Re:Don't Build AI Products the Way Everyone Else Is Doing It
by reason5531 on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:38PM
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I agree with this. I do like the general points about AI in the original post but writing your own compiler doesn't seem like the best solution.
Sure, it's unique and people can't just copy it but it will also be a massive amount of work to maintain it, considering all the languages it supports.
For me this additional layer of abstraction does have a bit of the 'factory-factory-factory' vibe.
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Re:Don't Build AI Products the Way Everyone Else Is Doing It
by fy20 on Saturday November 11, 2023 @11:23PM
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Something not explained in the article is that a big feature of Builder.io is that unlike Framer and other WYSIWYG editors, you can actually export the sites you have built as code. And you can choose what language / framework / CSS style you export the code as.
I imagine they convert the Figma design into an intermediate form which is what you work with in their UI, and then when it generates code it is compiled with the options you choose.