Launch HN: Second (YC W23) – AI bots that add features to web apps

Hi folks! I’m Eric Rowell, and I’m really excited to share what I’ve been working on: https://www.second.dev . Second is a developer platform that connects your GitHub account to a bot that can generate new web applications or add features to existing ones. You log in and configure the features you want, and this prompts a bot to create and modify code files using a combination of compilers and GPT-3, then raise a pull request or commit the changes directly to a repo. You can use Second to create a brand new web application, or you can connect it to an existing web application. They run in the cloud and connect directly to your Github, so you don’t have to install anything. Here’s a demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR9JUxznEC0 . Disclaimer! Second is still very much in alpha, so if you want to connect a Second bot to an existing repo, please only use test repos! I’ve been building for the web for over a decade, including developing the Yahoo video pl