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founder of ploy.ai, co-founder CTO @ webflow.com
agree that many of those markers of quality are now low signal. Ultimately we let our customers vote with their wallet
Funnily enough, we spent a long time on our brand. From our launch video that has human actors, to our product details. I believe a distinctive, high quality, well implemented brand is still a hallmark of a strong product or service.
hah - we actually skew staff, senior staff.
We have been testing GPT 5.6 for about a week as a preview model through a YC relationship, providing them feedback on the model. Our evals run in github CI and we can run them all in about 15 minutes against our eval bench of 115+ web design and marketing related jobs that ploy.ai specializes in.
then after we toggled it on (through a posthog feature flag) we actively monitored for failures.
I came from running Webflow, which powers > 1% of the internet so trying my best to relay all of that knowledge to ploy to power more % of the internet!
The best prompt isn't a prompt. It's a picture. That and many other I've picked up building websites with AI: how to spot slop, where the models forget, why the design plan is the whole game.
not hiring in asia unfortunately at the moment
Webflow | AI Full Stack Engineer | Remote or Hybrid (SF) | https://webflow.com| Full-Time $158k - >$220k + equity
Hey HN, this is Bryant (Webflow [YCS13] cofounder, founding CTO now Chief Architect, and head of Webflow Labs).
At Webflow Labs, we're redefining what it means to build for the web, again. We’re building a team of experienced full stack engineers that are now AI-obsessed to bring audacious innovations to life.
Webflow is a growth stage company now (top 20? YC company by revenue) but we still have the spirit of a small company. But since we're operating at scale, I'm looking for experienced engineers that have built at scale but want dip back into the 0 to 1 mode of building something, quickly, from scratch.
If you are interested in other Webflow positions, we have many open roles: https://webflow.com/careers
This is the link for the Webflow Labs team if you're interested! If you have any questions feel free to DM me on X!
this is awesome - much needed and your OSS starting point will be really attractive. will give it a go!
Thank you HN.
Webflow (YC S13) | Remote (HQ in San Francisco) | Onsite or Remote | https://webflow.com
Webflow is an all-in-one, no-code design and development platform for businesses to build and grow powerful, custom websites visually. Developers and designers alike use Webflow to create bespoke online experiences using first-class web technologies, such as CSS Grid (http://webflow.com/grid), Flexbox (http://flexbox.webflow.com), and After Effects & Lottie (https://university.webflow.com/courses/after-effects-lottie).
To learn more about who we are, our engineering culture, and whether this is the right place for you, read our Key Values profile: https://www.keyvalues.com/webflow
We're hiring across the company and have several engineering roles open: https://grnh.se/005a84b11us
Tech Stack: Node.js, React.js, Redis / Mongo, AWS, Kubernates / Terraform / Docker
This is honestly a great way for tech entrepreneurs to experience Nordic living. The fact is Finland has one of the most startup friendly environments around:
— top schools (Aalto U. produces incredibly talented engineers)
— startup friendly ecosystem (cheap rents, cheap internet)
— Finnish work culture (direct, no nonsense, hard working but balanced)
— fantastic food and beverage scene in downtown Helsinki
My wife is originally from Finland but we live in SF now, but as soon as COVID is over we'll all go back to Helsinki so I can start Webflow's first EU office there. Hope this program stays around for that!
it's intended
Webflow has a landing page with a lot of free templates and resources to help SMBs: https://webflow.com/covid-business-resources
Weird! Didn't see any issues on our side.
BTW just booked a 45m call to see if an expert can help us get our 6 week old to sleep through the night!
Webflow | Senior Software Engineer | San Francisco | Remote | Full-time | https://webflow.com/jobs
Webflow is an all-in-one, no-code design and development platform for businesses to build and grow powerful, custom websites visually. Developers and designers alike use Webflow to create bespoke online experiences using first-class web technologies:
CSS Grid: http://webflow.com/grid
Flexbox: http://flexbox.webflow.com
After Effects & Lottie: https://university.webflow.com/courses/after-effects-lottie
We're hiring across the company and have several engineering roles open:
* Backend Software Engineer, Ecommerce
* Senior Infrastructure Engineer
* Senior Software Engineer, Growth
Check out our jobs page to learn more about the company, and the roles we're hiring for! https://webflow.com/jobs
Not webflow. We auto renew way before LE expires the cert.
Webflow (YC S13) | Remote (HQ in San Francisco) | Onsite or Remote | https://webflow.com
Webflow empowers designers and developers to create powerful, stunning websites — entirely visually. With the world's first customizable visual CMS, integrated with a designer that writes HTML and CSS for you, you can host sites or export prototypes on Webflow. Our mission is to democratize the development of software by providing visual abstractions over complex technology and logic.
To learn more about who we are, our engineering culture, and whether this is the right place for you, read our Key Values profile: https://www.keyvalues.com/webflow
We're hiring for:
- Senior Software Engineer: https://webflow.com/about?gh_jid=1652507&gh_src=2cf0acd31
- Engineering Manager: https://webflow.com/about?gh_jid=1651124&gh_src=2cf0acd31
- Product Manager: https://webflow.com/about?gh_jid=1650875&gh_src=2cf0acd31
- Growth Product Manager: https://webflow.com/about?gh_jid=1652438&gh_src=2cf0acd31
- Senior Product Designer: https://webflow.com/about?gh_jid=1652006&gh_src=2cf0acd31
- Senior Data Scientist: https://webflow.com/about?gh_jid=1662377
Tech Stack: Node.js, React.js, Redis / Mongo, AWS, Kubernates / Terraform / Docker
Webflow (YC S13) | Remote (HQ in San Francisco) | Onsite or Remote | https://webflow.com
Webflow empowers designers and developers to create powerful, stunning websites — entirely visually. With the world's first customizable visual CMS, integrated with a designer that writes HTML and CSS for you, you can host sites or export prototypes on Webflow. Our mission is to democratize the development of software by providing visual abstractions over complex technology and logic.
