At $4 per month, I don’t consider it expensive at all to have this whole category of problem solved for me. Mobile app, desktop, laptop synced flawlessly and quickly.
As the father of a 2- and 4-year-old, this project is repulsive.
> Like many parents, I found that standard bedtime stories didn't always capture their unique imagination. So, I built Lyra Kids (https://lyra.kids) to turn our nightly ritual into something more magical.
We have the standard template product pitch here (“Unlike our competitors, our product does XYZ”) but turned against _the entirety of children’s literature_.
You really think that many parents find “standard bedtime stories” insufficient?
Look, we have a couple of those books that use your kid’s name and a custom illustration that resembles them. They’re about as sophisticated as a Hallmark card and equally unrewarding. The kids get a kick out of it, but it’s a rare amusement and not actual interest. You don’t talk about the plot or the characters of a Mad Lib.
I’ll set aside my moral outrage and assume that you wanted to build this project no matter what and backed into the product positioning later, because the alternative is too depressing to consider.
Hah! This website throws up a modal and blocks browser-native Copy Text functionality with both Ctrl + C and right click > Copy. Haven't seen that in a long time.
Hilarious. It seemed to focus on something about Boolean logic that I don’t remember taking about, but otherwise awesome.
Are you sharing any of the prompts you used to generate this? Even if not verbatim, I’m interested to know how much you’re driving versus the model. How much more prompt is there than, “look at this comment history and write 3 roasts that the HN crowd will find funny”?
This article is based on vibes just like the trends it hypothesizes.
To pick just one claim:
“Big companies used to move slowly, but now a ragtag team of two developers at a large firm can whip up something that looks top-of-market to the untrained eye in a matter of weeks.”
This is just pure speculation with no consideration of success or longevity. Big companies are going faster now? Where? Which ones?
AI coding allows you to build prototypes quickly. All the reasons big companies are slow haven’t budged.
No, the reality of this situation is that people need to save a snapshot of what the LLM said when they read it, just in case they need to substantiate it or blame someone for what they read at the time.