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Show HN: Shots AI – Turn designs into code with one click

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Congrats on the launch, really neat idea.

It looks like the product is not yet ready, and it is just a collection of HTML/CSS templates at the moment (as already stated in the FAQ). As I understand, there is no process which turn designs into code right now, and this statement from the upgrade page seems like an outright lie:

> Some features, such as the AI based trace-and-export, are pretty heavy on our servers and start getting expensive fast.

since How does shots work? section in the same page does not mention anything about uploading, and the Upload a shot page simply redirects to an Airtable form.

I love the idea of launching early, but is giving the false impression that the product is ready, and charging for a subscription on top of that really ethical? You may claim that you are actually charging for accessing your collection, but it does not appear that way from your homepage and links shared on PH and HN. Please do not mislead people.

Hah, that’s just golden. “We have this amazing feature X however we have to charge you a lot already because the server load of feature X is extremely high.... also feature X is not available yet”

My guess is that there is currently no actual image to code functionality, given that all designs are 'curated' and attempting to upload your own results in simply being added to their sales/mailing list

yes, just looks like another textbook scam to get your money before you even get to see how well the product works. Thank you, next.

It's interesting that the OP is only responding to positive/glowing comments and ignoring the others even though some of the positive ones are the newest out of all the comments. Doesn't instill a lot of confidence in my opinion.

Edit: I'm curious OP if you read this what the comment in your profile means and what someone looking at your website should glean from it: '"I wish I had sexual relations with that man" - Bill, probably'

It's a riff on Bill Clinton "I did not have sexual relations with that woman [Monica Lewinsky]"

The launch page is literally titled "Import Screenshots: Export code." [0] According to their documentation, you have no way of importing screenshots. What a joke.

I hope OP responds to these posts because this looks like a MVP where they decided to pivot to pre-selected "curated" UI's when they realized their AI didn't work as expected with uploads.

[0] https://www.shots.ai/pages/import-screens-export-code

Yeah it looks MVP or test marketing. Their technology is actually the core.

Reposting this because I feel like my comment was hidden by the company. Speaking of ethical, this product seems to be very similar to another product, Crane.ai and it seems like the CEO of the company that developed Crane.ai, has commented below.

Yeah this looks the same as Crane AI, and their ethics seem very questionable https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Crane-AI-R...

We've banned this cohort of sockpuppet commenters/voters.

You really need to let us try it out without having to sign up. Imagine how many users that think "oh, yet another img -> html/css tool, I wonder how questionably it works" and then get discouraged by having to take a chance on something they have no idea how well/if it works.

I'll sign up anyway and give it a shot.

Your app is so much better than the website...

I honestly didn't get what eaxtly you offer until I looked up a login on bugmenot.

for you other to gt an Idea, here is a screenshot from the app: https://i.imgur.com/zIj2A1m.png

Overall, the application looks solid, there are some glitches that I am sure you would resolve them in future, thanks for making this tool that solves real engineering problems and helps developers to get to a prototype sooner. keep rocking !!

Thanks so much! Love and support from the maker community is what keeps me going.

If you have any feature requests or things you would like to provide feedback on, we have a community page: https://www.shots.ai/community

And for glitches/bugs, please let us know through Intercom and a team member will be with you immediately!

"Some features, such as the AI based trace-and-export, are pretty heavy on our servers and start getting expensive fast"

Why can't this just be done locally (with no plan needed?).

I hate it when I am artificially pushed into a plan. No thanks.

What exactly is the AI doing? From the description it sounds like a UI design tool that exports the UI as code, which is like any other UI design tool out there.

> we built artificial intelligence to take the screen image and identify common UI elements, patterns and properties so that tracing a design you like is painless and easy.

Looks like it goes from a screenshot to code.

I can't find a demo that works without me signing up for it though.

First of all good luck! But, is this really a thing? or just trying to convince some investors to make it rain?

Based on the validity of some of the comments here, it really does seem like it's a company trying to convince investors to make it rain... I'd say do some research on some of the companies being mentioned here and see what you make out of it...

Such a brilliant concept, Loved the design. What are the programming languages does it support to export ?

So right now it uses a DSL based AI code generator and supports HTML and CSS. There's a lot more on the roadmap and we have a community page that you can check out to request/upvote new features: https://www.shots.ai/community

You might want to tell the AI to ignore the 'handlebar' in iPhone X screenshots.

cool, I also work/playing with the same thing, inspired by pix2code, I use deep learning to turn code from image screenshot

how far are you guys from adding react native?

So React Native is definitely already on the roadmap, we have a very early prototype and I'm actively working on making it production-ready. It's one of our most requested features from our community page (https://www.shots.ai/community) and we're working as hard as we can to get it out as soon as possible.

We're also thinking of running an early beta. If you'd like, you can DM one of us through Intercom or anywhere with your email and we'll add you to our beta list so you'll be the first to get access to our newest features!

Hi, what else is on the roadmap?

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