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Re: Show HN: AI Tool Is Now Supporting React, Angular, CSS, Svelte, Vue

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Post by hatenberg »

llama_drama wrote: post #60
rcconf wrote: post #36

Should we as developers put more effort into defending our craft? The movements in the artistic space with AI were very widespread and vocal, but we developers seem not to care. I feel like developers in general are a bit more quiet and timid with things and it leads to companies or entire industries taking advantage of us. Am I the only one who feels like developers really need to be a bit more vocal in defending th…

The best defense is to keep improving as programmers. By constantly refining our skills and learning new technologies we maintain our relevanse and value. AI and automation are tools that can enhance our work, not replace it.

Pretty sure every single profession affected by industrialisation said the same...

This is just machines for the knowledge economy.

Re: Show HN: AI Tool Is Now Supporting React, Angular, CSS, Svelte, Vue

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Post by algo_trader »

m4rcxs wrote: post #34
skapadia wrote: post #25

I'm not having much success with this beyond very basic components. I think I'd have more success iteratively working with ChatGPT or Claude directly, and then pasting the code into jsfiddle, pastebin, or replit to see the results and iterate.

I understand your point, iterating with ChatGPT or Claude can be a great approach for many cases. Our focus with Webcrumbs is to speed up front-end component creation, especially for those looking for a quicker, more direct solution. But of course, there's always room for improvement! If you have specific suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them.

When exporting the code, all the field values are hard coded in the react/html and no easy way to get data from a rest/api.

Maybe i am missing something. I tried the trading template

Also: BUG report.

I asked for a complex field change. This gave me an orange error message "failed try again". But now there is no abort/cancel button. Only a retry button.

Good luck

Re: Show HN: AI Tool Is Now Supporting React, Angular, CSS, Svelte, Vue

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Post by Kiro »

rcconf wrote: post #36

Should we as developers put more effort into defending our craft? The movements in the artistic space with AI were very widespread and vocal, but we developers seem not to care. I feel like developers in general are a bit more quiet and timid with things and it leads to companies or entire industries taking advantage of us. Am I the only one who feels like developers really need to be a bit more vocal in defending th…

The difference between AI art and AI code is that the latter can never be used for anything more than prototypes for someone who doesn't know how to code. For people who know how to code it becomes a super power.

Re: Show HN: AI Tool Is Now Supporting React, Angular, CSS, Svelte, Vue

#64

Post by Kiro »

algem wrote: post #57
t0mas88 wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Consider it an improved version of auto complete in your IDE. It helps type pieces of code faster, it doesn't do any of the thinking involved in building a software product.

It isn’t an improved version of autocomplete though, it allows you to submit a design / image and output code. Narrowing the gap between designer and developer.

What is your argument exactly? What's morally wrong with automation?

Don't get me wrong. There are many good arguments against AI but claiming we don't need more automation is one I don't understand, so please enlighten me.

Re: Show HN: AI Tool Is Now Supporting React, Angular, CSS, Svelte, Vue

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Post by kabes »

rcconf wrote: post #36

Should we as developers put more effort into defending our craft? The movements in the artistic space with AI were very widespread and vocal, but we developers seem not to care. I feel like developers in general are a bit more quiet and timid with things and it leads to companies or entire industries taking advantage of us. Am I the only one who feels like developers really need to be a bit more vocal in defending th…

No, because

1. It's a fight you can't win

2. It might allow me to finally build the ideas I have. I have better things to do than striking a keyboard all day.

I can't wait for AI to replace me.

Re: Show HN: AI Tool Is Now Supporting React, Angular, CSS, Svelte, Vue

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Post by doctorpangloss »

This works better than I expected. Orient your front page to give a less vague and more detailed example, because specific results are excellent. I am discouraged by the overuse of rounded corners, but encouraged by the correctly equalized white space and “in sample” choice of font sizes, paddings, etc. It does things well that programmers do poorly.

IMO the document layout folks and people building on top of that like at least 1 YC startup have a more promising path forward for whole-cloth complex component representations versus LLMs with robust prompts but no fine tuning.

Re: Show HN: AI Tool Is Now Supporting React, Angular, CSS, Svelte, Vue

#67

Post by algem »

Kiro wrote: post #64
algem wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It isn’t an improved version of autocomplete though, it allows you to submit a design / image and output code. Narrowing the gap between designer and developer.

What is your argument exactly? What's morally wrong with automation? Don't get me wrong. There are many good arguments against AI but claiming we don't need more automation is one I don't understand, so please enlighten me.

For me it boils down to the reduction of jobs, pay and displacement of workers. Industry is already over saturated and the evolution of automation has sped up greatly. This type of automation goes hand in hand with displacement. I don’t foresee some great enlightenment at the end of the tunnel here, I see the end of development as it looks today. And I don’t think it will have any resemblance of the past.

Re: Show HN: AI Tool Is Now Supporting React, Angular, CSS, Svelte, Vue

#68

Post by corytheboyd »

rcconf wrote: post #36

Should we as developers put more effort into defending our craft? The movements in the artistic space with AI were very widespread and vocal, but we developers seem not to care. I feel like developers in general are a bit more quiet and timid with things and it leads to companies or entire industries taking advantage of us. Am I the only one who feels like developers really need to be a bit more vocal in defending th…

I don’t feel threatened by it, and I haven’t seen anything that warrants this reaction. Putting code into files is trivial entry-level stuff. Let me know when an automation flawlessly (as in 100% accuracy), consistently (not just once), and with truly arbitrary requests (not cherry-picked) pulls off systemic refactors and feature additions to one or more massive codebases full of poorly written, non-standard garbage. For the record, I find today’s AI tools useful, but they do not at all threaten my livelihood.

Re: Show HN: AI Tool Is Now Supporting React, Angular, CSS, Svelte, Vue

#69

Post by ActionHank »

rcconf wrote: post #36

Should we as developers put more effort into defending our craft? The movements in the artistic space with AI were very widespread and vocal, but we developers seem not to care. I feel like developers in general are a bit more quiet and timid with things and it leads to companies or entire industries taking advantage of us. Am I the only one who feels like developers really need to be a bit more vocal in defending th…

Just leave it to run itself out.

Right now the sales pitch is "magical machine spits out any code you can imagine and it will all just work". This isn't the case now and I doubt it will be the case in the future.

It will get really good and make things faster and more easily, but you will still need to know how to use it to be effective and you will still need to understand the underlying tech to be the most effective.

It's like carpentry and powertools. Carpenters and slap together a whole house in a day, a big part being due to power tools. There are still carpenters who are all about the craft and traditional ways and they make amazing pieces of furniture and there are those who need to build houses, fast. Finally there are those who dip into carpentry and realise that it is a whole lot of new knowledge and a degree of understanding that was invisible to them before trying.

If you don't know what you're doing a power tool won't make you a great carpenter.

Re: Show HN: AI Tool Is Now Supporting React, Angular, CSS, Svelte, Vue

#70

Post by hooverd »

algem wrote: post #67
Kiro wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is your argument exactly? What's morally wrong with automation? Don't get me wrong. There are many good arguments against AI but claiming we don't need more automation is one I don't understand, so please enlighten me.

For me it boils down to the reduction of jobs, pay and displacement of workers. Industry is already over saturated and the evolution of automation has sped up greatly. This type of automation goes hand in hand with displacement. I don’t foresee some great enlightenment at the end of the tunnel here, I see the end of development as it looks today. And I don’t think it will have any resemblance of the past.

Everything will be worse, slower, more poorly designed and even well less understood?
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