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Launch HN: Tandem (YC S19) – A Virtual Office for Remote Teams

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Re: Launch HN: Tandem (YC S19) – A Virtual Office for Remote Teams

#31
I'm happy to see more virtual offices being built!

My company internally built and then open-sourced Qube[1], which has a lot of similarities, but just integrates with Slack and Zoom. A lot less ambitious, I'd say, but we're very happy with it.

[1] https://github.com/seeq12/qube

Re: Launch HN: Tandem (YC S19) – A Virtual Office for Remote Teams

#32
post #4

Will give this a try. As a remote team, this is the sort of stuff we’re always interested in iterating and improving upon. I will say, the pricing feels like it will be a deal breaker. The product will need to add a ton of value to justify that price point. I’d honestly expect something like this to be closer to 4 or 5 dollars per month per person. What’s the best way to share feedback with the team?

Thanks for the feedback! We have Intercom integrated, so you can ping us founders directly from the app. Would love to get your thoughts after you've tried it with your team.

Will do! Best of luck to you and the team.

Re: Launch HN: Tandem (YC S19) – A Virtual Office for Remote Teams

#34

I'm happy to see more virtual offices being built! My company internally built and then open-sourced Qube[1], which has a lot of similarities, but just integrates with Slack and Zoom. A lot less ambitious, I'd say, but we're very happy with it. [1] https://github.com/seeq12/qube

This is really cool. It reminds me of Sococo but way more integrated with the tools out there. Any chance I could give it a try? What happens when you click the slack button in the team list? You can send a direct message to that teammate?

Re: Launch HN: Tandem (YC S19) – A Virtual Office for Remote Teams

#36
post #16

We use Tandem extensively: the killer feature is that during screenshares you get to control a pointer that the other person can see on their screen, which makes pair programming over Tandem feel basically the same as in person. It was especially useful when onboarding a dev onto a new section of code that they had never touched before, and also when unblocking someone who was having trouble learning to use the IDE.

Is this different from what Slack and Zoom can do already? Not trying to knock it, just curious. My office is about to get a little more remote, and I was considering getting everyone into Discord, so I'm very interested in trying this.

Re: Launch HN: Tandem (YC S19) – A Virtual Office for Remote Teams

#37
post #7

After reading these projects, I’m curious why people can’t leave a paper note or memo on the desk.

Interesting - can you say more?

Yes, I can. Paper is the best form of asynchronous communication, requiring neither electricity or complex authentication schemes. By placing a piece of paper on the side of another person’s desk as quietly as possible, one would ensure that the person will be alerted to a necessary matter when they have the time to inspect their physical inbox.

It also indicates the matter is important enough for the original person to walk up and deliver a note.

Re: Launch HN: Tandem (YC S19) – A Virtual Office for Remote Teams

#38
post #27

This is exactly what I've been hoping someone would build, thank you and congrats!

Thanks! It's not the secret to life, the universe, and everything...or is it?

I would love to hear some more about your vision; "virtual office for remote teams" leaves a lot of room for potential product growth. A teammate saw IntelliJ on your integrations list, for example. I think he was hoping it allowed for remote code pairing, but I think right now that just means the application name support

Re: Launch HN: Tandem (YC S19) – A Virtual Office for Remote Teams

#39

I'm happy to see more virtual offices being built! My company internally built and then open-sourced Qube[1], which has a lot of similarities, but just integrates with Slack and Zoom. A lot less ambitious, I'd say, but we're very happy with it. [1] https://github.com/seeq12/qube

This is really cool. It reminds me of Sococo but way more integrated with the tools out there. Any chance I could give it a try? What happens when you click the slack button in the team list? You can send a direct message to that teammate?

We used to use Sococo and got frustrated and abandoned it a couple years back, actually.

If you hit the Slack button it opens a link to that Slack chat. If you are in a room with a group it'll open a group DM to the other people present. (I personally rarely use the Slack button because any given DM or channel in Slack is only ever alt+tab and ctrl+k away, but that's just me.)

Re: Launch HN: Tandem (YC S19) – A Virtual Office for Remote Teams

#40
post #33

I used to be a big fan of a similar tool https://www.sococo.com/ . However it seems to have stopped getting much love in recent years. Seems like Tandem is cheaper and has some nice extra features - so looking forward to trying it out!

Awesome! Yes we’ve taken a more functional, less literal approach than Sococo. Bernat likes to draw an analogy that the first washing machine was a wheel of hand-shaped paddles. We think we’ve found something much better and less skeptical.
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