Building LeadRadar AI in Public — Day 1: Reddit Pipeline Is Working

Starting a new build in public project.

At HK Automations, the goal is to create practical AI automation products that solve real business problems.

The first product is LeadRadar AI.

Instead of manually browsing Reddit for people looking for help, LeadRadar AI aims to automate the entire discovery process.

Today's milestone:
• Connected Reddit RSS feeds
• Built a data cleaning pipeline
• Normalized the collected data
• Stored structured leads in Airtable

The next milestone is where AI starts adding real value: automatically scoring each post based on buying intent and urgency.

I'm documenting the entire journey—from the first workflow to the final product—including the mistakes, iterations, and lessons learned.