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matthewshere

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    Show HN: PDF to Markdown that preserves layout, images, and tables

    I built this because I often need clean Markdown from PDFs for writing, documentation, and LLM workflows. Most existing tools either flatten everything into text or rely purely on …

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    Free YouTube playlist length calculator. Calculate total duration, video count at multiple playback speeds. Accurate results for any playlist.

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    Comment #44721121

    Great catch, and thank you for pointing this out. That wasn't a deliberate choice but a bug in our front end. We've just pushed a fix for it. The showcase examples should be visibl…

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    Comment #44721080

    Wow. Thank you for such a thoughtful, detailed, and genuinely helpful comment. Honestly, after a day of fielding a lot of (justified) criticism, reading something so constructive a…

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    Comment #44720976

    This is an excellent idea, thank you so much for suggesting it. You're right, parsing lecture videos and PDFs to extract diagrams would be a powerful feature. We've officially adde…

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    Comment #44720928

    We're very sorry that our actions came across as deceiving. That was never our goal, but we understand that the impact is more important than the intent. To be transparent, we were…

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    Comment #44720905

    That’s a terrible first impression, and we are sincerely sorry. Failing to gratify your intellectual curiosity is the worst possible outcome for us. You were right to flag it. The …

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    Comment #44720890

    That's a very fair question. You're right—our initial approach wasn't balanced. We're still a new team and have been learning in public as we try to find the right model. We believ…

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    Comment #44720766

    That is a terrible experience, and we are sincerely sorry. You are completely right—having you sign up only to immediately hit a paywall is unacceptable, and we deeply apologize fo…

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    Comment #44720747

    That's a sharp but insightful comment. We're sorry that our initial design gave you that impression. Our intention was never to ignore "manners" for utility, but we see now how a f…

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    Comment #44720730

    Point taken. We apologize for the initial friction. We've listened to the feedback and have now added a no-login trial. If you're still interested, we'd love for you to give it a t…

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    Comment #44720714

    That's a fair question, but our goal is the exact opposite. We want as many users as possible to try the service. The challenge was that the costs associated with the initial free …

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    Comment #44720687

    You are absolutely right, and thank you for the direct feedback. Forcing a sign-up before demonstrating value is a poor experience, and we're sorry. It’s clear we got this part wro…

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    Comment #44720630

    That is a completely fair criticism, and I am truly sorry. There's no good excuse for asking for personal information before demonstrating any value—it's disrespectful to your time…

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    Comment #44720614

    You are absolutely right, and we're sorry for the frustrating experience. Forcing a sign-up before you can even try the tool is poor form, and we apologize for wasting your time. A…

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    Comment #44719738

    I really appreciate you calling this out, and I'm genuinely sorry for the bad experience. The wording was misleading, and we should have been much clearer. To be transparent, when …

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    Comment #44719688

    You can test it now. We have added free credits to all accounts.

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    Comment #44245402

    Flux Kontext AI is a professional online AI image editor featuring unparalleled character consistency, precise local editing, and seamless style transfer. Experience breakthrough m…

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    Comment #43532905

    Learn how to systematically map available online resources (APIs, tools, data) to validated user needs found online. Basically, getting better at connecting existing digital 'build…

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    Comment #43532772

    You're absolutely right, PDFs can be incredibly tricky. That lack of a consistent, easily parsable structure for arbitrary data is the core challenge.

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    Comment #43532753

    Appreciate you sharing that requirement! The need for batch processing to pull out targeted data points from PDFs (rather than converting the whole document) is a valuable insight.…

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    Comment #43532694

    I'm currently trying to transition from a fairly rigid day job into working as an independent developer. The goal is to build useful online tools and hopefully create a sustainable…