There's a nonzero chance this is another Dropbox. "Why would anyone pay for a taskbar widget that's just rsync?", wrote some folks in 2007 (right here on HN! [0]).
But people derive all kinds of value from the right context in the right place at the right time. Small things can have big, compounding value — and eventually become indispensable.
Hopefully, this post will make me look smart in about 10 years or so.
Age old question: What's a feature and what's a company? Many software questions start as "features" that an incumbent could have built. The question is whether they break out before the incumbent realizes the value.
So, I'm confused you rebuilt the product for a YC company in one blog post and you think their company has enough of a differentiator to launch a company?
I don't know if a single button to join your Zoom meeting is enough value to justify an entire company, but there's a niche to be filled in smoothing over those inefficient parts of your remote workflow.
But people derive all kinds of value from the right context in the right place at the right time. Small things can have big, compounding value — and eventually become indispensable.
Hopefully, this post will make me look smart in about 10 years or so.
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224