[mabedan]

I don't understand how these type of projects are still tried and get any traction... anyone who has tried them will 100% know it won't go beyond a happy path demo. If they want to seriously use/publish the app beyond playing around, it'll require weeks of iteration via AI, which will cost you an arm and a leg in tokens.

[thomaspaulmann]

Founder of Raycast here so obviously biased but you’ll be surprised. You get a working app one-shotted pretty much all the time. Sure if it is something more complex you might need a few more prompts. Just to give you some examples on what we’ve seen: - Our support team runs on Glaze apps to review Raycast extensions. It connects to GitHub, checks out code locally, gets realtime updates and so on. - The sound agency build a functioning synthesiser for the launch video. It works even with MIDI. - We’re about to cancel a team-wide subscription and replace it with a Glaze app.

Not everything is possible yet and sure more complex things need more prompts but you’ll be surprised what Glaze is capable of already. It’s day one…

[layer8]

So… could I one-shot a Glaze competitor? ;)

More seriously, what do you believe your moat is here?

[nsonha]

Sales are about distribution, they have a channel. This "moat" thing matters to unestablished start-ups a lot more. We should apply context while copy pasting arguments.

[layer8]

This just means that the existing sales channel would be their moat. Which can be a valid argument, though I don't remember having heard of Raycast before, so it isn't obvious to me. I was interested in hearing what they see as their moat here.

[general_reveal]

There will probably be a few of these like TextEditors. I already built this and have features in mind that I’m not sure Glaze is thinking of.

[lyime]

Moat? Maybe they built something they wanted?

[theturtletalks]

They also plan on having their own app store where you publish these glaze apps and maybe they charge commission for paid apps down the line?

[layer8]

Sure, but from the FAQ, “Paid plans start at $20/month”.

[Archit3ch]

> The sound agency build a functioning synthesiser for the launch video

Is it a real synth or license-washed Vital/Surge?

[vintagedave]

This sounds promising. If I may take advantage of you being here, what language does it write in? Does it build genuine native apps (Cocoa, WinAPI or WinUI, etc) or Electron?

The FAQ was light on technical details. But I am someone keen to read all the technical details :)

[pftburger]

Honestly Glaze is brilliant.

I assume there is an extensive set of rails for the agent to tie into. (Compare this to asking Claude to green fields an app. Do you use electron? How are notifications handled? Icons? Permissions?)

It springboard off Raycast’s teams feature so well it actually gives it a real reason to exist. You’re empowering the one systems thinker in the group to export their automations to the rest of the group in a way that’s proven to work: small apps that do one thing. (Big apps get complicated, become full time projects that distract from the task at hand)

Fig tried this but it was just for engineers, the value prop was missing, Glaze seems to get this right.

Very nicely done!

[elxr]

> You get a working app one-shotted pretty much all the time.

Can you one-shot a raycast alternative with this? This'll be the real test.

[zombot]

So is this self-hosted? Was this version of Glaze built with Glaze?

[gms]

Does it generate native apps, or just Electron?

[lazerlapin]

I think electron

[anonzzzies]

What kind of application are you thinking off? We build fairly complex applications in days for our clients, from presentation to launch. These are not trivial applications or landing pages; accountancy, payments (banking), erp, hrm backends, portals and mobile apps.

(using claude code max by the way)

[caro_kann]

I haven't used v0 or replit before, I have the same feelings as you. But I've been thinking about building macOS apps for my personal use for a long time now. Also I'm a long time Raycast user. I have a bias here, so I've joined the waitlist, I can't be sure until I try, right?

[ricketycricket]

Just build Mac apps then. Claude Code can help you whip up real native apps without any Glaze dependencies just fine. I’ve built 4 Mac and iOS apps in the last 6 months for my own use. I even have my own HN app for iOS and Mac.

[theturtletalks]

Even if you don't like Electron, I was able to get Claude to build Electrobun and Tauri apps as well. I don't understand what benefit Glaze will bring outside of more lock-in?