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I can recommend: * Hetzner.de for servers (I've been using their physical servers for many years now, incredible performance per € spent) * Fernand as your CR

by jwr 7mo ago

I can recommend: * Hetzner.de for servers (I've been using their physical servers for many years now, incredible performance per € spent) * Fernand as your CRM, it's smooth and nice and so much better and faster than all the zendesks and freshdesks it's not even funny. (https://getfernand.com/ https://getfernand.com/) * AISLER if you design electronics and need to make PCBs (https://aisler.net/ https://aisler.net/)

matt-p 7mo ago
AISLER are AMAZING at printing boards, but sadly are very very expensive for assembly. Love them though.
deepsun 7mo ago
Thanks, just a note that by "CRM" people typically think of Sales (Salesforce, Hubspot etc), not Support (zendesks and freshdesks).
- perch56 7mo ago
  Ehm sorry but no. CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management so … a support ticket is, by definition, a customer relationship event. Salesforce spending millions to conflate “CRM” with “sales pipeline” was just marketing. Also, Zendesk calls itself a CRM. Freshdesk’s parent is literally named Freshworks CRM. Gartner and Forrester have always put support under the CRM umbrella.
  - deepsun 7mo ago
    I just noted how people typically think, based on my experience in the area. :shrug: PS: By the way, "Can Zendesk be used as a CRM?": https://www.zendesk.co.uk/blog/can-zendesk-be-used-as-a-crm/ https://www.zendesk.co.uk/blog/can-zendesk-be-used-as-a-crm/
- jwr 7mo ago
  Hmm… In my mind "CRM" is "Customer Relationship Management", and I use Fernand to manage relationships with my customers :-)
varispeed 7mo ago
I like that German company offers Blitz service. Tempted to order something from the UK.
- matt-p 7mo ago
  You do pay import tax, plus admin fee to the carrier - or did last time I ordered. But factoring it in its still a great deal.
  - varispeed 7mo ago
    That's fine. Same from China etc.
frevib 7mo ago
Scaleway for cloud: great UI, CLI, Terraform. Like you’ve never left Azure.
- antonkochubey 7mo ago
  >great >like you’ve never left Azure hmmmmmm
jwr 7mo ago
Ok, so this shows how bad I am at marketing. I forgot to mention my own service, if you are building electronics: PartsBox, https://partsbox.com/ https://partsbox.com/ (insert facepalm emoji here)

by jwr 7mo ago

matt-p 7mo ago

AISLER are AMAZING at printing boards, but sadly are very very expensive for assembly. Love them though.

deepsun 7mo ago

Thanks, just a note that by "CRM" people typically think of Sales (Salesforce, Hubspot etc), not Support (zendesks and freshdesks).

perch56 7mo ago
Ehm sorry but no. CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management so … a support ticket is, by definition, a customer relationship event. Salesforce spending millions to conflate “CRM” with “sales pipeline” was just marketing. Also, Zendesk calls itself a CRM. Freshdesk’s parent is literally named Freshworks CRM. Gartner and Forrester have always put support under the CRM umbrella.
- deepsun 7mo ago
  I just noted how people typically think, based on my experience in the area. :shrug: PS: By the way, "Can Zendesk be used as a CRM?": https://www.zendesk.co.uk/blog/can-zendesk-be-used-as-a-crm/ https://www.zendesk.co.uk/blog/can-zendesk-be-used-as-a-crm/
jwr 7mo ago
Hmm… In my mind "CRM" is "Customer Relationship Management", and I use Fernand to manage relationships with my customers :-)

varispeed 7mo ago

I like that German company offers Blitz service. Tempted to order something from the UK.

matt-p 7mo ago
You do pay import tax, plus admin fee to the carrier - or did last time I ordered. But factoring it in its still a great deal.
- varispeed 7mo ago
  That's fine. Same from China etc.

frevib 7mo ago

Scaleway for cloud: great UI, CLI, Terraform. Like you’ve never left Azure.

antonkochubey 7mo ago
>great >like you’ve never left Azure hmmmmmm

jwr 7mo ago

Ok, so this shows how bad I am at marketing. I forgot to mention my own service, if you are building electronics: PartsBox, https://partsbox.com/ https://partsbox.com/ (insert facepalm emoji here)