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Show HN: Textile – A desktop app for weaving together bits of text

Original Article

Hacker News Discussion

📝 Discussion Summary (Click to expand)

1. Mobile layout problems
- “The text on your site is cut off on both left and right on my iPhone 13 mini, and I can't zoom, so it's unreadable.” — frereubu
- “Same on Android, duck browser” — thejokeisonme

2. Ambiguous purpose & comparisons to other tools
- “I’m a little confused what this does. Is it like espanso?” — tquinn35
- “Looks a lot like CyberChef which is web based.” — cosmic

3. Suggested enhancements & practical use‑cases
- “This could be useful for writing report card comments! Source: I’m a teacher.” — cardamomo
- “Can it wait/prompt for something new to be put onto the clipboard while it runs a Textile?” — baliex
- “I imagine a flow that looks something like this: … (1) When creating the textile, you would add a step to “wait for new clipboard data.” …” — stack_framer

🚀 Project Ideas

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[ReadableWeb Overlay]

Summary

  • [Users on iOS and Android experience cut‑off text on certain sites, making content unreadable without zoom.]
  • [Our overlay adds a responsive text‑expansion layer that re‑flows and enlarges content for seamless mobile reading.]

Details| Key | Value |

|-----|-------| | Target Audience | Mobile users of content‑heavy sites; site owners looking to improve readability | | Core Feature | Responsive overlay that expands and scrolls text to fit screen, with pinch‑zoom | | Tech Stack | React + CSS‑in‑JS for web; optional browser extension (Manifest V3) | | Difficulty | Medium | | Monetization | Revenue-ready: Freemium with $4.99/yr premium themes |

Notes

  • [Positive feedback from HN commenters like “Same on Android, duck browser” would love a fix.]
  • [Potential for viral adoption as a lightweight browser extension solving a universal pain point.]

[Clipboard Queue Manager]

Summary

  • [Power users building multi‑step clipboard workflows (e.g., Textile) need a way to pause and wait for new clipboard data, which current tools lack.]
  • [Our utility adds a modal prompt that captures the next clipboard entry before proceeding, enabling chained operations.]

Details| Key | Value |

|-----|-------| | Target Audience | Developers, automators, and power users on macOS, Windows, and Linux | | Core Feature | System‑tray app that monitors clipboard, shows “wait for new data” modal, and resumes automation | | Tech Stack | Electron + Node.js + Clipboardy library | | Difficulty | Low | | Monetization | Hobby |

Notes

  • [Directly addresses the “Can it wait/prompt for something new to be put onto the clipboard while it runs a Textile?” suggestion.]
  • [Would integrate smoothly with Textile, expanding its usability for tasks like report‑card or link generation.]

[AI Report Card Generator]

Summary

  • [Teachers spend hours drafting individualized report‑card comments, often pulling short phrases from the clipboard; an AI‑driven tool that expands these snippets into full comments would save time.]
  • [Our service converts brief clipboard inputs into polished, standards‑aligned report‑card narratives with optional formatting.]

Details

Key Value
Target Audience K‑12 teachers, school administrators, and educational content creators
Core Feature Web app that takes a short seed phrase and generates a complete report‑card comment using a fine‑tuned language model
Tech Stack Next.js + React + OpenAI GPT‑3.5 API (or self‑hosted LLM)
Difficulty High
Monetization Revenue-ready: Subscription $8/mo per user

Notes

  • [Quoted by a teacher: “This could be useful for writing report card comments! Source: I'm a teacher. It's report card season.” would love such automation.]
  • [Potential for discussion on data privacy and LMS integration, offering practical utility for busy educators.]

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