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Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend

https://betterfriend-drab.vercel.app/
15•lttree•3h ago
I've moved around a lot - and I realized I'm losing track of friends across a lot of apps, locations, and time-zones.

At work, we've got a CRM for clients, to remind ourselves to message people. I just needed something much smaller, just to remind myself to message friends and family.

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

Comments

Centigonal•36m ago
Very cool! Are you familiar with https://www.monicahq.com/ ?
ctxc•35m ago
First thing that came to mind. The vercel domain here is also off-putting, makes it feel like a weekend project that could be turned off any second.
kristofferR•21m ago
Landing page sucks hard tbh. Why should I start a free trial for something where I don't even know the price or can see any screenshots?
noman-land•19m ago
Most calendar apps will have an option to add birthdays from your contacts onto the calendar. If you add people's birthdays to their contact record in your phone you'll see all their birthdays on your calendar. Bonus points if you add the year, the calendar will show their age.

This also works for anniversaries and other dates and can usually be color coded.

thm•9m ago
If you're emailing me because your CRM told you to do so, you're not my friend.
whatevermom•6m ago
That’s short-sighted… I need a reminder to call my mom, doesn’t mean I don’t care about her.
bestouff•5m ago
Yeah, sure, sorry about that. But I'm able to forget my own birthday so this could be useful.
JennyWeston•4m ago
I thought about this topic a lot. In my humble opinion: a database is overkill.

My solution: A simple spreadsheet and a reminder The spreadsheet has "contact every 3 weeks", "contact every 2 mos", "contact every 90 days".

I have a reminder in my todoist app to look at the spreadsheet every 2 weeks.

To track birthdays I used google calendar.

I suppose if you have a who lot of friends that a database would be a better option. For me, I only track about 45 people and my system works just fine.

constantcrying•3m ago
If you need an online tool to remind yourself of the existence of another person or your plan to interact with them you aren't friends.
typeofhuman•3m ago
Homepage is trash. I have absolutely no idea what this service does. how it looks, what it needs to operate, an about section, or any examples. But it does say "free trial" so the only thing I do know is it'll cost money at some point. Pass.

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