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Calling out to external services as well would be huge as well. But if you can…",[118,122],{"value":119,"source":76,"evidence":120},"Pricing model seems misaligned with costs",[121],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},{"value":123,"source":76,"evidence":124},"Site has broken links and unclear documentation",[125,129,133],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"10134880","ssorc","FYI, the privacy link (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sonadier.com\u002Fprivacy) is a 404.",{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"10135673","krmmalik","Am very interested in something like this. I'm a can code, won't code type of person. I need something that can auto trigger things such as emails etc after certain events. 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