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Re: Show HN: Revise – An AI Editor for Documents

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Post by artursapek »

Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #48
artursapek wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I gave a good faith response initially, and got back a reply about how it's disqualified for being for "web based" and "a subscription". Even after I explained that the core product is completely free and even includes free LLM spellchecking. Web-based and subscription payments describes the majority of software out there today. If this is his criteria for dismissing a project outright then I'm not sure what to say o…

> then I'm not sure what to say other than "ok bro". At that point, don't respond then :/ here's how I would've responded: "Hey my project targets the niche similar to notion and others who are also web based for the most part and subscription model, reading your comments, you might be better of using non-web products and some of the suggestions in that include Qownnotes and zim. Here is a video in detail which talks…

complaining to a show HN post about software being web based or having a subscription pricing model is like walking up to a stand at a farmer’s market and complaining that you don’t like produce. it doesn’t deserve a thoughtful response because it’s not a thoughtful criticism.

Re: Show HN: Revise – An AI Editor for Documents

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Post by the__alchemist »

artursapek wrote: post #45
Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #43

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Friend, this is NOT how you talk within public for a product which mind you, might handle sensitive information. Some people (myself included) will not like subscription-based, web app. You worked 7 months on this project full time on your savings as you mention and you might've squandered any reputational gains from that with just three words and a comma. Might as well go down in the history of hackernews but a bit…

I gave a good faith response initially, and got back a reply about how it's disqualified for being for "web based" and "a subscription". Even after I explained that the core product is completely free and even includes free LLM spellchecking. Web-based and subscription payments describes the majority of software out there today. If this is his criteria for dismissing a project outright then I'm not sure what to say o…

I would introspect on why you felt attacked (Correct me if that's not accurate) by my preference. Or why "free and even includes free LLM spellchecking." is a mitigating factor for those specific concerns. Some people will want a web/sub-based word processors; others won't.

Re: Show HN: Revise – An AI Editor for Documents

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Post by artursapek »

jitl wrote: post #47

It's cool to see a brand-new WIYSIWYG editor on the web, especially one using canvas for rendering from the start. How did you go about architecting the rendering and input layer? What are you using for text shaping and layout? Bugs I found: - when in a 3rd-level indented list loses focus - Double-click and drag gesture does not extend text selection - Selection highlight is offset for indented paragraphs. If you sel…

haha wow this is an awesome list of bugs. thank you. yes all of this was built from scratch, as you can see :D

I will get all of these fixed

regarding rendering/text layout, it’s all based on measureText in the Canvas API. the layout engine is my own. documents are made up of “blocks” like lists and paragraphs and each implements its own rendering, cursor movement, and layout logic.

I am going to start a dev blog where I get into the weeds. but will fix these bugs first.

if you find more like that please email me art@revise.io

Re: Show HN: Revise – An AI Editor for Documents

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Post by artursapek »

the__alchemist wrote: post #52
artursapek wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I gave a good faith response initially, and got back a reply about how it's disqualified for being for "web based" and "a subscription". Even after I explained that the core product is completely free and even includes free LLM spellchecking. Web-based and subscription payments describes the majority of software out there today. If this is his criteria for dismissing a project outright then I'm not sure what to say o…

I would introspect on why you felt attacked (Correct me if that's not accurate) by my preference. Or why "free and even includes free LLM spellchecking." is a mitigating factor for those specific concerns. Some people will want a web/sub-based word processors; others won't.

I don’t feel attacked. I feel annoyed by your totally unhelpful complaint. do you walk up to bakers and complain that you don’t like gluten?

Re: Show HN: Revise – An AI Editor for Documents

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Post by the__alchemist »

artursapek wrote: post #55
the__alchemist wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would introspect on why you felt attacked (Correct me if that's not accurate) by my preference. Or why "free and even includes free LLM spellchecking." is a mitigating factor for those specific concerns. Some people will want a web/sub-based word processors; others won't.

I don’t feel attacked. I feel annoyed by your totally unhelpful complaint. do you walk up to bakers and complain that you don’t like gluten?

I will clarify: I did not make any comments intended to be helpful to you. I don't know who you are beyond a person on the internet who is acting with poor manners.

Re: Show HN: Revise – An AI Editor for Documents

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Post by artursapek »

the__alchemist wrote: post #57
artursapek wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t feel attacked. I feel annoyed by your totally unhelpful complaint. do you walk up to bakers and complain that you don’t like gluten?

I will clarify: I did not make any comments intended to be helpful to you. I don't know who you are beyond a person on the internet who is acting with poor manners.

I would argue that walking into a thread on someone sharing a word processor they've created, saying there's no good word processor, and dismissing it for being web-based and trying to make money, is worse manners than me saying "ok bro"

Re: Show HN: Revise – An AI Editor for Documents

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Post by artursapek »

_pdp_ wrote: post #49

There is a lot of positive comments in this thread so you are doing something right. You asked for feedback though. There are chat apps that basically incorporate all the features of this editor so I am not really sure who is this for. If this is for writing, in order to make it amazing I would personally focus on using models that are either built for that or fine-tuned specifically for writing. Otherwise, what is t…

I welcome any specific critical feedback. What chat apps are you thinking of?

Notion can't quite format and export print-ready documents the same way. This is more akin to Google Docs than Notion. Revise can do proper word processor esque formatting, like page numbers, page layout, page breaks. The agent can format a paper in APA 7 with a single prompt, for example.

I already have a growing user base and customer base. People use Revise for all sorts of things, from writing stories for pleasure, to processing reports for work.

Notion is an amazing tool, but not focused on the same type of documents that Revise is focused on.

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