{"by":"jbdamask","descendants":107,"id":47195123,"kids":[47200131,47200381,47199468,47200475,47202678,47204533,47198044,47204624,47197357,47196323,47195808,47195606,47199200,47197229,47199963,47196989,47196029,47196121,47198485,47198191,47197271,47197870,47196789,47196846,47196942,47198594,47197145,47197202,47200057,47196828,47197257,47201764,47198364,47196919,47196777,47197364,47195419,47198360,47199035,47195999,47201112,47199922],"score":243,"text":"Understanding scientific articles can be tough, even in your own field. Trying to comprehend articles from others? Good luck.

Enter, Now I Get It!

I made this app for curious people. Simply upload an article and after a few minutes you'll have an interactive web page showcasing the highlights. Generated pages are stored in the cloud and can be viewed from a gallery.

Now I Get It! uses the best LLMs out there, which means the app will improve as AI improves.

Free for now - it's capped at 20 articles per day so I don't burn cash.

A few things I (and maybe you will) find interesting:

* This is a pure convenience app. I could just as well use a saved prompt in Claude, but sometimes it's nice to have a niche-focused app. It's just cognitively easier, IMO.

* The app was built for myself and colleagues in various scientific fields. It can take an hour or more to read a detailed paper so this is like an on-ramp.

* The app is a place for me to experiment with using LLMs to translate scientific articles into software. The space is pregnant with possibilities.

* Everything in the app is the result of agentic engineering, e.g. plans, specs, tasks, execution loops. I swear by Beads (https://github.com/steveyegge/beads) by Yegge and also make heavy use of Beads Viewer (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46314423) and Destructive Command Guard (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46835674) by Jeffrey Emanuel.

* I'm an AWS fan and have been impressed by Opus' ability to write good CFN. It still needs a bunch of guidance around distributed architecture but way better than last year.","time":1772285376,"title":"Show HN: Now I Get It – Translate scientific papers into interactive webpages","type":"story","url":"https://nowigetit.us"}