Crossover: 2014

Chapter 97 Developing Professional Mode

Lin Hui clicked on specific comments.

Whoa!Almost all small essays.

But Lin Hui really wants to see how the users of this software evaluate it
Although the main purpose of Lin Hui's development of the Nanfeng APP is to let the Internet giants notice how powerful the algorithm of this software is.

But users are not a stepping stone to Linhui's success.

How to put it, each user is also an individual with independent thoughts and independent feelings, not the cold data under the algorithm.

Their ideas should also be valued, and their reasonable suggestions should also be considered and accepted.

In short, user feedback is also worth noting.

Even though each comment was quite long, Lin Hui read it quite seriously.

Lin Hui clicked on the top comment in the order of the comments.

"Writing a review on Nanfeng APP is very difficult. Although I spent all day on it today, the more I use this app, the more powerful it becomes...

My job requires a lot of reading/researching, and the Nanfeng app has saved me from being buried in endless piles of paper, and objectively speaking, this software has already smashed Yahoo news summaries in all directions...”

Uh(⊙﹏⊙), this kind of comment is really a dog-licking comment. Although there are many compliments, it has no reference value.

Lin Hui then turned to read other comments:
"I am a journalist, and I like Nanfeng APP very much. Its layout is simple and intuitive, with only one input interface. It looks like a commonly used translation software. Although this design is a bit different, I have to admit that it is The design makes it easy for me to focus on my work.

I used to use Yahoo News Digest Pro, but I have to say that the efficiency of this software’s summary is much higher than that of Yahoo’s news summary.

Some areas for improvement First of all, I suggest that it can be enabled to process multiple news summaries at the same time, because a professional news editor often needs to process a large amount of news at the same time;

Secondly, I suggest that this software can not limit the number of words in the input file to [-] words, because a lot of news that news editors need to deal with can’t be called news. This [-]-word input file limit is really unfriendly.

Of course, this feature is only needed by professionals. If the developer can make this improvement, even if this feature is put in the professional version, I will pay for it, because such a feature is really important.

In fact, this software has helped me a lot now, and it has greatly helped to improve my work efficiency, so I will stop here.Thanks to the developers for making an awesome app, fully looking forward to the future development of this app. "

This comment is much more valuable than the previous one. At least through this comment, Lin Hui can know the shortcomings of the software and the direction of improvement.

The most important thing is that Lin Hui knows the attitude of people in the industry towards this software.

Judging from the above evaluation, journalists quite agree with this software.

As for the suggestion made by this person.

Breaking through the material input limit of 1 words is not complicated.

In fact, the software developed by Lin Hui at the beginning can support a single input of up to [-] characters.

It's just that I don't understand the press release.

Lin Hui thought that a single input limit of [-] characters was enough!

It still doesn't seem to be well thought out.

As for handling multiple news feeds at once?

This is a bit unrealistic, and this involves the limitations of the algorithm.

In fact, whether it is the first-generation text summarization algorithm or the second-generation and third-generation summarization algorithm.

When it comes to news/text summary processing, it is actually implemented one by one.

The main reason is that although text summarization is simple, it actually takes up quite a lot of resources.

If you want to achieve true parallel processing, at least you have to wait until the advent of the fourth-generation summary algorithm.

The dependence of the fourth-generation summary algorithm on the model will be greatly reduced.

However, it is basically impossible in this short period of time.

Now even some programs relying on large servers claim to be able to process multiple texts at the same time
But the actual processing is also processed one by one.

If the user makes multiple inputs, the server still processes the first news/text first
The first input news has been processed, but it still shows processing, the server actually starts processing the second...

By analogy, until the summary processing of the last input news is completed, the summary results are output together.

Implementing multiple outputs after what might appear to the user as multiple inputs.

But such "multitasking" processing is actually just a blindfold.

Although this approach is not difficult to achieve.

But Lin Hui didn't want to deceive himself.

I went shopping for a while in the comment area under Nanfeng APP.

Lin Hui found that many users in the comment area strongly recommended that Lin Hui use the Nanfeng APP

Make another professional mode that is more in line with the habits of professionals.

It doesn't matter if you pay extra for it.

Many comments are in response to this appeal.

Ah, Lin Hui has always been a person who pays great attention to user feedback.

It is hard not to satisfy the reasonable demands of users!
Lin Hui summarized the demands of users who requested updates for the professional mode in the comments.

Lin Hui unexpectedly discovered that the demands of these people were similar to the advice of the man in the comment section just now.

They are all asking to cancel the input limit of [-] characters.

However, there are big differences among these people about whether to have multiple news processing functions.

It's outrageous to actually fight in the comment area.

Lin Hui took a look at the different viewpoints of the two parties.

Proponents argue that multitasking improves productivity;
Opponents argue that multitasking can be distracting and interfere with concentration at work.

