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by zpj5005 2169 days ago
I've been using Remotion for the past 2 weeks with my startup twingate.com. Here are my thoughts thus far:

- It only works if enough people remember to open it every day. We started with just our frontend team of 4 people and since we're at the end of a sprint and doing a lot of code reviews it's been getting a lot of activity.

- It's more viral than I thought. We went from 4/25 to 12/25 teammates using it in the past week. I typically join a call maybe once a day, but I'm seeing other teammates jump on a call every hour (just saw two people start talking while I was typing this comment).

- The UI is small so it's fairly easy to ignore (especially on a big monitor)

- Since videos are limited to a small circle, ending calls after 5 minutes feels more natural than ending a Zoom call

- Screen sharing is pretty good, but you can't limit sharing to just one app

My theory on why Remotion has picked up so quickly with our team: Working remotely can be lonely. By no means does this solve loneliness, but it definitely gives you back a slice of that working-in-an-office vibe.