Who has so many gift cards that they need to pay $3-10/mo to keep track of them?

Also:

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

> Off topic: blog posts, sign-up pages, newsletters, lists, and other reading material. Those can't be tried out, so can't be Show HNs. Make a regular submission instead.

I built Cardly — a minimal, card-first app for capturing people, notes, and follow-ups. It’s optimized for fast capture, low cognitive load, and repeating quick follow-ups. Private beta + waitlist open. Would love feedback from the HN community on the product, UX, and priorities.

What it is

    Cardly treats each person/item as a “card” you can capture in <10s (name, short note, tags) and schedule follow-ups or snooze.
    Designed for makers, founders, recruiters, and anyone who needs a frictionless way to remember follow-ups without a full CRM.
    Think: the speed of a note + the structure of a mini-CRM.

    Full CRMs are heavy for one-off or personal relationships.
    I kept losing threads after conferences and demo days. Cardly is what I wished existed: fast capture + simple follow-up workflows.

    Capture a card in under 10 seconds (name, note, tags)
    Follow-up scheduling, snooze, and lightweight reminders
    Activity timeline per card (calls, notes, outreach attempts)
    Quick outreach templates / copy-to-clipboard snippets
    Tagging + fast search
    CSV export — you own your data

    Minimal, card-first UX (no sales pipeline complexity)
    Optimized for capture speed and repeating small workflows
    Focus on being delightful for single users and indie teams

    Waitlist (private beta): https://www.cardlyai.app/join-waitlist
    Reply here with the workflow you want to test (e.g., recruiter outreach,   investor follow-ups, community building) and I’ll try to invite a few people each day.

    Would you use something like this? If not, why not?
    What one feature would make you sign up today?
    UX or pricing feedback welcome — I’m prioritizing a small set of high-value features for the first public launch.

    Multi-device sync and a tiny web + mobile PWA
    Email/DM integrations (send and log)
    Shared/team cards for small teams