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How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Execution: 2 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive for a day's work
From 2 comments
Impressive project, especially for a day's work! My site, https://www.emergentmind.com, is similar, though I'm two years in :) I've found Gemini 2.5 Flash is the best model in…
matt1 on HNI’m amazed, the interface is pretty complete and slick for a days work - then again I’m not a WebDev so I’d do it a dumb way.. Curious how this was made..
beng-nl on HN
Nice, slick interface
From 2 comments
I’m amazed, the interface is pretty complete and slick for a days work - then again I’m not a WebDev so I’d do it a dumb way.. Curious how this was made..
beng-nl on HNSuper cool project! Didn’t expect it to be this good tbh
ozgrakkurt on HN
Objections
LLM struggles to explain equations beyond the paper
From 1 comment
It's a nice project, but the LLM itself seems to struggle with actually comprehending the subjects. It can point me very well to parts of the paper, but it could not explain…
bArray on HN
Does not handle arXiv IDs with a forward slash
From 1 comment
It looks like it doesn't handle ArXiv IDs that have a forward slash in them, eg, https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0211011 as viewed at https://asxiv.org/pdf/cs/0211011 is a 404 error.
codebje on HN
Requests
Render markdown and LaTeX in output
From 1 comment
Very interesting, I still need to test it more, but it seems like it parses only the arxiv PDF data. For getting more accurate equations it might be a good idea to download the…
APNPucky on HN
Use TeX source when available
From 1 comment
Very interesting, I still need to test it more, but it seems like it parses only the arxiv PDF data. For getting more accurate equations it might be a good idea to download the…
APNPucky on HN
Highlight specific parts of the page
From 1 comment
Nice that it will link to specific pages. I wonder if it could be made to highlight specific parts of a page (i.e. highlight the exact thing I am looking for)?
ks2048 on HN
Questions
How does it differ from alphaxiv
From 2 comments
Hi. Cool project! But I wonder what is the different between this and alphaxiv.org?
phamtrongthang on HNHave you tried https://www.alphaxiv.org before inventing your thing?
SweetSoftPillow on HN
Alternatives named
alphaxiv
From 2 comments
Have you tried https://www.alphaxiv.org before inventing your thing?
SweetSoftPillow on HNHi. Cool project! But I wonder what is the different between this and alphaxiv.org?
phamtrongthang on HN
Emergent Mind
From 1 comment
Impressive project, especially for a day's work! My site, https://www.emergentmind.com, is similar, though I'm two years in :) I've found Gemini 2.5 Flash is the best model in…
matt1 on HN