Stepify
Productivity
video to text guides
SHOW HN2024
271points
128comments
#254of 3,515 in 2024
Top 8%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
20 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 21 critical, out of 69 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Idea: 12 for, 8 againstExecution: 3 for, 7 againstDesign: 1 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful application of LLM technology, especially for recipes and repair videos
From 4 comments
This is a brilliant and useful application of LLM technology, I'm impressed. One question- On the backend, is it downloading each video CC (closed-caption) transcript and feeding…
metadat on HNThis is fantastic for recipe videos: https://stepify.tech/video/wUFbhygzbqQ
toddmorey on HNI could have used this on the weekend. I was working on my car, and though I had watched a few videos about removing the door, and electrical connections, etc etc. I missed on…
pedalpete on HNI've been looking for something like this for absolutely ages. If I want to figure out how to fix my cellphone, reset a warning sensor on my auto dashboard or more recently…
Simon_ORourke on HN
Objections
Guides are paraphrased and miss details; some content is invented or inaccurate
From 3 comments
Hi, Is there a way to request items that were submit get removed? Can you provide a way to contact you such as an email address? There wasn't one posted on your site. It's just a…
nickjj on HNTried it on one of my latest videos. Interesting results. My video is not quite a tutorial video, so I can understand why the results are not perfect. But it has invented quite a…
iamflimflam1 on HNInteresting idea, but not quite useful. I tried two: How to replace a fiberglass window screen and how to replace the "cycle clutch gearh on an IBM Selectric Typewriter"…
fortran77 on HN
Embedded video gives inadequate credit to creators and may hurt their revenue
From 3 comments
The YouTube player is there, poorly inserted at the bottom of the page on mobile. No attribution is provided. There's no credit given. The description from the video is not…
mattl on HNWhy isn't it a link to the channel? Where is the description from the video which often includes the credits for the video, including writers, editors, etc? People won't get…
mattl on HNIf you continue to this road, you should plan to fund the creators that this is siphoning from, or allow them some form of consent to agree to this. What you are doing is,…
shortformblog on HN
Site frequently crashes with Heroku errors and slow loading
From 3 comments
This is a brilliant and useful application of LLM technology, I'm impressed. One question- On the backend, is it downloading each video CC (closed-caption) transcript and feeding…
metadat on HNGreat work. A few ideas 1) Speed : the site is often showing heroku errors. Seems like you are running the entire processing in the request-response cycle. If not already done,…
makuchaku on HNSuper interesting. I recently went down the DIY rabbit hole for solar, electricity, etc. I tested out https://stepify.tech/video/O8eVxRVwlnw and looks decent: 1. It took about…
mbesto on HN
Requests
Timecode links back to the video
From 2 comments
Great work. A few ideas 1) Speed : the site is often showing heroku errors. Seems like you are running the entire processing in the request-response cycle. If not already done,…
makuchaku on HNThis is a great & useful resource! So many guides on YouTube are unfortunately padded with so much silliness and fluff. Would be great to link out to time codes if possible.
toddmorey on HN
Checklist functionality
From 1 comment
Super interesting. I recently went down the DIY rabbit hole for solar, electricity, etc. I tested out https://stepify.tech/video/O8eVxRVwlnw and looks decent: 1. It took about…
mbesto on HN
Open source the code
From 2 comments
This is a brilliant and useful application of LLM technology, I'm impressed. One question- On the backend, is it downloading each video CC (closed-caption) transcript and feeding…
metadat on HNIt would be great if it was open source, as I might want to make some custom modifications.
DevNinjaS on HN
Screenshots for each step
From 2 comments
I could have used this on the weekend. I was working on my car, and though I had watched a few videos about removing the door, and electrical connections, etc etc. I missed on…
pedalpete on HNVery awesome! Would be even neater if it pulled screenshots from the video for each step :)
_akhe on HN
Questions
How is the service funded and how are API costs managed
From 1 comment
Wow you might have done something, saved How are you managing costs and offering this for free?
cvhashim04 on HN
Whether the project will be open source or a business
From 1 comment
This is a brilliant and useful application of LLM technology, I'm impressed. One question- On the backend, is it downloading each video CC (closed-caption) transcript and feeding…
metadat on HN
Alternatives named
Chrome extensions that summarize YouTube videos
From 1 comment
This is cool. I have been doing this a bit more manually, by using a Chrome plugin that does YT summaries and shows transcriptions using Claude. I don’t like those summaries so I…
geekraver on HN
Whisper-based local transcription scripts
From 1 comment
I made something a little similar, but just as a little cli script that I run locally for myself. You can input a url for a YouTube video, podcast link or local audio/video file.…
plufz on HN