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Posted by tosh 6 hours ago

Val Town is winding down(blog.val.town)
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crawshaw 5 hours ago|
You are great Steve, thanks for building val.town.
tinyhouse 2 hours ago||
I actually created one simple agent back then on Val Town that checks any new sign ups to my app and then posts to Slack. It was free but I've never created anything else on their platform.

I kind of liked their story and wanted to support them. Their UX wasn't great for one (back when I tried it at least). But I think the bigger problem is that the big opportunity for them was that they started early before it was crowded, and if they didn't capture a big market share then, now it's too late and impossible to compete. For agents to be useful you need to integrate them with all your services and data, and if you're already using a trusted provider Like Claude or CloudFlare etc. then it's easy just to stick with their offerings.

Thanks for the migration guide!

jryio 5 hours ago||
Tough
guhcostan 2 hours ago||
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sweeppilot 6 hours ago||
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KallowayThayer 4 hours ago||
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FLeXMurphy 6 hours ago|
Not to be a downer but these things built on platforms like Deno seem more like side projects than actual serious ventures. Use at your own risk, I suppose.
antonvs 3 hours ago|
It also seems like a very narrow product, compared to most competition. I suppose the main value proposition was ease of use, but it had so many limitations, by itself that doesn’t seem like enough.

This is the kind of business that one would think VCs would flag as needing more work on the business model before it justifies any funding.