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Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

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Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

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Post by busymom0 »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #15
devilkin wrote: post #12

Before I would even consider something like this: * Where's your privacy policy? * What/how are you handling the different customer protection laws? What juristictions are you working in? Where's the data hosted? * Where's the design description? * What encryption are you actually using? If you rolled your own, then well.. good luck. * How could you ensure end-to-end encryption over multiple protocols, without either…

> The site is also very flaky. Sometimes it loads, sometimes it doesn't. That's probably the HN front page effect to be fair.

Something is weird about the javascript or CSS on the site. When I first scroll down, many things didn't animate and didn't show. When I scroll up and then scroll back down again, then they animated in.

Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

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Post by Lalabadie »

mathiaspoint wrote: post #44

>Personal CRM Interesting to hear I'm not the only one who's found the need to write something like this.

It's a market! Kindest seems to have staying power: https://www.kindestapp.com

I first thought to share Clay (https://clay.earth) but I see they were acquired by Automattic recently.

Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

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Post by Jonovono »

hmokiguess wrote: post #53

Are there any open source clients for this out there? Also, if someone were to build that, what are the protocols one would even use to get these things talking to each other and reconciling the different accounts quirks

I think most of these are built using Matrix: https://matrix.org. They have connections with most providers like iMessage, FB, Instagram, etc

Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

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Post by DmitryDolgopolo »

DmitryDolgopolo wrote: post #10
kingnothing wrote: post #8

Not what I want to see from the homepage for an app that wants to read all of my messages. > Secure Connection Failed > An error occurred during a connection to useamber.app. PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR

lmao Seems like a DNS issue. Are you using VPN? We used Framer to host the site.

The Framer team wonders if you continue experiencing the same issue if you use a different browser. Hope this is helpful.

Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

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Post by swyx »

Jonovono wrote: post #55
hmokiguess wrote: post #53

Are there any open source clients for this out there? Also, if someone were to build that, what are the protocols one would even use to get these things talking to each other and reconciling the different accounts quirks

I think most of these are built using Matrix: https://matrix.org . They have connections with most providers like iMessage, FB, Instagram, etc

ok is there an "open source beeper" that has emerged that i can play with? cant use amber because closed source

Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

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Post by tulir »

swyx wrote: post #57
Jonovono wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think most of these are built using Matrix: https://matrix.org . They have connections with most providers like iMessage, FB, Instagram, etc

ok is there an "open source beeper" that has emerged that i can play with? cant use amber because closed source

The bridges made for Beeper are all open source (https://github.com/mautrix/), so you can set up your own Matrix server with bridges and use any open source Matrix client (https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/).

Besides Beeper, the only consumer bridge hosting service I'm aware of is Element One, but it's only barely maintained, so I'd definitely recommend self-hosting over that.

Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

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Post by Multicomp »

mathiaspoint wrote: post #44

>Personal CRM Interesting to hear I'm not the only one who's found the need to write something like this.

Monica CRM is one too, it sits abandoned on my still powered on raspi zero w because I don't have a queue habit set up to cause me to go check it, but it was nice as a digital personal Rolodex with more automation than just contacts app that's barely more than a vcard

Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

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Post by Defletter »

Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #42

I think beeper does have folders right? Also the fact is that I don't need AI included into this software. Its nice that it never touches your server but beeper is also moving forward in that direction and beeper is also open source and uses the matrix protocol so you can actually be free to use any matrix clients. What about yours? As someone who uses beeper for talking with insta chats with my friends, I have no re…

> Also the fact is that I don't need AI included into this software.

Yup, the fact that every new service now is AI-first is troubling... it's literally the first thing said about Amber when going on their website. My tab says "Amber — AI-enabled all-in-on...". It's like the only thing they want you to know about their service.

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