Uh, as expected of a dedicated journalist, the support and opposition are entirely from the perspective of work efficiency.

Regarding whether or not to have multitasking, Lin Hui wished that these people would have disputes.

In this way, he can openly maintain the status quo of this controversial point.

There is no need to fuss about multitasking, even if you want to engage in professional mode, Lin Hui's workload is much less.

It is enough to cancel the input limit of [-] characters.

This is not a difficult task for Lin Hui, it's just a matter of changing a line of code.

Of course, even if you just change the code, the fee will still be charged.

It is not difficult to change a line of code, the difficulty is knowing which line to change.

The normality of a programmer is a cup of tea and a pack of cigarettes, and a line of code can be changed for a day.

Not to mention changing a line of code for a day, sometimes it is common for more than ten people to change three or four lines of code for a month.

It's not that the programmers are passive and sabotage, the problem is that it is really difficult to debug in the same code written by others.

The pointer is not played well and the pointer is placed indiscriminately.

There is no note or anything.

It's better if there is no remark. I am most afraid of encountering the kind of Martian remark that is comparable to the ghost drawing of the old Chinese medicine doctor.

It's really just one person's remarks and ten guesses.

Why not ask the person who wrote the code?
Laughing dead, already resigned.

The most important thing is not only to endure the same code as Shishan when changing the code.

We also have to face the constraints caused by peers unintentionally.

Lin Hui can't say well about other industries, but the programmer industry is not suitable for many people and strong power.

At least not entirely applicable to the strength of a large number of people.

Manpower and time do not show a linear relationship.

A large number of people does not shorten the software development schedule.

Instead of helping software production, swarming can create trouble and produce worse software.

Adding manpower to a project that is behind schedule will only push it further behind schedule.

Because new recruits need time to understand the entire project, additional communication consumption is added.

When there are N people who must communicate among this group (no class relationship), when N increases, its output M will offset its benefit, or even go backwards.

In fact, the idea that manpower can be exchanged for time itself is extremely wrong.

Other industries may be 1+1>>2
But the strange phenomenon of 1+1<0 is likely to appear in the computer industry.

The most direct inspiration of this matter is about the construction of the future team.

About whether to form a team?Definitely build a team.

but not now.

A team is not Lego, it can be done as soon as it is said.

Teams need division of labor and cooperation between members.

Cooperation requires a tacit understanding.

Not everyone can be called a partner/mate
Although the words may be a bit heart-wrenching, it is true. In short, building a team blindly is an extremely bad thing.

In fact, Lin Hui was very happy to be able to complete the early prototype of the team before the university started.

……

Speaking of the professional model of developing Nanfeng APP.

After all, it is making changes in the code that Lin Hui is relatively familiar with.

It's relatively easy.

Lin Hui quickly found the key line of code.

You don't even need to change a whole line of code, just change a number.

Yes, it's that easy.

In fact, this is why many people choose to become a programmer.

I have to say that this feeling of manipulating everything through numerical values ​​is really cool.

However, it is this refreshing feeling that makes it easy for people to lose themselves.

And a job that is easy to get lost is more or less risky, even if the job is only a technical job.

In the previous life, Lin Hui had a few bosses who had a bright future, but they went astray because of the dark part of human nature.

Thinking about it, it can't help but make people feel embarrassed.

With such lessons learned.

Lin Hui has always been walking on thin ice as if facing an abyss.

Although he knew that he had the power to change the world at this time, he never dared to be smug.

Steady development is the last word.

But this is not the same as being consistent. The computer industry is the industry that respects geniuses the most.

When you grow to a height that everyone needs to look up to, as long as everything you do is reasonable and can stand scrutiny.

Even if you poke a hole out of the sky, you will only gain tolerance.

After changing the code, there are still some corresponding professional mode interaction issues involved.

But these are small cases.

Without much effort, Lin Hui managed the professional mode of the software.

Of course, in the professional mode, users can input super-long news materials.

The length of the output summary can also be selected.

The length of the abstract can be switched between 100 words and 200 words.

In fact, if the core algorithm in the software uses the third generation of generative summary algorithm.

You can even choose to output a summary of 500 words or 1000 words.

If you really want to be able to output 500-word and 1000-word summaries, it may not be so friendly to a small number of journalists.

But how to put it, it is a good thing after all that technological progress pushes society forward.

It is impossible to stand still just because the interests of a small number of people are damaged.

Of course these are all for later.

After the Nanfeng APP user updates, you can see that you can choose whether to enable the professional mode in the software.

Of course, users still have to pay if they choose to turn on the professional mode.

As for the professional mode of Nanfeng APP, how to charge?

Although Lin Hui didn't conduct professional market research, this kind of thing can just cross the river by touching the peers.

Lin Hui searched for the Professional Edition of Yahoo News (Processing) mentioned by a commenter in the Nanfeng APP comment section.

