ishanr

Everything about the book publishing industry is antiquated.

I wish Amazon focused on books instead of ecommerce.

The real disruption of books haven't really happened.

I thought eBooks and digital books would get us there, but it simply hasn't changed anything.

The Steam (valve software) of books hasn't happened yet.

Seeing that aqua scrollbar fills me with such joy. This is when tech was joyful and fun. I think what happened to the scrollbar is such a reflection of our industry as a whole. A microcosm.

I want to try this, but unfortunately there are just too many Electron applications on my computer now.

I literally cannot run anymore without slowing everything down.

This is something which other software makers need to start considering.

There's actually limited RAM now on machines.

Codex and Claude Desktop both are gigantic memory hogs. And they leak memory all the time, but they provide value which is quite high.

Add in a couple of editors and the GitHub app. And then the actual browsers. And it actually stops me from downloading any more electron apps.

Could this be made into a native application?

I am working on a ebook reader which uses AI to make reading easier and has a built in book club to talk about the book as you read it and once you are done.

Basically I am building it for myself as some books are hard to read, and if I can substitute a paragraph or some sections with an ELI5 version that would get me through a lot more books and may it so much fun.

And I love chatting about books and that is half of the fun for me, so I am building it in the app itself.

Using Tauri and Rust for all of this because I don't like slow apps.

Will also build mobile apps next once I am done with the desktop versions as I like syncing where I read etc.

If you think Canada is the answer then let me stop you right there. Canada's problems are only increasing and while there are no school shootings there are stabbings and homeless problems are increasing everyday along with not a lot of competition so high prices for everything, rising house prices, rising grocery prices and lastly, healthcare is completely falling apart with no access to healthcare for months or years unless it is a complete emergency.

The delivery piece can be email for sure but the discovery / browsing piece is harder to do through email.