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Re: Show HN: KiCad in the Browser

#11

Post by ViktorEE »

varun_ch wrote: post #10

This is really cool. I think a lot of people will initially dismiss your demo as ‘slop’ unless the landing page drops some of the Claude-isms (text and design) because it’s clear this is a project with passion in it, but the demo page and landing page both look like something Claude might’ve made with a single prompt.

You're wrong! It was two prompts! Jokes aside, you're right. I wanted to have something up quickly. Before the real launch ( and not just this demo ) I'll write one by hand, I'm against AI written copy / blogposts, just could not find the headspace to focus.

Again, thanks for the feedback, I'll take it!

Re: Show HN: KiCad in the Browser

#13

Post by thegrim33 »

ViktorEE wrote: post #11
varun_ch wrote: post #10

This is really cool. I think a lot of people will initially dismiss your demo as ‘slop’ unless the landing page drops some of the Claude-isms (text and design) because it’s clear this is a project with passion in it, but the demo page and landing page both look like something Claude might’ve made with a single prompt.

You're wrong! It was two prompts! Jokes aside, you're right. I wanted to have something up quickly. Before the real launch ( and not just this demo ) I'll write one by hand, I'm against AI written copy / blogposts, just could not find the headspace to focus. Again, thanks for the feedback, I'll take it!

Looking at the long list of the things you had to do to get this working .. and you couldn't "find" the energy to write some text for the landing page yourself? For a project you want people to buy from you? You supposedly put in all that effort, and built these sites around it, and building a business around it, and you couldn't deal with writing descriptions of it yourself? Seriously?

Re: Show HN: KiCad in the Browser

#15

Post by ViktorEE »

thegrim33 wrote: post #13
ViktorEE wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're wrong! It was two prompts! Jokes aside, you're right. I wanted to have something up quickly. Before the real launch ( and not just this demo ) I'll write one by hand, I'm against AI written copy / blogposts, just could not find the headspace to focus. Again, thanks for the feedback, I'll take it!

Looking at the long list of the things you had to do to get this working .. and you couldn't "find" the energy to write some text for the landing page yourself? For a project you want people to buy from you? You supposedly put in all that effort, and built these sites around it, and building a business around it, and you couldn't deal with writing descriptions of it yourself? Seriously?

Yea, it sounds worse than it felt in that light lol. You have a point. In hindsight I should've taken a day or two for writing a good copy, I was just very impatient and wanted to push this out.

To be fair, this is not "the project" yet, just a first preview. I'm an engineer, doing things like this is "work", optimizing the bundle size is fun. Sorry.

Re: Show HN: KiCad in the Browser

#16

Post by xrd »

I love that Firefox is the best.

I don't use kicad. But, this project, as a web-first version of kicad, seems like it offers the best opportunities to create a shared learning community. Is that part of the long term goal?

I would love to experiment with kicad, but I learn best through watching others and asking questions. Can I do that with this? Is there a way I could "watch" other sessions as the build progresses? Or, chat about what I see there with other people interested in learning and teaching?

Very nice work!

Re: Show HN: KiCad in the Browser

#17

Post by ViktorEE »

xrd wrote: post #16

I love that Firefox is the best. I don't use kicad. But, this project, as a web-first version of kicad, seems like it offers the best opportunities to create a shared learning community. Is that part of the long term goal? I would love to experiment with kicad, but I learn best through watching others and asking questions. Can I do that with this? Is there a way I could "watch" other sessions as the build progresses?…

I love that too, the sad part is that ~30% of our visitors ( from Plausible ) are on Safari which is... Not good :) No threads for ya there. At least it works.

Yes! That's the plan for "marketing". And yes, we'll have to usual "follow" features ( without the popups etc which doesn't really suit your usecase ), chat ( maybe voice chat? ).

Thanks!!

Re: Show HN: KiCad in the Browser

#18

Post by IgorPartola »

ViktorEE wrote: post #14
karlkloss wrote: post #12

I can totally see pcb manufacturers like JLC integrating this into their websites, with a set of customized design rules and an order button.

Yea, it makes sense. JLC already own EasyEDA, it's an interesting matchup for sure.

I initially found EasyEDA to be easier to use especially with auto routing. But KiCAD is definitely more powerful.

Re: Show HN: KiCad in the Browser

#19

Post by 0x62 »

thegrim33 wrote: post #13
ViktorEE wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're wrong! It was two prompts! Jokes aside, you're right. I wanted to have something up quickly. Before the real launch ( and not just this demo ) I'll write one by hand, I'm against AI written copy / blogposts, just could not find the headspace to focus. Again, thanks for the feedback, I'll take it!

Looking at the long list of the things you had to do to get this working .. and you couldn't "find" the energy to write some text for the landing page yourself? For a project you want people to buy from you? You supposedly put in all that effort, and built these sites around it, and building a business around it, and you couldn't deal with writing descriptions of it yourself? Seriously?

Eh. This isn’t a finished project. Designing and writing marketing content requires a completely different headspace to when you’re working the product, and isn’t something you can context switch easily.

I only have a problem with obvious AI marketing pages when it’s a finished product that’s on sale.

Re: Show HN: KiCad in the Browser

#20

Post by ViktorEE »

0x62 wrote: post #19
thegrim33 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looking at the long list of the things you had to do to get this working .. and you couldn't "find" the energy to write some text for the landing page yourself? For a project you want people to buy from you? You supposedly put in all that effort, and built these sites around it, and building a business around it, and you couldn't deal with writing descriptions of it yourself? Seriously?

Eh. This isn’t a finished project. Designing and writing marketing content requires a completely different headspace to when you’re working the product, and isn’t something you can context switch easily. I only have a problem with obvious AI marketing pages when it’s a finished product that’s on sale.

To my former self two days ago: if you work almost a year on something take two days to polish a demo.
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