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Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

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Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

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Post by Harmohit »

lele0108 wrote: post #22
idoh wrote: post #13

What's the story around getting into YC in 2019 and then launching in '24? I'm guessing there were some interesting pivots along the way ...

You are right. We came in letting hosts open experience stores in Airbnbs (try on an Oculus at a hosts home). Difficult to attribute our sales so we moved on. COVID hit and we had the itch to look at the browser in a different light. Building a browser seemed intimidating...but it was quarantine. Long story short, built a few different ideas and here we are :)

Building a browser does seem intimidating! What technical considerations made you finally take it seriously? Any advice for folks trying to do the same or taking on another intimidating project?

Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

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Post by aranibatta »

kisonecat wrote: post #40

Totally evokes the good memories I have of "Google Wave" as a way for folks to collaborate on rich documents. Super cool.

Google Wave for the web has been one of the more popular ways to describe Muddy. I didn't see it at first, but I'll take it :)

Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

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Post by aranibatta »

TIPSIO wrote: post #20
yohannparis wrote: post #19

An integration with current chat system (Slack, Teams, etc.) would be neat. Changing where the work happens is a big ask in my opinion.

I can't really imagine how integration with them would work. I don't want to speak for the Muddy people, but I wager they probably think chat app is kind of miserable experience. This instead tries to have a superior offering of something cleaner, easier to visualize where things are, and then move that "slack/teams" type convo to specific comments and tasks.

Yeah, unfortunately there's no real way to deliver on a consumer experience on top of another browser. Craziest implementation I can think of is writing a MacOS app that's a wrapper, but obvious distribution/compatibility issues there.

Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

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Post by aranibatta »

jerrygenser wrote: post #14

I spent a little time googling around but even wayback machine is only showing results in 2024 for the domain. Was there a different project that was being worked on previously? Or is this the only product being launched since YC S19?

Previous projects of ours include: sail.online nototo.app

This is the first one with real traction and retention, so it's the first time we started to share on HN. Wanted to make sure it was GA and not a waitlist before we came here

Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

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Post by aranibatta »

sonicanatidae wrote: post #24

Is there a listing of what data is sent back to your servers and how that data is stored/handled? I work in a secure environment. I like the idea of this app, but leakage is a huge factor for my teams. That aside, I've already downloaded a copy and plan to try it out in a non-secure environment. The concepts here look like a great idea. GL and thanks!

Nothing sophisticated right now unfortunately. But we're planning on releasing a version where all servers, models, and build CI for the app are self-managed. Let me know if that's of interest.

Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

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Post by aranibatta »

webappguy wrote: post #39
TIPSIO wrote: post #15

The feature for sending messaging and posting comments to a tab is some pretty clever and creative UX. Seriously next level future stuff and congrats for just coming up with the concept. I like that it's all timeline based. For my use case, we currently use Front email thread and then link to a Shared Dropbox where we post everything (including links to like a Google Doc or webpage). I think having chronological book…

Integrating an AI tab organizer of which they’re very few and the chrome one is essentially garbage, would make this a definite purchase for me. The AI should organize my own tabs and the ones I share

yup, that's Muddy. One of our users described it as a self healing slack channel with tab groups.
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