In the same position as yours. Hit the ground and talk to people is the best way to reach clients and potential leads.

Do you have a website? Do you have a devblog? Have you actually built anything? There isn't anything in your HN profile to point to.

No one is going to care that you "might release something interesting and worth people's time" in a market that was saturated even before AI slop. What do you actually have that's worth anyone's time?

You build organic traction through community participation, and getting people interested in something real and sincere. You have to put in the effort.