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Re:Ask HN: No interest for my idea (private LLM and RAG for ... by Dutchie987 on Sunday July 14, 2024 @10:13AM (#40961090)
Don't tell us, show us the value of your project!

Show how it would work in practice, show how it is better than normal Jira search. Show why I should use your project instead of the many, many others?

Re:Ask HN: No interest for my idea (private LLM and RAG for ... by namanyayg on Sunday July 14, 2024 @11:00AM (#40961343)
Thank you for your suggestion.

I agree with your assessment but I'm having a difficult time thinking of how I could "show" rather than tell (I'm a developer and sales/marketing is my weak point)

Possible to share some more details on what you have in mind?

Re:Ask HN: No interest for my idea (private LLM and RAG for ... by verdverm on Sunday July 14, 2024 @11:20AM (#40961449)
Show by letting users login in and use the app.

There are literally 100s of this same application. Here's the start to mine:

https://topicalsource.dev/chat/8e8c2bdf-41f4-4fd6-b8db-9bbda...

See how I am (1) providing something people could log into and try; and (2) providing the ability to have public posts that are sticky between visits, even for non-users (localStorage gimmic)

Here's a second link so you can see the public menu grow

https://topicalsource.dev/chat/84a0d6dd-f66f-4f12-af17-5e99c...

Will probably have a page/search for public chats eventually (private by default)

I only made this available in the last week, no signups outside my network yet either, but the goal isn't really a basic chat / rag app for business, I'm definitely looking at the b2c area, but not for your data. The goal is to work on the misinformation / trust problem that is starting and only getting worse

Re:Ask HN: No interest for my idea (private LLM and RAG for ... by namanyayg on Sunday July 14, 2024 @11:31AM (#40961507)
Thanks, makes sense

TopicalSource looks great, and you're right using an example is 100x clearer than reading the website.

Follow you on X btw, keep me updated on TopicalSource this might be something I'd use.

Re:Ask HN: No interest for my idea (private LLM and RAG for ... by verdverm on Sunday July 14, 2024 @11:46AM (#40961593)
I don't use Twitter much anymore, I'm on Bluesky now

https://bsky.app/profile/verdverm.bsky.social/post/3kx5x22yx...

(Gemini rick-rolled me...)