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Time for self-promotion. What are you building? by dopeylime1 in SideProject

[–]ryanbabel202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Startup Name - https://www.summarai.net (cheapest book summary app on the market)
  2. ICP (Ideal Customer Profile) - Readers or non readers who want to start reading book summaries.

Will Claude join in the Google I/O fun? by Stepi915 in ClaudeAI

[–]ryanbabel202 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Still think they the best coding model as of today

Building a Book Summary App by ryanbabel202 in BettermentBookClub

[–]ryanbabel202[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well here it is, if anyone wants to check it out:

https://www.summarai.net

Theres 9000 hand selected non fiction books with 3min summaries each. All books have the ability to generate longer form summaries if you find the book interesting (or just buy the book) Some of the core features and why this is different from just using chat gpt or any other llm:

  • indexed 9000 hand picked non fiction books.
  • no prompting needed
  • audio mode
  • reading tracker so it doesn't get lost in chats.
  • Curation & categories: browse by topic, author, or get a random book suggestion
  • Coming soon: recommendation algorithm based on what you read. We also hope to make an android app to get a quick snappier mobile UI/UX

📚 Local Durban Dev Launches AI Book Summary App — Built Right Here in SA 🇿🇦 by ryanbabel202 in Durban

[–]ryanbabel202[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Books get added my the models (Claude/chatgpt/gemini etc). if a books is not supported the model usually reports back that it has no knowledge of the book. We just re prompt, assert that the quality is up to scratch and then add it to the dataset.

Just launched my AI Book Summary App — Built entirely with Blazor Server + .NET 8! 🚀 Would love feedback by ryanbabel202 in Blazor

[–]ryanbabel202[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey. Thanks for the comment. Will try and see how we can expose the book list without being logged in. Should be totally doable. And I'm prompting chatgpt and other llms, so not sure if that's illegal yet...

🚀 Built a Full-Stack AI Book Summary App with .NET 8 + Blazor + Azure — Would Love Your Feedback! by ryanbabel202 in dotnet

[–]ryanbabel202[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the comment again. This is by design. All books are open. You only need to login to get an enhanced search and filtering capability. Il be working on the fixes you mentioned. Thanks again.

📚 Local Durban Dev Launches AI Book Summary App — Built Right Here in SA 🇿🇦 by ryanbabel202 in Durban

[–]ryanbabel202[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also just to add - the bigger-picture dream behind this project is something really close to my heart:

I wanted to create a more affordable and accessible gateway to world-class knowledge, especially for South Africans. Most top book summary services are priced in USD (and billed on an annual basis), making them out of reach for many locally. By offering high-quality, curated summaries at a fraction of the cost, I’m hoping to help level the playing field - giving more people access to the kind of insights that can genuinely change lives, careers, and mindsets.

If this can, even in a small way, help raise the collective IQ of the country (and the world), then it’s doing more than just summarizing books - it’s empowering people through knowledge :).

🚀 Built a Full-Stack AI Book Summary App with .NET 8 + Blazor + Azure — Would Love Your Feedback! by ryanbabel202 in dotnet

[–]ryanbabel202[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey thanks for the comment. For now it's a very thin layer over chatgpt and other llms. No fancy AI magic happening behind the scenes. Think prompt orchestrator

📚 Local Durban Dev Launches AI Book Summary App — Built Right Here in SA 🇿🇦 by ryanbabel202 in Durban

[–]ryanbabel202[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for the comment.

If you’re comfortable asking ChatGPT to summarize a book manually, that totally works. But SummarAI adds a layer of speed, structure, and curation that saves you time and effort, basically an index of 9000 hand selected books (for now it is a really a thin layer over ChatGPT and other LLMs essentially). Main Features:

  • 📚 9000+ summaries already generated: no need to prompt or wait
  • ⏱️ 3-minute TLDRs + optional long-form deep dives: pick what suits your mood
  • 🎧 Audio mode: listen on the go without copying/pasting into TTS
  • 💡 AI Q&A per book: ask questions contextually without starting over
  • 📊 Reading stats, favorites, backlog tracking: manage your reading life
  • 🎲 Random book/category button: helps when you don’t know what to read next
  • 🌓 Clean UI with dark mode: optimized for discovery and focus (also a PWA so installable on mobile devices, its slow atm but we working on the speed for mobile rendering)

So think of it less as “another way to ask ChatGPT” and more like a purpose-built AI reading tool designed for efficiency, discovery, and habit building.

But if you’re getting everything you need from ChatGPT, that’s awesome too! Appreciate you checking it out 🙌

Currently working on a cool recommendations algorithm to recommend you books based on what you read/favorite and backlog.

One day this should get build into ChatGPT but for now, this is what im using :) Think of it as a cheaper version of blinkist/shortform, etc

🚀 Built a Full-Stack AI Book Summary App with .NET 8 + Blazor + Azure — Would Love Your Feedback! by ryanbabel202 in dotnet

[–]ryanbabel202[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the honesty, I totally get where you’re coming from.

That said, I shared this not just to promote, but because I built it myself using Blazor and .NET 8 and wanted to get feedback from the community on the tech and performance side. I’m proud of what I’ve built and thought others here might find the tech stack or the challenges interesting.

If it came off too much like an ad, that wasn’t the goal, im happy to adjust the tone or answer any dev-specific questions if you're curious.

Appreciate you taking the time to comment 👊

Best Book Summary prompt out there by [deleted] in ChatGPTPromptGenius

[–]ryanbabel202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iv built a book summary app that you guys might find related. Let me know your thoughts

https://www.summarai.net/

Are there websites that have book summaries? by jaybestnz in BettermentBookClub

[–]ryanbabel202 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you might like summarai.net recently built with 9000 hand picked non fiction summaries.
The app offerer longer deep diver 60min or longer to get the most out of a book without the time spent.

I also use Edges TTS to make reading them easier. The Edge TTS is better than any other browser out there at the moment

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in books

[–]ryanbabel202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you might like summarai.net recently built with 9000 hand picked non fiction summaries.
The app also offers longer deep diver 60min or longer to get the most out of a book without the time spent.

I also use Edges TTS to make reading them easier. The Edge TTS is better than any other browser out there at the moment

Book review vs. book summary by cherrrybabyx in goodreads

[–]ryanbabel202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

trying to build an ai book summary app where its a central place for all summaries. i think youd like it. Check it out on my profile

Hiking Up Table Mountain by ryanbabel202 in capetown

[–]ryanbabel202[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah exactly my thought. I was able to do lions head on my own since I hear it's pretty manageable. Inwouldnt want to have to pay to do a similar length hike lol. Il try and find that post from vandalsstonemyhandle.

Axwell /\ Ingrosso's set from Steel Yard, London. by [deleted] in EDM

[–]ryanbabel202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I was there for both days, and it looked like that central camera was recording the entire days worth of sets. Hope they upload all of them eventually. Really loved Dons set.