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Show HN: Figr.app – a real time, multi-user, notepad style calculator

by jklp on 6/21/22, 12:10 AM with 8 comments

  • by snookerdooker on 6/21/22, 8:49 AM

    I really like the product, but the wording, emojis, and highlighting on the landing page really put me off for some reason. I had the same with y.at.

    It's hard to take something like that seriously. However, if that's something that people like nowadays, more power to them.

  • by zenincognito on 6/21/22, 4:29 AM

    Congrats on shipping. I like the product.

    What are your plans on developing this further? Who do you see as a potential user of this product? How does the product intend on making money and remaining profitable?

  • by jklp on 6/21/22, 12:10 AM

    Hi all. Figr's a side project I've been working on to get back into coding after being in management the last couple years. I decided to create it as I love using other notepad style calculators i.e. Soulver, Numi, etc, but was always frustrated there wasn't an online version to share and collaborate like Google Docs.

    It's a little hard to explain but I've got some examples which are hopefully relevant to the community

    - https://www.figr.app/s/RUNWAY - An example to work out your burn rate / runway - https://www.figr.app/s/LTVCAC - An LTV/CAC calculator

    Has been a fun project to work on, and a great way to see where modern web stacks are currently at. Of course opened to feedback, whether it be technical or product related.

    Thanks!

  • by joshxyz on 6/21/22, 8:45 AM

    Damn that looks fucking good.

    Edit: I wonder if it can display into charts, or work with date and time, or send notifications.

    For example:

    Netflix $5 - Due every 5th of month - Alert me on email / sms

    Laundry - Due every monday

    Exercise - Every day 7pm

  • by amadeuspagel on 6/21/22, 4:25 PM

    I made something similar - replpad[1], a real time notepad style repl. Not multi-user, though.

    [1]: https://replpad.com