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New comment by abelsm in "What happens if you put work into the second dimension?"

abelsm — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 23:54:51 +0000

thanks! we wanted to put it out there and see if there's interest before investing more time in polishing it. it's been really helpful to see the discussion here.

New comment by abelsm in "What happens if you put work into the second dimension?"

abelsm — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:58:34 +0000

Cofounder of FlutterFlow here. Not atm, as it started as an internal project. But it's something we're considering.

What happens if you put work into the second dimension?

abelsm — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:39:31 +0000

Article URL: https://norbertkozsir.com/posts/work-in-the-second-dimension/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49187084

Points: 51

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New comment by abelsm in "CARA 2.0 – “I Built a Better Robot Dog”"

abelsm — Wed, 06 May 2026 09:09:42 +0000

Awesome video. It's interesting, informative, and entertaining.

Founders I talk to that are doing hardware, broadly speaking, say it's a competitive advantage as it's not as crowded. Content like Aaed's will hopefully nudge more people into it.

New comment by abelsm in "The Vercel plugin on Claude Code wants to read your prompts"

abelsm — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:58:09 +0000

The breach of trust here, which is hard to imagine isn't intentional, is enough reason alone to stop using Vercel, and uninstall the plugin. That part is easy. Most of these agents can help you migrate if anything.

The question is on whether these platforms are going to enforce their policies for plugins. For Claude Code in particular this behavior violates their plugin policy (1D) here explicitly: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13145358-anthropic-so...

It's a really tough problem, but Anthropic is the company I'd bet on to approach this thoughtfully.

New comment by abelsm in "Show HN: Dreamflow – Visual editor for AI generated Flutter apps"

abelsm — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:33:29 +0000

Hi HN, I’m one of the founders of FlutterFlow (YC W21). We launched Dreamflow earlier this year.

What it is: Dreamflow generates a Flutter app from a prompt, then lets you keep working in a real dev environment with a visual editor, AI agent, and full code (code is the source of truth).

Why we built it: 1) make small changes dead simple: tweak properties, move widgets, add components without editing code or prompting; and 2) give the agent precise context: select a widget to add it to the prompt (screenshot included automatically); the agent has access to read runner logs.

What’s different:

- Bi-directional editing: canvas ↔ code; standard Flutter. - Runs in the browser: hot reload, preview. - Agentic edits with diffs; widget-aware context + log access.

How to try: Prompt: “Fundraising CRM for founders: pipeline (Targeted -> Closed); investors (name/firm/check size/intro source); notes + next steps + due date; goal $X/$Y; tabs Pipeline/Investors/Tasks/Settings”

Then preview, rearrange visually, integrate a backend or keep it local, and export/publish.

Current gaps: Visual coverage isn’t complete; GitHub integration is in progress; importing existing Flutter projects isn’t supported yet.

We’d love your feedback. Where does the visual editor help or get in your way? Which integrations would you expect first?

Show HN: Dreamflow – Visual editor for AI generated Flutter apps

abelsm — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:30:57 +0000

Article URL: https://dreamflow.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45130588

Points: 12

# Comments: 2

Text-to-App generation in FlutterFlow

abelsm — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 20:48:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYgksWkeMmg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35202722

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by abelsm in "Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually"

abelsm — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 06:38:42 +0000

Agreed, making it more natural to create apps in a way that follows Flutter best practices is a desirable end goal. There's so much to improve, it's exciting :-)

New comment by abelsm in "Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually"

abelsm — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 06:05:01 +0000

It's not quite an apples-to-apples comparison, but the memory use of FlutterFlow is comparable to WebFlow. Our landing page is built using WebFlow, and I compared memory use of that to a comparably sized project in FF.

Performance could certainly be improved (especially for Web), but it's gotten much better over the last year.

New comment by abelsm in "Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually"

abelsm — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:45:44 +0000

thank you!

New comment by abelsm in "Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually"

abelsm — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 22:27:34 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions! Yes, there's definitely room for improvement with the generated code ... I think the padding -> SizedBox conversion at least in some cases (only when main-axis padding is added) can be automated. We can experiment with code improvement features such as that and see how it works.

Expanded + Percentages for widths are possible already

New comment by abelsm in "Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually"

abelsm — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 22:16:23 +0000

There were a lot of issues with custom widgets when we first launched the feature, we've deployed several fixes since then. But there's still more to do on our end to make it clear what errors you're getting. Thanks for the suggestion!

New comment by abelsm in "Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually"

abelsm — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 22:13:46 +0000

yes, we've been writing a lot of Dart over the last couple of years and also enjoy it quite a lot. interested in hearing what issues GP faced.

New comment by abelsm in "Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually"

abelsm — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:32:14 +0000

The reasons we prioritized Firebase is because it works really well with Flutter and was also what most of our early users preferred. FlutterFlow itself is in fact a Flutter+Firebase app. We take the best ways we know how to build Flutter+Firebase apps and make it easy to do, in a browser.

We definitely want to support more DBs in the future, just a matter of time. Meanwhile, we see some users achieve that goal using API integrations and code export

New comment by abelsm in "Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually"

abelsm — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:59:55 +0000

Yep, you can push the latest changes directly to Github. We always use a specific branch "flutterflow". Users can then merge in changes, as long as the changes on the main branch are not changing the layout visuals significantly, Git handles the merge nicely.

Ofc you can't import code into FF from your main branch, at least at the moment. But it's still been working well for our users

New comment by abelsm in "Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually"

abelsm — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:45:56 +0000

There are 3 ways you can use custom code for business logic:

- Custom Functions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbNtmue0ZZo

- Custom Widgets: https://community.flutterflow.io/c/whats-new-in-flutterflow/...

- Custom Actions: https://community.flutterflow.io/c/whats-new-in-flutterflow/...

The reason there are 3 different kinds of custom code is so that it can easily integrate with the visual builder ... for instance a "Custom Action" function will show up when you add an action on a Button Tap, or TextField submit. A "Custom Widget" can be dragged in and passed parameters, and a "Custom Function" can be used to set values. Would love any feedback

New comment by abelsm in "Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually"

abelsm — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:38:33 +0000

Thanks! We're gonna work hard to get it to a place where the set up you love and are used to is also available in FF (or vice versa), and that you get the best of both worlds.

New comment by abelsm in "Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually"

abelsm — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:17:28 +0000

We're allow-listing domains for any educational institutions that's not on our list. Thanks for sending that link, we'll take a look!

New comment by abelsm in "Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually"

abelsm — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:16:20 +0000

Thanks for your feedback! The reason we don't have this yet is only because we're a small team, but we're growing and will definitely have NGO/non-profit discounts!