Life & fun · December 20, 2023
Flat – a minimalist teamwork app that protects focus (live demo)
Hi HN! We're Seth, Andrew, & Marcin. After a decade of wanting a simple, lightweight teamwork tool and not finding one, we decided to build one ourselves. We’re calling it Flat, and we have two main goals: 1. Everyone can figure it out in just a few minutes, from the intern to the zero-patience CEO. 2. It doesn’t create extra work for anybody. Everything written in Flat would have been written somewhere anyway; Flat just provides an obvious, consistent place to put it. If you check out the demo, please let us know how you think we’re doing on these goals and where we could do better. (Mobile…
Flat – a minimalist teamwork app that protects focus (live demo) launched on December 20, 2023 with 10 votes, #1,052 of 3,780 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
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Flat is a minimalist teamwork application designed to be learned quickly by any team member and to streamline communication without creating additional work. The tool consolidates information that would normally be scattered across multiple platforms into one consistent, obvious place. It prioritizes asynchronous communication over real-time chat, aiming to reduce miscommunication and help teams focus on actual work. Flat is currently available on desktop only.
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Hi HN! We're Seth, Andrew, & Marcin. After a decade of wanting a simple, lightweight teamwork tool and not finding one, we decided to build one ourselves. We’re calling it Flat, and we have two main goals: 1. Everyone can figure it out in just a few minutes, from the intern to the zero-patience CEO. 2. It doesn’t…
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