Yeganathan S

Software Engineer @linuxfoundation. Building @getgitwonk on the weekends. Programming, open-source, and startups. He/Him.

[Charlotte Schmitt @LottiSchmitt]

Today we're launching a new era for @Octolens.

When we started Octolens, we set out to build a social listening dashboard. Today, our best customers barely open it.

Daily active users are down, but revenue is up 5x over the last year.

So we rebuilt Octolens as what it actually is: a data layer that plugs in wherever you work.

Today we cover the entire web + our MCP and API reads and writes.

In 2026, if an agent can't reach the data, it's not a data source.

This is social listening for the agent era.

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@tomhaerter jitsi

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@LottiSchmitt @Octolens @garrrikkotua Congrats @garrrikkotua and the team! 🎉

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@ElTimuro I was actually confused while looking at two accounts, and what's even funnier is that they both have a verified badge, making the original account look like a scam.

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@McPizza0 @infisical Wow! Congrats 🍻

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@canarabank How am I supposed to raise a complaint if the complaint system is broken?

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@DalekNo99 Because that’s crypto 😛

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@DalekNo99 Mullvad

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@UnInbox Best of luck with everything that comes your way!

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@Vnshikaaaa 1. Find out what you love
2. Figure out how to do and make living

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@McPizza0 I like the @calcom water bottle 😛

How do we get one?

[Charlotte Schmitt @LottiSchmitt]

I just launched Octolens on @ProductHunt!

I’ve helped in a few launches before, but this is the first one I'm launching, so I'm extra excited (and nervous).

Pepe and I are working very hard to make Octolens the best social listening tool for B2B software products. We are proud of where it's at & excited for all we have planned!

We would love your support & to hear what you think!

https://t.co/chA3Oh9HM2

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@McPizza0 @ycombinator @UnInbox Let’s goo

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@ashwinkey04 lol 😂

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@nuxt_js nitro vs custom backend, what do you pick and why?

I have a frontend built with nuxt and not sure how nitro works for microservices.

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@Trilinisty @saltyAom @bunjavascript +1

[Charlotte Schmitt @LottiSchmitt]

What was originally a feature has inspired a stand-alone business.

Octolens was born out of a feature of @CrowdDotDev called Eagle Eye.

We released Eagle Eye almost 2 years ago. It monitored developer-centric sites for content to engage with to grow your community.

As it was not core to our vision, we didn't invest much into it. Yet, it remained one of our most popular features.

After receiving enough requests, we decided to follow this momentum to create a stand-alone product called Octolens.

Now a small team and I:
- focus our full attention on it to make it great
- make it tangible for the right audience
- offer it for a price that makes sense (+ a free version!)

Sometimes a feature buried in a wider platform can stand on its own.

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@datagrip Just opening the app, takes me 1-2mins

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

Is anyone out there building an open-source alternative to DataGrip?

What DB tools do you guys use?

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@jon_hopson Maybe it’s difficult to build 1-1 app like Datagrip but definitely worth checking out the space

[Yeganathan S @skwowet]

@datagrip It’s so laggy and unusable sometimes. I feel like the app is pretty heavy and consumes a ton of memory.