a fun project that I wanted to share It takes your PDF LinkedIn profile or resume and generates a short podcast either hyping you up, or roasting you. It takes your professional experience and crafts a narrative of your life and why you’re so successful. Or if you want a roast… It pokes holes and makes fun of you. I’d love to hear any feedback! https://podial.ai/hype https://podial.ai/hype

fdlaks 2y ago
Cool! How long does it take to make something like this? I'm curious because it seems like you could do it with two calls to a third party LLM provider: one to prompt it to take the persons profile and generate a script for a podcast based on what the user wants, then another to get the audio file back that narrates the script. I'm not trying being facetious by asking this either, I'm just trying to figure out what value creation actually looks like when using LLM's to do projects, what is to stop me from doing the same thing in a few hours?
- hshshshshsh 2y ago
  > what is to stop me from doing the same thing in a few hours? Stupid questions like this over general lack of action. And the idea that you can make stuff just because you think you can.
  - fdlaks 2y ago
    What is it that you think is so complex about this?
    - deleted 2y ago
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    - hshshshshsh 2y ago
      Where is the project you built?
      - fdlaks 2y ago
        Stop diverting the question, tell me where my assumption is wrong of needing to make 2 API calls to an LLM provider to do this or prove me wrong. If you're going to be firmly on the AI fanboy bandwagon you will need to eventually face difficult questions like this.
        hshshshshsh 2y ago
        I was just saying it's the psychology that stops people from building stuff. Not complexity.
- jcmp 2y ago
  Once thought about doing the same and I can already tell you it takes 3 days of research to accept that theres not better alternative than the pdf resume to get the linkedIn data for a profile. I am sure they tried various ways before ;)
jadbox 2y ago
Very cool, what do you use to generate the podcast? Elevenlabs?
emmanueloga_ 2y ago
Cool project, but I wish this is how you could get your resume from LinkedIn: * Add /pdf to your linked url, example: https://www.linkedin.com/in/username/pdf https://www.linkedin.com/in/username/pdf * Profit. Instead, we get this [1]. Also, I wonder why does it have to be a LinkedIn resume? Does it work with a regular one? --- 1: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a541960 https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a541960
- henrysg 2y ago
  Totally agree! Its frustrating how hard it is to get profiles from LinkedIn. You can send any resume - a regular PDF, or a LinkedIn download
farceSpherule 2y ago
God no... Then everyone will look like these people: https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics/ I mean, look at these morons: https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics/comments/1ffddl0/why_does_information_security_attract_so_many/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics/comments/1ffddl0/w...
BrandiATMuhkuh 2y ago
Haha. That is awesome. Well done. - My Hype: https://podial.ai/hype/6ac8153f-30e8-4531-8344-86fa48d776ae https://podial.ai/hype/6ac8153f-30e8-4531-8344-86fa48d776ae - My Roast: https://podial.ai/hype/b4fa3cb6-fdd7-4432-a5ca-4c73d34b645e https://podial.ai/hype/b4fa3cb6-fdd7-4432-a5ca-4c73d34b645e The roast is hilarious :D Awesome job
- henrysg 2y ago
  Thank you!
manca 2y ago
Isn't this exactly what Google's new NotebookLM does? Cool idea anyway :)
- martins_irbe 2y ago
  I wouldn't compare this to NotebookLM; this is more like a ChatGPT-generated script plus ElevenLabs. It doesn't have the feel of NotebookLM.
xyst 2y ago
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martins_irbe 2y ago
After reviewing their terms (https://podial.ai/terms https://podial.ai/terms), it seems like there’s no clear mention of how to delete your account or any generated podcasts. This raises some concerns around GDPR compliance (or similar laws), especially since GDPR requires the ability to delete personal data ("right to be forgotten"). If they don't provide any method for users to delete their data, this could be a big oversight. Anyone know if they have an actual process in place for account deletion or data removal? Feels like something that should be addressed if they’re operating in the UK and other regions where data privacy is strictly regulated.
- henrysg 2y ago
  You can request account deletion by emailing legal at context dot ai, we have a process for this
  - martins_irbe 2y ago
    Awesome, thank you!
JoeDaDude 2y ago
This is fun, but how do I get more credits? I don't see way to add any.

