[graypegg]

I think even just some screenshots and a blurb about what it is would be helpful on the home page. Your logged out UI should operate as the pitch for the product normally.

Like jamisonbryant said, people want some assurance about what they’re getting in exchange for their personal info and a direct line to their email.

[NoahECampbell]

Totally understandable, Ill do that here then, which is what you're suggesting right? Or do you mean just explain it on the login page?

[graypegg]

Either-or of course, but a HN post is pretty short lived. You’ll get lots of mileage out of a good demo/pitch on your app’s page from people just coming across it.

Took a quick peek at your repo’s README, under features you have “Next.js”, cutting your teeth on some marketing is worth it! Think about what makes you want to use a tool, It’s probably not the framework it was built with.

[NoahECampbell]

Yeah I'm definitely trying to take advantage of that and adding it to my resume, since I obviously wont make something perfect, hell probably not even great, on my first go, but it was a learning experience and a way to make myself more appealing for future employers

[graypegg]

You can be less formal if you want here! :) it’s not a job interview, we’re all excited you’re making something!

The bent for this space tends to be towards start ups, so expect some advice towards how to market/best feature something you made, vs what would look best on a resume.

[NoahECampbell]

Makes sense lol, it's all great advice so far though so I'm pretty happy with the responses and everything. Plus there were some things I hadn't thought much of, like trying to reassure users that I'm not doing anything nefarious with their email when they log in with google.

[netsharc]

But that's what the nefarious people would also say...

It should be possible to show the editor without the login-wall, but with the text input being disabled and be replaced by a pre-defined input like "Write me a story about bunny rabbits" (I don't know what your app is supposed to do so this is my understanding after reading the scant descriptions), and tell the user to hit "Generate story!" - but when they click it, the mock-up won't be talking to ChatGPT, instead it will just get a response (or one of several bunny rabbit stories) you've stored as text.

That way you don't need a login-wall, and no one will abuse the project and eat up your ChatGPT tokens (is that the reason for needing a login?).