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No offense but that demo video is pathetic not to mention the weird background music. Actually, I think the entire thing is way too rushed and you haven't thought this through at all.

Are you seriously so desperate to ride this stupid AI hype that you couldn't do a better job at showcasing what the app can actually do?

I am sorry for being so critical, but I believe I am right. With a free account, you can do like two basic things, but if I click on one of the "Pro" features, there is no preview or nothing at all.

Why would I give you _$299_ to actually try the app only to end up going through the hassle to charge it back because the app didn't do what I thought it would? Is it even possible to get a refund?

Where is an example of a project/app/website you've built with this? I think you might've lost yourself some credibility and long-term customers by publishing it this way.

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Totally agree that I'm launching super early. I'm working really closely with some early customers to build out the modules that they need, and then I'll make those available for Pro users. Also completely agree that I need a showcase of apps. I'll have those put together soon.

Right now, anyone who upgrades to Pro basically gets direct access to me so that I can build out the modules that are needed for their use case. 100% if anyone pays something and isn't getting value, or asks for a refund, I would give a complete refund no questions asked.

> I am sorry for being so critical

You should apologize for being disrespectful. There's no reason to attack the founder personally with words like: pathetic, desperate, or insulting their critical thinking by saying "you haven't thought this through at all." You can write an equally critical comment without the vitrol.

I was considering adding a parenthesis that says "I understand you're a human being", but I didn't think I have to. You don't walk into an Apple store to see 2 items on display and the rest wrapped in Christmas boxes.

Furthermore, "Backed by YC" is supposed to mean something, and this kind of a launch is simply watering it down. In fact, there are several YC "AI" backed startups that use lousy marketing terms - "We're better than ChatGPT", and lastly, Launch HN is not something you can do every other day because you forgot something the first time.

He should be able to take my feedback on the chin and correct his mistakes. Not taking care of basic UI principles is the actual disrespect towards me as a customer not me calling him out on it.

We need more direct criticism like this.

I’m not even sure if this even needs AI in the first place or how this is any different to a boilerplate generator using templates. An AI can hallucinate and generate a broken codebase which means it needs to be checked again for its correctness.

I guess if this was a web3 project template generator funded by YC, I would be seeing everyone including the mountains throwing heated exchanges at the founder.

Funny enough, when I started Second, I was an A.I. skeptic. I was very resistant to it, and felt similarly to a lot of the comments on this page. I started out by building a really robust compiler that could handle lots of combinations of features and configurations. But as I began to see the real power of A.I., I started integrating it more and more. Second bots V1 was 100% deterministic compiler. Second bots V2 was mostly compiler, and some A.I. The current version of Second bots, V3, is about half compiler and half A.I.

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