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by heinrichf 2292 days ago
See also the story of Staffjoy mentioned in another comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22583653) YC fellowship, they couldn't find a market, and shut down: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=staffjoy
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Yup. Small businesses don't need auto-scheduling. Enterprises already have functional tools that are hard to displace (particularly due to internationalization, localization, and payroll needs). Mid-size businesses often need the customized deployments of enterprises, but don't have the budget.
By the way, thanks a lot for sharing your story and code back then, I learnt a lot from it.