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An open-source alternative, Monica, has been discussed before: * (2018) "Monica – Personal CRM, Remember everything about friends and family" -> https://news.y

by akgvn 7y ago

An open-source alternative, Monica, has been discussed before: * (2018) "Monica – Personal CRM, Remember everything about friends and family" -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18318547 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18318547 * (2017) "Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family" -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14497295 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14497295

ksun 7y ago
Thanks for bringing this up! Monica is definitely an inspiration for what Dex is working on. I think it'd be fair to characterize two main contrasts: 1) Dex is for relationships that are both professional and personal 2) tries to be more integrated with existing workflows (using your calendar)
trilila 7y ago
Downvoting any “open source alternative” to anything as those are usually crapware.
- dang 7y ago
  "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
simulate 7y ago
I've been using Monica for a couple of years now and I'm very happy with it for my personal network. It's a great tool to remind me who is connected to whom and what to ask about before attending a party. The online version is here: https://app.monicahq.com/register https://app.monicahq.com/register
- shostack 7y ago
  Any thoughts on the security model for the hosted service?
  - o-__-o 7y ago
    We stopped using them at our workplacedue to compliance. they have a lot of issues and not interested in fixing them
    - zufallsheld 7y ago
      Can you expand on these issues?
      - o-__-o 7y ago
        No. But if you’re a startup you are probably okay. If you are a Fortune 500, probably not. May I recommend reaching out to their sales team to find their customers or better recent customers and why they left
        simulate 7y ago
        Why would you use Monica at a start-up or Fortune 500 company? I had assumed that Monica was purely for personal use. It never occurred to me that a start-up, much less a Fortune 500 company, would use Monica for anything.

by akgvn 7y ago

ksun 7y ago

Thanks for bringing this up! Monica is definitely an inspiration for what Dex is working on. I think it'd be fair to characterize two main contrasts: 1) Dex is for relationships that are both professional and personal 2) tries to be more integrated with existing workflows (using your calendar)

trilila 7y ago

Downvoting any “open source alternative” to anything as those are usually crapware.

dang 7y ago
"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

simulate 7y ago

I've been using Monica for a couple of years now and I'm very happy with it for my personal network. It's a great tool to remind me who is connected to whom and what to ask about before attending a party. The online version is here: https://app.monicahq.com/register https://app.monicahq.com/register

shostack 7y ago
Any thoughts on the security model for the hosted service?
- o-__-o 7y ago
  We stopped using them at our workplacedue to compliance. they have a lot of issues and not interested in fixing them
  - zufallsheld 7y ago
    Can you expand on these issues?
    - o-__-o 7y ago
      No. But if you’re a startup you are probably okay. If you are a Fortune 500, probably not. May I recommend reaching out to their sales team to find their customers or better recent customers and why they left
      - simulate 7y ago
        Why would you use Monica at a start-up or Fortune 500 company? I had assumed that Monica was purely for personal use. It never occurred to me that a start-up, much less a Fortune 500 company, would use Monica for anything.