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My Experiment to Simplify Video Creation for Everyone

Hey everyone!I’ve been working on a project to simplify video production, making it as easy as writing an article. The idea is to allow anyone to create videos in minutes without needing design or editing skills—just copy, paste, and click “Create.” It’s a quick way to turn content into video, like you would when publishing a blog post.The motivation behind this is simple: I’m lazy when it...

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Totally agree. Rewards are super important and just feel good.
Would be great to have a mode: "Skip a video I already knew everything" :-)
Most of the requests came from Google. I have a couple of keywords where SkillsRace is ranking pretty well. I can't say much about the second one. I am going to start talking with them tomorrow. I hope a few will reply so I can gather more insights and feedback. I already have 5-6 replies from earlier, and I asked them to join the waitlist. I will try to convince more to talk.
That's a really good point. Thanks!
MVP is already done. I just need to polish it a little bit. I already have 20 signup requests so I plan to start with them and gather some feedback. Apart from that I am gong to try few ads channels + cold emails.
I plan to start with educators and small businesses. I already have 20 signup requests and after a little analysis I realised that the most of requests I received exactly from educators and small private schools.
My target audience is: Educators Companies Schools Universities

I am planning to try many channels including cold emails, linkedin, google ads, youtube.

Also I already have some organic traffic from google and plan to increase positions.

Oops, thank you!
Thank you!

I am making LMS because I hate boring corporate learning

Hello Hacker News Community,I've always found corporate training painfully dull and uninspiring. That's why I created SkillsRace, an LMS designed to make learning genuinely engaging and fun.*What I’m Changing* Mini Courses: Short, focused lessons that fit into any schedule, making learning more accessible. Gamification: Introducing game-like elements and friendly competition to keep learners...

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Yep, agree, my goal is to make a lesson $1 max. Probably I will try to make a price lower and see how I can also make the cost of lesson for me lower by using different AI models.
But anyway, it is fun. We could have a whole generation that speaks exactly like ChatGPT. However, I still think a book and a simple conversation are a little bit different. Simple conversation is something AI is already good at.
Yeah, totally agree but here it is more about education. For some steps it is okay to allow AI to teach you and after move to the next level. Also AI is more affordable for many people because not everyone can afford to pay $10-$30 for each lesson but here you can mix real teachers with AI. Will it replace all teachers? Probably not. Will it replace some of them? Probably.
Hi HackerNews,

I recently made my first GPT wrapper with the idea of replacing language teachers and tutors with AI. The idea is to create speaking lessons with AI instead of a regular teacher. My project, AITalkTutor, leverages GPT, Gemini, Whisper, and TTS technologies to offer an interactive and flexible learning experience.

While it’s not a perfect substitute for human teachers, AI tutoring brings several unique benefits to the table:

- Affordability: At $2.20 for a 45-minute lesson, AITalkTutor is more cost-effective than traditional tutoring, with a goal to lower the cost to $1 per lesson. - Flexibility: Students can start, pause, and resume lessons on their own schedule, making learning more adaptable to individual needs. - Data-Driven Insights: By maintaining a complete conversation history, we can analyze interactions to provide personalized feedback and insights, helping students improve their speaking skills more effectively. - The future of AI in education is a fascinating topic. The ability to deliver affordable, flexible, and highly personalized learning experiences could be a game-changer for language acquisition.

What do you think about the idea of replacing language teachers with AI? Can AI provide a comparable or even superior learning experience? I'd love to hear your thoughts and engage in a discussion about the potential and challenges of this approach.

Looking forward to your feedback and insights!

Hey everyone,

I'm working on an open source project called PHPForm, a simple headless form management tool made for developers, and I could really use your advice.

I started PHPForm because I felt there wasn't a straightforward enough tool out there for developers to manage forms without dealing with unnecessary complexity or overhead. It's meant to be light, run on almost any server, and easy to get going with.

Right now, PHPForm lets you:

- Make as many forms as you need; - Use different types of fields; - Send notifications through browser or email; - Keep things secure with tokens and different captcha providers;

I'm planning to add more, like support for popular front-end frameworks and a version that's easy to deploy in the cloud.

I'm reaching out because I want to know what you think:

What features are you looking for in a form management tool? Are there integrations or capabilities that would make your life easier? How can I make this tool better for developers?

I'm all ears for any suggestions or feedback you have. Your input is invaluable as I try to make PHPForm something really useful for us developers.

If you're interested, check out the project on GitHub (https://phpform-dev/phpform-server) or visit the website (https://phpform.dev).

Thanks for your help and few stars on GitHub :-)