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rajivayyangar
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Comment #41701147
(I'm the CEO of Product Hunt) This isn't far off the mark, but I do want to push back on two things. One: "VC backed companies have the funds to be able to boost their launch on PH…
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Comment #27395876
Cool - simple, to the point. Love the "now" vs. "later" suggestions.
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Comment #21518365
Saving, shared queries, easy link sharing, and basic charts with some intelligence. It also has excellent query UX (auto-complete, etc.). Most of all, it's really fast. It fundamen…
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Comment #21516345
As a data scientist (startup / Yahoo) turned product manager (4 startups), I've used a variety of stacks in the past - from plain SQL, to Mode, to Mixpanel, Looker, Interana, and H…
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Comment #20591501
Funny - one of our teammates used to do this at a previous company. We built in a similar function for remote workers with a Slack integration. It sends a little message with pre-f…
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Comment #20590254
The maker-manager dilemma is real - which is something we try to address with the prominent Focus mode. At the same time, a big reason we show the app status is so that the "busine…
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Comment #20589557
We've built it with the internal/with-your-team use-case in mind, which lets us eliminate a huge amount of friction! There are also some really useful things we can do around prese…
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Comment #20589546
I hear you and I love Cal Newport's work (as well as PG's Maker-vs.-Manager essay). For us, the Focus mode was critical to allow people to disconnect. In addition, we find that org…
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Comment #20588622
Awesome to hear! Yes, quick collaborative reviews of PRs are a big use-case for us internally too.
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Comment #20588613
Compared with Slack and Zoom, it's way faster - just click and start talking! Think of it as push-to-talk, 2.0, with a richer sense of presence (seeing what work app, so you know i…
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Comment #20588592
Yes, when you join a new room, you're unmuted. However if someone pulls you into a room, or pulls you into a direct conversation, you start on mute. This is intentional - it allows…
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Comment #20588296
Awesome! Yes we’ve taken a more functional, less literal approach than Sococo. Bernat likes to draw an analogy that the first washing machine was a wheel of hand-shaped paddles. We…
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Comment #20587782
Thanks! It's not the secret to life, the universe, and everything...or is it?
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Comment #20587542
Tom Moor (Sqwiggle founder) is awesome! We talked with him early on and got a lot of inspiration. We've found that showing the app status gives a lot of the same feeling of presenc…
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Comment #20587513
Yes! Commuting is also really dangerous too.
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Comment #20587506
Thanks!
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Comment #20587499
We ask for video permissions only when you click the video button when on a call - ping us on Intercom if you get stuck. Regarding the video/audio selection, all calls start as aud…
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Comment #20587449
Well-said! Not sure who this is, but thank you!
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Comment #20586713
Interesting - can you say more?
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Comment #20586479
Thanks for the feedback! We have Intercom integrated, so you can ping us founders directly from the app. Would love to get your thoughts after you've tried it with your team.