We (CompSci/Engineering folks which have no issue in principle with LaTeX) had a bit of a discussion of buying an #Overleaf subscription or license, which I’m highly critical of, partially because nobody could tell me yet how much it costs.
Oh, and which problem it solves. “Everybody else is using it” also applies to cocaine, so it’s mostly not having git merge conflicts, it’d seem. No one seems to be using simultaneous editing, though.
Investigation ongoing. @teamtype + LaTeX when? 😇
FR - Bidouillage sur mon @yunohost . Au passage, je découvre @fiduswriter , orienté rédaction de collaboration académique. Sorte d'alternative à #overleaf , sans l'utilisation de #LaTeX. Certain.e.s l'utilisent par ici ?
EN - Tinkering with my instance at [email protected]. By the way, I just discovered [email protected], which is geared toward collaborative academic writing. It’s sort of an alternative to #Overleaf, but without the need for #LaTeX. Does anyone here use it?
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Hey Fedi #academicchatter / #research people,
What are you using (or considering) as Overleaf alternatives? The writing has been on the wall with overleaf in terms of enshitification for a while now, and I'd rather have a headstart. Also, I am not publishing or reviewing with Elsevier/RELX, so should get rid of Overleaf at some point anyhow.
I've dabbled in hosting https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf myself, but I'd rather pay an ok company to stand up this type of tooling for me, to be honest.
I’m happy to share that I’ve successfully completed a three-day intensive workshop on Professional Scientific Documentation Using LaTeX.
Learning to leverage LaTeX for high-quality technical documentation is a game-changer. I'm looking forward to applying these skills to my future research and projects.
A big thank you to the Free Students Union (FSU), Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus.
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