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New version of Monica, codename Chandler, is available in beta

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Re: New version of Monica, codename Chandler, is available in beta

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Post by kareemm »

pocketarc wrote: post #8
kareemm wrote: post #4

I’ve had “personal CRM” in my ideas file since 2003. In fact, I failed to convince a buddy to apply to the very first YC batch with it. Love the concept. But I’d love the landing page at beta.monicahq.com to describe what Monica (or in this case Chandler) actually does. A short video, some screenshots, anything… right now it’s not clear to me why I’d click “signup”.

I think it's just because that's their "app" login page, where you already know what it does and you already have an account. When I go to login to AWS or Datadog or whatever, the login page doesn't tell me what it does, either. Like you, though, I've also had "personal CRM" as a potential project for a very long time. Monica is a great step in that direction, and I've happily used it for many years, but it's not all…

Agreed. But I go to https://beta.monicahq.com I get redirected back to the login page. They're missing an opp to communicate what the product actually does beyond "personal CRM that's broadly different from our old one".

Re: New version of Monica, codename Chandler, is available in beta

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Post by Mashimo »

cornfutes wrote: post #6
Mashimo wrote: post #2

Why does it cost 9 USD per month? (Unless you self host)

Why does Google and Facebook cost $0 USD per month?

Because they sell your data. I'm not asking why this cost money, I understand that. I'm asking why it cost 9 USD per month.

Re: New version of Monica, codename Chandler, is available in beta

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Post by robinhood »

chetangoti wrote: post #17
robinhood wrote: post #12

Author here. Super happy with this release. It took us 18 months of working on it "side project style". Almost every night and weekends actually. It's a full rewrite of the current project, with its own advantages and disadvantages of a rewrite. I hope people who used it before and didn't like it, will give it another try this time. I hope that current users who love Monica, will love this new version even more.

Congratulations on the Beta and thank you for creating Monica. It states it(Chandler) does not have Import from existing Monica yet. Just wanted to get clarity on: will it get the Import option in future?

Yes we are working on it already. But it's no trivial task so it'll take a bit of time.

Re: New version of Monica, codename Chandler, is available in beta

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Post by robinhood »

billyjobob wrote: post #25

Is this a fork of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_(software) ? (If not, pretty confusing to have two apps that do similar things with the same name.)

Chandler is a codename. We'll keep Monica for as long as people will want the tool.

Re: New version of Monica, codename Chandler, is available in beta

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Post by ryangittins »

Funny, I just checked up on the status of this project yesterday! I've been on the lookout for a personal CRM for a long time and have had my eye on Monica for months.

It looks really promising but I could not for the life of me get it to run in the Docker container last time I tried. I have a dozen or so other Docker containers running without issue, so I don't think it's my setup. Are people reporting better success with Chandler when it comes to containerization? I'd love to use it but have spent too many hours trying to get it to work.

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