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Re:Launch HN: Creo (YC W24) – Build Internal Tools with Reac... by motoxpro on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @04:23PM (#39910470)
First half of the video I was like, I am watching a random next JS youtube video. Then when the AI stuff came in I was like ahhh they just have a massive positioning/messaging problem. Not that I would use it, but positioning yourself against boilerplate, auth, optioned starters, etc. is really really rough.
Re:Launch HN: Creo (YC W24) – Build Internal Tools with Reac... by solias99 on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @05:13PM (#39910909)
Thanks.

This is something we're actively working on fixing. That's where we're going with the project as a whole!

Re:Launch HN: Creo (YC W24) – Build Internal Tools with Reac... by motoxpro on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @11:31PM (#39913344)
Makes sense! I would say flip your video and put the AI stuff upfront. At least then people can see what you have/where you're going.

more of a "Use AI to generate internal tools" (the language, auth, UI, etc. could be anything. even though react is a great start.)

In time you could generate the stuff in any language people want "use the language you love instead of constricting no-code or inflexible boilerplate starters"

The boilerplate is less than valuable because you're competing with already established open source communities that "will be around long after you go out of business or pivot" (quote because of sentiment but not because I think you're going out of business :) )

Re:Launch HN: Creo (YC W24) – Build Internal Tools with Reac... by solias99 on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @11:44PM (#39913412)
Great feedback, thanks!

We mostly shrunk away from pitching the AI because we thought people will find immediate value in the starter and be able to use it (like our existing users/customers), but in hindsight that was a mistake, especially considering the AI is already decently valuable.