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sethpurcell

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About sethpurcell

Simplifying work at Flat.app

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    Comment #45203903

    THANK YOU for fighting this fight. I hope the responses here might add some empirical weight to your arguments — some people apparently do care about this. And I believe you on how…

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    Comment #45203421

    Author here. Thank you for this comment, you make so many great points. I'd like to respond to some of them. > First up: "But these physical exhibits require maintenance, and I was…

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    Comment #45202107

    Author here, thanks for your comment. I'm really sad to hear that everyone was let go; as I said, I loved TFI like nothing else when I was a kid. I completely understand the incent…

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    Comment #42208183

    Given the sentiment in these comments, I figure this crowd might be interested in the book "Measurement" by Paul Lockhart (the guy who wrote "A Mathematician's Lament") He's of the…

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    Comment #42151050

    +1 for Gather.town we've been using it for years

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    Comment #39562943

    Thanks! On-prem deployment is something we've considered, but the increase in complexity rules that out for now.

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    Comment #39556539

    Thank you! We're aiming to build a "minimally complete" tool, and it's a delicate balancing act. The app is responsive so you can actually use Flat on mobile, it's just not a great…

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    Comment #39555443

    We agree, there should be an editable grid view, and we're planning on adding that. In the meantime: you can do "quick edits" by hovering over a card and typing 'e' (or shift-click…

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    Show HN: Flat – simple task tracking that stays out of your way

    Hi HN! Flat’s a lot like Trello, but with a cleaner, simpler, friendlier UI and real discussion threads. Flat also sports a first-class GitHub integration. To take it for a spin wi…

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    Comment #38728325

    Thanks! Yes, our strategy is to integrate the minimally-sufficient set of pieces into one coherent experience, to eliminate exactly that need for jumping around between different a…

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    Show HN: Flat – a minimalist teamwork app that protects focus (live demo)

    Hi HN! We're Seth, Andrew, & Marcin. After a decade of wanting a simple, lightweight teamwork tool and not finding one, we decided to build one ourselves. We’re calling it Flat, an…