Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup, a study app

Re:Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup... by pfannkuchen on Sunday May 11, 2025 @03:55AM (#43952176)

“I've always struggled to make sense of my notes and figure out what to study. Notiv gave me a clear plan and helped me actually retain the material. Bringing my GPA up by 0.9 points in just one semester.”

This sounds kind of fake, like a character playing a customer saying good things about your product.

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Re:Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup... by minraws on Sunday May 11, 2025 @04:26AM (#43952299)

Sound AI to me tbh... But not sure. If it's actually a 16 y/o then they might just be using AI for better grammar and writing.

Only God knows how much I needed better grammar when I was 16. Tbh I still do.. LoL

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Re:Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup... by jen729w on Sunday May 11, 2025 @04:31AM (#43952325)

It sounds like the sort of thing you'd say if you were asked to give your mate a review of their product.

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Re:Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup... by WilliamCranna on Sunday May 11, 2025 @11:47AM (#43954575)

This is exactly what happened. Only guy I knew that graduated, thought I’d ask for his photo and a quote.

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Re:Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup... by jofzar on Sunday May 11, 2025 @05:30AM (#43952565)

Yep it's 100% AI, the format of the homepage is exactly what you get when you ask for a homepage from ai

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Re:Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup... by WilliamCranna on Sunday May 11, 2025 @11:48AM (#43954580)

Or I saw Marc Lou and his format and got some idea from him.

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Re:Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup... by Grimblewald on Monday May 12, 2025 @05:57AM (#43961291)

look, you seem like might really just be a genuine kid, genuinely trying. Stay away from youtubers like mark lou, they're grifters. A rule of thumb I'm sure near all here will agree with me on is that "get rich quick" content creators have plagued every human medium from speech to books to the internet, and they have never, EVER, been right.

They make their money from fooling others. Stick to educational channels. Learn to code. Learn a valuable skill you can take pride in. Mark lou and the like will at best teach you to grift, and learning to grift is not the way to a good life. You clearly have a knack for tech, but know if it's easy, then something is almost surely wrong. Anything that would be easy to exploit becomes incredibly competitive, making it hard. There are no easy wins in life, beyond those you were born to.

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Re:Show HN: I’m 16 years old and working on my first startup... by WilliamCranna on Monday May 12, 2025 @11:58AM (#43964472)

This is the best comment here! I made this app not with making money in mind, but knowing I want an obtainable skill that I can leverage with applying to schools/jobs. I’m not here to make money quick, I want to build something with meaning, and I don’t think that’s possible with someone’s first app. This is the first step in learning to reach my meaningful idea.

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