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i don't think i'm lonely or angry. i'm just not super fond of irrelevance or self promotion. so using one as a platform for the other kind of rubs me the wrong way.

on one hand, who am i to arbitrate relevance? on the other hand, i really think you're pushing it.

"HyperTrack of messaging" -- you are using "HyperTrack" here, the proper noun, as an analogy for "SaaS". TalkJS is "SaaS of messaging". and i think "hey i have a SaaS product too!" is too broad to be contextual.

a similar scenario would be an employee of Stripe posting in this thread, promoting Stripe. sure they could argue it is relevant. i'd argue they are trying a little too hard to make it so.

forgive me if i've missed something.

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I see your point, and I very much appreciate your candor.

That said, there's more commonalities between HyperTrack and TalkJS than just that we're both SaaS - both products help you build a marketplace type platform faster. HyperTrack makes it easy to build location sharing between your users, we make it easy to build message sending between your users. Most SaaS products, even most chat products, don't have that dynamic. You can't use Intercom or Slack to build user-to-user messaging on your platform, just like you can't use Google Maps or Mapbox to (easily) build realtime location sharing on your platform.

About your Stripe example: I agree about Stripe in general, but as a matter of fact their Stripe Connect product happens to be a miraculously great fit, becaue it's a service for user to user payments. HyperTrack + Stripe Connect + TalkJS means you can have a functional Uber with all bells and whistles in just a few days.

I felt it was on-topic because this article isn't just about HyperTrack, it's about building an "Uber for X" in a single day.

Hey Egbert, found your post useful. I have worked with the good folks at Stripe Connect as an early user (Pay with OpenTable). The Uber-for-X in a day package makes a ton of sense. Needs location, messaging, payments, perhaps an order management framework. What could the next steps be to put this together?

Cool! I've sent you a DM on Twitter.

eh. don't worry about me. your vote is positive and so you're doing fine. maybe i am lonely and angry. i didn't want to be critical really. just trying to provide some closure, since you asked...

ps - TalkJS website is awesome. triggers my retro feelies

Huh what? You didn't seem lonely or angry to me ever :-)

ps - Thanks!

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