@shapiro500

No shade if so, I think it’s an awesome little toy.

> Like many parents, I found that standard bedtime stories didn't always capture their unique imagination. So, I built Lyra Kids (https://lyra.kids) to turn our nightly ritual into something more magical.

We have the standard template product pitch here (“Unlike our competitors, our product does XYZ”) but turned against _the entirety of children’s literature_.

You really think that many parents find “standard bedtime stories” insufficient?

Look, we have a couple of those books that use your kid’s name and a custom illustration that resembles them. They’re about as sophisticated as a Hallmark card and equally unrewarding. The kids get a kick out of it, but it’s a rare amusement and not actual interest. You don’t talk about the plot or the characters of a Mad Lib.

I’ll set aside my moral outrage and assume that you wanted to build this project no matter what and backed into the product positioning later, because the alternative is too depressing to consider.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46548558

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Are you sharing any of the prompts you used to generate this? Even if not verbatim, I’m interested to know how much you’re driving versus the model. How much more prompt is there than, “look at this comment history and write 3 roasts that the HN crowd will find funny”?

> “…the MacBook provides incredibly crisp images with richer colors, deeper blacks and significantly greater contrast…”

This is positioning for glossy being superior.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/05/16Apple-Unveils-New-M...

To pick just one claim:

“Big companies used to move slowly, but now a ragtag team of two developers at a large firm can whip up something that looks top-of-market to the untrained eye in a matter of weeks.”

This is just pure speculation with no consideration of success or longevity. Big companies are going faster now? Where? Which ones?

AI coding allows you to build prototypes quickly. All the reasons big companies are slow haven’t budged.

It turns proactive writing into purely passive consumption.

To be fair, 3 booleans (2^3=8) is more working memory than most people are productive with. Way more if they’re nullable :)

> “Automattician”

The word you’re looking for is employee.

Complete with computer people kayfabe!