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Show HN: I've been building this thing

9 points by nkkollaw 9y ago

...it's an image proxy that does on-the-fly image processing for animated GIFs. This is the site: https://www.gifsonic.com https://www.gifsonic.com And here are docs with examples: • https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/ https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/ • https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=width https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=width • https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=height https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=height • https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=reverse https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=reverse • https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=background_color https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=background_color • https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=meme_top_text https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=meme_top_text (my favorite) • etc. etc. What do you guys think about the whole thing? I would love some feedback before I open it to signups. Does it look OK? Would you ever use such a service? What could I improve?

starikovs 9y ago
"Coming soon" button does nothing..
- nkkollaw 9y ago
  No, I know. It's a placeholder for "Getting started", which I'll activate once I open to signups.
fiatjaf 9y ago
Very nice. The problem I've seen with all the other on-the-fly image manipulation services is that they can't charge but also can't stay free.
- nkkollaw 9y ago
  Thanks! I definitely won't be able to go nor stay free. The plan is to create a SaaS with 5 tiers, and to use the service you have to subscribe to a plan—possibly starting at $6. There are a lot of image-manipulation SaaS that charge (Imgix, Cloudinary, etc.), but I have no idea if my service will be useful enough for someone to want to pay for it.
flunhat 9y ago
I really like your front-end design - it looks crisp and fun at the same time. Did you outsource that or did you do the design yourself? Every time I try designing a front end for one of my web apps, it just looks like a generic Bootstrap page.
- nkkollaw 9y ago
  No, I did everything myself, but if it does look crisp I probably got lucky :-)

9 points by nkkollaw 9y ago

starikovs 9y ago

"Coming soon" button does nothing..

nkkollaw 9y ago
No, I know. It's a placeholder for "Getting started", which I'll activate once I open to signups.

fiatjaf 9y ago

Very nice. The problem I've seen with all the other on-the-fly image manipulation services is that they can't charge but also can't stay free.

nkkollaw 9y ago
Thanks! I definitely won't be able to go nor stay free. The plan is to create a SaaS with 5 tiers, and to use the service you have to subscribe to a plan—possibly starting at $6. There are a lot of image-manipulation SaaS that charge (Imgix, Cloudinary, etc.), but I have no idea if my service will be useful enough for someone to want to pay for it.

flunhat 9y ago

I really like your front-end design - it looks crisp and fun at the same time. Did you outsource that or did you do the design yourself? Every time I try designing a front end for one of my web apps, it just looks like a generic Bootstrap page.

nkkollaw 9y ago
No, I did everything myself, but if it does look crisp I probably got lucky :-)