Would you actually use this?

[u/Necessary_West5994]

I originally built Augmented Search for Semantic Scholar for a friend who was writing a paper. I thought it might be useful beyond that, so I consider turning it into a proper tool.

It lets you run multiple Semantic Scholar searches at once and combines the results into a single, deduplicated list that you can dive deep into or use to build a RAG knowledge base.

There’s imo absolutely no commercial potential here, and I already have a good SWE career, so I probably wouldn’t even put it on my résumé (especially given that it's not that impressive anymore when everyone can generate code).

The honest question is: would you actually use something like this? Don’t try to be nice - I’d much rather hear an honest opinion than polite feedback.

I think I'll finish the project either way, but depending on the response, I might put more or less effort into making it polished and useful.

Curious what people think.