Roni Laukkarinen

Everything-apps won't work.

I hate the trend of startups that are trying to do everything, because it's not possible. It will fail.

Why concentrate on everything and do a shitty job when you can do one thing and make it perfect? "One app for everything" is a doomed idea.

#Apps #EverythingApp #AppDevelopment #SaaS

Aug 18, 2024 at 1:34pmWeb
Show threadRoni LaukkarinenAug 18, 2024
It's funny that most of these apps use it as an argument of advantage of some kind: "This app will replace your cloud file storage, note taking and project management apps". Well, that's a con, not a pro! Wtf. I do not want to put all my eggs in one basket.
Show threadRoni LaukkarinenAug 18, 2024
One recent example of this: https://fabric.so
Fabric – your self-organizing workspace and file explorer

One home for your digital world. Your second brain. A file explorer and workspace for the internet age. All your drives, clouds, notes, screenshots, links, and files in one calm, minimal app. No organizing required. Never forget anything again.

Show threadSP⟁CED GO⟁TAug 18, 2024

@rolle

Things like this appeal to people that don't like computers. People that don't really want to know anything about computers. People that don't want to have to think about where their stuff is. Or how to get it from here to there.

Also appeals to people that just like chasing the shiny new thing. 20 years ago I could see myself going, ohh, this looks neat. But after 30 years of hating computers because i love computers, I'm right there with you.

Show threadNumerfoltAug 18, 2024

@rolle Yay, "AI-native workspace", whatever that means.

But note, that is it "Hand-made with ❤️ by the humans @ Fabric."

Show threadMisuse CaseAug 18, 2024

@rolle @aslakr “Have your company adhere to a business strategy where they do one thing or a few things well” is even what they teach people at Harvard Business School!

It means by definition that you can’t do “everything” as a company.

Show threadaulisAug 18, 2024

@rolle I think one of the principles of Unix philosophy is still a pretty valid guideline today:

Make each program do one thing well. To do a new job, build afresh rather than complicate old programs by adding new "features".

Show threadDavid LAug 18, 2024

@aulis @rolle it's an appealing philosophy. But a lot of Unix tools don't follow it anymore. BusyBox and systemd are two examples that come to mind.

I don't think that means the philosophy is wrong, but there's probably some tension between simplicity and complexity that it doesn't capture.

Show threadDr. Daniel Dizdarevic 🇺🇦Aug 18, 2024

@rolle Totally agree! That's why I like the UNIX philosophy: "Make each program do one thing well."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy

Unix philosophy - Wikipedia

Show threadArne BrasseurAug 18, 2024
@rolle it seems to work well enough for WeChat/Tata neu/Grab
Show threadRoni LaukkarinenAug 18, 2024
@plexus There are some successful examples, but it won't make them good. I don't use any of those.
Show threadArne BrasseurAug 18, 2024
@rolle sure, neither do I, but over one billion people do, so it doesn't seem impossible
Show threadJonathan YuAug 18, 2024

@rolle But it might work for us!

https://youtu.be/Po4adxJxqZk

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Show threadRoni LaukkarinenAug 18, 2024
@jawnsy 😂
Show threadAdam DallianceAug 18, 2024
@rolle Now you can do all your shitposting and trolling and banking all in one app.   🤔 ?
Show threadAdlangxAug 18, 2024
@rolle I work at a place that made a fantastic ERP for construction and accounting. Everything funnels into the ledger. Projects, HR, tools, all the stuff. It's awesome. We should be updating it and making it more modern, but instead we are farming the data.
Show threadWTLAug 18, 2024
@rolle There are so many examples of small teams working on an app that does one thing and does it well (@caseyliss’ CallSheet or Halide are great examples), that I’ve shifted my app-purchasing in that direction.
Show threadRoni LaukkarinenAug 18, 2024
@WTL Yes! Many wonder why our company uses a bunch of separate apps instead of one big one. There is one good reason: Flexibility. It's easier to connect them via APIs, you can change your workflow any time and you are not forever bound using one. I love it. @caseyliss
Show threadJan SobotkaFeb 24

@rolle

I would like to find an app for my team that is crossover between project-management and financial planing.

The best bet from what I found is #Clickup which claims to be an "everything app" but I haven't tested it yet in depth. I also got #Asana as a suggestion

I'm affraid of the financial planing side of things, since I believe that Clickup is very limited in this domain and other finance planing focused apps I have previously worked with are awful in their UX. 🤷‍♂️
Any tips or ideas?

Show threadJan SobotkaFeb 24
@rolle
I described this in more depth in this Czech thread:
https://mastodonczech.cz/@tensob_/114059213941471524
Jan Sobotka (@tensob_@mastodonczech.cz)

Vím, jsem náročný 😄 ale věřím, že něco takového už přeci někdo někdy potřeboval, takže řešení existovat musí. Předem děkuji za případné reakce. 🙏 Pokud byste chtěli cokoliv doplnit, rád zodpovím. #everythingapp #crm #businessbrain #projectmanagement #collaborationtool #productivityplatform (4/4)

MastodonCzech
Show threadRoni LaukkarinenFeb 24
@tensob_ We use Height.app + Timely + YNAB + Pipedrive + Databox.