Pico Apps
AI
ai app builder
SHOW HN2023
10points
6comments
#2,468of 3,109 in 2023
Top 80%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Design: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun and impressive for quickly building small working apps
From 2 comments
This is really cool. I had a lot of fun building a hangman style game just now! It took 3 prompts to get it right... here was my third iteration (sorry, didn't save the first…
durkes on HNDude, this is way gnarly. I am a senior citizen (aged 29+++) who prefers large fonts, so I created 2 simple web apps, using your excellent program - 1) simple word processor with…
SoldierSurfer on HN
Accessible to non-developers
From 1 comment
Dude, this is way gnarly. I am a senior citizen (aged 29+++) who prefers large fonts, so I created 2 simple web apps, using your excellent program - 1) simple word processor with…
SoldierSurfer on HN
Objections
GPT-4 adds unwanted commentary to code output, requiring manual cleanup
From 2 comments
This is really cool. I had a lot of fun building a hangman style game just now! It took 3 prompts to get it right... here was my third iteration (sorry, didn't save the first…
durkes on HNThanks for sharing! Glad you had fun. GPT4 sometimes insists on adding commentary even though I told it to only reply with code. I need to add a regex to clean up the response…
abi on HN
Requests
Keep system message or reminder instructions to enforce code-only output
From 1 comment
I wonder if you remind it with those instructions with each prompt, if that would help? Also, I'm curious, approx how much does it cost for each small app build / iteration?
durkes on HN
Questions
How much does each app build iteration cost
From 1 comment
I wonder if you remind it with those instructions with each prompt, if that would help? Also, I'm curious, approx how much does it cost for each small app build / iteration?
durkes on HN