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Dave Thomson
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dmthomson
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Joined August 2025
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Hello world 👋🏻
- ✅ Who I am: Senior full-stack developer and automation architect specializing in AI-powered content extraction
- 🤓 My journey: 25+ years building scalable web scraping solutions; now creating next-gen transcript extraction tools
- 🚀 My triumph: Creator of the YouTube Transcript Extractor - the most cost-effective alternative to expensive monthly subscription tools
- ⚒️ My skills: Python, Node.js, Apify SDK
- 🎯 My focus: Building reliable, bot-detection-resistant extractors that deliver clean, accurate results
- 💡 My approach: Smart algorithms over brute force - optimized subtitle extraction beats heavy video downloading
- 🫱🏻🫲🏽 Work with me: Available for custom extraction projects and enterprise scraping solutions
- 📬 Contact: Open for collaboration on challenging automation projects
- 🌟 Philosophy: Pay-per-use beats monthly subscriptions - democratizing access to powerful extraction tools