typingmind.com
AI
chat client
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
8 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 34 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Pricing: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Faster than the official ChatGPT UI.
From 1 comment
> I was annoyed by the default OpenAI ChatGPT slow-typing animation I’d assumed ChatGPT’s slow-typing was actually the model’s real-time output, streamed to the browser…
jw1224 on HN
Useful extra features like chat search and prompt library.
From 1 comment
This looks very nice, lots of great extra features over the vanilla UI. One possible improvement: I had accidentally mistyped my API key and it popped up an HTTP 500 error…
epaga on HN
Objections
Closed source, so users cannot verify it.
From 1 comment
But why is it closed source? It makes no sense why you would obfuscate this.
birdyrooster on HN
Buggy, with client-side errors and lost conversations.
From 1 comment
Pretty buggy got `Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the browser console for more information).` after a couple of prompts. And I can't access my old…
poisoned on HN
Requests
Document or page upload for context.
From 2 comments
Cool project! Thank you! I would request a new feature, a page/document upload (in parts if it is big) to update the right\correct context. For example the current documentation…
Bzzz666 on HNGreat work on the project and thank you for sharing it! I do have a feature request though - would it be possible to add a page/document upload function that allows for updating…
Heleana on HN
Model selection option.
From 1 comment
Well done! I wonder if it's worth it to also hide a "select model" option somewhere, since we're putting in our own api keys i'd be interested in trying out other models even…
ICodeSometimes on HN
Better error message for invalid API key.
From 1 comment
This looks very nice, lots of great extra features over the vanilla UI. One possible improvement: I had accidentally mistyped my API key and it popped up an HTTP 500 error…
epaga on HN
Questions
Why is the app closed source?
From 1 comment
But why is it closed source? It makes no sense why you would obfuscate this.
birdyrooster on HN
How is conversation context kept?
From 1 comment
Looks amazing - congrats! I haven't checked the API in detail but how do you keep the context of the conversation (awareness of previous questions and answers)? Do you send back…
101008 on HN
Alternatives named
Poe
From 1 comment
How is this different from Quora's new Poe web app? [1] [1] https://twitter.com/adamdangelo/status/1631714221171023873
thoughtpeddler on HN
Superpower ChatGPT
From 1 comment
Superpower ChatGPT is free, has a ton of features, and it doesn't need your API key. https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/11ef8ea/superpower_chatgpt_v220_is_out/
purplend on HN
Koala
From 1 comment
https://koala.sh/chat?q=hello
weird-eye-issue on HN