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by nhatcher 592 days ago
I'm a software developer with extremely bad marketing skills...

This project targets both end spreadsheet users and developers. In its first an engine (a Rust crate) then a full fledged product.

FWIW, I'm over them moon this project is getting some traction :)

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This probably sounds daft, but I was trying to figure out on the site what platform it ran on.

It doesn't seem to say "in browser" - so I'm wondering if it's Windows or Mac or ...?

Since it is in-browser there's then no detail on what the scope is - where are the spreadsheets stored? How are they shared? Do I host it on my server? Are they stored on your server ? Can I embed it on an existing page? Can I update cells via JavaScript? Or websockets?

And so on.

Some of the above is inferable from the comments here, but not all.

Congratulations on a cool project - but you may want to "set the scene " as it were for prospective users.

I agree that the bullet points feel like ChatGPT output. Whether an LLM was involved or not, it's good practice nowadays to avoid that AI style as many are getting used to spotting it and frown about it.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'that AI style'. What are some examples?
Gerund Adjective Noun (heading)

* Gerund Adjective Noun (bold): (colon) text (non-bold).

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Already the format like this. Then plus points for sounding like an empty phrase that chatgpt likes. Eg from the heading "Addressing Unmet Needs" then bullet "Empowering SaaS Developers:" in bold.

It's hard to describe. If you use chatgpt a lot, you develop an intuition that has many components.

I can sort of see what you're saying, but I think a lot of marketing is like that. Chatgpt is just regurgitating it.