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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build? by slake on Friday September 23, 2016 @11:59PM (#12569401)
A fully open source business workflow engine, pre-built with a great UI for the users to execute the workflow. Mobile friendly is a definite plus.

Almost all government software are essentially workflow engines. This would instantaneously solve loads of problems.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build? by hughstephens on Friday September 30, 2016 @10:46AM (#12612739)
Drop me an email if it's something you're curious to work on - this is an idea I've been planning to have a crack at eventually…
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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build? by junto on Saturday September 24, 2016 @03:47AM (#12569940)
It's not open source but I've enjoyed working with it, Microsoft Workflow: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee342461.aspx
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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build? by whamlastxmas on Saturday September 24, 2016 @11:02AM (#12571179)
Are there any partially open source ones? Or crappy fully open source ones? Seems like a weird thing to not at least have something out there.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build? by 1rs on Saturday September 24, 2016 @03:57AM (#12569967)
That sounds interesting, have you thought about what functionalities it needs to have?
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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build? by minikomi on Saturday September 24, 2016 @03:45AM (#12569931)
Like Yahoo pipes for business data? That sounds fun to build..
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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build? by NotUsingLinux on Saturday September 24, 2016 @05:04AM (#12570169)
"Workflow" is synonymous for: crappy defined human powered process which should do thing but not always do.

IMO the challenge to organize people for arbitrary tasks in arbitrary structures is something that will be discovered by blockchains. DAO and smart contracts leading the way.

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