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How we chose our tech stack
A look into our technology decisions
Aneesh Arora
June 27, 2024 · 3 min read
On video summaries
What summaries can and cannot do
Mohammed Kheezar Hayat
Jun 25, 2024 · 5 min read
The crouch before a leap
We could all be experts (sort of)
Mohammed Kheezar Hayat
Apr 30, 2024 · 5 min read
How to handle password encryption and email verification
Learn the correct way to encrypt passwords and send emails
Aneesh Arora
Mar 28, 2024 · 4 min read
Summarization is not just an LLM wrapper
Good summarization requires far more work than just prompting an LLM
Aneesh Arora
Mar 20, 2024 · 2 min read
Random access everything
A lot of software is just about building new indexes
Mohammed Kheezar Hayat
Feb 22, 2024 · 5 min read
Why we don't use external user authentication services
External user authentication is not as simple, secure and cheap as it seems
Aneesh Arora
Feb 1, 2024 · 5 min read
How Afterword saves me tons of time as a content marketer
Learn how Afterword can quickly help you turn Podcasts, Audiobooks, Interviews, and Lectures into Blogs and Social Media Content
Nikita Rana
Jan 22, 2024 · 2 min read
X-raying the watermelon
Why 'search' may not be the best way to do research
Mohammed Kheezar Hayat
Jan 18, 2024 · 4 min read
Why we use Server Sent Events
Learn why and how to set up real-time updates in your web app using Server-Sent Events.
Aneesh Arora
Jan 9, 2024 · 7 min read
Why we are building Afterword
TLDR: Because we wanted to use it and nothing like it existed!
Mohammed Kheezar Hayat
Nov 2, 2023 · 3 min read