Bullets.tech
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SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
7 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Design: 2 for, 3 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful, informative summaries that save time reading papers
From 2 comments
Oh my science, this is AMAZING. I can't believe how I lived before, toiling through pages of PDFs to find the actual point of papers. Thank you!
ccvannorman on HNI have been looking at this all day trying to decide how I feel about it. At the very least it is temptingly informative, which I think makes it a success. I appreciate that the…
gatherhunterer on HN
Clean, attractive design
From 3 comments
Really like the clean design of the site!
flatearther43 on HNVery clean design. Thanks.
jelliclesfarm on HNI really like the design. I do a lot of backend dev so I gotta ask, what goes into designing a aesthetically pleasing site like that?
asdfzalsd on HN
Objections
Summaries are manual, raising bias concerns
From 2 comments
So these are all hand-summarized? Are there any guidelines or standards for summarization (what kind of information would be most useful, what wouldn't normally be included, how…
jedimastert on HNI have been looking at this all day trying to decide how I feel about it. At the very least it is temptingly informative, which I think makes it a success. I appreciate that the…
gatherhunterer on HN
Font is hard to read
From 3 comments
Disabling the Josephin Sans font makes it much more readable in Firefox on my FHD Dell laptop. The letters are too short and thick. I really wish designers use conservative…
aitchnyu on HNSecond. This site will be a welcome addition to my morning read, but that rather unique font is taxing to my eyes.
MockObject on HNAs aitchnyu allready noticed you might need to think about what fonts you use and where. Josephin Sans could work fine for aside headers but you shouldn't use it all throughout…
type0 on HN
Requests
Add a link to the original research paper
From 1 comment
Suggestion: also add a link to the original research article (not just the newspaper article or press release etc. that's being summarized). This would be very helpful.
ar-jan on HN
Browser extension showing summaries on article pages
From 1 comment
A browser extension that shows the Bullets.tech summary when you browse to an article that has been summarized would be very useful.
stringlytyped on HN
Indicate strength of evidence in each summary
From 1 comment
I like the idea, and am certainly going to keep it on my reading list. I would really appreciate some indication of the strength of the evidence in a paper though... Some…
janekm on HN
Load more button that works without JavaScript
From 1 comment
Hi. Thanks for this. I'd love it if the "load more" button can work without javascript. A paginated link would we wonderful.
vezycash on HN
Questions
How are summaries written and who writes them
From 1 comment
So these are all hand-summarized? Are there any guidelines or standards for summarization (what kind of information would be most useful, what wouldn't normally be included, how…
jedimastert on HN
How was the site built and which theme was used
From 2 comments
I really like the design. I do a lot of backend dev so I gotta ask, what goes into designing a aesthetically pleasing site like that?
asdfzalsd on HNHi Dawid, really useful resource! I would like to try a similar site for another industry/field. Can you tell me how you built the site/what theme you used?
alexgotoi on HN
Alternatives named
Subreddits that summarize research findings
From 1 comment
Thank you for this, that's really great! You are totally right: between the full article and the (often over-hyped) title, there is a sweet spot for a short, high signal-to-noise…
Iv on HN