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lttree

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lttree··on BetterFriend – a free tool to keep in contact with friends and family
I'm losing track of friends across 7 messaging apps, locations, and time-zones. I've moved across 9 countries, 14 cities, and have been finding it difficult to remember to check in (ADHD+founder life).

Facebook pokes are dead so -- BetterFriend! At work, we've got a CRM for clients, to remind ourselves to message people.

Friends, best friends, and family have different cadences that this will generate tickets to remind you to message them. Feel free to use BetterFriend as a free tool. I'll continue to host this just for myself regardless.

Data will never be shared or used.

lttree··on Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend
fixed
lttree··on Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend
^^ that and group updates.
lttree··on Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend
Realized there was a mention of a free trial on auth -- updated and removed. Will be hosting on https://www.betterfriend.fyi in a few hours.
lttree··on Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend
-- Yup. Small tool, will be a live project, and removed all mention of free trials. Will be free as hosted.
lttree··on Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend
nixing that -- will remain free.
lttree··on Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend
an entire thread of my people.
lttree··on Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend
That, and pokes. -- ^^^ Big up on the reminders.
lttree··on Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend
Feel like a yearly cadence doesn't match some goals sometimes, but I could toss that in there too.
lttree··on Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend
Fair -- migrating it to a custom domain. No plans on monetizing.
lttree··on Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend
Super cool -- have had a list in a journal for a few years now, felt it could use a refresh, so will always keep betterfriend live and, as far as I can, free.
lttree··on Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend
^^Eh, I'll say while I'm worse now at keeping track, I've moved across 9 countries and many cities -- it's hard to remember to stay in touch.

Also esp when friends use snapchat/instagram/discord/signal/whatsapp/imessage/sms and that one weirdo that only has an email. I barely open my socials, but it doesn't mean I don't value those friendships.

lttree··on Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend
Literally -- I've had friends use attio for their personal life, and I needed it to not be a commercial crm