It's really interesting despite others pointing out that it's a little wrong, that can be fixed.
But I also almost left immediately because this claudism at the top really hurt to read:
> Every dowel, cam lock and nail where the page puts it.
I always feel so manipulated when I read it regurgitating the prompt you gave it in such an advertisey way, like it's trying to assure you it met _every_ word of the prompt, regardless of how it actually did.
The worst part for me is, with a little effort, you can make a final product that doesn't use claude-isms and is 100% correct.
But the creator doesn't care because their goal isn't to make a tool people want to use. They make a minimum viable product, that looks super impressive but lacks that final polish and move on.
It infuriates me enough, that when I get the time I'm going to recreate the 'lighthouses of the world' example I saw the other day. Only I'm going to do it right...
I recently assembled some IKEA furniture and wow it was so fun. It was the same feeling that I had back when I was manually typing out code.
Now I just prompt LLMs all day for my job and it is much different. Yes, AI allows me to write way more than in the pre-AI age, but it is certainly less fun, and not the kind of IKEA-assembly fun.
What is the name of this website style that Claude et al loves to build so much? The light text on dark blue background, pill-shapes everywhere, pulsing indicators, etc.?
The Lack table is probanly the esayest piece of Ikea furniture to build.
But Claude or whatever llm seems to assume that you can screw the screws in fully by hand. But you just put them in a little and use the leg for the rest. As clearly shown in the instructions.
Not to piss on your chips, but the OP version is much more engaging. I think we are going to see taste, steering and preferences become a much more important thing.
I hate to speak ill of this nice page, but the cams are on the wrong side of the two bottom shelves. They are clearly displayed in the included manual pages on the left side of the viewport.
I might have been one of the first people to recognize the possibility of using a LACK table as an equipment rack. I built a DVD player into one in like 2003, recognizing that a whole stack of 19" pro audio gear could be bolted in there.
Built one in 2001, there were lots of discussions about it on I think it was the Audiogon forums at the time, a whole thread of a good few hundred people building them. I seem to recall a few had been using them since the 90s as well.
this is a great idea and i imagine that somebody could generate the entirety of their catalog. it's tempting. would be nice if ikea paid for this service but it's doubtful!
really nice. how did you make the models, by hand from the pdf instructions? ikea already has 3d models for a lot of products on their site for the ar view, would be cool if those could be pulled in so it works for any product
Great, now do the HASVIK sliding doors mount on a PAX, please. Joke aside, however good a manual is, reality is imperfect. Assembly often requires a bit of improvisation that can't be learned online.
It's really interesting despite others pointing out that it's a little wrong, that can be fixed.
But I also almost left immediately because this claudism at the top really hurt to read:
> Every dowel, cam lock and nail where the page puts it.
I always feel so manipulated when I read it regurgitating the prompt you gave it in such an advertisey way, like it's trying to assure you it met _every_ word of the prompt, regardless of how it actually did.
The worst part for me is, with a little effort, you can make a final product that doesn't use claude-isms and is 100% correct.
But the creator doesn't care because their goal isn't to make a tool people want to use. They make a minimum viable product, that looks super impressive but lacks that final polish and move on.
It infuriates me enough, that when I get the time I'm going to recreate the 'lighthouses of the world' example I saw the other day. Only I'm going to do it right...
I recently assembled some IKEA furniture and wow it was so fun. It was the same feeling that I had back when I was manually typing out code.
Now I just prompt LLMs all day for my job and it is much different. Yes, AI allows me to write way more than in the pre-AI age, but it is certainly less fun, and not the kind of IKEA-assembly fun.
It instructs you to build the shelf wrong. The camlocks go on the bottom of the shelf.
Indeed, step 3 has the shelve boards in backwards.
What is the name of this website style that Claude et al loves to build so much? The light text on dark blue background, pill-shapes everywhere, pulsing indicators, etc.?
I've personally been calling it "bad"
The Lack table is probanly the esayest piece of Ikea furniture to build. But Claude or whatever llm seems to assume that you can screw the screws in fully by hand. But you just put them in a little and use the leg for the rest. As clearly shown in the instructions.
Built almost the same idea almost a month back. Never posted it
https://flatpack3d.nithen-ac.chatgpt.site
Double the waste, double the fun!
Not to piss on your chips, but the OP version is much more engaging. I think we are going to see taste, steering and preferences become a much more important thing.
But the OP version is also wrong.
I hate to speak ill of this nice page, but the cams are on the wrong side of the two bottom shelves. They are clearly displayed in the included manual pages on the left side of the viewport.
There are a lot of issues, the bigger one is the fact that the drwan line is not on the self level as the shelf.
It's incredible. Please, Ikea, hire this guy and generate animated/interactive websites for all of your stuff.
Hire... why, it's AI. They can do it themselves.
They could have done it themselves before AI.
IKEAs tech team are incredible.
I'm showering you with negativity
It would help if it didn't provide incorrect instructions lol.
I see Claude is single-handedly bringing back the early-2000's epic "over-bloom" lighting
Really enjoying all these animation by Ryan Sael. I spent a good part of an hour exploring https://sael.net/river-bend/
AI can't make visualization that work in different browsers yet.
We’ve been focused on pelican riding bicycles. IKEA assembly will be in the next round of models.
I might have been one of the first people to recognize the possibility of using a LACK table as an equipment rack. I built a DVD player into one in like 2003, recognizing that a whole stack of 19" pro audio gear could be bolted in there.
Built one in 2001, there were lots of discussions about it on I think it was the Audiogon forums at the time, a whole thread of a good few hundred people building them. I seem to recall a few had been using them since the 90s as well.
built one in 1836 just before the war started
Folks were doing this in the late 90s on AVSForum..
Hard to find an easier thing to build...
this is a great idea and i imagine that somebody could generate the entirety of their catalog. it's tempting. would be nice if ikea paid for this service but it's doubtful!
Are there plans to make guides for other pieces of furniture as well?
Solution looking for a problem.
really nice. how did you make the models, by hand from the pdf instructions? ikea already has 3d models for a lot of products on their site for the ar view, would be cool if those could be pulled in so it works for any product
I thought I read somewhere that their entire catalog is rendered and they generally don't do photography at all anymore.
Does it make it less complicated?
Absolutely not.
The actual paper instructions are super clear and don’t have all the junk distracting extras.
The art of communication is simplicity.
The AI generated posters everywhere did not get that memo!
If you're going to produce slop then at least show us the prompts.
This is amazing
Great, now do the HASVIK sliding doors mount on a PAX, please. Joke aside, however good a manual is, reality is imperfect. Assembly often requires a bit of improvisation that can't be learned online.
The idea is awesome but for fucks sake it would have been half an hour at most to replace the slop copytext.