Running a law firm on Free software
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#5Peak rank
2Days on list
224Score · 7d
Nov 7, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days
On Hacker News
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- 229
- Comments
- 104
- Submitted by
- DeepLogin
- Posted
- Nov 7, 2026
- Site
- decoded.legal
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Trending history
Running a law firm on Free software was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 7, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 82 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #5 of 30, reached on Nov 7, 20:09 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 8, 09:54 UTC.
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I'm jealous, I'd love to be able to do this. I am a small cog in a big legal machine so I am stuck with whatever tech stack my firm mandates. Outlook + Word + a bunch of incredibly unintuitive, slow, buggy and I'm sure overpriced apps for billing, version control, contact management, training, etc etc. Word has so…
These law firms all using Harvey don’t know that they are giving Harvey everything they need to integrate vertically and become the Amazon for law. Then you are at their whim for every client. Also, AI doesn’t give you an edge if everyone is using the same cookie cutter solution.
As an aside: decoded.legal looks like an amazing resource for folks based in UK / EU that need legal w software expertise. I haven’t easily found similar folks in the US: does anyone have good recommendations for this?
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Is Running a law firm on Free software trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 8, 09:54 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Running a law firm on Free software reached?
#5 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 7, 20:09 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Running a law firm on Free software been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 7, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (82 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
229 points and 104 comments; submitted by DeepLogin on Nov 7, 2026.