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183 points preetsuthar17 | 5 comments | | HN request time: 1.073s | source

Hey HN,

I'm a solopreneur and run a web design agency.

I create open-source apps, but I also work as a freelancer and designer. I was accepting any new freelance project via forms on my agency website.

I was using Typeform, but as time went by and more people submitted forms, it got more and more expensive. That time, I thought to use Google Form, but it was way too blocky and looked very unprofessional on my agency website.

So I thought to build my own forms for my own usage, and it turns out it almost doubled form submissions and inquiry calls.

I was happy, so I thought to build it for everyone and make it open-source.

I added AI functionalities using Vercel AISDK. I can generate forms almost instantly using AI and also added analytics AI so that users can talk with their forms—more like talk with their analytics data.

I've been building this publicly, sharing updates on my X account (preetsuthar17)

I hope this product will be as helpful to you as it was for me. Would love your feedback pls

Preet

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helb ◴[] No.44519521[source]
Looks great! However i'm a bit concerned about these "AI-Powered Analytics", looks like it would leak user-submitted data to Groq.com?
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1. preetsuthar17 ◴[] No.44519621[source]
I'm curious why you think that?

Many AI products use user data; how do they handle it?

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2. lelanthran ◴[] No.44519990[source]
> Many AI products use user data; how do they handle it?

They leak the data, at least while finding PMF.

If they make enough money maybe they'll run their own model.

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3. preetsuthar17 ◴[] No.44520054[source]
I see, what do you think would be best for me to do?
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4. lelanthran ◴[] No.44520319{3}[source]
> I see, what do you think would be best for me to do?

Not sure. One option that comes to mind is to put the AI usage behind a one-time-only popup that confirms (via a checkbox) that the user understand that by using the AI features, their information will necessarily have to be sent to a third-party AI processor.

If they decline those terms, then the AI button/boxes go back to being disabled. If they accept the terms and conditions for AI, then record that in their profile and don't display the terms and conditions for AI usage again.

So even though you are still leaking their data, at least it will be with their express permission.

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5. preetsuthar17 ◴[] No.44520524{4}[source]
alright! I understood I should just add consent in user settings if they want to allow AI services to use their data etc etc