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The chat part, channels, tagging and upload of asset isn't enough, there are already alternatives to slack offering this that are open source.
I love what you're offering, I hope you get there.
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Feels like the more important question is how are you going to do all these things when Slack cuts you off, or there is some new Slack policy that prevents it, or they increase their pricing by 1000% Haven’t you basically built your entire business on this singular proprietary platform they you have almost no control over?
> Feels like the more important question is how are you going to do all these things when Slack cuts you off I pay Slack $50k/year. They have no reason to shut me off. > or there is some new Slack policy that prevents it Prevents what exactly? The new API pricing they introduced doesn't apply to internal apps. I suppose they could apply it to internal apps. We'd have to figure out a path around it > or they increase…
Until they get bought by Broadcom and deem you too small to waste time on.
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> Feels like the more important question is how are you going to do all these things when Slack cuts you off I pay Slack $50k/year. They have no reason to shut me off. > or there is some new Slack policy that prevents it Prevents what exactly? The new API pricing they introduced doesn't apply to internal apps. I suppose they could apply it to internal apps. We'd have to figure out a path around it > or they increase…
> I pay Slack $50k/year. They have no reason to shut me off. Until they get bought by Broadcom and deem you too small to waste time on.
This woyld make inviting people from other orgs incredibly easy.
Slack but better UX/pricing, sure, but the real reason everyone is on Slack is network effects and integrations. External partners force you onto Slack even if you hate the pricing, and there is other lock-in (CI/CD webhooks, monitoring alerts, support ticketing). I like the concept, but there are reasons why everyone doesn't just switch to something like https://once.com/campfire which is self-hostable and completel…
Are you planning to enable a local only version of chat history and maybe an option for local first instancing? In my line of work Slack is basically a non-starter due to the off sight and non-employee managed nature of the storage/centralized transport and pass-through nature of their business model. I would love to be able to have something similar for my various teams and employee groupings, almost everything we do is asynchronous comms via email or direct phone calls. Being able to act like it’s 2026 instead of 1997 would be a huge win for me.
I'm with you on the frustration with Slack and every month when I see our bill I consider forcing the company to change. My co-founder and I tried moving to Google Chat. We already pay for workspace so why not. What kept us on slack is the external partners who are on slack. This is a bigger deal than you might think. Google chat doesn't allow you to add external members unless they were added at the creation of the…
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Then your iteration stays ~ the same.
Well, there's one more hard requirement. We need the tool to work in Spanish. It's unbelievable how many apps refuse to localize their app, taking into account how easy it is too keep a good localized app in many languages. You're early stage, so this would be a good time adding i18n, l10n. If you want help dealing with that, I can help.
not doubting it's useful but it feels very vibecoded
> Async messages for deep work. Real-time chat when it matters. Work across timezones without the noise.
What does that even mean?
I encourage you to rewrite the copy and drop the emoji.
your CTA at the top is "join waitlist_" with that funky underscore cursor but there's a free version I can "get started free" now? doesn't add up
also I think the winner approach here open core like twenty.com. let people build on it, but charge for hosting it
just my $0.02. good luck!