Surprisingly, I found out that the monthly membership of Yahoo News (Processing) Professional Edition costs $99.99, and the software cannot be used without recharging.

And even if you are a full member, you can’t process Chinese news materials if you don’t choose the $999 Chinese processing package.

From a technical point of view, this approach is understandable. After all, the extractive summarization algorithm used by Yahoo’s professional processing software is not good at processing Chinese information. It is normal that Chinese news cannot be processed without the corresponding Chinese processing package.

But in this way, domestic journalists will be miserable. In order to be able to handle Chinese news, it costs 2198.88 US dollars a year, which is about more than 3000 yuan.

However, even after the user pays all this, there is still a limit of 20000 characters for the maximum single input of Chinese news materials.

There is no comparison with Lin Hui's single input of 5 characters.

It's not like there are 3 more words.

The problem is that many Chinese manuscripts are basically [-] words.

It can be said that yah00 set a character limit of [-] characters on purpose to be disgusting.

Of course, it is also possible that [-] words is the limit that their algorithm can handle.

Even if it was just a 00-word summary, yah[-] actually didn't understand it.

Lin Hui saw that many people in the comment area under the yah00 software said that the software often made mistakes in the content of Chinese news summaries.

Journalists are often required to proofread the news a second time.

The most important thing is that the news processing software of yah00 sometimes requires users to purchase a Chinese language processing upgrade package for about US$100-150.

This is obviously to allocate the cost of corresponding algorithm development to software users.

It can be said that it is very shameless. In this way, the actual annual cost of Chinese journalist users is not to mention [-], and the price is likely to be close to [-].

Why do people still pay for such an extremely unfriendly software?
The answer is simple - monopoly.

However, the monopoly of yah00 has basically become history with the emergence of Nanfeng APP.

Pricing the professional version was actually quite easy after such a survey.

Lin Hui set the price of the professional model to 19999 yuan.

Although it seems that the price is similar to that of foreign countries.

But the price of forest ash is a buyout price, not an annual fee.

And Linhui is sure that the professional model of Nanfeng APP will fully lead the competition within two years.

In this way, on average, users only need less than [-] a year, which can be said to be very conscientious compared to the fees charged by foreign software.

Although the price of [-] yuan is a bit expensive, it cannot be measured by the price of a regular app.

This is the price of the professional model. How can professional software be cheap?
Moreover, the professional mode does not require users to pay for it themselves. Generally, it is reimbursed/reimbursed by the unit.

What?The unit does not report / cancel?

Dear, here I suggest you change to another unit that can be reimbursed/reimbursed.

Keke, just kidding.Even if other units do not reimburse/refund, there are almost no news units that do not reimburse.

How to say that every employee is a weapon of public opinion.

There really isn't a boss who can't think about it that much.

Although the price of the professional model is close to [-].

But in fact, it is unrealistic for Lin Hui to use this to earn a small goal.

If you really want to earn [-] million so easily.

What kind of games do the major manufacturers still have to develop professional software directly.

Different from the general applicability of Nanfeng APP itself, the professional model of Nanfeng APP actually has a very small target audience.

There are more than 20 journalists in my country. According to the nature of their work, journalists are divided into writers, photographers, radio reporters, TV reporters, and Internet reporters;
Among the journalists, only some of the text journalists and network journalists are usually involved in a large number of news summaries and text information processing.

And such people may not even account for 5% of all journalists.

And how many of these 5% of people can accept modern software processing methods?
How many people among those who can accept modern processing methods will choose Nanfeng APP?
Lin Hui estimated that the domestic professional audience of the Nanfeng APP professional model is only 3000 to [-] people.

And even if these people paid for it all, Lin Hui's income would only be 5000 to [-] million.

However, considering Lin Hui's current family background, there is no need to worry about gains and losses.

After Lin Hui finished the professional mode.

Upload the new version of the software to the AppStore and pass the review soon.

After that, Lin Hui received a call from Huang Jing.

On the phone, the two of them didn't have a long talk, they just chatted for a while and then hung up.

Huang Jing congratulated Lin Hui Nanfeng APP on the phone for its achievements.

Lin Hui responded politely.

As for Huang Jing, it is not surprising that Lin Hui has opened a new app.

The so-called opening a new vest is only for AppStore users, not for AppStore officials.

In addition, Huang Jing also asked Lin Hui on the phone if he was in the Northern Territory recently.

Lin Hui was a little surprised by the information Huang Jing revealed.

Huang Jing is coming to Beiyu City.

According to Huang Jing, it was because of Apple's exclusive agreement.

Lin Hui remembered that Huang Jing also mentioned this agreement before.

However, there are so many things recently, Lin Hui almost forgot about the Apple exclusive agreement.

It's really troublesome to think about it. Isn't it good to sign the contract directly online?

Thinking about offline contracts is troublesome.

But fortunately, at least Lin Hui didn't need to go to the Demon City himself.

(End of this chapter)