To learn more about who we are, our engineering culture, and whether this is the right place for you, read our Key Values profile: https://www.keyvalues.com/webflow
We're hiring for a:
- Senior Software Engineer: https://webflow.com/jobs/senior-software-engineer
Tech Stack: Node.js, React.js, Go, Redis / Mongo, AWS, Kubernates / Terraform / Docker
Webflow (YC S13) | Remote (HQ in San Francisco) | Onsite or Remote | https://webflow.com
Webflow empowers designers and developers to create powerful, stunning websites — entirely visually. We've created the first visual CMS, integrated with a designer that writes HTML and CSS for you. You can host sites or export prototypes on Webflow. Our mission is to democratize the development of software by providing visual abstractions over complex technology and logic. Check out some examples of Webflow below:
https://webflow.com/css-grid-playground
To learn more about who we are, our engineering culture, and whether this is the right place for you, read our Key Values profile: https://www.keyvalues.com/webflow
Here are our open roles:
- Senior Software Engineer: https://webflow.com/jobs/senior-software-engineer
Tech Stack: Node.js React.js Redis / Mongo AWS Kubernates / Terraform / Docker
Some basic things I've learned along the way:
1. be authentic. 2. don't sell. 3. explain your vision of the future in simple terms
We've heard of quite a few Webflow users that have converted components built in Webflow to React/Vue/Angular components. We've explored it a bit internally but need to get more user feedback on how broadly this would appeal to product designers and developers, and specifically what workflows they're looking to augment or replace. Stay tuned!
At least from what we see on webflow.com (> 1MM sessions a month) there have only been 595 IE11 sessions according to GA, so that's less than 0.06%.
Windows7 had 6.8% of all sessions but seems like most of them are using a modern browser.
All really good signs for web developers out there!
Yea, it's a pretty transformational layout paradigm for the web. The crazy thing is less than 1% of websites use it: https://twitter.com/ebidel/status/1034874571747291136?s=19
Thanks for the useful feedback — we took a different approach to see if we could redefine the border of what "UX conventions" are on the web. Sometimes it hits, sometimes it's... different.
Fortunately we didn't expend a tremendous amount of effort building the page. Here's the preview link to the actual landing page for those curious: https://preview.webflow.com/preview/g-r-i-d?utm_source=g-r-i...
Hello HN! 6 years ago we launched our very first playground on HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5407499). It barely worked, but a few months later we go into YC largely due to the awesome feedback we received from it. We thought we'd take a page out of history and show you guys how far we've come, with a version of the original playground, but fully integrated with CSS Grid.
The Webflow designer was built mostly in knockout.js in 2013/2014, but we finished a migration to React about a year ago. We’re still learning all the tricks needed to make a very large React app performant, but we haven’t looked back.
We'd love to hear your feedback!
The CSS Grid playground works in desktop Chrome/Safari/Brave/Vivaldi, as we're still working on Firefox and tablet support.
Webflow (https://webflow.com/about#jobs) | Full-Time, SF or Remote | Backend Engineer | Product Manager
Webflow empowers designers and developers to create powerful, stunning websites — entirely visually. With the world's first customizable visual CMS, integrated with a designer that writes HTML and CSS for you, you can host sites or export prototypes on Webflow. Our mission is to democratize the development of software by providing visual abstractions over complex technology and logic.
Some products we're working on: https://webflow.com/ecommerce
Some products we launched: http://webflow.com/ix2
Try Webflow by diving into http://flexboxgame.com
Hey everyone! We wanted to show you the launch page for Webflow Ecommerce that we built using Lottie Web and Webflow IX2. It was our first time using Lottie Web, and we were really stoked to try it on a Webflow site. Let us know what you think of the intro hero animation. That was the part built in Lottie.
Yup, there's a blog post on what Webflow Ecommerce is here: https://webflow.com/blog/the-future-of-ecommerce-is-almost-h...
3rd party integrations will be a large part of the offering. There will be APIs and webhooks that Webflow will provide, quite similar to the ones available for the Webflow CMS API right now: https://developers.webflow.com/
Webflow CTO here. Check out webflow.com. Lots of tutorial content as well to help you lay out pages: https://university.webflow.com/lesson/intro-to-flexbox-layou...
For a quick preview of what it's like to design in webflow, check out https://flexboxgame.com
Webflow | Backend Engineer | SF, CA | Remote OK, on-site preferred | Full-time
Webflow is looking for a backend engineer familiar with the tools we use for our infrastructure, or willing to _tenaciously_ learn them to help us scale to hundreds of millions of page views an hour.
Backend tech stack:
- node.js
- nginx / Lua / OpenResty
- Terraform / Docker / Rancher
- Mongodb / Redis
- Buildkite / Aurora
We're located in SF, but we're also a remote friendly company. If you're excited by internet scale problems, you can apply directly via jobs@webflow.com, or check out our jobs site: https://webflow.com/about#jobs
Yea, when I said it verbally on the Skype call with Matt (the reporter) it definitely conveyed much more of a satirical tone, but in hindsight, I realized that was a mistake. My 奶奶 definitely would have scolded me for that. Sorry 奶奶...