What’s the overall summary?

LinkedIn is a massive professional directory built for scale. It gives recruiters access to nearly everyone - and that’s also its problem. Developers treat it like a spam feed, response rates plummet, and cold outreach becomes a numbers game.

daily.dev Recruiter flips the model. Developers are already on daily.dev every day to stay sharp and explore what’s next in their craft. We quietly surface your role inside that trusted environment and deliver warm, double opt-in intros to developers who’ve already said “yes” to a real conversation.

So what does daily.dev Recruiter do differently?

Start where developers already are. Your role appears inside their daily feed — not in a cluttered inbox.

Turn guesswork into intent. Matches come from live behavioral signals, not outdated résumés.

Skip the chase. Every introduction is double opt-in, which means no ghosting and no spam.

Keep your stack. Everything happens in Slack; we integrate with your existing tools.

Pay for outcomes. You’re not buying seats to send more messages — you’re investing in conversations that convert.

When LinkedIn might still make sense

If you’re hiring at very high volume or need broad reach across industries, LinkedIn still does what it’s always done best: help you build large lists fast.

If what you need are replies — genuine, qualified interest from engineers who don’t respond anywhere else — that’s what daily.dev was built for.

How it feels for developers

On LinkedIn, recruiters interrupt.

On daily.dev, opportunities feel like part of their day.

That’s why developers open, read, and reply. When a conversation starts inside a space they already trust, the tone shifts from “ugh, another recruiter” to “hey, this actually looks interesting.”

TL;DR

LinkedIn chases profiles with cold messages.

daily.dev Recruiter connects people with warm intros — inside the community developers already use every day.

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