Could use Asana
Or Linear. The only project management tool I enjoy using as a developer.
SaaS tools that get things done for tech startups
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#42Good list. It's a little surprising that Google still can't bundle a better chat application in Google Workspace.
I think it is do with company culture. It is an email and docs heavy culture so a lot of collaboration happens on that.
If they were chat heavy like most other organisations seem to be, they would put more effort into building features that others seem to want.
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#43Papertrail used to be awesome, until the SW acquisition. I've been very happy with LogDNA/Mezmo as a replacement (no affiliation, just a happy customer!).
Been using logdna for a while now and only wished I started using it sooner. My only complaint is lack of mobile ux/ui
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#44Travis CI and Solarwinds on the list eh...
They started in 2017 when I think Travis was still a viable option, especially for those that already knew how to use it.
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#45I'm not a dev, so some of the dev specific tools I can't speak to, but after looking through this list, for biz admin I suggest looking at Zoho One -- it literally has 90 percent of the tools already and they're integrated, for one price per user. It's been incredible for me as a freelancer to have one place and one price for all my needs: docs, mail, social, email campaigns, transactional email, website, crm, invoic…
If you had to criticize Zoho One, what would you say?
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#46Re: SaaS tools that get things done for tech startups
#47expensify -> brex sendgrid -> mailgun travis -> probably anything else
> expensify -> brex
Brex is a shitty company that doesn't want your business[1] unless you're a VC money pit.
1. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/17/brex-drops-small-business-cu...
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#48Travis CI and Solarwinds on the list eh...
I'd go for Grafana Cloud over Papertrail.
The $7/month papertrail account seems to be just 1 GB/month of logs which is pretty trivial. With grafana you get 50 GB/month plus everything else.
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#49expensify -> brex sendgrid -> mailgun travis -> probably anything else
As someone who moved from Mandrill to Sendgrid, and not exactly satisfied...can you tell me what Mailgun does better?
Skip Mailgun and go straight to Postmark. Phenomenal delivery rates.
They were recently acquired by ActiveCampaign though so hopefully things don't change.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yea reading HN comments gives me the impression most of the readership has never had to manage anything of complexity beyond their "homelab".
When I was younger I thought it is cool to be admin and have access to stuff, run things on my own being like Neo in Matrix. Then I had admin access to wi-fi router in dorm, it stopped being funny when people shitty laptops could not connect and they would blame you or for any kind of connection issue for that matter :) Then I had a job with support duty, 1 A.M. calls because you need to check logs are not cool. Now…
Yep. Again, the nuance of this point is lost on the "homelab" crowd, but if you're in a software business, your software is what your business is.
Not running a monitoring platform, not running a logging system, not building your own PaaS. Outsource this as much as possible to 3rd-party agents with a sizable economy of scale.
Nearly all engineering teams(outside of FAANG) simply aren't resourced to re-invent the wheel over and over, especially when it means providing after-hours support for the wheel as well.