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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 springogeek »

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…

A couple quick suggestions:

Allow the default currency for debts to change :) I'm based in England, so Dollars don't help me.

On the People list, make the whole list entry clickable, not just the name.

The list of "Country" is not sorted and slow to load.

Can we add other kinds of relatives, not just SOs and children. What about siblings or Uncles?

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

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Post by LordKano »

robinhood wrote: post #252
LordKano wrote: post #222

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My first thought was that it can be subpoenaed. For example: if, unbeknownst to you, two of your friends were involved in some kind of criminal conspiracy and you had spoken/met with both of them near the time it was known that they had met, an enterprising prosecutor could use your record of having met with them to accuse you of having taken part.

Hum. Is there anything I can do to prevent that?

I can't think of any good, practical way to do it.

Theoretically, running the software on a server in Sealand or something like that would put the physical hardware beyond the reach of a subpoena but then, they could lock you up for contempt if you don't give your password to it.

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

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Post by huac »

confounded wrote: post #357
cosinetau wrote: post #353

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This product is dangerous to privacy. It's easy to imagine how this data could be exploited if Monica is sold to Facebook, Google, etc. How are you working to guarantee my data is protected from any manner use outside my own?

As these things go, the privacy policy is excellent, and can be read in under a minute: https://monicahq.com/privacy.html

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

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Post by billpg »

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…

How much will it cost? (Your service, not hosting my own copy.)

If its free, how will you pay for your costs? (Ads? Selling my data?)

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

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Post by kaushalmodi »

tripu wrote: post #503

“You know all those birthdays you forget? And when you last called your grandmother? When you last had coffee with that ex-colleague? Who did you lend that book to again?” I solve all these (first-world) problems easily with Remember The Milk [ https://www.rememberthemilk.com/ ] — an underestimated tool, IMHO, to which I am loyal. The four examples above are one-liners in RTM: Congratulate Alice on her birthday ^23 N…

I have a similar comment, just using Todoist instead.. I switched from RTM Pro to Todoist Premium few months back.

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

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Post by lucb1e »

UweSchmidt wrote: post #417
lucb1e wrote: post #396

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Well I'm glad this isn't .NET, or almost as bad, Electron. I think web is a fine choice, provided it's open source and self-hostable for those who care.

What's wrong with .NET? Even if you don't like programming with it you'd get a native application.

That I don't use Microsoft Windows.
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