I’m a Physics, CS and Math student. Every problem set, I was retyping equations from textbook PDFs into Overleaf, symbol by symbol. Mathpix solves this, but its free plan stops at 20 snips a month with a .edu email (10 without). I’d hit that in one problem set. ChatGPT and Claude can do it too. But opening a tab, pasting the screenshot, waiting for the reply, then copying the LaTeX back out is too much friction for something I do twenty times a night. So I built Snip, and then I did the math on how much I could give away. The economics: Each snip costs me about $0.0005 in model costs. A free user who uses all 200 snips costs me about 10 cents a month. Most people won’t hit 200, so the real cost is lower. Paid plan is $2.99/month or $19/year for heavy users. After Stripe fees and model costs, that’s still about 80–95% margin. So a free tier 10× bigger than Mathpix’s costs me almost nothing. The real costs are my time and support. How it works: download, open, press ⇧⌘2, drag a box over any equation on your screen, and the LaTeX is on your clipboard. Every result is checked to compile before you paste it. No sign-up, no account. Honest status: About 3 seconds from drag to clipboard. I want this under 2. Simple printed equations and screenshots work well. Long multi-line equations and handwriting are still rough. Mac only for now (Apple silicon). What I’d love feedback on: Does the economics hold up, or am I missing a cost that will bite me? Is skipping the chat window worth it to you, or is pasting into ChatGPT good enough? Is $2.99/month or $19/year fair after the free 200? Send me an equation it gets wrong. Those are the most useful thing you can give me. If you’re in STEM and it’s actually useful to you, I’ll give you lifetime access for free. DM me and I’ll upgrade your account. snip.rojinsharma.com/?ref=reddit-sideproject   submitted by   /u/ReporterConfident715 [link]   [comments]