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Re: Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup, a study app

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ethan_smith wrote: post #50
docdeek wrote: post #18

> Your uploads are secure, never shared, and can be deleted anytime. How are you analyzing and marking up the notes? Assuming it is with a partner/third-party AI, isn't this sharing my data with (for example) OpenAI?

If you're using OpenAI or similar services to analyze notes, they typically retain data for model improvement, which contradicts your "never shared" claim unless you've negotiated special terms or implemented a proxy architecture that anonymizes content.

When connecting an api they don’t save or learn anything from the upload. It’s just transferred temporarily.

Re: Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup, a study app

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Post by WilliamCranna »

ferngodfather wrote: post #19

> Convert your notes into quizzes, flashcards to fully prepare for upcoming tests. Haven't used it but that's pretty cool!! This is something I struggle with as many of my topics don't have free/cheap practice tests.

Thanks! I’ve always had this problem too so I thought I’d make an app.

Re: Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup, a study app

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Post by WilliamCranna »

rich_sasha wrote: post #41

Well done! Keep going :) I'd say the hardest bit about running a business is not running the business. It's everything else - admin, figuring out what you actually want to do, reaching customers, retaining customers etc. But also that's the bit you have lots of time to figure out. Focus on the bits you enjoy and try to learn as much as you can (unless you are really desperate for cash out of this, in which case focus…

Thanks, I’m working on making the ui better for flash cards and tests right now. Appreciate your feedback. This post was all I needed for some user feedback to know that I need to work on next.

Re: Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup, a study app

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Post by WilliamCranna »

RandomDistort wrote: post #8
dankwizard wrote: post #6

You have a domain, why not get a domain email? Seeing a firstname.lastname [at] gmail loses the professional feeling the website is giving off.

To add to this, if you use Zoho's free plan this can cost you literally nothing.

I never heard of it, thanks. I never thought people would be so thrown off by a temporary personal email.

Re: Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup, a study app

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Post by WilliamCranna »

Grimblewald wrote: post #23
dankwizard wrote: post #6

You have a domain, why not get a domain email? Seeing a firstname.lastname [at] gmail loses the professional feeling the website is giving off.

Because near everything about this appears to be a low effort scam. The gmail is to add to the "authenticity" of the scammer being 16, because this way they can add a presumed birthyear, wheras with domain email it would make no sense. Proof is in that the address williamcranna@gmail.com is avaliable, which would be the first thing a reasonable person would have tried, before adding the year like a dickhead.

The reason I have is even less believable, lol. I made my personal email when I was 7 so I just made it that. If you don’t believe me check out my Twitter @willcranna .

Re: Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup, a study app

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Post by WilliamCranna »

hnlmorg wrote: post #46
Grimblewald wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because near everything about this appears to be a low effort scam. The gmail is to add to the "authenticity" of the scammer being 16, because this way they can add a presumed birthyear, wheras with domain email it would make no sense. Proof is in that the address williamcranna@gmail.com is avaliable, which would be the first thing a reasonable person would have tried, before adding the year like a dickhead.

…or they could genuinely be 16 and thus have no experience in how to do this professionally. I’m sure when you were 16 you might have made the same mistakes too.

Appreciate it, I didn’t expect this post to get as much attention as it did, this is just a small idea I had. I didn’t think an email yet was necessary.

Re: Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup, a study app

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Post by WilliamCranna »

Grimblewald wrote: post #54
hnlmorg wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

…or they could genuinely be 16 and thus have no experience in how to do this professionally. I’m sure when you were 16 you might have made the same mistakes too.

Nah, I don't buy it. Theyre good enough at higher level skills / comprehension that such enormous failures in more foundational skills makes no sense. the website advertises a product that makes use of web infrastructure signficantly more complex/sophisticated than webmail tied to your domain. It's a zero effort zero cost addon for most hosting services these days. so either this whole thing is a LLM project, and the…

I honestly didn’t know it was free, I assumed you had to pay Google.

Re: Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup, a study app

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Post by WilliamCranna »

hnlmorg wrote: post #55
uoaei wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FUD

It might be more productive to explain how this scam works instead of dismissing my counter argument with an incorrectly used meme. I really don’t see how a learning app for students who also frequent HN is a valuable enough demographic to target. And ironically, the red flags identified would be mistakes a scammer would know not to make. Everything about this submission can be easily explained by inexperience but it…

Thanks for commenting this. This is my first ever app and thought why not get some input from HN. Didn’t expect people to take it this way.

Re: Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup, a study app

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Post by WilliamCranna »

jen729w wrote: post #31
pfannkuchen wrote: post #20

“I've always struggled to make sense of my notes and figure out what to study. Notiv gave me a clear plan and helped me actually retain the material. Bringing my GPA up by 0.9 points in just one semester.” This sounds kind of fake, like a character playing a customer saying good things about your product.

It sounds like the sort of thing you'd say if you were asked to give your mate a review of their product.

This is exactly what happened. Only guy I knew that graduated, thought I’d ask for his photo and a quote.
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