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Re: Show HN: Build your own theme park

#21

Post by greatgib »

I flagged your post and hope your project will go to oblivion, not that because it would not be nice but because you are using fucking serious dark patterns!

Like I arrive on the homepage, to give it a try, it is like "go, just type the description on the park and we will generate it", so I spend time crafting my requests, and when you validate, you arrive on a fucking login-registration-wall.

I'm not against needing users to be registered, but that it something that you should tell upfront before users waste time trying to use your tool.

And the dark pattern doesn't stop there, behind the registration-wall, you have another deceptive practice, a dynamic "loading status" like "connecting the dots", "mixing the palette", ... that is running to give the impression that the generation is running when it is not at all until your register.

Re: Show HN: Build your own theme park

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Post by thealexanderlee »

greatgib wrote: post #21

I flagged your post and hope your project will go to oblivion, not that because it would not be nice but because you are using fucking serious dark patterns! Like I arrive on the homepage, to give it a try, it is like "go, just type the description on the park and we will generate it", so I spend time crafting my requests, and when you validate, you arrive on a fucking login-registration-wall. I'm not against needing…

Hey, thanks so much for the feedback although obviously hurts a bit for wanting something I just created for fun to go into oblivion.

I totally understand your feedback though. The issue is that AI costs a lot of money under the hood, and so we needed some way to know if a user was hitting a limit. Will think about how to make that more clear upfront.

Thanks again for your feedback.

Re: Show HN: Build your own theme park

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Post by thealexanderlee »

memile wrote: post #24

It’s a clever idea to generate the interface from a prompt while staying within a design system. Just a quick question: to what extent does the design system constrain the generated result?

good question! I'd say similar in web where ideally the agent doesn't stray too far from creating new components. I noticed that happening here as well unless you directly prompt for it.

But the design system follows a set of rules and skill files and applies them when needed!

Re: Show HN: Build your own theme park

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Post by eecks »

"My job is to figure out the right context and guardrails so that when you prompt “Build me a dashboard,” the result actually looks like your existing product."

What is the challenge here? Yes if you don't guide an LLM it will come up with it's own design.. but you can just tell it to use your brand and assets and it works pretty well

Re: Show HN: Build your own theme park

#27

Post by greatgib »

thealexanderlee wrote: post #23
greatgib wrote: post #21

I flagged your post and hope your project will go to oblivion, not that because it would not be nice but because you are using fucking serious dark patterns! Like I arrive on the homepage, to give it a try, it is like "go, just type the description on the park and we will generate it", so I spend time crafting my requests, and when you validate, you arrive on a fucking login-registration-wall. I'm not against needing…

Hey, thanks so much for the feedback although obviously hurts a bit for wanting something I just created for fun to go into oblivion. I totally understand your feedback though. The issue is that AI costs a lot of money under the hood, and so we needed some way to know if a user was hitting a limit. Will think about how to make that more clear upfront. Thanks again for your feedback.

I understand totally the need for registration and all. My point is that I would like to know upfront so that my time is not wasted by pretending that it is not the case.
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