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Reproof
Company blog · reproof.app/blog · on HN as maguaywritingstartups
Reproof is the company blog at reproof.app, writing about writing and startups. Since 2021, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 35 times, most often “Google Docs still doesn’t fully support Markdown”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-11, and you can follow it by feed.
Write. Rewrite. Revise. Reproof — the writing app for perfectionists. Designed to help you write until you get it right.
Most-linked posts?
- Google Docs still doesn’t fully support Markdown2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-30
What Hacker News says?
Yet another "Hitting HN = 30k visits" breakdown from a friend of mine (in 2022): https://www.reproof.app/blog/the-hacker-news-effect
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on “The value of hitting the HN front page”Submitted Notes apps are where ideas go to die, and that’s good as a story · 301 points
HN discussionI've always wanted a writing app built around experimentation, where you could write multiple takes on a paragraph then swap them in and out to see how each sounds in context. That, and I wanted a writing app that treated both Markdown and Rich Text as first class citizens, with side-by-side documents for notes alongside a draft, full keyboard control, and more. And so I built it: https://reproof.app/ It's taken for…
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on “Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)”Submitted Write documentation first, then build as a story · 219 points
HN discussionHere's a similar rundown: https://www.reproof.app/blog/the-hacker-news-effect
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on “What happens when your article gets on second page of HN some traffic insights”Submitted The Canon Cat as a story · 180 points
HN discussionI'm building a writing app for perfectionists: Reproof ( https://reproof.app/ ) I've been a writer for over a decade and a half. I'll often rewrite intros and other sections a half-dozen times, or cut quotes and bits that don't quite fit, only later to wonder if an earlier take was better. I built Reproof to solve this. Every paragraph is versioned, so you can rewrite paragraphs and switch between the takes to see w…
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on “Ask HN: What apps are you building?”Submitted Ray Ozzie and the Optimism of Being Early as a story · 40 points
HN discussionThe suggestion is similar to the "search a command"-UI that some more complex destop programs have in their help menu. The idea to use text more actively in user interfaces is not new, there were/are these ideas, for example: - Gentner/Nielsen: The Anti-Mac Interface, 1996 ( https://www.nngroup.com/articles/anti-mac-interface/ ) - Raskin’s ideas as in "The Human Interface", 2000 and the Canon Cat, 1987: ( https://ww…
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on “User Driven UI”Submitted More than half of YC startups don't have a dot com as a story · 4 points
HN discussionBuilding the new writing platform I’ve been working on for the past year: https://reproof.app/ . Trying to find the best ways to make writing teams more productive.
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on “Ask HN: What Are You Working on This Year?”Submitted 99% of what you publish won’t be popular as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Write what you wish others had written as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Log In is more popular than Sign In: The UX Microcopy Survey as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: Reproof – A non-linear writing app for perfectionists as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted On OKRs and the art of setting unobtainable goals as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Friday Update: On journaling to get things done as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted We need a do-not-disturb mode, for collaboration as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The metaverse is already here, on Spotify as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google Docs still doesn’t fully support Markdown as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google Docs still doesn’t fully support Markdown as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hitting the top of Hacker News = 30k Visitors as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Copying is the best way to start as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The best ideas come from the arena as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Notes apps are where ideas go to die. And that’s good as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The best domain names are two names. Or three. as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Subtle Art of Celebrating Your Customers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted On Accidental status symbols, and designing new ones as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Email is the most accessible API as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Microsoft and the art of distributing something new as a story · 1 points
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