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This post was written by Matteo Cantiello, a theoretical astrophysicist at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and Authorea's Chief Scientist. It is intended to be published as a post on Astrobetter.com.  \end{quote}  I am aware that a while back a lot of astronomers have tried out writing their research articles on \href{https://www.authorea.com}{Authorea}, a web-based collaborative writing platform. Some were disappointed by the lack of some advanced LaTeX features (e.g., \href{https://www.authorea.com/users/2/articles/38778/_show_article}{deluxetables, now supported}). You were disappointed, you told us why, and we just implemented some big changes to make you happy. Authorea now has a "\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/5713/articles/28015/_show_article}{Power LaTeX user}" mode which supports a much much larger subset of LaTeX. Essentially everything. And unlike some services such as \href{http://www.astrobetter.com/blog/2012/03/26/collaborative-latex-writing-a-review-of-scribtex/}{ScribTeX} and \href{http://www.astrobetter.com/blog/2015/01/12/using-writelatex-for-collaborative-papers/}{WriteLaTeX} (previously reviewed on Astrobetter), all your LaTeX renders both to PDF, and to HTML (to (i.e.,  the web). So, why should you give Authorea another spin and use it daily for your research? It's a good question. Here some highlights that might guide that decision.