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Products that do what "Never wait on hold again" service built with Rails and Twilio does

My buddy paulsingh and I have been working on this for a few weeks, got something up and running and wanted to show you. The problem we're solving: When you need customer service (your flight got canceled, strange fees on your bill, etc) you just want to talk to a real person. Waiting on hold wastes your time AND your concentration; you can't be coding in the zone when part of your brain is waiting for an operator. Our solution: We wanted to make it "one click" to reach a real person. How it works: You click on who you want to talk to (even a specific department, like the billing dept at…

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Lucy Phone▲134
Never wait on hold again
2014
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Next Caller▲65
Skip the hold line for customer service
2014
3
NoSho.app▲271
Grow your waitlist and fill availability fast with deposits
Nov 2025
4
Service▲268
Get paid anytime your flight is delayed.
2017
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Skiplino▲88
You will never have to wait in line ever again.
2016
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Ringr▲137
Never make a customer service call again
2015
7OC
OnAir – create link, receive calls▲263
Hello HN community, This is bootstrapped/indie hacker-ish. Would appreciate feedback. What it is: You create a link (e.g. onair/yourname), and anyone can call you from it. Caller uses a web browser to make the call (not dedicated app). You can create as many links as you want, and can direct calls to colleagues in a round-robin or escalation manner. In a way, it's like the "opposite of Calendly"; whereas Calendly is about meetings in the future, OnAir is about immediate meetings. Motivation behind it: One of our SaaS products was struggling to grow. We believed that if we provide…
2024 · onair.io
8AV
A virtual phone number for your company based on Twilio▲134
2017 · thisnumber.rocks
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Hiatus for iOS▲96
Find & track your subscriptions. One-touch Bill Negotiation.
2016
10
Bill Skip▲83
Delay paying any bill for 6 months
2016
11
Go Fucking Do It▲211
Set a deadline and a price. If you fail, you pay.
2014
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damnlines.com▲140
No one likes waiting in a damn line.
May 2026 · damnlines.com
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SMASH Voice to Invoice▲67
Build and send quotes as fast as you can talk
Jul 2026 · smashinvoices.com
14
Remotehour Paid Call▲177
Receive calls, get paid
2021
15
Reply: Live Tasks▲143
Convert prospects into customers with Live Tasks suggestions
2017
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Locqus▲77
Keep customers informed of service prof. arrival times
2014
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Invite▲105
Simplify scheduling: You’ll never plan differently.
2016
18IM
I made a script that gives me fake calls to escape boring moments▲32
I built a little script that gives me a fake phone call to escape boring and awkward situations. I bought a virtual number from twilio and saved it as one of my relatives. Whenever I feel stuck, I just tap a button called “ESCAPE” on my phone. It sends a request to my remote server. The server runs a small Python script which schedules an actual call. After a minute, my phone rings and plays a pre-recorded audio. I simply say “sorry, I’m getting a call” and walk away. A tiny project, but it has saved me so many times. Script -…
Sep 2025
19
Misterfox▲105
Collect payments owed from train delays 🇫🇷
2016
20
Square Appointments▲101
Online scheduling that puts you ahead of schedule.
2014
21
FastPass™▲83
Let customers pay you to skip the line.
2021
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Settle▲83
Pay with Settle and never wait for a check (pre-launch)
2014
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OnHoldMate▲1
Call support. We'll wait on hold. You get your life back.
Apr 2026
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Crowd Clock▲61
A simple way to book appointments
2014

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