paperify

Productivity

document conversion

SHOW HN2023

paperify

Transform any website or eBook into a research paper (no LLM required)

github.com

#research paper#pandoc#latex#ebook to pdf#reading

96points
15comments
#677of 3,109 in 2023
Top 22%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.

Idea: 1 for, 2 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Funny, clever idea for procrastination

    From 2 comments
    • To those have made the noble decision to sacrifice years of potential earnings to advance the frontiers of knowledge, yet are lazy enough to spend that time reading a novel, we…
      globalise83 on HN
    • Love the idea. Plenty of personal open source projects I've wanted to attempt writing a more scientific explanation of.
      thomasfromcdnjs on HN

Objections

  • Pointless utility; only a joke

    From 2 comments
    • It is useless. That's why it's interesting.
      xcv123 on HN
    • Can someone enlighten me what's the actual use for this project? I can only imagine a student that wants to read some mundane stuff but their parents are watching so they pretend…
      benterix on HN

Requests

  • Browser extension to turn web pages into papers

    From 1 comment
    • See this part of the readme: "Special shout out to the friends who suggested, as a follow-up project, making a browser extension to transform the current web page into a…
      minorannoyance2 on HN

Questions

  • What is the actual use case?

    From 2 comments
    • Hm, I can't say I've ever wanted to convert to paper formatting; it's almost always wanting to convert from paper formatting, so that I can better read papers on my e-reader or…
      Philpax on HN
    • Can someone enlighten me what's the actual use for this project? I can only imagine a student that wants to read some mundane stuff but their parents are watching so they pretend…
      benterix on HN

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