Hi! I'm Eric Rowell, the founder and CEO of Second, and I'm super excited to share with you all what I've been up to over the past few months.
Today, web developers are writing code for way too many things that they shouldn’t be. This includes commodity features and integrations like authentication, forgot-password flows, subscription billing, database setup, CRUD pages, collections, data tables, etc. Developers should be focused on the high value code that is special to the business.
Over the last few years, I’ve become obsessed with the idea of enabling developers to quickly create large volumes of high quality web application software. Today, developers utilize libraries, frameworks, new languages, DSLs, no-code tools, and most recently IDE code assistants like GitHub Copilot. These are all great, but I think we can do better. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could just tell a bot to go off and implement a full-stack feature, sort of like having your own dedicated second developer up in the cloud?
Well, that's precisely what I'm working on! Second bots are installed on your GitHub account and use a combination of compilers and GPT-3 to generate and modify code files and then raise pull requests or commit code directly to your GitHub repo.
Please give it a go and let me know what you think! It's free to try. The Starter plan includes a web application foundation, database setup, and authentication. The other modules require a Pro plan which is $299/project/month.
***For the next 24 hours only, if you'd like to upgrade to the Pro plan, I can set you up with a 50% discount ($149/project/month) and I will personally help with your use case!***
Cheers!
Salutations! Fantastic work on getting Second on Product Hunt!
It looks incredible!
This will push development forward and help developers spend less time on standard tasks and more time on more complex tasks.
What are you planning to add in near future?
@ericdrowell Congratulations on launching Second, the AI developer bots will revolutionize the way we build web applications. Great job!
Question: How does Second ensure the quality and functionality of the web applications generated by its bots?
Thanks! Today, it does not validate quality. BUT, soon these changes will run through Second CI and other static analysis. The nice thing is, because GitHub is the handoff, you can also run the changes against your own CI as well! Also, Second will eventually use fine-tuned models on your code base as well to give it even more context.
Hi Eric ! Congratulations for the launch !
The video is crystal clear about the great effectiveness of your product !
Main interest in my opinion is how you can in a second time after initializing your project, you can still manage to add new modules and "connect" them with your existant project !
Because you can find many many starters ready to fork/clone , but when you need to mix some of them together, here comes the trouble !
A tool like expo.dev could benefit from such a tools for its upgrade versioning or modules !
However the actual pricing is waaaaay too inconvenient.
If it addresses to individual developer, 250$ per project seems way too much.
If it addresses to company, then they won't rely on an external tool to build their custom stack.
If your pricing plan / strategies changes, i would be more than happy to give it a try and , maybe (!) become an advocate for it ^^
Anyway, congrats ! It's a great idea and execution :clap: :clap:
Thanks, and great question! Each module has a specialized compiler which acts as a "plan" for how to implement the feature. This plan then utilizes GPT-3 to figure out where files should go, and which ones should be updated. Then, for each file, I'm using file compilers and GPT-3 to generate and modify files on disk. Finally, the bot pushes that code to the repo!
About the pricing – the Pro plan essentially gives you a second developer that can write large volumes of code, so I believe it's definitely worth it for more serious projects / companies. BUT, the Pro plan is 50% off right now!
Feature requests:
-- Ability to delete project))
-- One-click the deployment button to vercel or you could provide your own deployment services as well...
-- Live preview of what has been added or what is going to be added, to demonstrate especially for pro overviews...
It's exciting to hear about Second and their use of AI developer bots to generate new web applications or add full-stack features to existing ones. This technology has the potential to greatly simplify the development process and save time and resources for businesses and developers alike. I can see how this innovation can be a game-changer for companies looking to quickly and efficiently create new web applications or enhance existing ones. Wishing you all the best in your continued success with this platform!
Wow, I just watched your demo video and I have to say, your product is super exciting!
I do have a question though, and I was wondering if you could help me out.
I'm curious to know how Second can benefit experienced developers at this point, or if it's more geared towards beginners?
Thanks! Second is great for all levels of developers. For more junior developers, it can be used as training wheels to help set up projects correctly. For senior developers, it can save them a ton of time building common stuff that they've already built a hundred times before, and just have better things to do!
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