When I started building Shotinger, I thought the hardest part would be the AI.

Getting good images. Finding the right models. Making the generations look realistic.

Turns out, I was wrong.

The AI part is obviously challenging, but getting from “this is technically impressive” to “I would actually use this for my business” is a completely different problem.

After spending time building and testing the product, here are a few things I’ve learned so far.