I Build with 💖 in Public

No changes this week. I took a one-week break. See you next week for the latest changes before opening to the first alpha users.

AI suggests icons for individual cards or your entire deck at once. It can choose between thousands of Lucide icons or emojis, and watch your deck come to life.

Import just got smarter! Now handles all card fields and can merge into existing decks with intelligent category matching. Perfect for adding cards from multiple sources without the hassle of file preparation.

Sometimes you need to slow down and solidify. This last few days was all about fixing the small friction points, polishing rough edges, and ensuring existing features work reliably. No flashy new features - just the essential work that makes the platform feel solid and professional.

With the new Early Preview system, creators can now share unfinished decks publicly. This fundamentally changes how card decks are built and shared - no more waiting until everything is perfect to get feedback and user can start playing with the deck immediately!

Apart from the landing page links, no flashy features this week, just the essential groundwork for alpha testing. Built invitation management, fixed critical bugs, and polished the rough edges that make or break user experience. Sometimes the most important work is the least visible.

The printing workflow is now complete! Generate professional-quality PDFs for both home printing and print shops with a single click. No more complex settings, no more design tool frustrations - just click and print.

Major code refactoring of the Visual Template Builder and Export Center. While not flashy new features, this foundational work prepares the codebase for upcoming capabilities like PDF export and an even better template builder.

Icons are an easy way to add meaningful visual information to your cards, especially when you're not a designer. Now you have access to thousands of icons and emojis with a simple icon picker that makes finding the perfect icon super easy.

You can now build card templates visually instead of coding them. The first version of the Visual Template Builder lets you create templates with a simple interface. Take any existing template and remix it by changing the layout, content organization, and design.

Import content and create decks in I💖Cards with ease. Copy your data from Excel or Google Sheets, paste it into our importer, preview, and import. AI automatically maps your columns to the right fields with 99% accuracy.

The color system has been completely revamped! Now you can style your entire deck in under 2 minutes with intelligent color schemes that automatically calculate perfect text contrast ratios. Just pick a color scheme and paint your deck - the system handles all the complex color calculations in the background.

The template system has been totally refactored! The AI template generator has been improved and it also paves the way to a drag and drop UI for your to create your own templates. Second big update, the images of your cards and decks are now optimized based on the use case: faster to load for the web, better quality for the export.

You can now share your deck to the world! Public decks are now visible from /explore. Each public deck has its own landing page with your bio.

You can now define a back template for your cards, for either the full deck, a category or just one card - just like you do for the front.

First iteration of the "playground", with already a lot of love. Pick a card randomly,reverse a card! You can even stream your screen thanks to the green screen background. Select a deck, and start playing by clicking on the play button in the top right corner.

The first version of the Magic Onboarding, create your first deck in 30 seconds.

A proof of concept that you can export your cards as PNG and SVG with great fidelity.

This is the initial pre-alpha release of the app.