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Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by odbol_ »

tzaman wrote: post #40

What struck me the most is going with the old and tried tools (PHP+MySQL). Nowadays everyone - myself included - is trying to have an excuse to try the sexiest JS framework of the day and most of us fail miserably to deliver anything useful - because of lack of experience or just reinventing the wheel altogether. Old and boring is still sometimes the best.

I don't think PHP has anything to do with that. Probably more experienced coders (i.e. older, hence PHP), just cranking out great code. Language/stack has nothing to do with it.

For example, my day job I work with Android all day long. But as a side project, I wanted to make a small mobile game as a invitation for my wedding. So I loaded up Phaser.io and wrote some really easy Javascript. I had a working, playable game that night. To be fair, it's a really great framework. But I think choosing a framework that fits your needs at hand is much more crucial than which language or database you use.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by dperfect »

> I've been a designer for 12 years or so... I would get frustrated designing logos for small businesses because (a) it was so time-consuming to create 30 mockups, (b) it would take weeks to do those small back-and-forths, and (c) the logo would end up being so simple that I felt like that entire process was a waste... As soon as I had the idea ... I started working on it.

I think this is my favorite part of the story. If you've been a designer (or any profession) for over a decade, even with frequent frustrations, it takes a certain kind of humility and introspection to realize that maybe it's not just about your customers being "broken" (by choosing the designs that take the least effort) or needing to find more sophisticated customers who value your talents.

Sometimes (ok, usually) it makes more sense to build what people really want rather than giving them what we think they should want. As a developer and entrepreneur, I have to be reminded of that fairly often.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by arkitaip »

T-hawk wrote: post #188
ashazar wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Nowadays everyone - myself included - is trying to have an excuse to try the sexiest JS framework of the day and most of us fail miserably to deliver anything useful - because of lack of experience or just reinventing the wheel altogether. That reminded me the article titled "How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016" https://hackernoon.com/how-it-feels-to-learn-javascript-in-2... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i…

And of course, that very page railing against Javascript overcomplexity itself loads 400 KB of script bundles.

400 kb is considered super lean these days...

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by meenzu »

dawsonwhitfield wrote: post #25
NegatioN wrote: post #17

Really impressive! I feel there's still so many ideas to make a business around if you base it on ML/AI. Being early here could potentially net a huge passive income. Personally I have an idea in mind, and I'm still learning ML slowly on the side. In my eyes this is the true way to independence from "the system" for people who put in enough effort and who have enough knowledge. Why do we not see more of this yet? Is…

One thing is the intimidation factor. 3 months ago, I had 0% confidence that I could do anything that even touched ML. I'm still very new to the game, but once I started learning about it, it became much more approachable.

that is so aweosme to hear! Are there any books/resources that you can recommend that you really enjoyed?

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by acedinlowball »

dawsonwhitfield wrote: post #25
NegatioN wrote: post #17

Really impressive! I feel there's still so many ideas to make a business around if you base it on ML/AI. Being early here could potentially net a huge passive income. Personally I have an idea in mind, and I'm still learning ML slowly on the side. In my eyes this is the true way to independence from "the system" for people who put in enough effort and who have enough knowledge. Why do we not see more of this yet? Is…

One thing is the intimidation factor. 3 months ago, I had 0% confidence that I could do anything that even touched ML. I'm still very new to the game, but once I started learning about it, it became much more approachable.

What your product does isn't machine learning. It is even a stretch to call it an artificial intelligence. It's all marketing, self-promotion nonsense

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by panic »

dawsonwhitfield wrote: post #19
patja wrote: post #14

I could not for the life of me figure out what I was supposed to do on the "pick up to 3 symbols" page. And I really tried!

Yeah - gotta make that more clear. Even my smartest tech friends get confused there.

The moving suggestions and dotted-line empty spaces draw your attention away from the text field; maybe clicking on the suggestions/spaces should do something? Even just focusing the text field on click would make a big difference, I think.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by count_zero »

thefalcon wrote: post #111

As a graphic designer, I implore you to PLEASE develop that good banner ad creation AI product. There are few things and mind numbing as creating 15 variations of the same banner ad over and over and over... My manager and I would both rather have me working on something else.

Have you seen https://www.makethunder.com/, thefalcon?

I've not used it, but it looks like it might help. Here's a demo video: https://vimeo.com/163751319 (warning: loud surf-rock soundtrack).

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by charlesdm »

tzaman wrote: post #40

What struck me the most is going with the old and tried tools (PHP+MySQL). Nowadays everyone - myself included - is trying to have an excuse to try the sexiest JS framework of the day and most of us fail miserably to deliver anything useful - because of lack of experience or just reinventing the wheel altogether. Old and boring is still sometimes the best.

Who cares if it's old and boring? Making money is what you need to do as an entrepreneur (by improving your product and delivering more value), not playing around with various "sexy" technologies. I would write something in COBOL if it made sense to do (i.e. faster, more efficient, w/e)

Personally I don't really enjoy the development work on the "for profit" projects I build. I love seeing a finished product, though. Use the sexy untested tech for a "fun project", not a commercial one.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by StavrosK »

mmanfrin wrote: post #151
PerfectElement wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly. I'm making 25k month with a SaaS that was built on boring ASP.NET+SQL Server+Angular 1 because that's what I knew. I host it on Windows because I know how to make it fast and secure. I'm happy I focused all my time on building the features that clients were asking for, instead of learning the latest frameworks or fighting an OS I'm not familiar with.

built on boring [...] Angular 1 Ah yes, the halcyon yesteryear of Angular 1.

This is a little-known fact, but Angular 1 was actually released on the same year as FORTRAN II.
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