Spawn
Dev tools
app generation from natural language
SHOW HN2024
How HN took it
4 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Impressive demo of generating working apps like accelerometer app
From 2 comments
That's fantastic, wow!
fudged71 on HNSpawn apps can use the accelerometer - thanks for pointing this out, I'll clarify the website. I pasted your prompt and got this: https://imgur.com/a/3Wg8AuK During the…
gsundeep on HN
Export to Xcode project is useful for iterating
From 2 comments
I’d love to have something like this in Xcode. Or alternatively if I could export an xcodeproj file from my Spawn project? I couldn’t imagine developing an entire launchable app…
darweenist on HNOh nice! Will try this out next time I want to spawn a new xcode project.
darweenist on HN
Objections
Generated apps can be buggy or need prompt tweaks
From 2 comments
I'm interested to see how this goes. I recently used ChatGPT and Claude to help myself build a simple app for my wife. Just listing things and being able to edit them basically.…
aezell on HNSpawn apps can use the accelerometer - thanks for pointing this out, I'll clarify the website. I pasted your prompt and got this: https://imgur.com/a/3Wg8AuK During the…
gsundeep on HN
Unclear whether it can build complex custom software
From 1 comment
> Over time, as both Spawn and the underlying models improve, it will be able to build more complex software.[^Citation needed] It seems to me that with the transformer model…
JBorrow on HN
Generation errors reported by users
From 1 comment
Getting "Generation Error!" whenever I try to generate an app.
CameronBanga on HN
Requests
Android support
From 2 comments
Always interesting to see new takes on natural-language-to-code projects. Let me know when I can build Android apps!
heyrikin on HNI'd honestly settle for building iOS apps with Windows.
hahamrfunnyguy on HN
Apple Watch app support
From 1 comment
Can this create Apple-watch-specific apps?
whycome on HN
Windows support for building iOS apps
From 1 comment
I'd honestly settle for building iOS apps with Windows.
hahamrfunnyguy on HN
Questions
Whether it uses UIKit or SwiftUI
From 1 comment
I am curious is it done in UIKit or SwiftUI?
volvogradSaint on HN
Which underlying model is used
From 1 comment
What model are you using under the hood?
deyan on HN
Alternatives named
ChatGPT and Claude
From 1 comment
I'm interested to see how this goes. I recently used ChatGPT and Claude to help myself build a simple app for my wife. Just listing things and being able to edit them basically.…
aezell on HN