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#41

Congrats! Always great to see first time apps. Keep on learning and building, and always share what you make with this and other communities. :)

> share what you make with this and other communities

Just curious, apart from some programming related subreddits, where else would one share something like this?

Re: Show HN: My first web app – PDF memo creator

#43
post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Consider replacing "We take privacy seriously" with "I take privacy seriously". There's some tension between wanting to be taken seriously ("we" makes it sound like there is a team supporting the product) and using the correct pronoun number for a single author. I see the appeal of using the royal "we" everywhere, even when there is only one person behind the project, because at least then the pronouns don't need t…

Yeah, I'd be very curious to hear what people think about this. Is it better to us "I" or "We" when running a site yourself? And does the answer change depending on the type of site?

It's been mentioned in a few articles that a lot of startups try to make themselves be more official and less of a personal touch to be more "professional" and this is generally not helpful.

I would use "I" as long as it is correct.

Re: Show HN: My first web app – PDF memo creator

#44

I like it. Dead simple. Makes nice output. The UI is correct. I would use. Feedback: Consider replacing "We take privacy seriously" with "I take privacy seriously". Better yet, consider removing that sentence so you don't make people second guess it. It's even easier then because there's less information that needs mental processing. You might just say, "Once you generate your memo, your information is deleted foreve…

On the business end it doesn't matter overtly, privacy claims are worthless until backed by law. Like Microsoft signing data protection agreements with the European Union, before any serious company would consider using their cloud type legal documentation.

Overly

Re: Show HN: My first web app – PDF memo creator

#46
Looks neat and clean.

Here's my review -

1. Add -

in the head section of the page.

2. Try to avoid jumping from h1 directly to h3. Heading progression should be from h1 to h2 to h3 and so on.

3. Towards the end I see you've added some
tags to space out content. I'd use CSS margin top and bottom to do that.

Re: Show HN: My first web app – PDF memo creator

#47
post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Consider replacing "We take privacy seriously" with "I take privacy seriously". There's some tension between wanting to be taken seriously ("we" makes it sound like there is a team supporting the product) and using the correct pronoun number for a single author. I see the appeal of using the royal "we" everywhere, even when there is only one person behind the project, because at least then the pronouns don't need t…

Yeah, I'd be very curious to hear what people think about this. Is it better to us "I" or "We" when running a site yourself? And does the answer change depending on the type of site?

We choose "we".

Even if you're the sole author of the app/site, the voice of any text should be abstracted away from your identity at least to this small degree. Use "I" only in testimonials, quotes, or in a "message from our founder".

This discipline helps keeps the voice/tone of the text consistent throughout the app, which inspires trust and confidence. It's more polished and professional, especially if you ever contemplate expanding your team.

Re: Show HN: My first web app – PDF memo creator

#49
++kudos for that. Simple, yet effective. Does one thing, but does it well. I was impressed that when I didn't fill in the "Organization" field, it left it out of the PDF completely. I sort of had the expectation that it would create an empty box in the PDF. But it didn't, that shows that you thought about it.

Any chance you can share some information on what you used to build this?

One piece of feedback though: The "contact" placeholder didn't seem like a text field to me. It took me a while to figure that it's editable. The same goes for the "Organization" placeholder.

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