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shkliarau

63 karma · joined May 3, 2020

I help businesses with product design. Worked with Twitter, Zero Fasting, Oak Meditation, Blinkist

Working on http://alfreadapp.com: manage and read your saved articles.

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shkliarau··on Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?
I’m only saving articles for later (and then videos directly on YouTube). The problem with bookmarks is going back to them (if ever), so I always tend to forget about what I’ve saved and then just google what I need in the moment. With articles it’s a bit different but I used to save a lot of articles to Pocket and then Instapaper, and reading them not too often. Now using Alfread that sends me quotes from saved articles as reminders, so that helps a bit.
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built a platform for video-based discussions
Looks like a really cool way to reuse TikTok's format for something more meaningful. Will check it out!
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
For now there's Readwise integration that lets you export highlights from Alfread to Readwise to then Evernote: https://www.roxinekee.com/blog/readwise No immediate plans to export highlights to Evernote directly for now though. NeuraCache looks really interesting, thanks for sharing!
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Agree! Some solutions are for quality of life though
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Sounds like a solid workflow! "Purging it every morning" sounds key here since you don't let it sit for ages
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
The theme should match the background automatically , it doesn't work for you?

Will look into the email today, thank you!

shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Thanks!
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Reminds me of that famous HN Dropbox comment lol But whatever works for you :)
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Thank you!
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Unfortunately subscriptions are the best way to support ongoing development. Understand it’s not for everyone though
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
It’s been a question for a long time whether go freemium or just paid with a trial. We went along with freemium since biggest competitors offer that too so we are in a similar position. We don’t collect user data so we can’t sell it
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Definitely makes sense! Let us know how it goes :)
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Hey Jeff, parsing isn’t our strongest but it’s the very next thing we are improving. What other fonts would you like to see?
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Did you see it on the App Store page? We filled that out wrong: we use the location for location-based notifications if the user sets them but don’t collect any data or even know any personal information as we don’t have accounts. We’ll fix it on the App Store page to avoid the confusion
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
We might!
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Good catch!
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Not yet! What I’m doing for now is opening the web version and saving that instead. Not ideal but does the job
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Thanks Rony!
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Thank you! We do have a list of articles to scroll through on the Search tab :) Seamless saving is on our mind but have to rely on Instapaper/Pocket for saving on the desktop
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Thanks a lot for such a detailed reply! I agree with a lot of your feedback but I’m limited by Readymag which I used to create the site which doesn’t allow me to set animations quite right but I’ll try again :)
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
And a pretty cool Tinder-like interface, stats, streaks, sorting options (including shuffle) and much more!
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Ex-Pocket users that have since moved to Alfread would disagree with you :)
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Thank you!
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Love the idea! Haven’t tried but there’s this https://www.myscreenbreak.com/?ref=producthunt
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Hm, that’s weird. Should be fine on chrome macos, will check. Cool idea with the video!
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Thanks for such an insightful comment! Saving is a big part of read later apps, so we didn’t want users to do too much to start. I agree with you on the onboarding flow as a user, but data shows that it’s the best place to put it actually. You miss 100% of shots you don’t take kind of situation. But we’re trying to not be too pushy about it. Let us know how it goes!
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Thank you! Yep, highlights made in Alfread are synced to Readwise. We don’t have annotations yet but stay tuned. Lol, yeah it has been mentioned: someone said that it’s a poor choice of the name since it’s so similar to Alfred. Naming is one hell of a challenge
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Thanks for sharing! Did anything stand out to you? To be honest, we did it last second but basically we don’t have accounts, don’t store any personal information, and everything stays on your device
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
Ha, thanks! Just trying my best, first time (or maybe second) posting here
shkliarau··on Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later
One day :) We’re a 2-person team with 1 dev, so resources are quite limited, but hope to get there.

Great suggestion! We have auto-tags for that right now, but of course it’s not perfect yet. But could be nice to suggest similar ones at the end of the one I just read, like you suggested

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