gptengineer.app
AI
ai app builder
SHOW HN2024
189points
48comments
#422of 3,515 in 2024
Top 13%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
9 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Idea: 2 for, 3 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Very fast from prompt to working page
From 2 comments
Wow. I typed in: Create a page that has a snake game clone that you can control with the keyboard. Within <20 seconds, i was playing it. That was crazy. I then asked it to add…
stnmtn on HNThis is mind blowing. This is not just a toy, I made a landing page that is publishable in 3 prompts.
lukaspetersson on HN
Polished UI that shows progress without a full IDE
From 1 comment
Well done. Very nice. I really like the UI/UX, and admit that I am a bit jealous (as langcss.com creator) of how polished it is. I like the way it tells you what files it is…
langcss on HN
Easy to use and works out of the box
From 2 comments
love it. works great out of the box
zapjpn on HNAt the point I run out of free credits, I was still arguing with the AI about stuff it was doing wrong. I think the amount of free usage needs to be high enough for people to get…
andybak on HN
Objections
Generated designs look basic and generic
From 2 comments
Gave it a whirl and it certainly did the job, albeit a bit basic in its implementation. Would love to see it veer into being a bit more creative in its choices (maybe you can…
frankdenbow on HNYeah the standard shadcn setup tends to be a bit boring. But if you ask it to be a bit more creative you certainly can get it to make some pretty fun stuff: -…
vikeri on HN
Market is saturated with similar text-to-app tools
From 1 comment
Just want to point out that the flow you're describing is not that noteworthy and has been doable in many instant text-to-app services for at least a year, and doesn't really…
Kiro on HN
Free credits run out too quickly
From 2 comments
At the point I run out of free credits, I was still arguing with the AI about stuff it was doing wrong. I think the amount of free usage needs to be high enough for people to get…
andybak on HNHaving fun so far but given the advice to ask for small incremental changes the 10 runs per day is not enough. Even the Pro level at 100/day for $19/month is too low if I really…
BillSaysThis on HN
Snake and Tetris are over-tested examples
From 1 comment
Just a warning about testing with snake/tetris - they're the most reimplemented games in the world and there's so many examples those models learned from. For a more realistic…
viraptor on HN
Requests
Search and remix existing public projects
From 1 comment
This feels like such an inevitable product. I already love using it. Congrats on the excellent launch! One feature request would be a search for the existing public projects so…
consumer451 on HN
Support mobile apps
From 1 comment
This is great, now do mobile!
WaxProlix on HN
Better introduction before sign-up
From 1 comment
Having not used Claude artifacts, maybe a better introduction to how the tool works/looks before signing up?
mjcurl on HN
Higher or more creative output options
From 1 comment
Gave it a whirl and it certainly did the job, albeit a bit basic in its implementation. Would love to see it veer into being a bit more creative in its choices (maybe you can…
frankdenbow on HN
Questions
Which LLM is used, and is it OpenAI
From 2 comments
1) We use whichever LLM that is performing best at the time, so no, not necessarily OpenAI 2) Only images as attachments for now. You can add more files by uploading them to the…
vikeri on HNThis feels like such an inevitable product. I already love using it. Congrats on the excellent launch! One feature request would be a search for the existing public projects so…
consumer451 on HN
How to host the generated code and manage packages and security
From 2 comments
Wow really nice. I am wondering how easy is it then to transfer the code to a webhoster and manage packages, update and security risks? I am not a developer (can edit a few…
esel2k on HNSo it's already hosted for you, you don't have to do anything to get a production ready URL. But yeah if you want your own hosting for some reason you own the code and can take…
vikeri on HN
How the npm install and compile works in the browser
From 1 comment
Awesome work! How are you installing npm packages & compiling in the browser IDE without any local filesystem?
namanyayg on HN
Alternatives named
Claude Artifacts
From 1 comment
Vercel v0
From 2 comments
This has the same problem as the vercel v0 demo. This is good for like basic apps and stuff but nothing major beyond that and then if you want toy apps in the first place, to…
ilrwbwrkhv on HNJust want to point out that the flow you're describing is not that noteworthy and has been doable in many instant text-to-app services for at least a year, and doesn't really…
Kiro on HN
WebSim
From 1 comment
Is this like https://websim.ai/ but more explicit in terms of what it's doing and it's purpose? I have used websim.ai for fun and there are quite a few interesting websites…
smusamashah on HN
Townie from val.town
From 1 comment
Just want to point out that the flow you're describing is not that noteworthy and has been doable in many instant text-to-app services for at least a year, and doesn't really…
Kiro on HN
Cursor and Copilot
From 1 comment
Where do you see this compared with Cursor or Copilot?
vinteruggla on HN