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pfist··on Dropbox is ending support for free teams on March 17, 2022
Just to avoid confusion: the date in the title was in an email I received from Dropbox today. For whatever reason, it's absent from the help center article.
pfist··on Twitter Problems?
Visiting Twitter.com on my desktop shows an error page and refreshes the page every second or so. Definitely seems to be something on their end.
pfist··on Show HN: Tally Forms – A free Typeform alternative
I've been using Tally for a few months now, and my experience has been very positive so far. Coming from Google Forms, I really appreciate the modern UX, intuitive form builder, and built-in integrations.

I used Tally to conduct a survey of my Discord community with 68K members (48K MAU). The creation experience was smooth and the results were easy to parse. The free plan doesn't let me invite my team, but it was easy enough to hook up a Google Sheet they have access to, just like Google Forms.

More recently, I used Tally to create a landing page promoting the upcoming launch of my new website. I added an option to put your name and email to get notified when we launch. I also wanted these people to become the first subscribers to our newsletter, but the site isn't live yet. So, I hooked the form up to a Notion database[1] so I could just export a CSV when the newsletter is ready to go. It was easy, too! In Google Forms this would require writing my own integration with App Script.

I think it's cool that Tally is built by two people who are partners in both work and life. Their story resonated with me, so in addition to (so far) preferring Tally over Google Forms, I would love to support these people. It's not in the budget right now, but I plan to upgrade to Tally Pro and migrate my team very soon.

A note to the creators: I noticed you separated your blog from your help center, and I just wanted to say I really appreciate this change. It's much easier to read now! I love that you picked the Journal theme, too. One of my favorite Ghost themes. Good luck with the business, and keep up the great work!

1: I would have just hooked it up to a Google Sheet again, but since I'm evaluating the product I wanted to test other integrations.

pfist··on Show HN: Minimator, a Minimalist Graphical Editor
What a delightful tool. I can imagine having a lot of fun creating logos and icons with this.
pfist··on Blender 3.0
I'm a solo game developer working in Unreal Engine. I typically buy environments and props from the Unreal Marketplace and modify them to meet my needs. Unreal's built-in modeling tools are usually enough for my purposes so I rarely open Blender, but when I do, I am so appreciative that this software exists and is free to use.

It's incredible how far Blender has come. I remember the days when time between significant releases was measured in years, not months. The progress they've made in recent years — particularly since Epic Games gave them a $1.2 million Epic MegaGrant — has been impressive, and encouraging to watch.

Thank you to all who fund Blender, and thank you especially to the people who make it. You're making a difference in the lives of many indie developers.

pfist··on Legend
I gave this app a spin today and I really like what they're going for. Unfortunately, I use Fastmail for email and calendars so I can't take advantage of one of the key features. I hope they add support in the future. It's a fresh take and I'd be willing to give it a serious try if I could sync my email and calendar!
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