I’ve never read the Grammarly blog, and I’m sure there are a few people on this forum who can say I am not an employee or paid shill for either company. I’m just an old dude who uses their products and achieve hyper productivity. My team does as well with Coda Enterprise edition.
Sure. I don’t work for them and while every Coda user is an affiliate by definition, I think I’ve earned $9.00 in referral credits since 2019. Perhaps the Coda folks can confirm this.
This is a common sentiment for writers. However, most of Grammarly’s customers are not writers. They’re information workers who write a lot. I think this is an important nuance required to understand the nature of knowledge work. To these workers, the connective tissue between their current focus of work and other relevant information is best implemented with proxy gateways. They’re ready when workers need them.
I can’t speak for the Codans, but I think they understand the minimalistic movement. I used Coda to create InFlight - a minimalistic writing canvas that simulates being locked in a tube at 40,000 feet. If you collapse the nav bar, it’s just you and the canvas.
It’s rational to fear the use of AI in everything we do. Even the most well-intentioned products do nefarious things. However, you are free to reject these ideas and I’m free to embrace them. While there’s a non-zero probability of a breach of trust, the risk is low and most companies have proven they can be trusted concerning AI and insulation of your data.
It’s kind of funny though. Your data is being purposed every day in ways that are far more nefarious than the worst AI companies. Media’s preoccupation with AI risk has reached irrational levels. There’s little evidence that AI companies are stealing private information for training unless they are granted such rights. In contrast, data breaches occur every day for information entrusted to systems that have nothing to do with AI.
By definition, innovation change is not supposed to be “normal”. It’s a new and innovative use pairing intended to benefit [future] customers in several ways. You are free to reject it and tell others why their making a mistake. I’m free to do precisely the opposite. You are probably a future former customer.
Coda has probably reached a nexus where a sizable number of customers will flee to other products that aren’t taking a big step and the associated risks of alienating dedicated, early customers. This is the normal cycle of products that change over time to anticipate important tech trends. Another typical cycle is product stagnation. Coda has chosen to avoid near-certain demise by pairing its tech with another successful company with a very similar vision but deeply complementary.