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Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by eddiecalzone »

CrackpotGonzo wrote: post #111
robinhood wrote: post #5

Founder here. Here to answer any questions you might have. The site is not perfect, it's not mobile optimized, there are probably bugs, there is a gazillion features missing, no APIs but it's a labour of love, open-source and I hope it will help people other than me. I want to grow this product but I need to know what you need, people. Edit: sorry for the bugs I see on my server popping here and there. Didnt expect t…

One thought is that it would extremely useful to be able to interact over SMS: log events, contacts, receive reminders etc. Love the idea, keep it up!

Email is less sexy but free. XMPP support gets you quick/dirty Slack and Hipchat integration. Something like a Hubot extension could be a fun way to interact as well. Or Alexa/Home! Or IFTTT. Ok then, maybe just an open API?

It's too bad all of the metadata around a contact can't be kept with the contact in a portable way, and then Monica could just be an API for pointing at CardDAV and other contact servers, and a UI for interacting with them in unique ways. Personal clouds, etc.

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by xyclos »

anonu wrote: post #100
rsync wrote: post #82

I built one of these for myself in 1995 and have been happily using it ever since. Here's the source code: 0 0 19 7 * /usr/bin/mail -s "REMINDER: john T. birthday" me@mydomain.com 0 0 1 8 * /usr/bin/mail -s "REMINDER: MAKE xmas hotel reservations NOW for good pricing..." me@mydomain.com

You make your xmas hotel reservations on January 8? :) That's thinking ahead...

first day of August not January 8

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by robinhood »

rakoo wrote: post #147
robinhood wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't it weird though to put stars on people?

You wouldn't put stars on people but on relationships... it's something you can have am effect on, so I wouldn't mind rating it !

Ohhh I see the subtitly. That is an awesome idea. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by DonCarlitos »

Great idea. Good luck. I did notice a few grammatical and spelling errors on the homepage. Easily corrected. And, the content reads like a non-English speaker wrote it. Also easily remedied. The initial page needs to reflect the creativity of the idea and the professional nature of the developers. I could help, as could many others...

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv »

rsync wrote: post #82

I built one of these for myself in 1995 and have been happily using it ever since. Here's the source code: 0 0 19 7 * /usr/bin/mail -s "REMINDER: john T. birthday" me@mydomain.com 0 0 1 8 * /usr/bin/mail -s "REMINDER: MAKE xmas hotel reservations NOW for good pricing..." me@mydomain.com

I also use Cron for the same purposes; for one-time events, especially further in the future, I use a combination of at and mail.

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by sharmanaetor »

robinhood wrote: post #75
jonasvp wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is exactly what I need - but I signed up, closed the window and now I get an endless redirect loop after clicking on "Login" on the main page. Please fix so I can try it out! EDIT: It works when accessing https://app.monicahq.com/people - the endless redirect only affects https://app.monicahq.com/

Oh god it happens to me sometimes. I have NO idea why. I need to check.

It's a Laravel setting. When you are already logged in and try to access https://app.monicahq.com/ or https://app.monicahq.com/login etc., redirect to https://app.monicahq.com/dashboard instead of https://app.monicahq.com/. That should fix the endless loops.

Edit: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32130028/82135 might be what you are looking for.

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by gyrgtyn »

rsync wrote: post #82

I built one of these for myself in 1995 and have been happily using it ever since. Here's the source code: 0 0 19 7 * /usr/bin/mail -s "REMINDER: john T. birthday" me@mydomain.com 0 0 1 8 * /usr/bin/mail -s "REMINDER: MAKE xmas hotel reservations NOW for good pricing..." me@mydomain.com

Are you going to convert them all to systemd services? =p
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