Congrats on the launch :)
Thanks!
Show HN: My first full stack project
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Re: Show HN: My first full stack project
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can be less formal if you want here! :) it’s not a job interview, we’re all excited you’re making something! The bent for this space tends to be towards start ups, so expect some advice towards how to market/best feature something you made, vs what would look best on a resume.
Makes sense lol, it's all great advice so far though so I'm pretty happy with the responses and everything. Plus there were some things I hadn't thought much of, like trying to reassure users that I'm not doing anything nefarious with their email when they log in with google.
But that's what the nefarious people would also say...
It should be possible to show the editor without the login-wall, but with the text input being disabled and be replaced by a pre-defined input like "Write me a story about bunny rabbits" (I don't know what your app is supposed to do so this is my understanding after reading the scant descriptions), and tell the user to hit "Generate story!" - but when they click it, the mock-up won't be talking to ChatGPT, instead it will just get a response (or one of several bunny rabbit stories) you've stored as text.
That way you don't need a login-wall, and no one will abuse the project and eat up your ChatGPT tokens (is that the reason for needing a login?).
Re: Show HN: My first full stack project
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Makes sense lol, it's all great advice so far though so I'm pretty happy with the responses and everything. Plus there were some things I hadn't thought much of, like trying to reassure users that I'm not doing anything nefarious with their email when they log in with google.
But that's what the nefarious people would also say... It should be possible to show the editor without the login-wall, but with the text input being disabled and be replaced by a pre-defined input like "Write me a story about bunny rabbits" (I don't know what your app is supposed to do so this is my understanding after reading the scant descriptions), and tell the user to hit "Generate story!" - but when they click…
One of the reasons is that yes, although not the main reason. It was just easier to add a login so I can more easily save the stories they create and show those same stories to the user when they want to
Re: Show HN: My first full stack project
#24Hi there, Visually it looks pretty good. However like what jamisonbryant said, people on this website aren't fans of when they have to sign in to test something. I made a test account to try it out, and unfortunately submitting my prompt resulted in a Error status 504 on the request with message "An error occurred with your deployment FUNCTION_INVOCATION_TIMEOUT" This is probably because you are waiting for the exter…
That was something I had wanted to do but couldnt figure out how to do right away so went with this slightly worse approach as a temporary thing to just get something out there, but that totally makes sense and would definitely improve the UX
My advice is ask ChatGPT if you aren’t sure. Can’t tell you how many things it’s helped me to flesh out.
Re: Show HN: My first full stack project
#25I couldn't find any explanation on the site of what this is and was immediately greeted by a sign up/login. You need an about page and some screenshots. Congrats on your project though!
Re: Show HN: My first full stack project
#26I couldn't find any explanation on the site of what this is and was immediately greeted by a sign up/login. You need an about page and some screenshots. Congrats on your project though!
I'm currently working on changing that funnily enough, where I will describe it in more detail on the homepage, as well as allow users to try the site out without logging in, of course with the clear sign that any stories they generate won't be saved until they log in
Re: Show HN: My first full stack project
#27Hi there, Visually it looks pretty good. However like what jamisonbryant said, people on this website aren't fans of when they have to sign in to test something. I made a test account to try it out, and unfortunately submitting my prompt resulted in a Error status 504 on the request with message "An error occurred with your deployment FUNCTION_INVOCATION_TIMEOUT" This is probably because you are waiting for the exter…
That was something I had wanted to do but couldnt figure out how to do right away so went with this slightly worse approach as a temporary thing to just get something out there, but that totally makes sense and would definitely improve the UX
One possibility would be for you to create a demo account with credentials demo/demo and pre-populate some interesting content that would demonstrate some of the interesting features. Then add some text on landing page to indicate that demo account can be used to kick the tires.
Re: Show HN: My first full stack project
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
That was something I had wanted to do but couldnt figure out how to do right away so went with this slightly worse approach as a temporary thing to just get something out there, but that totally makes sense and would definitely improve the UX
One possibility would be for you to create a demo account with credentials demo/demo and pre-populate some interesting content that would demonstrate some of the interesting features. Then add some text on landing page to indicate that demo account can be used to kick the tires.
Yeah thats what my current plan is after seeing all the advice and tips that I've been given here, give new users a demo and seeing if its something they want to sign up for in the first place
Re: Show HN: My first full stack project
#29I couldn't find any explanation on the site of what this is and was immediately greeted by a sign up/login. You need an about page and some screenshots. Congrats on your project though!
I'm currently working on changing that funnily enough, where I will describe it in more detail on the homepage, as well as allow users to try the site out without logging in, of course with the clear sign that any stories they generate won't be saved until they log in
Nice. Should help!