We have used the ESP32 platform in a few projects recently. Personally I love the balance of functionality vs BOM cost.
The most recent use case has been with an internally developed boostrapped device that will focus on employee tracking and workflow management. We expect to launch this in Q1 of 2019 for our first real world implementations combined with a SaaS offering.
Another was for a B2C device that was developed for a private company to provide service and interactivity to their customers with a mobile App (controlling and monitoring the device) in a very niche space.
Happy to talk about specifics - feel free to reach out via email (in profile).
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We are a focused team that specialises in replacing legacy systems (end of life databases, misuses of Excel and Access, or manual paperwork) with robust information systems.
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I used planscope.io for a year or so but never got past the hump of actually using it for ongoing client projects (That's not to discredit the app though, it's definitely a solid tool). One part of it that I did love was sending clients itemized proposals that they could pick and choose items and see the costs change.
Planscope is way more of a project management tool than Freshbooks (as it's primarily invoicing), so it would be worth giving planscope a try for a project.
We use freshbooks for all of our project billing (we're a small focused dev shop). You can set project budgets, track expenses against a specific project, have them invoiced to the client (if passing along costs) and time tracked. It doesn't sound ideal in your circumstance, but we treat it as our book of record for project finances and works quite well.
I agree that some integrations are a gimmick, but having content relevant integrations has helped out our team immensely. We'll have channels specific to a project, so notifications that JIRA stories have been resolved, knowing if a build fails, exception logs from production, are all intertwined with us discussing the project throughout the day so they get exposure.
One thing that we've loved is being able to log information into other tools when it is top of mind. Discussing a recent bug that you noticed "/jirio create bug Username can contain spaces" and it's logged in JIRA to be dealt with accordingly.
The potential for custom integrations is incredible but obviously keeping the noise level down is key.
The most recent use case has been with an internally developed boostrapped device that will focus on employee tracking and workflow management. We expect to launch this in Q1 of 2019 for our first real world implementations combined with a SaaS offering.
Another was for a B2C device that was developed for a private company to provide service and interactivity to their customers with a mobile App (controlling and monitoring the device) in a very niche space.
Happy to talk about specifics - feel free to reach out via email (in profile).