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Building an AI Hacker News Scout agent with Google Agent Studio.
Surprisingly, it feels much simpler than coding everything from scratch or manually designing agent workflows through prompts in Claude or Codex.
The visual workflow makes the agent logic easier to understand, test, and iterate.
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Automated TradingView Strategy Scraper & Scoring Engine
I built a custom "Intelligent Agent" to solve a common problem for traders: filtering through thousands of low-quality posts to find robust trading strategies.
Intelligent Agent for Trading Strategy Discovery
I built a custom Intelligent Agent to solve a common problem for traders: filtering through thousands of low-quality posts to find robust trading strategies.
The Challenge
TradingView is flooded with spam and low-effort posts. Manually checking them takes hours every day.
The Solution
I developed a Python-based automation bot that autonomously monitors the platform. It doesn’t just scrape data — it analyzes it.
Key Features
🕵️ Stealth Scraping
Built with Playwright (Async) and stealth libraries
Bypasses anti-bot detection and Cloudflare protection
🧠 Heuristic Scoring Engine
Reads post descriptions and assigns a Quality Score
Rewards professional keywords (e.g., Walk-Forward, Backtest)
Penalizes spam signals (e.g., 100% Win Rate)
🗃️ Data Deduplication
Uses a local SQLite database
Ensures the client never receives duplicate alerts
📧 Automated Reporting
High-scoring strategies are compiled into a clean digest
Delivered instantly via email notifications
The Result
The system runs 24/7 on a VPS, saving the client 10+ hours of research time per week by delivering only high-value trading strategy leads.
Why I Stopped Calling Myself a Full-Stack Developer
I spent 20+ years building web apps, dashboards, and SaaS products. I called myself a full-stack developer. But the clients who actually valued me weren't hiring me for React or Node.js — they were hiring me to automate the work their team was doing manually.
That shift changed everything for me.
This year I built RankAsAnswer — a GEO/SaaS platform that helps brands get cited in AI search results (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini). Not a client project. My own product. And it taught me something the freelance grind never did: the people paying the most aren't looking for code. They're looking for outcomes that save time, reduce manual work, and make them visible in the next generation of search.
Now I focus on 3 things only:
AI workflow automation (n8n, Make, Zapier + APIs)
AI agents that handle real business tasks (OpenAI/Claude)
GEO — making brands findable in AI-generated answers
If you're a founder or team lead and you're still doing things manually that a workflow could handle.
Tags: #AI #Automation #GEO #AIWorkflow #Startup
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