u/Admirable_Comedian_2

Hubspot wants to monetize 'enrichment' feature by selling data you have collected to other companies. A massive red flag for me. I know enrichment tools get their base from somewhere, but the audacity... It is a no go for me, and we are moving elsewhere. Your thoughts?

"As we continue to improve our product and services, we’re making updates to our enrichment features and the choices you can make about your data. You are receiving this email because you have used HubSpot’s enrichment features.

On August 4, 2026, HubSpot is expanding its data discovery and intelligence features to bring more robust and reliable data to our customers. To power these tools, enrichment data such as business contact details, employer information, and email deliverability signals, may be shared with other customers."

Started planning my vacation in Europe early in April and was shocked how rental prices skyrocketed. What is happening? Appts nearby Malaga for whole June ~5000Euro vs 2000Euro last year for usual facilities.

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Checked Croatia, Italy and it is +/-1k€ per week. And now for this price you can get all-inclusive 4-5* hotel in Turkey for nearly the same period

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Last years it was much cheaper to self organize tour trip. And now something snapped. So which directions are you lookimg at in '26?

Pipedrive is good, but I got tired of staring at the same purple. So shipped a freeware extension to change the colors of the UI to any you want - green, pink, blue, any shade of grey, anything

After getting feedback, added possibility to change colors in the deals pipeline by users or by labels, which gave some value.

But one colorblind salesperson approached me and asked if it was possible to adjust it for colorblind conditions. Say less, added that too. And I learnt that up to 5% of people have one of 4 types of problems with color recognition.

As of yesterday, it is on the Chrome Store: Colored Pipedrive

- completely free, no registration, no data, no servers, anonymous, local on your browser.

Literally just colors Pipedrive

I've made a CRM system (mostly vibecoded but with all security standards met, covered with tests, architecture is in place). The intention was to create a free version (+fixing analytics) of Pipedrive for the company I work for.

And it worked out perfectly well. So I developed it further:
- added 1 button import from PD with all history, notes, tasks, etc

- added AI overview of deals, AI companies' research (Claude, ChatGPT, and free-tier Groq compatible)

- added integrations like FullEnrich to get phone numbers and emails of prospects

- lead scoring custom block

Planning to add:
- calling integration inside the CRM

- Ln outreach automation integration

Originally, I wanted to sell it, but the idea of open-sourcing it and developing something worthy to compete with traditional CRMs and eating them up gives me shivers.

So, what are the next steps? where are open-source communities built? and who is interested in joining the journey?