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Show HN: Every CEO and CFO change at US public companies, live from SEC

Original Article

Hacker News Discussion

📝 Discussion Summary (Click to expand)

1. AI‑driven SEC parsing
porsche959 explains that the system “The 8‑K text gets run through an LLM to extract the structured fields.” – allowing automatic handling of varied filing formats and updates from amendments.

2. Site reliability & UX feedback
djfobbz complains that “The site fails to load…it just gets stuck in a fetching state. Another downside of vibe programming.” – pointing out performance bugs and the need for static caching or edge hosting.

3. Monetisation & future roadmap
porsche959 notes the subscription model: “Yeah been thinking about that. A delayed public feed or an API with a lag makes sense.” – indicating plans for a free tier, delayed feeds, and premium real‑time features.

🚀 Project Ideas

[SEC Filing Cache Service]

Summary

  • [A robust, CDN‑cached API that delivers delayed SEC filing data and gracefully falls back to static pages, eliminating downtime during traffic spikes.]
  • [Provides reliable, low‑cost access to real‑time executive and compensation insights for small sales teams and recruiters.]

Details

Key Value
Target Audience Small sales teams, recruiters, independent advisors
Core Feature Delayed public feed with optional real‑time alerts and static fallback
Tech Stack Node.js, PostgreSQL, Cloudflare Workers, CDN
Difficulty Medium
Monetization Revenue-ready: Tiered subscription (Free delayed feed, $29/mo for real‑time alerts)

Notes

  • [HN commenters highlighted site crashes and the need for caching; this service directly solves that pain point.]
  • [The delayed‑free tier plus paid real‑time option matches the monetization concerns raised in the discussion.]

[Exec Relationship Graph Explorer]

Summary

  • [An interactive web app that builds a knowledge graph of executive movements, board overlaps, and compensation links from SEC filings, enabling users to visualize hidden corporate networks.]
  • [Core value is
  • Monetization: Hobby

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