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bigwheelsyesterday at 11:51 PM1 replyview on HN

Why do the illustrations bear such a strong resemblance to those in the Gas Town article?

https://steve-yegge.medium.com/welcome-to-gas-town-4f25ee16d...

Is it a nano banana tendency or was it probably intentional?


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strayduskyesterday at 11:55 PM

It's nano banana - I actually noticed the same thing. I didn't prompt it as such.

Here's the prompt I used, actually:

Create a vibrant, visually dynamic horizontal infographic showing the spectrum of AI developer tools, titled "The Shift Left"

Layout: 5 distinct zones flowing RIGHT TO LEFT as a journey/progression. Use creative visual metaphors — perhaps a road, river, pipeline, or abstract flowing shapes connecting the stages. Each zone should feel like its own world but connected to the others.

Zones (LEFT to RIGHT):

1. "Specs" (leftmost) - Kiro logo, VibeScaffold logo, GitHub Spec Kit logo

   Label: "Requirements → Design → Tasks"


2. "Multi-Agent Orchestration" - Claude Code logo, Codex CLI logo, Codex App logo, Conductor logo

   Label: "Parallel agents, fire & forget"


3. "Agentic IDE" - Cursor logo, Windsurf logo

   Label: "Autonomous multi-file edits"


4. "Code + AI" - GitHub Copilot logo

   Label: "Inline suggestions"


5. "Code" (rightmost) - VS Code logo

   Label: "Read & write files"


Visual style: Fun, energetic, modern. Think illustrated tech landscape or isometric world. NOT a boring corporate chart. Use warm off-white background (#faf8f5) with amber/orange (#b45309) as the primary accent color throughout. Add visual flair — icons, small illustrations, depth, texture, but don't make it visually overloaded.

Aspect ratio: 16:9 landscape