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ImagineAI: A code generator that turns your app spec into a Node project

71 points by popcalc 4y ago

_boffin_ 4y ago
it's cool, but I'm not seeing why you have "ai" in it, as it seems like it's just a large templating system.
- marstall 4y ago
  yes. this looks useful, but is it different fundamentally from the scaffolding generators that come with react, rails, Xcode, etc?
  - _boffin_ 4y ago
    it reminds me of Spring Initializer
- jeleh 4y ago
  Clickbait? Its just the domain (.ai), the project has nothing to do with AI and this nice platform has seen better times: Last release Imagine v1.1.1: July 2, 2021
- aliqot 4y ago
  it's AI in the sense that watson is "AI"
NayamAmarshe 4y ago
Why don't more services like this exist? This is great! I can have a pre-generated backend, with all the right configuration and I'm surprised that there aren't many GUI to Backend generator services available.
- senko 4y ago
  There are, for example https://apibakery.com/ https://apibakery.com/ (I'm the author). If done carefully, the addition of AI will make those services even better (which doesn't seem to be case here, as far as I can see it's just a domain name).
- sshb 4y ago
  I've also taken a shot at a similar thing (no GUI though!) https://github.com/sashabaranov/pike https://github.com/sashabaranov/pike
languagehacker 4y ago
Nifty, but this doesn't seem faster than just generating a Django app by hand if you've done it enough times. I'd prefer to cargo-cult my own best practices into a project over some random AI's.
mensetmanusman 4y ago
Imagine being able to describe an app with a few paragraphs, and then suddenly, it exists. This future is coming soon.
nigamanth 4y ago
Damn, you should add Laravel and MySQL too. This is going to be the next Google for real.
datavirtue 4y ago
Very nice. Does it also build out authentication and authorization? Login, and JWT validation would be very nice. I mentor new prospective developers and this would be a great help in surmounting all of the complexity we have to deal with in getting a project to a point where you can start actually building an app. A lot of people who would otherwise be interested in development get overwhelmed with ancillary crap (setting up a basic nodejs express project, for example).
- senko 4y ago
  Not op, but I have a similar project which does handle auth and a few other extra goodies like bg workers and dev shell: https://apibakery.com https://apibakery.com It uses a bearer token instead of JWT tho, for reasons outlined here: https://apibakery.com/blog/tech/no-jwt/ https://apibakery.com/blog/tech/no-jwt/ (HN discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33019960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33019960)
gremlinsinc 4y ago
Wish this was opensource (if it is I couldn't find the link) - I'd gladly work on the Laravel versions.

71 points by popcalc 4y ago

_boffin_ 4y ago

it's cool, but I'm not seeing why you have "ai" in it, as it seems like it's just a large templating system.

marstall 4y ago
yes. this looks useful, but is it different fundamentally from the scaffolding generators that come with react, rails, Xcode, etc?
- _boffin_ 4y ago
  it reminds me of Spring Initializer
jeleh 4y ago
Clickbait? Its just the domain (.ai), the project has nothing to do with AI and this nice platform has seen better times: Last release Imagine v1.1.1: July 2, 2021
aliqot 4y ago
it's AI in the sense that watson is "AI"

NayamAmarshe 4y ago

Why don't more services like this exist? This is great! I can have a pre-generated backend, with all the right configuration and I'm surprised that there aren't many GUI to Backend generator services available.

senko 4y ago
There are, for example https://apibakery.com/ https://apibakery.com/ (I'm the author). If done carefully, the addition of AI will make those services even better (which doesn't seem to be case here, as far as I can see it's just a domain name).
sshb 4y ago
I've also taken a shot at a similar thing (no GUI though!) https://github.com/sashabaranov/pike https://github.com/sashabaranov/pike

languagehacker 4y ago

Nifty, but this doesn't seem faster than just generating a Django app by hand if you've done it enough times. I'd prefer to cargo-cult my own best practices into a project over some random AI's.

mensetmanusman 4y ago

Imagine being able to describe an app with a few paragraphs, and then suddenly, it exists. This future is coming soon.

nigamanth 4y ago

Damn, you should add Laravel and MySQL too. This is going to be the next Google for real.

datavirtue 4y ago

Very nice. Does it also build out authentication and authorization? Login, and JWT validation would be very nice. I mentor new prospective developers and this would be a great help in surmounting all of the complexity we have to deal with in getting a project to a point where you can start actually building an app. A lot of people who would otherwise be interested in development get overwhelmed with ancillary crap (setting up a basic nodejs express project, for example).

senko 4y ago
Not op, but I have a similar project which does handle auth and a few other extra goodies like bg workers and dev shell: https://apibakery.com https://apibakery.com It uses a bearer token instead of JWT tho, for reasons outlined here: https://apibakery.com/blog/tech/no-jwt/ https://apibakery.com/blog/tech/no-jwt/ (HN discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33019960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33019960)

gremlinsinc 4y ago

Wish this was opensource (if it is I couldn't find the link) - I'd gladly work on the Laravel versions.