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Re: Show HN: I made an app that consolidated 18 apps (doc, sheet, form, site, chat…)

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Post by bitzun »

YPPH wrote: post #49
harrisonlo wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can export everything in 1-click! It only supports JSON, HTML, CSV for now tho. PDF support will come at one point.

I don't mean any disrespect, but I made an incredibly basic doc - the JSON export is unlikely to be helpful, and the HTML export is essentially broken for a lot of features, such as an equation. I think that getting perfect PDF exports should definitely be up there on the priorities. Might help you hone the document model too.

This is the sort of question I would ask of the export route (vs the much preferable self-host route), thanks for testing it out. If one could export office formats, e.g. docx for docs that'd probably be the best.

The more I look at this app the more I'm impressed, though.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that consolidated 18 apps (doc, sheet, form, site, chat…)

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Post by lenova »

chime wrote: post #39

Great job on the launch. Your pricing is reasonable for small biz, but I'm unclear on what "Email" in https://nino.app/pricing means. Does that mean you offer email hosting like Outlook/Gmail or email support? For anyone not in the 365 corporate world looking for office apps, you're unfortunately competing with https://workspace.google.com/pricing , regardless of the unique feature set you offer. For anyone looking f…

> Your pricing is reasonable for small biz, but I'm unclear on what "Email" in https://nino.app/pricing means. Does that mean you offer email hosting like Outlook/Gmail or email support?

That's under their `Support` section (as in, they're offering support via email).

Re: Show HN: I made an app that consolidated 18 apps (doc, sheet, form, site, chat…)

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Post by harrisonlo »

samwillis wrote: post #24

I would love to know a little more about your tech stack and architecture? You say "Everything is saved locally by default", with full office support. Essentially you have built a "local-first" app, or about 10 of them! I would definitely play on that for marketing, the local-first place is getting quite a bit of buzz. (I'm biased, but I think 2024 if the year local-first is going to go mainstream) What tech are you…

It's on GCP and 99% "serverless" with TypeScript + React frontend. Flutter for mobile apps and Electron for desktop apps (planning to switch the desktop apps to Flutter too once their desktop frameworks are more stable)

Noted on the "local-first" term, thanks!

I thought about doing CRDT in the beginning, but because not every block type is text, I simplified the implementation to last write wins. Note that every paragraph is a block, so it's not like the entire page is overwritten. CRDT is still doable though.

There are real-time text cursors and block selections, but I intentionally did not implement Figma-style floating cursors that people may expect in certain modules. I thought it looks cool but doesn't offer much value, especially when you can already see what other people selected.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that consolidated 18 apps (doc, sheet, form, site, chat…)

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Post by JCharante »

It looks like Nino Sheet doesn't have the ability for chained functions, just applying 1 function to the column. I don't think it's a good replacement for Excel / Google Sheets. Can it get to that point given enough dev time? Absolutely.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that consolidated 18 apps (doc, sheet, form, site, chat…)

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Post by JCharante »

samstave wrote: post #52
supermatt wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

more than 50% of mobile users are using ios safari. https://www.statista.com/statistics/272664/market-share-held...

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Google chrome is worse. Safari on iOS has native features like auto-filling verification codes.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that consolidated 18 apps (doc, sheet, form, site, chat…)

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Post by rblatz »

pintxo wrote: post #28

As no one has asked so far, I’ll have to do it, how does this differentiate itself from Lotus Notes?

That was my exact thought. Sounds like a very similar idea. Would love to know what they are thinking would be the differentiator between Notes and their offering? Specifically the hat advantages they have that would lead them to think their offering would gain traction were as Notes has been on a long slow decline.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that consolidated 18 apps (doc, sheet, form, site, chat…)

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Post by tiffanyh »

1st, Congrats on shipping. This is a major milestone 99% of us don’t accomplish but you have.

2nd, Unsolicited feedback, the copy needs major editing:

- It’s focused on the “how”, when it should be about the “who & what” (who should buy this and what problem does it solve for them). I literally don’t know what this is for or if I’m a target buyer of needed solution. (Even your intro of the product here on HN is better than what I read on the site itself). Notion.com has good concise copy you might want to look at.

- focus on problem uses cases it solve, not implementation details (like how it can be a building block platform)

- Pricing page is very confusing. (A) There’s essentially no differentiation between the various price tiers, which is an issue and (b) it’s way too complex in what it shows.

- Address how your product is different than competition (than the all-in-one platforms like Zoho, Notion, - which I assume is your competition but still not 100% sure)

Wishing you all the best & success.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that consolidated 18 apps (doc, sheet, form, site, chat…)

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Post by laserDinosaur »

"Unlimited free trial"

I finally found the pricing page (it's strange only having it in the footer and not the top of the site), and I guess you are referring to the free tier. Which is both NOT a trial (it doesn't expire) and NOT unlimited (there's a 10K block limit).

The copy there is confusing since it's actually the opposite - a limited free tier.

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