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Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)

439 points david927 | 5 comments | 29 Jun 25 20:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.474s | source

What are you working on? Any new ideas which you're thinking about?
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wjgilmore ◴[29 Jun 25 22:47 UTC] No.44417308[source]▶
A few months ago I launched SpiesInDC - https://spiesindc.com, a mail-based (as in the real mail) subscription service about Cold War history. Subscribers, ahem secret agents, receive packages every few weeks containing reproductions of famous documents, stanps from the USSR, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, coins, and other fun stuff. I keep refining the packages every week to make it better and it is so much fun.
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deanputney ◴[29 Jun 25 22:49 UTC] No.44417329[source]▶
How are you handling the mailing? I love the idea of a mail-based project, but I worry that I would forget to go to the post office occasionally.
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1. wjgilmore ◴[29 Jun 25 23:28 UTC] No.44417580[source]▶
So the answer to this question is a funny one. I started using a Google spreadsheet to manage shipping dates and that quickly became a chore so like any good nerd would do I built a CRM which is now live if anyone wants to try it: https://6dollarcrm.com/

Wasn’t planning on announcing it here but what the hell.

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2. Nextgrid ◴[30 Jun 25 02:24 UTC] No.44418609[source]▶
If you don't mind answering, does this have any users besides you? I've got a few internal tools developed over the years that I don't have the bandwidth to turn into a proper SaaS (not much time for support, polish, new features, etc) but could potentially offer on an "as-is" basis for a token monthly sum but not sure if it would be worth the trouble.
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3. wjgilmore ◴[30 Jun 25 15:47 UTC] No.44424696[source]▶
Yep has several users, people I know personally have been beta testing it for a few months now. I haven't started marketing it yet because I have been dogfooding it since February in order to build exactly the CRM I personally want to use.

Also has > 800 automated feature tests, in app documentation, gone through security audits using tools like Zap, etc. I've built a lot of SaaS products over the years, and I'm building 6DollarCRM from the standpoint of having learned a lot of things the hard way. I'm currently working on data importers and browser extensions for easily adding new contacts.

Give it a spin and let me know what you think.

4. parnold ◴[01 Jul 25 07:48 UTC] No.44431597[source]▶
Are you concerned about the possibility of 5 dollar crm?
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5. wjgilmore ◴[01 Jul 25 21:45 UTC] No.44438279[source]▶
In fact we have been laughing about this because it reminds us of the There's Something About Mary bit regarding 7 minute abs.