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Panic never stops surprising me. You'd think you had them figured out, they keep jumping onto another shelf. It must be fun to work at Panic. It reminds me of

by keyle 7y ago

Panic never stops surprising me. You'd think you had them figured out, they keep jumping onto another shelf. It must be fun to work at Panic. It reminds me of how tech companies were in the 90s. Clear mission, but open horizon.

lostgame 7y ago
I've been using their software for easily 14 years. It's really cool to see them expanding like this.
- closetohome 7y ago
  It says something that their primary product is a $50 FTP client and I actually don't mind paying for it.
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littleweep 7y ago
To me it seems like very unclear mission
- culturestate 7y ago
  Their mission, as far as I understand it, is to make software that they enjoy making and do it really well. They had an idea for a software gaming platform and decided they needed hardware to support it, which seems to fit nicely within that goal.
- larrywright 7y ago
  You’re assuming that their mission is something narrow, like “Build world class software for MacOS and iOS”, when it’s probably something much broader like “Build really cool stuff”. To me this is the dream: a company that is so successful that you get to take risks and build cool things that you want to exist.
walkingolof 7y ago
It is partially designed by https://teenage.engineering https://teenage.engineering of Sweden, they apparently among other things came up with the crank.
- cpach 7y ago
  I was really surprised to hear this. Although I live in Sweden I don’t think I’ve ever heard about TE before. Usually Spotify and Klarna gets the majority of the tech news coverage around here. TE seems like a really interesting company!
  - bbx 7y ago
    Very well known in the music/synth world thanks to their OP-1, which I bought 2 weeks ago: https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1 https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1 It looks like a toy, and kind of plays like one, but it's actually a marvellous piece of gear, very capable musically, and providing a fantastic user experience. There's just nothing else like it out there. The company itself is very unique. Just look at what they came up with [1] for OP-1 accessories: brick LEGO shafts, a bender, and a crank, like the one for Coda. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COVNwdMld8Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COVNwdMld8Q
    - tsukurimashou 7y ago
      You can still buy the OP-1? Last time I checked they were out of stock and you could only grab them on ebay (and you had to pay extra bucks)
      - whywhywhywhy 7y ago
        They restocked at some point in the last few months but sold out instantly.
        tecleandor 7y ago
        It's available again, but the price went up considerably, from around $850 to $1300, theoretically, because some design changes needed due to some components not available anymore.
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by keyle 7y ago

lostgame 7y ago

I've been using their software for easily 14 years. It's really cool to see them expanding like this.

closetohome 7y ago
It says something that their primary product is a $50 FTP client and I actually don't mind paying for it.
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littleweep 7y ago

To me it seems like very unclear mission

culturestate 7y ago
Their mission, as far as I understand it, is to make software that they enjoy making and do it really well. They had an idea for a software gaming platform and decided they needed hardware to support it, which seems to fit nicely within that goal.
larrywright 7y ago
You’re assuming that their mission is something narrow, like “Build world class software for MacOS and iOS”, when it’s probably something much broader like “Build really cool stuff”. To me this is the dream: a company that is so successful that you get to take risks and build cool things that you want to exist.

walkingolof 7y ago

It is partially designed by https://teenage.engineering https://teenage.engineering of Sweden, they apparently among other things came up with the crank.

cpach 7y ago
I was really surprised to hear this. Although I live in Sweden I don’t think I’ve ever heard about TE before. Usually Spotify and Klarna gets the majority of the tech news coverage around here. TE seems like a really interesting company!
- bbx 7y ago
  Very well known in the music/synth world thanks to their OP-1, which I bought 2 weeks ago: https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1 https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1 It looks like a toy, and kind of plays like one, but it's actually a marvellous piece of gear, very capable musically, and providing a fantastic user experience. There's just nothing else like it out there. The company itself is very unique. Just look at what they came up with [1] for OP-1 accessories: brick LEGO shafts, a bender, and a crank, like the one for Coda. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COVNwdMld8Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COVNwdMld8Q
  - tsukurimashou 7y ago
    You can still buy the OP-1? Last time I checked they were out of stock and you could only grab them on ebay (and you had to pay extra bucks)
    - whywhywhywhy 7y ago
      They restocked at some point in the last few months but sold out instantly.
      - tecleandor 7y ago
        It's available again, but the price went up considerably, from around $850 to $1300, theoretically, because some design changes needed due to some components not available anymore.

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