Remind

AI

personal memory assistant

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25points
23comments
#1,724of 3,515 in 2024
Top 50%of 2024 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.38.

Idea: 2 for, 5 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful for recalling meetings and media work

    From 2 comments
    • This is a godsend for people who work with media projects.
      vagrantJin on HN
    • I use an app like this that I built myself. It's great to recap yesterdays work for a standup, or the previous month for a retro. Those are my most regular usages of it, but…
      wingerlang on HN
  • Open source and local is a selling point

    From 1 comment
    • Technically Recall (Windows) and Rewind (Mac) are also both self-hosted and don't run on the cloud, but this one is open-source, I think that would be a bigger selling point.
      samspenc on HN

Objections

  • 'First' claim is wrong and hyperbolic

    From 4 comments
    • It's definitely not the first, that's kind of a weird and also fundamentally hard to prove claim. Also, I'm still not entirely sure why this is any better than other solutions.…
      junon on HN
    • Unfortunately, you're missing the prior art of writing things down, which predates your "invention" by something like 5000 years.
      fake-name on HN
    • First?!
      yahoobing on HN
    • This still doesn’t address the claim that ‘first’ is wrong, and that sort of hyperbole, if wrong, is quite off-putting. If this is really ‘quite promising compared to…
      eynsham on HN
  • Landing page lacks information and sounds like spyware

    From 1 comment
    • It's definitely not the first, that's kind of a weird and also fundamentally hard to prove claim. Also, I'm still not entirely sure why this is any better than other solutions.…
      junon on HN
  • Copied website design from Linear or looks generic

    From 2 comments
  • Unclear why it is better than Rewind

    From 2 comments
    • It's definitely not the first, that's kind of a weird and also fundamentally hard to prove claim. Also, I'm still not entirely sure why this is any better than other solutions.…
      junon on HN
    • Not to sound rude, but isn't this exactly what Rewind.ai does since a couple of years?
      derN3rd on HN

Requests

  • Clarify whether it records continuously or only during speech

    From 1 comment
    • Does this record audio the whole time or does it start logging when someone starts talking? My own tests with whisper have average transcription accuracy at best, I mostly want…
      interstice on HN
  • Better audio transcription accuracy

    From 1 comment
    • Does this record audio the whole time or does it start logging when someone starts talking? My own tests with whisper have average transcription accuracy at best, I mostly want…
      interstice on HN

Questions

  • Does it record audio all the time or only when talking?

    From 1 comment
    • Does this record audio the whole time or does it start logging when someone starts talking? My own tests with whisper have average transcription accuracy at best, I mostly want…
      interstice on HN
  • Why is this needed in daily life?

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Rewind.ai

    From 2 comments
    • Not to sound rude, but isn't this exactly what Rewind.ai does since a couple of years?
      derN3rd on HN
    • The company behind Rewind has pivoted, maybe bc of the Microsoft announcement; they aren’t going to improve the product. While it was always locally-stored, at least some of the…
      threecheese on HN
  • Microsoft Recall

    From 2 comments
    • Wow, it must have been pretty intense feelings seeing Microsoft reveal exactly the same thing that you've been working on for months. Would you like to share what you experienced…
      protoman3000 on HN
    • Technically Recall (Windows) and Rewind (Mac) are also both self-hosted and don't run on the cloud, but this one is open-source, I think that would be a bigger selling point.
      samspenc on HN

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