16 points by henrysg 2y ago

fdlaks 2y ago

Cool! How long does it take to make something like this? I'm curious because it seems like you could do it with two calls to a third party LLM provider: one to prompt it to take the persons profile and generate a script for a podcast based on what the user wants, then another to get the audio file back that narrates the script. I'm not trying being facetious by asking this either, I'm just trying to figure out what value creation actually looks like when using LLM's to do projects, what is to stop me from doing the same thing in a few hours?

hshshshshsh 2y ago
> what is to stop me from doing the same thing in a few hours? Stupid questions like this over general lack of action. And the idea that you can make stuff just because you think you can.
- fdlaks 2y ago
  What is it that you think is so complex about this?
  - deleted 2y ago
    [deleted]
  - hshshshshsh 2y ago
    Where is the project you built?
    - fdlaks 2y ago
      Stop diverting the question, tell me where my assumption is wrong of needing to make 2 API calls to an LLM provider to do this or prove me wrong. If you're going to be firmly on the AI fanboy bandwagon you will need to eventually face difficult questions like this.
      - hshshshshsh 2y ago
        I was just saying it's the psychology that stops people from building stuff. Not complexity.
jcmp 2y ago
Once thought about doing the same and I can already tell you it takes 3 days of research to accept that theres not better alternative than the pdf resume to get the linkedIn data for a profile. I am sure they tried various ways before ;)

jadbox 2y ago

Very cool, what do you use to generate the podcast? Elevenlabs?

emmanueloga_ 2y ago

Cool project, but I wish this is how you could get your resume from LinkedIn: * Add /pdf to your linked url, example: https://www.linkedin.com/in/username/pdf https://www.linkedin.com/in/username/pdf * Profit. Instead, we get this [1]. Also, I wonder why does it have to be a LinkedIn resume? Does it work with a regular one? --- 1: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a541960 https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a541960

henrysg 2y ago
Totally agree! Its frustrating how hard it is to get profiles from LinkedIn. You can send any resume - a regular PDF, or a LinkedIn download

farceSpherule 2y ago

God no... Then everyone will look like these people: https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics/ I mean, look at these morons: https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics/comments/1ffddl0/why_does_information_security_attract_so_many/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics/comments/1ffddl0/w...

BrandiATMuhkuh 2y ago

Haha. That is awesome. Well done. - My Hype: https://podial.ai/hype/6ac8153f-30e8-4531-8344-86fa48d776ae https://podial.ai/hype/6ac8153f-30e8-4531-8344-86fa48d776ae - My Roast: https://podial.ai/hype/b4fa3cb6-fdd7-4432-a5ca-4c73d34b645e https://podial.ai/hype/b4fa3cb6-fdd7-4432-a5ca-4c73d34b645e The roast is hilarious :D Awesome job

henrysg 2y ago
Thank you!

manca 2y ago

Isn't this exactly what Google's new NotebookLM does? Cool idea anyway :)

martins_irbe 2y ago
I wouldn't compare this to NotebookLM; this is more like a ChatGPT-generated script plus ElevenLabs. It doesn't have the feel of NotebookLM.

xyst 2y ago

[flagged]

martins_irbe 2y ago

After reviewing their terms (https://podial.ai/terms https://podial.ai/terms), it seems like there’s no clear mention of how to delete your account or any generated podcasts. This raises some concerns around GDPR compliance (or similar laws), especially since GDPR requires the ability to delete personal data ("right to be forgotten"). If they don't provide any method for users to delete their data, this could be a big oversight. Anyone know if they have an actual process in place for account deletion or data removal? Feels like something that should be addressed if they’re operating in the UK and other regions where data privacy is strictly regulated.

henrysg 2y ago
You can request account deletion by emailing legal at context dot ai, we have a process for this
- martins_irbe 2y ago
  Awesome, thank you!

JoeDaDude 2y ago

This is fun, but how do I get more credits? I don't see way to add any.