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New comment by memn0nis in "Show HN: Connect Google Sheets to MongoDB"

memn0nis — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 01:42:20 +0000

Does anyone else use MongoDB but do most of their analysis in Google Sheets?

We were tired of exporting MongoDB to JSON, then converting JSON to CSV, then copy-pasting into Google Sheets and doing index-matches to consolidate collections. So we built a tool to automate it!

MongoToSheet quick exports your MongoDB collections into Google Sheets automatically. Feel free to sign up on our website (it's free).

Show HN: Connect Google Sheets to MongoDB

memn0nis — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 01:42:20 +0000

Article URL: https://mongotosheet.losslesshq.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23546753

Points: 4

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Ask HN: Does anyone else want to chat?

memn0nis — Thu, 07 May 2020 15:18:35 +0000

As a social experiment / way to meet new people, I'm spending the day meeting new people at this zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/7852785404

Come say hi if you'd like! You also welcome just listen in / work silently.

A little bit about me: I graduated from college in 2016 with a degree in CS. Then spent a couple years in management consulting and private equity, before starting a SaaS company in SF this past winter.

I'm broadly interested in economics, finance and politics. I've also been thinking hard about what changes to the world will persist after the quarantines end. My golden-doodle may make an appearance from time to time as well :)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23103978

Points: 5

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Using Shared Slack Channels to Improve Trial Conversion Rates

memn0nis — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 15:22:57 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.acrossapp.com/using-shared-slack-channels-to-improve-trial-conversion-rates/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22987778

Points: 1

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Guide to Using Shared Slack Channels with Customers

memn0nis — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 03:23:37 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.acrossapp.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-using-shared-slack-channels-with-your-customers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22984100

Points: 2

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New comment by memn0nis in "Ask HN: How to turn a “toy” side project into a business?"

memn0nis — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:52:07 +0000

It's not an ad. It's genuinely a hobby project... We have not made any money on it. There are teams at those companies using our app, not the companies themselves.

My email address and main job / company are in my profile btw.

New comment by memn0nis in "Ask HN: How to turn a “toy” side project into a business?"

memn0nis — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:18:01 +0000

Yeah we need better language. It's just a fun way for teams to stay connected. So for $1 a day a company can add it to as many channels / use it for as many teams they want.

New comment by memn0nis in "Ask HN: How to turn a “toy” side project into a business?"

memn0nis — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:13:52 +0000

We've priced it relatively high at first, but we've also put the language "If you want to get on the paid plan for Hallway, but don't want to pay, just email us at support@hallway.chat with a link to yourself sharing Hallway on social media and we'll give you a discount"

We can look into adding tiers

New comment by memn0nis in "Ask HN: How to turn a “toy” side project into a business?"

memn0nis — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:13:15 +0000

Great article, thanks for sharing

New comment by memn0nis in "Ask HN: How to turn a “toy” side project into a business?"

memn0nis — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:12:56 +0000

New comment by memn0nis in "Ask HN: How to turn a “toy” side project into a business?"

memn0nis — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:09:19 +0000

Thanks for the advice! We don't store phone numbers, but that's great advice to ask users for language to use.

Regarding channels, we posted on product hunt and then I think they are mostly word of mouth

New comment by memn0nis in "Ask HN: How to turn a “toy” side project into a business?"

memn0nis — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 21:55:24 +0000

Btw we just added the paid tier today!

New comment by memn0nis in "Ask HN: How to turn a “toy” side project into a business?"

memn0nis — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 21:53:19 +0000

Oh it posts hangout rooms every X hours in any channel you want so you and your colleagues can have a 10 minute chat. It's a fun break from work

New comment by memn0nis in "Ask HN: How to turn a “toy” side project into a business?"

memn0nis — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 19:29:42 +0000

Yeah they have video rooms... Hallway can use any video room software

Ask HN: How to turn a “toy” side project into a business?

memn0nis — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:05:18 +0000

We launched http://hallway.chat a couple weeks ago and since then hundreds of teams have signed up. They're all free users, but daily usage is pretty high.

Hallway started as a fun side project / "toy app". It creates temporary video rooms in Slack for teams to connect and make working from home less lonely.

I wanted to ask if anyone has any ideas about how to think about turning this into an actual business given there seems to be some interest?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22813573

Points: 104

# Comments: 55

New comment by memn0nis in "Ask HN: How do you implement “user impersonation” support?"

memn0nis — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 23:15:26 +0000

This is really helpful. And good guidance on thinking really hard about whether it's needed.

When do companies usually start not allowing this? I've heard of even facebook and google having this functionality?

Ask HN: How do you implement “user impersonation” support?

memn0nis — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 21:25:13 +0000

What are best practices for implementing a support system where support agents / engineers can see the app as the user sees it, including any bugs which may be occurring based on that user's data?

Do most companies build this themselves with role based access control, access logging, automatically blocking any sensitive customer data or PII? Or are there tools on the market that do this?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22798047

Points: 9

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