Ask HN: Does a code explainer app worth it?
I am banging my head over this thing. Does a code explainer app worth it? if yes, who can it serve?
I am asking this because I built an app that explains code in plain english on any site. I am on the verge of shutting it down. But before doing it, I am curious to hear your thoughts.
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 30.2 ms ] thread1) non-coders don't need to watch code. They will need code snippets when learning how to code, to learn how to code/syntax. Not to explain the code in most cases.
2) if non English coders don't understand English at all. But almost all programming is in English. Perhaps for the nouns used?
GitHub is useful for learning and running it yourselves and is not limited to a snippet.
It's mostly architectural or an interesting project. Which you wouldn't want to translate, since you are interested in the project itselve. ( Eg. How they did it). Analyzing through code would be a lot quicker.
( Just my 2 cents)
Edit: i think an explainer for NFT's would be worth it. Quickly describe the smart contract and potential flaws? Depending on how much value you think NFT's have ( I'm pretty low on that scale though)
"Smart contract explainer", but i have no idea on how to monetize it.
A lot of times ( i think) the source is available but people don't trust it and don't understand it.
Best of luck!