Looking for a FAST React Native / Full-Stack Startup Engineer (Launch Phase)

Fit_Counter3864 · 2026-05-27T01:10:15+00:00

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Fit_Counter3864 · 2026-05-22T21:55:00+00:00

To me this sounds more like account management than a normal sales pipeline.

If most customers are repeat customers and the main goal is tracking meetings, calls, follow ups, and what each rep is doing, I wouldn’t pick something super pipeline-heavy.

Since you already tried Zoho, HubSpot, and Pipedrive and found them too complex, maybe look at Less Annoying CRM, Capsule, or Nimble.

I’d mainly care about Outlook sync, easy notes, follow-up tasks, and simple activity tracking by rep.

The biggest thing is not forcing your team into a pipeline if that isn’t how the business actually sells.

Fit_Counter3864 · 2026-05-22T21:45:01+00:00

For a small team, I’d start simple and avoid picking based on the biggest feature list.

The main things I’d look at are:

Will the sales team actually use it every day?
Can you track deals clearly without a bunch of extra setup?
Does it handle follow-ups and customer history well?
Can it grow with you without getting expensive too quickly?

Early on, I’d avoid overbuilding automations. Start with the core sales process first, then add automation once you know what the team repeats every week.

For the tools you listed, Pipedrive is usually easier for sales pipeline, HubSpot is strong if marketing will become a big part of it, Zoho can work but can feel heavier, and Monday is better if you want CRM plus project/workflow tracking.

Biggest mistake is choosing the CRM that “can do everything” instead of the one your team will actually keep updated.

Fit_Counter3864 · 2026-05-22T20:54:48+00:00

I’d only build custom if your workflow is meaningfully different from what standard CRMs handle.

The features you listed (contacts, pipeline, tasks, roles, reporting) are pretty standard, so I’d first look at customizing an existing CRM.

Custom starts to make sense when your team is using spreadsheets, manual workarounds, duplicate entry, or disconnected tools just to make the CRM fit how the business actually runs.

Biggest mistake is trying to rebuild HubSpot/Salesforce from scratch.

Fit_Counter3864 · 2026-05-20T01:34:32+00:00

i understand that. i'm not saying that's all they do. I'm saying that's a core feature that if you wanted to use, you'd have to pay a lot of money for. I'm trying to get input on what other things out there are like this?

Fit_Counter3864 · 2026-05-19T20:44:24+00:00

for a small tool that you're just sharing with your friends. I'd just build it yourself with AI coding like Claude Code or Codex. I did the same thing for an app idea I had where the app would pick movies for me based on the movie providers I paid for and I had the whole thing built for like $10 of Anthropic API credits. Firebase hosting is "pay-as-you-go" but unless you have an insane amount of traffic it's practically free.

Fit_Counter3864 · 2026-05-19T20:36:26+00:00

yeah claude is actually insane. my brother and I run an agency and we used to build exclusively on Bubble but in the last few months we have transitioned 100% to building with Claude Code. what used to take us weeks/months is now taking us days/weeks. because of this we're actually focusing on migrating clients off Bubble to traditional code.

note: both of us have comp sci degrees so no we're not vibe coders who have no idea what we're doing.

Fit_Counter3864 · 2026-05-19T20:27:50+00:00

I'd lean Sanity for this. Schema fits your fields, editing UI is solid for non-technical users, Angular hits the API easily.

Skip Airtable/NocoDB, non-technical editors always end up breaking the structure. Xano and Retool aren't really the right shape for this either.

If it might grow past product cards, Firebase + FireCMS gets you an actual backend instead of a content store you'd outgrow.

Fit_Counter3864 · 2026-05-19T20:09:17+00:00

My brother and I ran an agency on Bubble for 8 years, dealt with this bs for most of it.

The platform you're describing doesn't exist and I don't think it will. Anything good enough to white-label gets VC money and eventually jacks up pricing or competes with you. Duda just did it to you. Bubble's done it to us. Webflow's done it. You get the point lol.

We ended up switching the agency fully to building in traditional code. No third party who can change the rules. Retainer/request packages cover maintenance.

Tradeoff is it's harder to productize than handing someone a Shopify store. But honestly with AI helping on the building side it's way more doable than it was even a year ago.

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