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Jay Jeckel

Interesting idea and much props for building a site! However, there are a few things that should be pointed out.

First, looking at the site's github repo, the project source is publicly visible but it isn't open source. To be open source a project must have a permissible license, such as MIT, GPL, Apache, etc. Without a license, the project is proprietary and using the source is technically copyright infringement.

Additionally, the site's landing page doesn't have links to any of the information a cautious user wants to see before signing up, such as Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and an About page. Every website should have these three pages available from every other page of the site and especially from the landing page.

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Nitin Ranganath

Hi Jay, these are some extremely valid points. Thanks for bringing them up. It must've slipped through my mind but I'll get started right away. Appreciate you taking your time for letting me know!