Show HN: We built Lovable for Mobile Apps (uses Flutter)
getavid.devHey HN. We built an AI agent, Avid, that creates beautiful Flutter Apps, much like v0 or Lovable. The agent carefully makes UI UX considerations, generates Flutter code, and you get a preview on your browser.
I've gone through lots and lots of iterations to help the agent produce beautiful results. Would love your feedback.
Ability to download App files and flutter code should be ready this coming week. Have a look and let me know what you think!
You don't accept a signup that isn't Google or Microsoft. So I guess I won't sign up...
You also don't tell me this until I've already written a prompt, which is frustrating.
You may want to change the name. Avid is also a very well recognized brand, and you won't rank highly for it either in search or in people's brains.
I feel like these concerns are often overstated. Gemini was a well-known crypto exchange. Outside of their niche, I don't think Avid is something the average person is familiar with. Even the average software engineer.
What all these ai apps have is a certain look. it's like the bootstrap look from the early days. you know the app is being made by somebody who doesn't really care about quality.
I think there is going to be a counter reaction towards artisanal apps which will come out of all of this.
Just how WordPress runs 70% of the web but it's 70% of the crap web.
Similarly AI will maybe create 70% of the apps but it will be 70% of the crap apps.
And this is not some sort of reflection on AI. AI is actually great tech, but it's more about the person making the app and the proof of work required to show how much they care about the product. Or in this case these apps will be associated with shady fly-by-night companies trying to sell something.
I'm going to have to completely disagree on Bootstrap. The use of Bootstrap isn't an indication on a lack of quality, it's an indication on a desire for a decent UI from the start. The fact that it was widely used isn't necessarily reflective of a given app.
Bootstrap, Material, etc. are all just established tools in terms of visual usability and consistency. Many people are far more concerned about having something functional over something that looks completely unique or different.
Personally, I tend to dislike most UI/UX experiments in terms of usability. Not all, but definitely most are just bad compared to what most people are used to.
It seems to be using Vercel to preview the app effect, which is quite interesting.
Yes, it provides pretty quick deployments. We just hit the limit a few minutes ago. Had to upgrade
Sounds promising. What Lovable or Bolt is missing is ability to visually customize the output (like a no-code tool). Imagine if you could combine your AI agent + Flutterflow like No Code abilities? That would be magical.
That was the idea from day one. Can't wait to ship that feature
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