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Products that do what Content Explorer – A word editor that works like an image editor does
Hi HN! I have built an AI-based content creation tool called Content Explorer. Instead of writing to create the best content, it allows you to iteratively discover it by offering a bunch of operators that modify and enhance your initial input. The node-based interface allows you to easily visualize the result of your operations and compare and contrast different versions. I like the mental model of Large Language Models as word calculators. So I have built this word editor that works like an image editor since we can now process language just like we have been processing images. You can use…
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Hi HN! I got so frustrated with modern WYSIWYG editors that I started to play around with building my own. The problem I had was simple: I wanted a low-tech way to type styled text, but I didn't want to load a complex 500KB library, especially if I was going to initialize it dozens of times on the same page. Markdown in a plain was the best alternative to a full WYSIWYG, but its main drawback is how ugly it looks without any formatting. I can handle it, but my clients certainly can't. I went down the ContentEditable rabbit hole for a few years, but always came to realize others had solved it…
2025
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Hi HN, Nick here. We’re launching OpenKnowledge (https://openknowledge.ai/), a “what you see is what you get” markdown editor that has direct integrations with Claude, Codex, and other agents. Available as MacOS app or Web UI+CLI. Fully free/local and OSS. We built this because we wanted a Notion-like experience for writing and sharing markdown files across our team. Obsidian is the best alternative we tried, but found it doesn’t have a true WYSWIG UI and it didn’t integrate well with Claude/Codex outside of community plugins. So we built OpenKnowledge. It takes…
Jun 2026 · github.com
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MD+HTML Reader▲117Review AI-generated Markdown and HTML in a focused workspace
Jun 2026 · mdhtmlreader.com
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I started building this 10 months ago, largely using agentic coding tools. I've stayed very involved in the code base and architecture, and have never moved faster in my life as a dev. The word processor engine and rendering layer are all built from scratch - the only 3rd party library I used was the excellent Y.js for the CRDT stack. Would love some feedback!
Mar 2026 · revise.io
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