Fully Automatic Job Application Tracker via Gmail

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Fully Automatic Job Application Tracker via Gmail

Hey HN, I'm a recent grad who's been unemployed for the past 6 months, spending that time building web apps. During my own job hunt, I got incredibly frustrated with the amount of manual work involved in tracking applications across different platforms. Even with tools like Huntr.co (my university provided a subscription that recently expired), I was still spending too much time updating the kanban board after checking the relevant email; worst of all is most of the time it's just updating the company to the rejected side of the kanban board. So, I built RunMagi: an automatic job application tracker that completely monitors your Gmail inbox. The goal is to eliminate that tedious manual work. Unlike many other trackers, RunMagi doesn't require any browser extensions – it just works by analyzing your emails. I'm sharing this here because I know many of you have been through the job search and might relate to this pain. As a solo developer, this has been a passion project, and I'd love to get your feedback. What are your biggest frustrations with tracking job applications? Does this approach of automatic Gmail monitoring sound useful to you? Any thoughts on the landing page, or the core idea would be greatly appreciated! My goal is to iterate and eventually be able to take care of all the little things that people find annoying that has nothing to do with the actual interview itself.