Great but imho Canva alternatives that stand a chance should be made API and MCP-first, not just an afterthought.

That's the thing I miss with Canva right now. Yes there are API & MCP options (4 different ways even I think, it's pretty messy), but it's just not sufficient. Ideally you can fully vibe code a poster or a video from the context of your repo, which has all the context and assets, then edit the result online in their point-and-click editor.

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rw2 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

100% agree with this. It should be an mcp or a chatgpt plugin

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gregglain 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It's open source.

	▲	arcanemachiner 2 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Awesome. Can you get MCP working for me?
	▲	whywhywhywhy 42 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		But if it was just made with one prompt if you considered that feature important why would you use this as a base and not just start your own project for the clout. If something was easy for someone to spin up there's little reason to build on their work rather than just make your own thing you fully control.
	▲	conorcleary an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		^ This

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embedding-shape an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> Ideally you can fully vibe code a poster or a video from the context of your repo

Ideally for who?

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but this seems to be a tool for people who at least have a slight intention of producing something coherent, consistent and generally nice looking. What you're suggesting is to turn this "tool for a human" into a slop producer, so it's able to produce as much content as fast as possible, with as little human input as possible. Couldn't you fork this and implement this "slop factory feature" yourself instead of asking this tool to be re-built from the ground up to cater to this?

	▲	cyanydeez 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I do find it funny how many people on HN consider a product needing a bot layer a necessity as if the producer of the product derives some kind of benefit from allowing anonymous bot traffic to their site or their app; as if bots have some added value as opposed to be nerd parasites on the internet's store of value.