Had to do it: https://logo.clearbit.com/piedpiper.com
It's outdated. They need a version or date parameter.
Show HN: Free Company Logo API
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a designer, too, and there are those of us who believe that not only is design automation possible, it is likely, and we will be much the better as contributors and society for it. Google's Mathias Duarte advocated as such at UXPA last year in his keynote. Think about it this way - design trends are just manifestations of a particular temporal affinity towards one aesthetic or another. Machines can measure this a…
I've heard this anti-aesthetic argument before and I don't buy it. There's a reason companies like Stripe are lauded for their design efforts while Google comes out with material design... If there's anything less scientific than the material design docs I want you to send it to me. Design hinges on aesthetics. You can't just ignore it (well you can, but you might end up with something that looks like material design…
Not GP, but where exactly was their argument anti-aesthetic? Art =/= aesthetics, Design =/= art. GP said:
design trends are just manifestations of a particular temporal affinity towards one aesthetic or another which sounds reasonable to me, considering recent trends towards flat/ish designs
Maybe you'd like to address his/her points instead of creating strawmen?
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#123Where do companies like clearbit and full contact get their user data?
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Wouldn't you be offended if someone said a basic algorithm could eliminate your job? Of course not. In fact, I spend quite a large portion of my time automating most of my work, so I can do other, more interesting things. Besides, if a company looked for and used a "free logo generator", would that company really be the type of client you wanted to pick up?
> Besides, if a company looked for and used a "free logo generator", would that company really be the type of client you wanted to pick up? Of course not. That still doesn't mean that the sentiment isn't degrading to designers. (it is)
It see you're downvoted, but I'm not going to pile on and downvote you to invisibility.
I think your perspective is interesting. Wrong, but interesting and probably shared by many others in various fields.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Two reasons: 1. It degrades design as a profession. It's essentially saying that logo design can be done by an algorithm. "There's no creativity to it". Wouldn't you be offended if someone said a basic algorithm could eliminate your job? (perhaps you wouldn't) 2. It's an overly simplistic view of what a logo/brand identity is. You can't just pick out some basic shapes and text for your logo. You need color theory, co…
It's only degrading to your profession if it's actually true. I was a software developer for many years, and I've seen hundreds of claims for software to automate (in one guise or other) that job, replacing the need for coders. None of these claims offended me. The vast majority have been comically useless. The rest have just helped remove some dull bit of grunt work out of the job, allowing me to focus on something…
Disagree. It's not degrading even if it is true. Automation has been displacing people for how long now?
I would argue it's hubris to think one brain could forever outperform the cumulative experience and information that we can automate.
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#126Isn't that what the favicon.ico in the root of your site for?
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#127seems a simple change to gravatar to allow registration and use of simply the domain name to host the Corp Logo would be a 10 minute change.
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#128And when you use it, they get to collect all of the data about your visitors.
In what way?
Nothing about this API requires handing over more than the bare minimum of information (which domains you want logos for). How could they be expected to implement it without that information?
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#129And when you use it, they get to collect all of the data about your visitors.
In what way? Nothing about this API requires handing over more than the bare minimum of information (which domains you want logos for). How could they be expected to implement it without that information?
There's also the referrer header that gets sent out, which includes the URL of the page that is embedding the image. Not really "all data on your visitors" but depending on how you use it, may leak sensitive information if you're unwise enough to put it in the page urls (depressingly common), or allow them to track every visit throughout your site (on pages that embed the image)
Re: Show HN: Free Company Logo API
#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
In what way? Nothing about this API requires handing over more than the bare minimum of information (which domains you want logos for). How could they be expected to implement it without that information?
There's also the referrer header that gets sent out, which includes the URL of the page that is embedding the image. Not really "all data on your visitors" but depending on how you use it, may leak sensitive information if you're unwise enough to put it in the page urls (depressingly common), or allow them to track every visit throughout your site (on pages that embed the image)
There's no reason you have to directly embed the images.
If you want to preserve user privacy, you should definitely proxy this API.