Re:Show HN: Shots AI – Turn designs into code with one click
by hnmonkey on Thursday January 17, 2019 @05:26PM
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It's interesting that the OP is only responding to positive/glowing comments and ignoring the others even though some of the positive ones are the newest out of all the comments. Doesn't instill a lot of confidence in my opinion.
Edit: I'm curious OP if you read this what the comment in your profile means and what someone looking at your website should glean from it: '"I wish I had sexual relations with that man" - Bill, probably'
Re:Show HN: Shots AI – Turn designs into code with one click
by titanomachy on Thursday January 17, 2019 @08:16PM
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It's a riff on Bill Clinton "I did not have sexual relations with that woman [Monica Lewinsky]"
Re:Show HN: Shots AI – Turn designs into code with one click
by JoblessWonder on Thursday January 17, 2019 @07:14PM
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The launch page is literally titled "Import Screenshots: Export code." [0] According to their documentation, you have no way of importing screenshots. What a joke.
I hope OP responds to these posts because this looks like a MVP where they decided to pivot to pre-selected "curated" UI's when they realized their AI didn't work as expected with uploads.
Re:Show HN: Shots AI – Turn designs into code with one click
by talltimtom on Thursday January 17, 2019 @05:05PM
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Hah, that’s just golden. “We have this amazing feature X however we have to charge you a lot already because the server load of feature X is extremely high.... also feature X is not available yet”
Re:Show HN: Shots AI – Turn designs into code with one click
by kankles on Thursday January 17, 2019 @07:51PM
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My guess is that there is currently no actual image to code functionality, given that all designs are 'curated' and attempting to upload your own results in simply being added to their sales/mailing list
Re:Show HN: Shots AI – Turn designs into code with one click
by wizkid777 on Friday January 18, 2019 @11:40AM
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yes, just looks like another textbook scam to get your money before you even get to see how well the product works. Thank you, next.
Re:Show HN: Shots AI – Turn designs into code with one click
by acro5piano on Friday January 18, 2019 @04:03AM
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Yeah it looks MVP or test marketing. Their technology is actually the core.
Re:Show HN: Shots AI – Turn designs into code with one click
by minalrock on Friday January 18, 2019 @11:40AM
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Reposting this because I feel like my comment was hidden by the company. Speaking of ethical, this product seems to be very similar to another product, Crane.ai and it seems like the CEO of the company that developed Crane.ai, has commented below.
Re:Show HN: Shots AI – Turn designs into code with one click
by wizkid777 on Friday January 18, 2019 @12:15PM
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Yeah this looks the same as Crane AI, and their ethics seem very questionable https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Crane-AI-R...
It looks like the product is not yet ready, and it is just a collection of HTML/CSS templates at the moment (as already stated in the FAQ). As I understand, there is no process which turn designs into code right now, and this statement from the upgrade page seems like an outright lie:
> Some features, such as the AI based trace-and-export, are pretty heavy on our servers and start getting expensive fast.
since How does shots work? section in the same page does not mention anything about uploading, and the Upload a shot page simply redirects to an Airtable form.
I love the idea of launching early, but is giving the false impression that the product is ready, and charging for a subscription on top of that really ethical? You may claim that you are actually charging for accessing your collection, but it does not appear that way from your homepage and links shared on PH and HN. Please do not mislead people.