THARUN RATHOD

CH 02 AI & ML

IHateApplying

Bulk outreach automation for job applications - upload CSV, AI generates personalized emails/DMs, push to Gmail. Apply till you get a reply.

IHateApplying screenshot
  • Upload CSV with contacts → AI generates personalized cold emails and LinkedIn/X DMs at scale
  • Gmail integration pushes drafts to inbox, auto-detects email columns from any CSV format
  • Batch processing (50 free, 100 with own key), optional resume parsing for detailed pitches
  • Built for the numbers game of job hunting - apply till you get a reply

Engineering note

The product positioning is deliberate: "Apply till you get a reply" acknowledges the numbers game reality of job hunting. Email column auto-detection handles messy CSVs without forcing users to reformat. Batch limits (50 free, 100 with own Groq key) prevent API abuse while keeping it accessible. Resume parsing is optional - short mode for 3-sentence pitches, detailed mode for project-heavy 4-5 sentence emails. The Gmail push feature is the conversion point - draft generation alone isn't enough, people want it in their inbox ready to send.

  • AI
  • Next.js
  • Groq API
  • Gmail API
  • TypeScript