150,000 people created accounts on roomGPT since I required accounts auth 4 days ago π€―
Here's how I added auth and got the word out about roomGPT:
Here's how I added auth and got the word out about roomGPT:
To add auth to roomGPT, I used:
β @nextauthjs for authentication with OAuth (Google)
β @neondatabase to store user info (name, email)
β @upstash redis to limit folks to 3 generations / day
The full PR is here:
github.com/Nutlope/roomGPβ¦
β @nextauthjs for authentication with OAuth (Google)
β @neondatabase to store user info (name, email)
β @upstash redis to limit folks to 3 generations / day
The full PR is here:
github.com/Nutlope/roomGPβ¦
The traffic to roomGPT started from Twitter since I tweeted about it a few times, then several popular LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram posts took over.
One specific instagram reel from @beebomco went viral with millions of views and 220k likes which drove a lot of traffic.
One specific instagram reel from @beebomco went viral with millions of views and 220k likes which drove a lot of traffic.
I had no idea someone would make a viral instagram video about my project with millions of views. Yet my site (hosted on Vercel) and my database (Neon) scaled wonderfully handling hundreds of thousands of visitors.
This is why I'm all in on serverless; it scales with you.
This is why I'm all in on serverless; it scales with you.
I feel a lot of gratitude for my side project blowing up. A few things I did that helped:
β Making it free, open source, and simple to use (thanks @replicatehq and @UploadHQ)
β Making it personalized; people can see their own rooms transformed
β Pure luck
(1/2)
β Making it free, open source, and simple to use (thanks @replicatehq and @UploadHQ)
β Making it personalized; people can see their own rooms transformed
β Pure luck
(1/2)
β Including GPT in the name for marketing purposes
β Using a new AI model right after it came out (none of the previous models did a good job keeping the structure of images the same until ControlNet)
β Making it feel like magic by using incredible AI tech
(2/2)
β Using a new AI model right after it came out (none of the previous models did a good job keeping the structure of images the same until ControlNet)
β Making it feel like magic by using incredible AI tech
(2/2)
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".
I think about this quote a lot. With all the advancements in AI and the impressive models being released now, we as developers have the ability to make apps that will seem like magic to most people.
I think about this quote a lot. With all the advancements in AI and the impressive models being released now, we as developers have the ability to make apps that will seem like magic to most people.
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