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Hey I'm on of the devs; We aren't upset at all, this kind of publicity shows us what everyone else really thinks, being critical is a really good thing when it comes to programing, while I do admit, Our Docs is blank and most of the README + current outdated docs are written by AI (after an initial draft by us), and things are not fully polished, we are after all collage students, critical feedback helps us learn more, get better and find ways to improve. Always being complimentary, only boasts the ego and prevents us from really improving... After reading though everything we've seen posted on here and reddit there's a couple things that keep coming up consistently:
AMT - devs want to know more about it
Vial - devs want to know more about it
Helix the name - everyone thinks it overlaps with the Helix Editor
Readme - Looks to generic, Afterall it was put through ChatGPT to make it have good English after a draft...
Docs - Outdated and Missing
Helix the logo - its too similar to the Helix Editor
Our Feature set - devs think its too good to be true.
Linux Support - devs think not testing Linux is a dealbreaker. Addressing the issues:
Linux - Issue is we need word and Microsoft apps for college, hence the use of Windows and MacOS, but starting now We will set up WSL to test for Linux as well.
AMT - We will add a section in our docs explaining it much more in detail!
Vial - Also add a section in the docs explaining it much more in detail!
Helix the name - We've kept the name for over a year now, and yes Helix editor has been around longer; We will consider another name, but for the time being we will add a disclaimer.
Helix the logo - We will redesign the logo to be truly unique, might take a few weeks but we will change it.
Readme - We will rewrite the readme from scratch, would use AI after an initial draft but make the content not seem like trying to market the language instead show the raw technical aspects without buzz words and stuff like that.
Docs - Started to rewrite the docs from scratch same thing as the Readme, will post a commit without any AI modifications first.
Our Feature set - while it does seem far fetched, we have written down all of our features in MD files (internally) that outline the exact processes that we need to follow, along with the thesis and theory of them, Everything is planed out fully, we just have to implement, while saying this is easier said then done, our goal is to try to make all of the features happen, maybe a year or two down the line it should be complete (or at least a working alpha). Thank you so much! for all the compliments and criticism, These comments do mean a, lot to us and our team we are all college students, trying really hard to get this working, our coding ability should allow us to make Helix a reality, we are trying to get better at the other aspects, such as marketing, communicating with other devs, listening to feedback, and continuously improving... |