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I have this recurring problem at my startup that I'd like to solve.

Our clients give us an Excel/file and I need to 1) match the columns 2) clean up the data 3) return errors (if any) 4) import each row into my database

It's very difficult given that so many things could go wrong. I have already invested a lot of time in building a file parser with column matcher but the results aren't there yet.

Do you know of any API / widget that would allow me to offer this on my website with minimal code?

After building >10 web and mobile apps, I realize that I am spending too much time building the same User Notification System in my backend.

By User Notification System, I mean the logic that consists in sending transactional emails and push notifications to users.

It usually consists of (for email): - writing the content of the notification (e.g. HTML/text) - sending the notification (e.g. using a SMTP service such as Sendgrid) - handling unsubscribes (e.g. at bottom of email) - changing the content (often requested by the marketing team)

The same applies to push notifications, SMS, etc.

Is there a faster way to handle this? How do you handle it today?

Our clients / investors are asking for a test / demo account of our platform. How do you handle those in your system?

Do you create real users with fake data or do you hard-code some "test" mode to avoid CRUDing data?

If you own a Saas company or similar product, how do you currently handle cancellations by users?

Do they have to contact you? By email? Phone? Chat? Do you offer a Cancel button?

What best practices have you seen?

I would like to develop a snippet of code that is added to third-party websites, similar to Stripe. When added on a page, it shows a button which opens a modal with a form when clicked. I want to minimise the effort on the client side and have them just copy-paste a short snippet such as <script src="https://mydomain.com/snippet.js"></script>

Stripe, Hubspot, Google Analytics all do similar things.

Is there any tool to generate this? Should we use any JS framework or just vanilla JS?

In your company, how do you organise the information and do you have a central place to host it? I'm specifically talking about: - policies - news - handbook - employees directory - travel booking - etc.

What are the best network packet interceptor for Mac? I would like to know what is happening on my machine.

We are working with a network of US-based people good on the phone.

Is anyone interested in an API that would accept text as input and return a MP3 of someone reading the text within a couple of hours? We have a couple of US-based people who could do the job really well in a couple of minutes.

Command: POST /tts { text: "Hello John. Thanks for joining us today.", voice:"female", web hook: "../webhook/response" }

Webhook response (a few minutes later): POST /webhook/response { file: "voice.mp3", cost: 0.07 }

Cost would be something like $1 per 100 words.

Is anyone interested in an API that would accept text as input and return a MP3 of someone reading the text within a couple of hours? We have a couple of US-based people who could do the job really well in a couple of minutes.

Command: POST /tts { text: "Hello John. Thanks for joining us today.", voice:"female", web hook: "../webhook/response" }

Webhook response (a few minutes later): POST /webhook/response { file: "voice.mp3", cost: 0.07 }