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# Reader (by Readwise) is Goated
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/202302170005/
- Published: 2023-02-19T04:03:22.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-19T04:08:02.000Z
- Description: I am impressed with the Readwise team for creating a great app with a solid AI integration that provides a world class reading experience on mobile and web clipper experience.
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: ai, audio-enabled, essays

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## Intro

As I've discussed[\[1\]](#fn1) multiple[\[2\]](#fn2) times, creating a solid app that leverages GPT is a difficult challenge. LLMs have a steep learning curve. Even after the summit of learning is crested there are still major problems (features -- not bugs) that are (currently) unsolvable. These "features" include, but are not limited to: model hallucination, context window size, and fine tuning unfreezing for transfer learning.[\[3\]](#fn3)

These domain specific problems are **in addition to** the regular problems of building an app, including UX, data integrity, marketing, pricing strategy, data storage, dev ops pipelines, privacy, yada yada yada.

There is a reason I say that building my own E2E app [Stenography](https://stenography.dev/?ref=bramadams.dev) took multiple years off of my lifespan.[\[4\]](#fn4) Shit was tough.

With this difficulty in mind, I want to give major props to the Readwise team for **knocking it out of the park with the Reader App**. They succeeded not just in the domain of building a great app, but also having a solid AI integration. This app provides a world class reading experience on mobile, **in addition to a world class web clipper experience**. The double tap to highlight a paragraph functionality is something I didn't know I needed so badly until I had it.

On top of all of that, the Ghost Reader Extension is actually **really good.**

**bramadams.dev is a reader-supported [published Zettelkasten](https://www.bramadams.dev/about/). Both free and paid subscriptions are available. If you want to support my work, the best way is by taking out a paid subscription.**

![https://bram-adams.ghost.io/content/images/2023/02/ghostreader-0.png](https://bram-adams.ghost.io/content/images/2023/02/ghostreader-0.png)

ghostreader 0.png

Ghostreader is easily accessible from the menu.

![https://bram-adams.ghost.io/content/images/2023/02/ghostreader-1.png](https://bram-adams.ghost.io/content/images/2023/02/ghostreader-1.png)

ghostreader 1.png

There are only a few options. Counterintuitively, **limiting options** with an AI app is the correct play.

![https://bram-adams.ghost.io/content/images/2023/02/ghostreader-2.png](https://bram-adams.ghost.io/content/images/2023/02/ghostreader-2.png)

ghostreader 2.png

Feels like a part of the app (crazy to say that I know, but you'd be shocked how many AI apps feel distinct from the parent app)

![https://bram-adams.ghost.io/content/images/2023/02/ghostreader-3.png](https://bram-adams.ghost.io/content/images/2023/02/ghostreader-3.png)

ghostreader 3.png

Human in the loop editing

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1. [202302112057](https://bram-adams.ghost.io/202302112057?ref=bramadams.dev)
2. [202302181117](https://bram-adams.ghost.io/202302181117?ref=bramadams.dev)
3. [202302172335](https://bram-adams.ghost.io/202302172335?ref=bramadams.dev)
4. [202301081734](https://bram-adams.ghost.io/202301081734?ref=bramadams.dev)