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Looks like Level is dead fyi https://www.derrickreimer.com/essays/2019/05/17/im-walking-away-from-the-product-i-spent-a-year-building.html https://www.derrickr

• satvikpendem 5y ago
  Indeed, I included it to show that even though everyone might seem like they're clamoring for deep work products, the reality is that sometimes people just don't care enough. Level's founder Derrick Reimer had a hypothesis that people hated Slack (and particularly its interrupting notifications) that he wanted to make a product that was async. Turns out people don't actually care enough to change their entire communications workflow.
  • blacktriangle 5y ago
    I think the bigger problem there is missing who the real customer is. Slacks pay-for features are targeted not at the users but at management, and management gets to dictate tools more often than not. Individual developers would absolutely jump on an async platform, but they're not the decision maker.
• joelrunyon 5y ago
  he's working on savvycal.com now - similar space.