patonic10 (u/patonic10)

patonic10 commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2025) · Posted by u/whoishiring

patonic10 · 6 months ago

EDIT: I am only considering applicants based in Melbourne at this stage.

Sideline is a rapidly growing SaaS product for law firms that enables a track changes feature for draft emails within Outlook.

Around 30 law firms are currently using the product across three continents. Sales have been inbound. The company is bootstrapped. I am the sole founder looking for somebody to take the lead on the technology side so I can focus on growing the business.

Sideline is a web application. You will have full ownership of the codebase and SaaS infrastructure. You will interact directly with customers, being included in product feedback calls and some sales meetings.

Technologies used: JavaScript (some jQuery - not for long), TypeScript, Node.js, Azure, MS Graph APIs, Office JavaScript APIs. Note this is not a .NET/VSTO/COM Add-in.

Background on me: I was a corporate lawyer for 10+ years, as well as doing a bit of legal tech consulting, before founding Sideline. I’m active on LinkedIn.

If interested to learn more, please email: daniel at trysideline dot co.

patonic10 commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025) · Posted by u/whoishiring

monkeydreams · 7 months ago

This sounds like an interesting idea that has scope beyond the legal profession and into areas such as shared service management (where you might need multiple levels of management to review, edit, sign-off a comms before sending).

An 'approval to send' option might also help here.

patonic10 · 7 months ago

There are lots of possibilities for sure, and some customers have also asked about this. Getting somebody to help with the development work will greatly assist in being able to better explore these opportunities.