How I'm using ChatGPT to automatically generate SaaS backends
I've been running API Bakery for a few years now, allowing users to quickly create backend for their new project.
Recently, I got access to ChatGPT API (gpt3.5-turbo for those who want the details), and last week launched an AI powered version.
Want to try it? Here's a demo you can play with and create your own API/backend (no signup required).
Using AI (and specifically ChatGPT) for coding is an attractive but tricky proposal. This is because the AI can easily write most of the code correctly but make a few tiny but important mistakes. If not caught, they can easily derail the entire project.
With API Bakery, I took a bit different approach. Combining the power of AI with what I had previously, I'm using it to figure out what the user wants, and then interpret and rewrite the answer. In this way I can ensure the resulting code is correct, but still take advantage of GPTs creativity.
The result was a big success, with more than 600 new projects created in a few days and people leaving great feedback! Although this was an experiment to see if using AI made sense, the positive feedback prompted me (heh!) to double down on it include AI as a major feature.
And yes, I'm also using GPT for building API Bakery itself! :-) With the new GPT4 version, it has enough "short-term memory" to be able to process more complex tasks and I've been using it daily and noticed that I'm much more productive in my coding and creative writing tasks.
If you haven't already, definitively give it a try!
The issue is it won't know the technologies that will be part of the platform in the future
Great work. This is what I tried before ChatGPT had set in.
I think this is transformational because this tempts the lazy coder solopreneurs to take action once they have some backend in hand to get working and build a full working prototype.
Absolutely thrilled about the transformation that ChatGPT is bringing in.
keep up the good work.
Thanks! Yes, it makes it really easy to get the ball rolling and avoid that "blank canvas" and "how do I start" paralysis.
Very cool, this is the type of AI integration I'm most excited to see people create. Stuff where it empowers their current SaaS, vs just making a tweet or blog post writer.
Thanks!
Yeah I think these new tools are extremely powerful but are not a silver bullet nor a one trick (copywriting) pony. Integrating them with the "traditional" toolset we have for SaaS and online products is going to be bigger than just direct usage via chatbot/search interfaces, IMHO.
Tried it the other day and it looks like magic!!! I'm excited to see this develop further.
Thanks!