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These are so well thought out!

It's funny you mention dropping some letters because my other project is AutoGradr :D

Just checked out https://autogradr.com/. When I clicked on Signup, it went to https://autogradr.app/signup. Is there a reason it's not in autogradr.com since you control the domain?

Also, it asked for my role with two choices "Instructor" or "Student". I'm paralysed, now because I could be an instructor for some, and a student for others. How will this dictate the future experience? Will I be able to switch roles? Will features of the one be unavailable for the other?

- No good reason really. I prefer having "app" in the URL and I was already using app.autogradr.com subdomain for an older version. During the migration, I had to keep both of them running so I opted to get the new domain.

- That's a good point about the role. Surprisingly, it is not common for users to switch roles. I had punted this functionality until I would need it but even after a lot of usage, no one has requested for this feature. However, as an instructor you can get the "student" view.

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