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dori23··on Ask HN: How to ditch Big Tech for secure, privacy-focused alternatives?
Thanks for sharing! I'll look into these.

A noob q: Is there a reason why you choose Iridium over Firefox for your browser? I've been using Firefox and thought they were pretty good with security & privacy.

I was thinking Telegram instead of WhatsApp, but there are so many WhatsApp-only groups that I would miss out if I left. You're probably right about it being irreplaceable atm.

dori23··on Launch HN: Thorntale (YC W24) – Presentation software that works with your data
Thank you! They are a great target group, and yes we have. I've made dashboards for the sole purpose of CSM's copy & pasting numbers into a deck. I think you're absolutely right that we could save them a lot of time.
dori23··on Launch HN: Thorntale (YC W24) – Presentation software that works with your data
We do plan to add export as .pptx, .pdf, and to google slides.
dori23··on Launch HN: Thorntale (YC W24) – Presentation software that works with your data
BI tools haven't been going in this direction. They are moving towards helping you understand your data or embed your dashboards. It's a lot of focus on understanding and monitoring, but not communicating or storytelling. That is where we want to step in.
dori23··on Launch HN: Thorntale (YC W24) – Presentation software that works with your data
Thank you! It's an excellent point and why we're doing a freemium model. We think data connections and interactivity will help people communicate better with the decision makers.
dori23··on Launch HN: Thorntale (YC W24) – Presentation software that works with your data
You’re right, unfortunately it is pretty standard, and I found it to be a massive waste of my time. I was the person on the data team prepping those appendix slides. Before meetings, I talked with key stakeholders to make sure I had created charts that would answer potential questions. Instead of working on strategic projects, I was herding cats and formatting charts. A lot of times I was just doing riffs off the same table or query.

This is of course for larger readouts and companies. At smaller companies & for non-critical presentations, I didn’t even have time to create appendix slides. So instead my audience ended up with a backlog of questions that would never be answered.

dori23··on Launch HN: Thorntale (YC W24) – Presentation software that works with your data
Thanks for making a video & detailed feedback! It's super helpful hearing your take. We'll definitely work on adding real use cases and vision to our home page.

Main users are people that make presentations and communicate data. It's not one specific role, as this could mean PMs, tech leads, BizOps, Data Scientists, etc. Specific workflows: weekly product updates, post mortems, ad hoc analyses, all-hands, board decks, revenue updates. Anything where understanding data is important.

Also, in your video description you linked the wrong startup homepage!