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Hey!

We wondered what to do to make building layouts even faster while adding more fun elements to our daily work. After a while, the inspiration came! Why not randomize the components while having fun, like at a slot machine in a casino?

The idea generator combines available UI components into finished layouts. You choose the technology, the library, click "Shuffle!" and boom, ready-made layout. Click again, and you have a new layout.

Based on our No AI®, and No Blockchain®, and Pure Random® technology. ;)

What do you think?

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Congratulations on the launch!

I like that it's possible to tryout the editor without login.

Could you consider adding some minimalist, text-focused, animation-free, no-framework & accessibility-friendly layouts? It's unlikely that those who are already committed to building minimalist websites would use such a tool, But those who are new to web development and use your tool could get know that minimalism is still an option.

P.S. I've added Shuffle to my curated list of startup tools at https://startuptoolchain.com/#website .

We're bootstrapping our SaaS, and all resources are precious. We can't build niche solutions and that's why we focus on the most popular frameworks. If we find a popular framework that is "minimalist, text-focused, animation-free, accessibility-friendly" we may consider adding it.

PS. Thanks for adding us!

I think it's a great idea, but perhaps it's not different enough from a collection of templates that you can scroll through (which are also in some "random" order, of course)?

Hey, if you don't trust our random algorithms, you can browse all our UI components linearly here: https://shuffle.dev/components

I spent whole afternoon today thinking which template kit to buy so that I get nice set of component with neat design. There were so many of them so it was tough choice. But i think i’m going to get lifetime access to your service instead. I just wonder if you are planning on adding more components in different design style? Like the Tailwind CSS brutalist style (i think codeacademy uses something similar)

We add new UI libraries every month, and we will create them in different styles, for sure. At the moment, Cronos UI may be closest to the style you're looking for: https://shuffle.dev/components/all/cronos/headers

How many layers do you use for your Pure Random network? How do you train the randomness? How big is your random seed?

Also, I have heard that NoBlockchain is web scale. Can you confirm this?

Tough questions! I would have to ask our CTO, but here in Poland, it's already Friday evening, so I'll leave him alone for now ;)

From my side, I can say that Shuffle contains 3,700 UI components, and combinations are formed using them.

Very nice! I like the idea of randomness.

For my website business I made something alike. It combines some general styles with random colors. Some very ugly things are possible with it. ;) But it also has some preset templates that give you an idea of how nice it can look.

https://try.hellowebsite.online/quickdesign/ (best tested on a screen bigger than your smartphone)

Good luck with your project! :)

Thanks, you too!

Wow!

I like the idea and the execution very much.

However, the pricing model is not so much my taste. The Lifetime license seems somewhat cheap, but $24 per month feels a bit expensive for a casual user.

Hey, thanks for your feedback. We have plans to remove lifetime licenses early next year.

Glad I got in on lifetime before you stopped offering it :)

The $24/mo is probably to capture the users who will only generate a single website, which is probably most people. $24 for a website design is a very fair price, but I imagine their subscriptions will have a ton of churn.

Can you buy the layouts as NFTs?

Tee hee

> What do you think?

Doesn't load in the DuckDuck<Go browser app (Android), simpky kerps spinning its wheels ...

Hey, thanks for reporting!

To be more specific: works fine under DuckDuckGo (app v5.102.3) on Android 11 (phone) but not under DuckDuckGo (app v5.102.3) tablet on Android 9.

The four buttons on the left could use some tooltips to explain their jobs, btw.

Love that no-buzzword approach (:

Really gr8. Clever idea :)

Thanks!

Why do you start every reply with "Hey"? This thread reads like astroturf promotion.

I didn't expect this post to be so popular, so I said "hey" to the first people and then didn't want others to be sad that I didn't say "hey" to them.

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