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await — Promotion Ideas

Compiled by automated research (runs Tue/Thu 10:17am). Never remove entries — only add or update status.

GitHub Awesome Lists

Permanent inbound traffic, SEO juice, takes ~10 min per PR.

Communities / Forums

  • r/commandline (~100k) — "I got tired of writing sleep loops so I made a 36KB C binary that polls commands until they succeed". Before/after code snippet. | Effort: low
  • r/bash (~200k) — "Replace your sleep/retry loops with one command — await polls until exit 0" | Effort: low
  • r/devops (~250k) — focus on CI/CD angle: wait for DB/Redis/port before running migrations | Effort: low
  • r/sysadmin (~900k) — "Wrote a tool for the classic sysadmin problem: wait until X is up — 36KB, no deps" | Effort: low
  • r/coolgithubprojects — just post GitHub URL + one-liner | Effort: low
  • r/programming (~6M) — only after traction elsewhere, frame as interesting C project | Effort: low
  • Lobste.rs (~50k, high quality) — tags: cli, unix, shell, tools. Needs invite. Go deep on C implementation + exit code semantics | Effort: med

Launch Platforms

  • Show HN — highest leverage single action. Title: Show HN: await – poll shell commands until they succeed, replacing sleep loops (36KB C binary). Post 8–10am PT Tue–Thu. Respond to every comment within minutes. Wait until 50+ stars. | Effort: low
  • Product Hunt — needs 50+ stars, demo video, hunter with 500+ followers, network for day-1 comments. Tagline: Replace sleep loops — poll any shell command until it succeeds. Launch Tue/Wed 12:01am PT | Effort: high
  • DevHunt.org — PR-based, lower competition than PH, good warmup. Submit at github.com/MarsX-dev/devhunt | Effort: low

Content / Articles

  • dev.to article — "Stop Writing Sleep Loops: Use a CLI Poller Instead". Structure: pain → failure modes → await → 4 real use cases (CI healthcheck, Docker readiness, AI agent, SSH after EC2 boot) → install. Tag: cli, devops, bash, productivity. Stays discoverable via Google for years. | Effort: med
  • Hashnode — cross-post the dev.to article | Effort: low

Newsletters

  • Changelog News — free editorial submission at changelog.com/news/submit. 1-para pitch emphasizing the AI agent angle | Effort: low
  • TLDR DevOps (350k subs, 42% open rate) — sponsor-only, ~$500–1000 per placement. Do after traction | Effort: high

Social

  • Twitter/X — post format: before (sleep 30 && curl...) vs after (await curl...), include GIF demo, install one-liner. Tags: #cli #devops #bash #AIagents. Post star milestones (100, 250, 500★) | Effort: low, ongoing

AI Agent Communities

await is a perfect fit for AI agent workflows — this angle is underexplored.

  • Research and list AI agent / LLM developer communities (Discord servers, GitHub Discussions on popular agent frameworks like LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen) that would find await useful for waiting on async ops | Effort: med

Additional Subreddits

  • r/selfhosted (~758K) — "Replace sleep loops in Docker/compose scripts when services restart". Great for self-hosting angle. | Effort: low
  • r/homelab (~700K) — "Wait for services to come up after reboot — 40KB C binary, no deps" | Effort: low
  • r/docker (~320K) — Replace sleep 30 in docker-compose healthcheck scripts. Direct pain point. | Effort: low
  • r/kubernetes (~380K) — Init container patterns, wait-for-pod scenarios. Frame: "lighter than wait-for-it.sh" | Effort: low
  • r/linux (~1M+) — General open-source CLI tool announcement | Effort: low
  • r/linuxquestions (~500K) — Answer existing "how to wait for a port to open" threads, mention await | Effort: low
  • r/LocalLLaMA (~726K) — "Before your agent sends to Ollama, use await -t 120 curl -s http://localhost:11434" instead of sleep. Fresh angle. | Effort: low
  • r/AIagents (~50K) — Poll async AI operations, wait for agent task completion | Effort: low
  • r/opensource (~200K) — "I made this" style post | Effort: low
  • r/unixporn (~700K) — Show a slick terminal session using await in dotfiles; aesthetic angle | Effort: med

