Early user feedback was unanimous: the live pipeline view was scary. "Too technical," they said. "Just show me a progress bar." We kept it anyway.
What progress bars hide
A progress bar tells you something is happening. The live pipeline tells you what is happening. When a generation takes six minutes instead of three, a progress bar just extends. The pipeline shows you the research step pulled 18 sources instead of the usual 8, and that's why.
Failures need explanations
Every tool fails sometimes. The question is what happens next. With a progress bar: spinner, then an error message, then nothing you can do. With the pipeline: you see which step failed, the exact error, and a retry button scoped to that step.
Trust through visibility
The posts you generate with us are going on your blog, under your name. You need to trust the tool didn't invent citations, skip structure checks, or hallucinate a quote. The pipeline view is how we earn that trust, by showing you the work.