This is startup I'm going to apply for Y Combinator

#1

Post by ivars-indriks » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 6:28 PM UTC

This is startup I'm going to apply for Y Combinator
writer.is

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#2

Post by minimaxir » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 6:36 PM UTC

That typing animation font is literally unreadable.

Change the font weight from 100 to 300.

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#3

Post by ivars-indriks » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 6:39 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #2

That typing animation font is literally unreadable. Change the font weight from 100 to 300.

Thanks! Will test it with different font weight.

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#4

Post by ivars-indriks » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 6:41 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #2

That typing animation font is literally unreadable. Change the font weight from 100 to 300.

You were right. 300 is better.

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#5

Post by TheMakeA » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 6:46 PM UTC

Sounds similar to EtherPad and Stypi, the latter of which is Y Combinator funded.

Here's an example of pg writing an essay: https://code.stypi.com/hacks/13sentences

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#6

Post by ivars-indriks » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 6:50 PM UTC

TheMakeA wrote: post #5

Sounds similar to EtherPad and Stypi, the latter of which is Y Combinator funded. Here's an example of pg writing an essay: https://code.stypi.com/hacks/13sentences

Projects you mentioned are real time editors. Writer.is platform for authors where posts are showed word by word like it would happend in real time. It's not a real time editor. It's animated publishing platform.

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Post by byoung2 » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 6:56 PM UTC

Is this a startup or a feature/app? What problem are you solving and how will you eventually make money from it? What is to stop someone else from programming a clone in a weekend?

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Post by _pius » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 7:06 PM UTC

ivars-indriks wrote: post #6

TheMakeA wrote: post #5

Sounds similar to EtherPad and Stypi, the latter of which is Y Combinator funded. Here's an example of pg writing an essay: https://code.stypi.com/hacks/13sentences

Projects you mentioned are real time editors. Writer.is platform for authors where posts are showed word by word like it would happend in real time. It's not a real time editor. It's animated publishing platform.

It's not a real time editor. It's animated publishing platform.

??

To most people reading, that is a distinction without a difference.

You really want to focus on what problem you're solving here. Can you say in a sentence why this is a better publishing platform for writers than any other?

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Post by ivars-indriks » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 7:09 PM UTC

byoung2 wrote: post #7

Is this a startup or a feature/app? What problem are you solving and how will you eventually make money from it? What is to stop someone else from programming a clone in a weekend?

This is just beginning of problem we are solving. Readers tend to scan content and it's not good for author who spend time to write it. We helping the author by making his posts enjoyable and special. And setting right mood for reader. Post looks good even sometime it's content is not so good. Making a weekend prototype clone is not hard, but if you don't know what to do next, your clone is useless. Right?

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#10

Post by hashtag » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 8:51 PM UTC

The speed was too slow and it was getting choppy