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Re: Grammarly acquires Coda

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Post by gosub100 »

CamelCaseName wrote: post #25
fakedang wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Grammarly may have been collateral damage, but the first target to be nuked was Chegg.

Students these days have no idea of the struggle. Then again, I can't imagine the struggle of having to rely entirely on libraries pre-internet

I graduated in the mid 2000s, and right around that time they moved the main library collection into a mechanical bin that you have to request an attendant to request books for you.

I have fond memories of looking up X, and going to the library and exploring the section where X was stored, along with all the books around it. this experience is dead now with their new "system". It's been about 20 years and I'm an old dog now with limited energy. but I would love to (if I were a political activist) do an expose story about how many books were checked out before this transfer was made vs after. I strongly suspect that a lot of knowledge was lost, just due to the friction of having to know which exact book you want, vs having the liberty to browse and freely select whatever you stumbled upon. and not all the info is online, now. due to licensing and copyright. Google Books tried to fight that, but lost. It's sad.

Re: Grammarly acquires Coda

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Post by dougb5 »

CamelCaseName wrote: post #25
fakedang wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Grammarly may have been collateral damage, but the first target to be nuked was Chegg.

Students these days have no idea of the struggle. Then again, I can't imagine the struggle of having to rely entirely on libraries pre-internet

We had fewer distractions, though, even if we didn't have all the world's information so close at hand. I think I'd pick that struggle again over what today's students go through. But I'm glad to have lived in both eras.

Re: Grammarly acquires Coda

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Post by est31 »

zusammen wrote: post #32
aabhay wrote: post #23

> Both companies had arrived at a similar view of the future where AI will redefine every business application and workflow — and reinvent productivity as we know it today into a place where humans and AI work together everywhere you get work done. We want to rethink a suite of tools and come together to provide users and teams with their own AI productivity platform for apps and agents. > We discussed each of our pa…

This is how the startup life is sold to youngsters—million-dollar conversations just happen—and it’s amusing to see the myth is still alive.

As long as we live in a society of humans, there will be humans controlling millions of dollars, billions, trillions, and then yes, -illion dollar conversations do happen, sometimes randomly even. That's one of the purposes of all the country clubs, yacht clubs, galas, etc.

Business people spend their entire day talking about their business, that's literally their job. Sometimes business opportunities come from random discussions. Sometimes they are more like arranged marriages. And just like with marriages, the story that is told to the public might not be the actual story.

Re: Grammarly acquires Coda

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Post by Baeocystin »

CamelCaseName wrote: post #25
fakedang wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Grammarly may have been collateral damage, but the first target to be nuked was Chegg.

Students these days have no idea of the struggle. Then again, I can't imagine the struggle of having to rely entirely on libraries pre-internet

Microfiche are amazing, that's what I remember most.

Re: Grammarly acquires Coda

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Post by moregrist »

skeeter2020 wrote: post #44
vouaobrasil wrote: post #30

I wish mergers were not possible. I feel like the merger/acquisition thing has gone way to far to make behemonth corporations that help no one but the rich.

ECONOMIES OF SCALE!!! SYNERGY!!! Just going through one right now; can't tell if the sickly sweet, positive executive speak is an act or they honestly believe it.

I have heard, albeit third hand or so, that M&A people (lawyers, investment bankers, and probably a fair percentage of C-suite execs) are fairly cynical about most mergers: synergies are often overstated and take years to materialize if they ever do. But those sweet M&A fees and that sweet M&A bonus money is definitely real.

Re: Grammarly acquires Coda

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Post by antihipocrat »

skeeter2020 wrote: post #43
nomilk wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is Grammarly anything more than glorified autocorrect? Curious if anyone here uses it, and if so, what value it provides (I've been bombarded with its ads for years, but could never see what value it provides). Even a quick search of its website gives inanely basic examples (like correcting Ive to I've ) [1]. [1] https://support.grammarly.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047727871...

My CTO uses it, which is frankly, terrifying. We'll be in a shared screen session editing slides for a board meeting or very sensitive docs, and their little UI prompts are shining away. ...and it's not like it improves his grammar or spelling - they're still terrible!

Is the CTO aware that the information being checked could be leaked to a competitor?

Re: Grammarly acquires Coda

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Post by rubslopes »

Angostura wrote: post #29
benatkin wrote: post #8

In the PR, they use some of the ambiguity around the term AI to claim it's AI native. It isn't LLM native, but they indeed were using things that encompass AI. If anyone else thought of Panic, here's what happened with that Coda: https://panic.com/coda/

Awww. They've gone subscription model - because of course they have.

No mention of AI, though!

Re: Grammarly acquires Coda

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Post by lupire »

wslh wrote: post #37
notatoad wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

not that strange, it's just corporate-speak. that's what all the people writing blog posts on linkedin glorifying their 80-hour weeks sound like.

I have some experience in writing, reading, and editing. While there isn't a single, definitive writing style, it's common to use positive, concise corporate-speak in specific places. However, this piece employs it repeatedly, as seen in phrases like: - "Together, we will build the AI-native suite of the future" - "This represents an opportunity for dramatic acceleration of the Coda product and our mission" - "We pla…

It's written by AI

Re: Grammarly acquires Coda

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Post by lupire »

vouaobrasil wrote: post #30

I wish mergers were not possible. I feel like the merger/acquisition thing has gone way to far to make behemonth corporations that help no one but the rich.

Are you similarly opposed to hiring employees?

What's the difference?

Re: Grammarly acquires Coda

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Post by mobiledev2014 »

Angostura wrote: post #29
benatkin wrote: post #8

In the PR, they use some of the ambiguity around the term AI to claim it's AI native. It isn't LLM native, but they indeed were using things that encompass AI. If anyone else thought of Panic, here's what happened with that Coda: https://panic.com/coda/

Awww. They've gone subscription model - because of course they have.

That's very disingenuous. Nova replaces Coda "Buy Nova, own it forever [...] $99 + tax includes one full year of updates and new features" Not getting updates forever != subscription
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