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I built https://team-today.com https://team-today.com in a lock down as a way for my remote team to see when people are on holiday, going to site, or wfh. Sinc

I built https://team-today.com https://team-today.com in a lock down as a way for my remote team to see when people are on holiday, going to site, or wfh. Since then it’s grown to include other features like desk booking and PTO approvals. But at it’s all been built around the core concept of seeing when your colleagues are working and where they’re planning on working from.

mrichman 4y ago
Nice! What's your tech stack and how long did it take to build your MVP? Can you share your current revenue and expenses?
- andyish 4y ago
  React, Java, AWS. Took us about 6 weeks to build the initial MVP, each feature we add took a similar amount of time to implement, we typically iterate over things three times. We build something, make it better, then make it perfect. So far so good.
  - mrichman 4y ago
    Cool. EC2, ECS, EKS, Serverless?
robofanatic 4y ago
Great job! How did you convince users to trust an unknown site to store their personal data? This is one the things holding me back from implementing my side project ideas. I personally know that I won’t misuse users data but how do I really convince users.
- lofaszvanitt 4y ago
  People just don't care about their data...
  - robofanatic 4y ago
    Well, if you are a known brand then maybe true to some extent.
  - jay-barronville 4y ago
    Ding, ding, ding! This is correct. I was just ranting to my wife about this. Haha. I always wonder, “How are these random companies able to convince folks to just give them personal data like that?” And of course, I already know the answer: Practically speaking, most folks don’t give a damn about their data! That’s unfortunate. (Well, not so unfortunate for the companies collecting all of it and their data brokers!)
    - lofaszvanitt 4y ago
      They don't feel it on themselves, hence there is no problem. The minute they start to feel some negative sensation, it would be a problem for them.
- andyish 4y ago
  We integrate into MS and Google which holds personal information such as names but we do make an effort to reduce the amount of personal information we hold. The real difficulty is getting government or financial institutions to buy in, they have LONG approvals processes and require proof that certain security practices are being adhered to (ISO27001 helps but is costly).
jay-barronville 4y ago
This looks like a great product, Andrew! Congrats — I wish you all the best.
- andyish 4y ago
  Thanks Jay

mrichman 4y ago

Nice! What's your tech stack and how long did it take to build your MVP? Can you share your current revenue and expenses?

andyish 4y ago
React, Java, AWS. Took us about 6 weeks to build the initial MVP, each feature we add took a similar amount of time to implement, we typically iterate over things three times. We build something, make it better, then make it perfect. So far so good.
- mrichman 4y ago
  Cool. EC2, ECS, EKS, Serverless?

robofanatic 4y ago

Great job! How did you convince users to trust an unknown site to store their personal data? This is one the things holding me back from implementing my side project ideas. I personally know that I won’t misuse users data but how do I really convince users.

lofaszvanitt 4y ago
People just don't care about their data...
- robofanatic 4y ago
  Well, if you are a known brand then maybe true to some extent.
- jay-barronville 4y ago
  Ding, ding, ding! This is correct. I was just ranting to my wife about this. Haha. I always wonder, “How are these random companies able to convince folks to just give them personal data like that?” And of course, I already know the answer: Practically speaking, most folks don’t give a damn about their data! That’s unfortunate. (Well, not so unfortunate for the companies collecting all of it and their data brokers!)
  - lofaszvanitt 4y ago
    They don't feel it on themselves, hence there is no problem. The minute they start to feel some negative sensation, it would be a problem for them.
andyish 4y ago
We integrate into MS and Google which holds personal information such as names but we do make an effort to reduce the amount of personal information we hold. The real difficulty is getting government or financial institutions to buy in, they have LONG approvals processes and require proof that certain security practices are being adhered to (ISO27001 helps but is costly).

jay-barronville 4y ago

This looks like a great product, Andrew! Congrats — I wish you all the best.

andyish 4y ago
Thanks Jay