I managed to sign up to the free version (by altering the URL to not point to localhost) and I uploaded a sample computer science exam paper. That's as far as I got though - its status is "Pending" (No idea what that means). There's a button with a play icon saying "Select" (No idea what that should do, it does nothing). The "Smart study assistant" doesn't work. I'd suggest fixing the functionality first, and then doing an audit on all the buttons in your main interface and login flow and removing as many buttons as you possibly can. Seems like it could be a good idea.
Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup, a study app
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Re: Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup, a study app
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
> (indirectly) boast about their entrepreneurial skills Are you referring to the actual post? What age would it be appropriate to post one's creations would you say? Or is it the "I'm 16-" prefix? But I can't work out where the narcissism comes in.
It is indeed the title that trips me up. When I was their age, we would call similar efforts "play", and we certainly didn't pretend to be the next Bill Gates. I'm not saying that one or the other approach is objectively better, I was merely sharing my personal opinion on the matter, so that perhaps someone can learn from that data point, or to offer some comfort to those who frequent Hacker News for the critical thi…
I think there's always been entrepreneurial kids - back in my days they bought a 6 pack of pepsi and sold them individually at a markup. Today the hustling is done by making apps and websites.
Where do you get the "next Bill Gates" part from? I can only see a run-of-the-mill "professional" website, of which there are countless on the web nowadays. The product itself seems to be something that the OP wanted for himself and managed to turn into something others can use. I seriously doubt its utility myself, but I don't see how this makes him "pretend to be the next Bill Gates"?
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#63Damn, he shares his age and suddenly all of the comments are like my first junior job’s worst nightmare. Kudos, William, for putting this app together. Keep a thick skin when reading and acting on the comments and you’ll have a sweet project on your hands
Another reason not to share such an irrelevant thing as your age unless specifically asked to.
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#64Man is the future of our industry grim as fuck.
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#65What if they’re really a large group of businessmen and investors pretending to be a 16 year old?
I assume all these "I am 16" type posts are just ways to help market, unless the account exists for some time before the Show HN with clear evidence they are in high school (I have seen many younger people talk about high school internships, for example - if they then have a Show HN I will believe it!)
Even if they are 16 years old it's hard to imagine someone didn't at some point tell them to leverage the fact they are 16 years old. I don't know any teenager that wants to be seen as a teenager. They all want to be seen as an adult.
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#67What if they’re really a large group of businessmen and investors pretending to be a 16 year old?
I’m 16 you can see me on Twitter @willcranna
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#68I managed to sign up to the free version (by altering the URL to not point to localhost) and I uploaded a sample computer science exam paper. That's as far as I got though - its status is "Pending" (No idea what that means). There's a button with a play icon saying "Select" (No idea what that should do, it does nothing). The "Smart study assistant" doesn't work. I'd suggest fixing the functionality first, and then do…
Thanks for the input, the flow goes from upload, to select the image you want to generate, then selecting the action you want to complete, then the note generates and show up in the saved materials section.
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#69Did you develop the AI? Are you sharing any data with external partners? I wish you all the best with your initiative!
It’s GPT o3, the ai does not learn from the information at all. Thanks for the kind words :)
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#70That's cute 30 pages a month for 5 bucks, you may be interested in ab testing depending on the study level of the students, university usually requires way more pages per month, but 15 bucks to get unlimited seems too high imo. (and unlimited may generate for you too high costs ;)) Otherwise seems nice, will test, good luck!
It’s capped at 1000 just in case. Then a prompt comes up to email me. Yeah I’ll test out the price a little 10-20$ is a good range to try.