Show HN: Academic Ancestry – See Who taught the people who taught you (Launch)

I've built this completely solo over the last month. I posted here once a few weeks ago at a very early stage, but since it has greatly matured and I feel is legitimate for a repost.

We all know "We stand on the shoulders of giants", but who's shoulders exactly? This application is meant to help anyone answer this for themselves, their advisor, or just a scholar they are curious about - anywhere in the world.

Current Challenges I'm facing are largely surrounding PDF extractions which I aim to complete as many templates as possible to reduce the token costs incurred running the worst of them through an LLM for ingestion.

I also happen to be LFW, if you or someone you know needs an engineer who doesn't need hand holding to drive from concept, to data, through pixels and delivers scalable, distributable production solutions- Reach out, I'd love to connect! (My Resume is available on the website through the Toast).

The Goal with this app is that it becomes a legitimate reference and core hub/registry of information alongside sources like Google Scholar, Wikidata, OpenAlex, etc.

Would Love Feedback, Advice, Feature requests, even "Hey I tried to look my self/friend/advisor up and couldnt find them, or noticed a mistake" - ABSOLUTELY ALL FEEDBACK WILL BE RESPONDED TO AND ACTED UPON IMMEDIATELY - Thankyou for Checking it out!