Nino
Productivity
all-in-one workspace
SHOW HN2024
810points
258comments
#18of 3,515 in 2024
Top 1%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
19 positive, 53 neutral or asking, 16 mixed, 67 critical, out of 155 comments about the project. Thread score -0.30.
Idea: 6 for, 32 againstExecution: 3 for, 19 againstDesign: 3 for, 8 againstDocs: 0 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 2 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive, lots of potential for non-technical knowledge workers.
From 2 comments
I think this has a lot of potential for non-technical knowledge users. At Google and Microsoft, files are available throughout the ecosystem. If I understand correctly, Nino…
growingkittens on HNSuper impressive app by the look of things, but as you asked for feedback, it is (to me) very confusing on the product side of things (i.e. what is it and why does it matter to…
Closi on HN
Offline-first architecture is interesting.
From 1 comment
I would love to know a little more about your tech stack and architecture? You say "Everything is saved locally by default", with full office support. Essentially you have built…
samwillis on HN
Objections
Too many features to match established suites like Google and Microsoft.
From 2 comments
Word, Excel, Google Sheets, Access, etc. All of these are substantial software titles with massive feature sets. How do you propose to offer even a fraction of the capability and…
rkagerer on HNThis is not the first product of the kind and won't be the last one. And they look great in theory but get complicated and very confusing and ultimately never find their place.…
d3w4s9 on HN
Confusing product positioning and lack of onboarding guidance.
From 3 comments
Super impressive app by the look of things, but as you asked for feedback, it is (to me) very confusing on the product side of things (i.e. what is it and why does it matter to…
Closi on HNInitial impression after a few minutes of use: there may be a huge amount of power here, but the app and site seem to be completely lacking guidance and I've no idea what to do…
yoz on HNSo are you competing with 18 different products at the same time? Or is this just a glorified note taking & publishing app? Either way I am getting strong https://zombo.com/…
smugglerFlynn on HN
No self-hosting or clear data export, risking lock-in.
From 2 comments
This looks really neat! I'd be interested in giving it a try, but doing so would replace existing tools and workflow. As a user, I'm unwilling to do this is I can't both own my…
not_your_mentat on HNThis is very impressive, but if I'm going to go through the pain of not using gsuite/O365, I'm not going to consider something I can't self host or export to one of those quickly…
bitzun on HN
Requests
PDF export support.
From 2 comments
I don't mean any disrespect, but I made an incredibly basic doc - the JSON export is unlikely to be helpful, and the HTML export is essentially broken for a lot of features, such…
YPPH on HNNoted. You're definitely not the only one asking this, so it's top on the list. Side note: I did start implementing PDF exports, but for anyone curious, it's actually a lot more…
harrisonlo on HN
Clearer use cases and onboarding.
From 2 comments
Super impressive app by the look of things, but as you asked for feedback, it is (to me) very confusing on the product side of things (i.e. what is it and why does it matter to…
Closi on HNNoted on the lack of guidance and onboarding. I can see the confusion you had with the board module and have some ideas on improving it. Thanks for giving it a try.
harrisonlo on HN
Real-time collaboration and conflict resolution details.
From 2 comments
One of the most important features to get right for tools like this is collaborative editing. It's incredibly difficult to get this right (live preview, conflict resolution,…
csmpltn on HNI would love to know a little more about your tech stack and architecture? You say "Everything is saved locally by default", with full office support. Essentially you have built…
samwillis on HN
Questions
Where is data stored geographically?
From 1 comment
Congratulations on releasing your product! It looks super interesting. Some questions from the top of my head: - Where is the data stored geographically? (US, EU, or a specific…
dabedee on HN
How does it differ from Lotus Notes?
From 1 comment
As no one has asked so far, I’ll have to do it, how does this differentiate itself from Lotus Notes?
pintxo on HN
Alternatives named
Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.
From 2 comments
Word, Excel, Google Sheets, Access, etc. All of these are substantial software titles with massive feature sets. How do you propose to offer even a fraction of the capability and…
rkagerer on HNThe problem here is that people are not trained on YOUR implementation. Everything you have listed here is very nice to have (offline mode, interoperability, …) , but MS (with…
xyst on HN
Notion, ClickUp, Monday.com, Asana.
From 2 comments
Super impressive app by the look of things, but as you asked for feedback, it is (to me) very confusing on the product side of things (i.e. what is it and why does it matter to…
Closi on HNThis is not the first product of the kind and won't be the last one. And they look great in theory but get complicated and very confusing and ultimately never find their place.…
d3w4s9 on HN
Lark Suite.
From 1 comment
it's nice that everything is integrated into one system! I have always been searching for similar solutions. But one thing that bothers me email. If I use an email provider from…
yangcheng on HN