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You might be interested in https://thorny.io https://thorny.io - an interactive notebook for decision-making. It's purpose is to capture design-rationale and b

You might be interested in https://thorny.io https://thorny.io - an interactive notebook for decision-making. It's purpose is to capture design-rationale and bring it to life so that as you refine your reasoning, the changes ripple through your decisions. It can help communicating complicated design decisions that can be awkward to capture in prose. It's intended to be very low-friction so more like markdown than old requirements management or decision support systems. My dream is that it can help us tackle decisions so complicated we usually give-up e.g. when multiple decisions impact each other. I am currently in beta and I'd love to talk to anyone interested in the topic. Please drop me a line at duncan at thorny.io.

SyneRyder 8y ago
That looks intriguing, though I'd be more interested if it was a desktop app rather than a website. It reminds me a bit of Soulver, though Soulver is focused more on numbers & calculations: https://www.acqualia.com/soulver/ https://www.acqualia.com/soulver/
- duncanawoods 8y ago
  Soulver is very cool! We have lots of tools for calculations it's funny we have so few for reasoning. If beta-users find the web-app useful then I can release native apps but I must resist until its proven!
  - SyneRyder 8y ago
    Ahhh, excellent! I definitely agree with proving the demand for an app before spending time expanding it. Great strategy!
Pamar 8y ago
I second the preference for a desktop app - if I decide to use it in my job, I can either ask the company to pay for a licence, or even just buy it myself if the price is not too high... but getting approval for having company data on someoneelse's systems would be a uphill battle.
- duncanawoods 8y ago
  Yep, I understand. It's the plan. The stage I'm at is that it is experimental and I need to iterate features/usability to make it useful before going native. It has been written offline-first with tech suitable for shipping cross-platform native apps.
chrisweekly 8y ago
Looks interesting -- and actually answers the OP's question! Thanks!

SyneRyder 8y ago

That looks intriguing, though I'd be more interested if it was a desktop app rather than a website. It reminds me a bit of Soulver, though Soulver is focused more on numbers & calculations: https://www.acqualia.com/soulver/ https://www.acqualia.com/soulver/

duncanawoods 8y ago
Soulver is very cool! We have lots of tools for calculations it's funny we have so few for reasoning. If beta-users find the web-app useful then I can release native apps but I must resist until its proven!
- SyneRyder 8y ago
  Ahhh, excellent! I definitely agree with proving the demand for an app before spending time expanding it. Great strategy!

Pamar 8y ago

I second the preference for a desktop app - if I decide to use it in my job, I can either ask the company to pay for a licence, or even just buy it myself if the price is not too high... but getting approval for having company data on someoneelse's systems would be a uphill battle.

duncanawoods 8y ago
Yep, I understand. It's the plan. The stage I'm at is that it is experimental and I need to iterate features/usability to make it useful before going native. It has been written offline-first with tech suitable for shipping cross-platform native apps.

chrisweekly 8y ago

Looks interesting -- and actually answers the OP's question! Thanks!