Beka Makharoblishvili replaces a $100/month Smartlead plan with a cold mailer built in a day
Beka Makharoblishvili swapped a $100/month Smartlead plan for a cold mailer built in one day. It runs for free on their Mac, and Claude filters the leads. It's still being tested, but it's already sending. Beka isn't ready to declare SaaS dead, and simply says they end up building their own tools most of the time. Maybe that's the quiet version of the zombie apocalypse: no grand obituary, just one more subscription that never gets renewed because a one-day build does the job.
Saving, as stated by the author: $100/month
replaced a $100/month smartlead plan with a cold mailer i built in one day.
it runs free on my mac and claude filters the leads. still testing, but it’s sending.
not sure if saas is dead. i just end up building my own tools most of the time
— Beka Makharoblishvili, read the original on XMore SaaS obituaries
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