Discord Servers

  • Cloud Native DevOps (Bret Fisher, ~27K) — discord.com/invite/devops — post in #docker or #kubernetes channel | Effort: low
  • DevOps, SRE & Infrastructure (~23K) — discord.com/invite/devops-sre-infrastructure-419745677585940482 — post in #tools | Effort: low
  • n8n (~80K) — discord.com/invite/n8n — "Poll n8n webhook endpoints before triggering workflows" | Effort: low
  • CrewAI (~9K) — discord.com/invite/X4JWnZnxPb — Bash wrapper scripts for agent orchestration | Effort: low
  • Flowise (~12K) — discord.com/invite/jbaHfsRVBW — Wait for Flowise self-hosted startup | Effort: low
  • LangChain (Slack, large) — langchain.com/join-community — post in #tools or #deployment | Effort: med

Terminal Trove

  • terminaltrove.com — curated CLI/TUI directory with "Tool of the Week" and newsletter. Submit at terminaltrove.com/new/ — audience is exactly "people who love CLI tools". | Effort: low ⭐ quick win

Additional Newsletters

  • Console.dev — purpose-built for interesting developer tools. Use their "suggest a tool" form on homepage. Perfect audience fit — they love zero-dep binaries. | Effort: low ⭐ quick win
  • cron.weekly (~10K Linux/sysadmin) — email [email protected] | Effort: low
  • DevOps Weekly — email gareth@morethanseven.net | Effort: low
  • SRE Weekly — contact form at sreweekly.com | Effort: low
  • KubeWeekly — submit via kubeweekly.io | Effort: low
  • nixCraft newsletter (~sysadmin audience) — contact via cyberciti.biz | Effort: med

Additional Awesome Lists

Package Managers (distribution gaps)

  • Homebrew tap — create homebrew-await repo with formula; installable immediately via brew install slavaGanzin/await/await. Can later PR to homebrew-core. | Effort: med ⭐ signals legitimacy
  • AUR (Arch Linux) — create PKGBUILD and submit to aur.archlinux.org. Arch users are heavy CLI tool adopters. | Effort: low-med
  • nixpkgs — create default.nix derivation and open PR to github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs. Large audience, slow review. | Effort: med-high
  • Alpine apk — submit to Alpine aports tree | Effort: high
  • FreeBSD ports — submit to ports tree | Effort: high

Social — Additional Accounts to Target

  • @nixcraft (~500K X/Twitter) — DM or email via cyberciti.biz. Posts Linux/CLI tips constantly. | Effort: low
  • @climagic (~120K) — CLI magic one-liners. Tweet at them with a slick one-liner example. | Effort: low
  • @IgnoredByUbuntu (~100K+) — terminal tool curator. Tweet at them. | Effort: low
  • @unix_byte (~50K+) — Unix/Linux tips. Tweet/DM. | Effort: low
  • @terminaltrove (~5K) — Terminal Trove's own account. Submit tool via site first. | Effort: low
  • Fosstodon (Mastodon) — fosstodon.org — post with #linux #cli #opensource #bash #devops. FOSS community. | Effort: low
  • Bluesky — bsky.app — post with #cli #linux #devops #opensource. Bluesky has overtaken Mastodon for dev reach in 2025. | Effort: low

Additional Content / Blog Opportunities

  • ITNEXT (Medium, ~77K followers) — DevOps/backend audience. Submit via itnext.io | Effort: med
  • Better Programming (Medium, ~218K followers) — submission form at betterprogramming.pub | Effort: med
  • Level Up Coding (Medium) — submit at levelup.gitconnected.com/write-for-us | Effort: med

Suggested article title for all platforms: "Stop using sleep in your bash scripts — use await instead" — works as tutorial, hot-take, and SEO.

AI Agent Communities (expanded)

  • AutoGen GitHub Discussions — open a "Tools" thread at github.com/microsoft/autogen/discussions. Frame: lightweight polling glue for agent pipelines. | Effort: low
  • n8n community forum — community.n8n.io — "Before triggering an n8n flow, wait for the service with await" | Effort: low
  • r/LocalLLaMA — see Subreddits above | Effort: low

Universal pitch for AI communities: "Before your agent sends a request to your local LLM API, use await -t 120 curl -s http://localhost:11434 instead of sleep 30."

Show HN — Status Update

  • Current stars: 260 — well past the 50-star threshold. Ready to post.
  • Suggested title: Show HN: await – poll a shell command until it exits 0, replacing sleep loops
  • Post 9–11am ET Tuesday–Thursday. Respond to every comment within minutes.
  • Read the markepear.dev HN launch guide beforehand.
  • Post Show HN | Effort: low-med ⭐ highest single-action leverage

Status

  • GitHub stars at time of last update: 260 (2026-05-21)
  • Show HN threshold: 50 stars ✅ READY
  • Product Hunt threshold: 50 stars + video + network ✅ stars ready