Grammarly acquires Coda

Post by NewsaHackO » Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 7:18 AM UTC

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dr_kiszonka wrote: post #10

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I am perplexed by Grammarly getting progressively worse as time goes by. I am seriously considering spending a weekend or two on writing myself a small LLM powered clone. I think a browser extension for Gmail should be relatively easy. I am not sure about Word (desktop) and Google Docs though.

> I think a browser extension for gmail should be relatively easy. Hold your beer, I built that https://chatgptwriter.ai

Post by kreyenborgi » Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 7:41 AM UTC

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lewisjoe wrote: post #3

Grammarly has been having an identity crisis ever since LLMs made grammar checking accessible to every company at a fraction of the cost. ChatGPT is killing a lot of companies and grammarly was the first collateral. This acquisition is concerning because Grammarly is well known for its bad privacy policy and how it's essentially a keylogger. Now that it has access to probably thousands of companies data hosted on Cod…

I am perplexed by Grammarly getting progressively worse as time goes by. I am seriously considering spending a weekend or two on writing myself a small LLM powered clone. I think a browser extension for Gmail should be relatively easy. I am not sure about Word (desktop) and Google Docs though.

Post by JoBrad » Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 2:44 PM UTC

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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.

Sometimes they do. >> zuck pinged me to say "i'm not sure if this is a good idea yet, but i think maybe facebook should buy instagram, what do you think?" [0] The next conversations also read as if they were happening over lunch, albeit with lawyers whispering approved language into each participant's ear [1] [0] https://www.techemails.com/p/instagram-cofounder-on-mark-zuc... [1] https://www.threads.net/@techemails/p…

Post by zusammen » Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 4:05 PM UTC

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What do you imagine, directionally speaking, as a more elegant tool? I’m understanding your comment to suggest that you find money a clumsy tool for the purpose of allocating human effort and capital… I hope and suspect you have something broader and more elegant in mind than “money, but digital”! For some reason Doctorow and Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom comes to mind: https://craphound.com/down/download/

> What do you imagine, directionally speaking, as a more elegant tool? Joints but seriously. We have enough to provide to all living people on earth. We do not need to work all day every day to consume. It is possible to create a society optimized for enjoyment where every living person has enough to have a fulfilling life. We don't need to replace money, we need to make it less important. Something similar to 1 pers…

Post by dgreensp » Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 5:05 PM UTC

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dietzchi wrote: post #11

From what I can tell, Grammarly bought coda for 150M and a ceo position forced by the VC’s.. it was their only option. Yes I agree they are under the same VC’s. Grammarly has a leadership problem, and coda has a money problem. shishir has a huge influence in Silicon Valley due to his YouTube days. So yes, two companies struggling to survive. One has reputable leader living off his past success (not current) and one c…

Whatever the VC definition of a leader is, I was incredibly impressed with Shishir Mehrotra. His company and their practices are very mature and well run for their size and stage. I seriously considered joining Coda a year ago solely because of him. I hope he can find success with this new venture.