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lucasyvas 6 hours ago [-]
You could make money off of this if you are able to pair willing manufacturers to realistic and popular ideas that get generated. It could become a real market place.

Hilarious project.

Edit: I did both Mouthwash Ramen and Time Machine to the Present. I’m now addicted to this, thanks.

haolez 5 hours ago [-]
I know of a company that is huge in laser for physics and started like this in the 80s (through magazine catalogs).

They would list all kinds of lasers. When they got some offers for one of them, they'd sell it and schedule the delivery in 90 days. Then, they started the project from scratch. Crazy stuff and borderline legal :D

magicalhippo 5 hours ago [-]
We do something similar at work. Except usually the dev department doesn't know until handed the project from sales and so the project goals might be entirely unrealistic given the deadline.

What do you mean that feature doesn't exist? Well, I sold it to the customer, they have to go live in two weeks and their workflow depends on this feature.

DowsingSpoon 4 hours ago [-]
While I've fortunately never had this happen to me, I'd be tempted to say something like, "Wow. Well, I sure hope you don't get fired over this. Good luck. We'll scope it out and let you know how much time we'll need."
tialaramex 3 hours ago [-]
Having been on on the customer side it's frustrating how often the situation is: Me: "So, you got a bid which offers features A, B, C, and D we asked for, and you say it also has X and Y and hit our budget?" / Buyer: "Yes".

A week later. "OK, their install team says it can't technically do C yet, however there's an early 2026 preview scheduled which addresses most of C. The D feature isn't in the edition we have, our buyers are talking to their sales people and we may need to pay extra to unlock D. And you're correct that two other organisations in our industry confirm X is dogshit and you'd be better off without it but it can't be disabled. Still A does work, and we have filed bugs about the known defects with B so hopefully we can get those fixed"

Every time I buy a product as an ordinary consumer I marvel at how much worse my huge employer is at buying products than I am. I reckon if they were sent to the store to buy a whole roast chicken with a £20 note they'd come back with six expired chicken sandwiches and no change.

bityard 2 hours ago [-]
Maybe they exist but I haven't worked in a company yet that wouldn't fire an engineer or manager for refusing to implement a feature that some salescritter already sold. One of them made the company money (on paper, sure) while the other is threatening to undo the deal. It's not hard to guess which one the c-suites would send packing first.
dingnuts 2 hours ago [-]
oh you agree to do it but you laugh, literally laugh, at their deadline. and you say, you can fire me but that's not going to get your software done on time. in fact it will delay it.

they shut up. it's done when it's done.

I've done this many, many times. Oh you promised it by the end of the week and didn't ask me? lol, that sounds like a YOU problem.

magicalhippo 3 hours ago [-]
Fortunately it doesn't happen too often, and some can be attributed to our somewhat complex feature matrix that differs by regions due to reasons.

On the other hand, in our niche customers usually don't swap software providers often due to integration work needed.

When an opportunity arises, it's usually because the yearly license expires. So we got to either sell it now with a hard deadline in the near future, or wait 5+ years till next time they switch.

So that can lead to sales being a bit optimistic when making the pitch.

ttoinou 5 hours ago [-]
Some smart stealer was posting bikes of his neighbors online second hand marketplace and waited to get contacted for specific model to steal them. Genius evil
nilamo 4 hours ago [-]
A previous boss did this in the early 2000s. Put up a bunch of single page descriptions with "coming soon" labels, include an email subscription to "stay on top of news", turn on AdWords to get some traffic... and then start working on what people were actually interested in.
prerok 3 hours ago [-]
Isn't this just sort of market research for how to prioritize the roadmap? I think it was a great way to do so.
SequoiaHope 16 minutes ago [-]
Yeah this seems like the kind of thing people would have advised me to do when I was trying to start startups around 2010. But I was too focused on engineering and had no head for the business side so I never tried it.
pinkmuffinere 33 minutes ago [-]
Ya, I know this strategy under the name “smokescreen mvp”. I don’t remember exactly, but I think it is advocated in the lean startup. Personally I am a big supporter of the strategy. Many startups fail because _nobody cared about the problem_, and this is totally avoidable
gundmc 4 hours ago [-]
Engineering-to-Order! Not all that uncommon of a model in some industries, but problems arise when Sales doesn't have good communication with Engineering about what is actually possible for what price on what timelines.
joquarky 52 minutes ago [-]
Back in the 80s and 90s rhey would advertise products on TV with "6 to 8 weeks for delivery".

Now I wonder if they did this to batch up a manufacturing run once enough orders were received.

james_marks 26 minutes ago [-]
Totally. You also get batch efficiencies shipping 10k orders in a day vs dribbling them out over weeks, and you can use sub-standard shipping methods that are cheaper because… the carriers themselves are also batching the work.
i7l 5 hours ago [-]
This is what Amazon has been doing for years with Marketplace: check what's popular and then compete on price.
Workaccount2 3 hours ago [-]
It's also why it's not worth it to develop a hit hardware product, China will undercut you 50% in a month (and probably build it better).
giancarlostoro 3 hours ago [-]
Someone email me when I can buy Barbed Wire Toilet Paper. That one is my favorite. Its so devious. Imagine needing TP but all you find is one roll. Rolled in barbed wire.
crazygringo 53 minutes ago [-]
Of all the items, that's probably the easiest to make yourself, for under $10:

https://www.amazon.com/Barbed-Barbwire-Baseball-Feeder-Garde...

RyanOD 47 minutes ago [-]
Those baseball bats are a bit unnerving...
nharada 4 hours ago [-]
This already exists for some things, i.e. arcade.ai
p_ing 2 hours ago [-]
This is hilarious.

https://anycrap.shop/product/fart-fueled-rocket-launcher

crazygringo 52 minutes ago [-]
I'm so afraid to ask which end is... inserted.
wudlndhabrdshr 4 hours ago [-]
It’s amazing how fast it was to create and sell a squirrel haberdashing startup machine, and I’m encouraged by the reviews so far:

https://anycrap.shop/product/create-a-startup-company-that-s...

cogogo 3 hours ago [-]
Think you mean a millinery.
Western0 5 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/apartment-expander-tape
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nroets 4 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/house-expander-carpet
Krasnol 3 hours ago [-]
If you hook it up to a production line, capitalism will reach it's peak.

I love it.

https://anycrap.shop/product/ai-powered-roller-blades-for-go...

TheSockStealer 5 hours ago [-]
Name a better use for AI than this website? It is impossible. At least according to my AI Idea Gauge - https://anycrap.shop/product/ai-idea-gauge
eszed 5 hours ago [-]
The cherry on top of that is the out of order numbers on the "gauge" in the photo.
TheSockStealer 4 hours ago [-]
I didn't even notice! That is amazing.
nroets 5 hours ago [-]
And if you find it inaccurate, just order the upgrade:

https://anycrap.shop/product/digital-ai-idea-gauge

jszymborski 4 hours ago [-]
That stuff is old news https://anycrap.shop/product/quantum-ai-idea-gauge
darkvertex 3 hours ago [-]
Quantum? That's so yesterday.

https://anycrap.shop/product/holographic-ai-idea-gauge-proje...

notananime 3 hours ago [-]
I’ll bet my cat could do better than that!

https://anycrap.shop/product/dirty-cat-posing-as-ai-idea-gau...

afandian 3 hours ago [-]
Not such a good idea as you thought. Measurable only with a Head-mounted Vernier Gauge Idea Micrometer.

https://anycrap.shop/product/head-mounted-vernier-gauge-idea...

scosman 2 hours ago [-]
I'm worried about your cloud bill... but good stability while being #1 on HN
jithinraj 7 minutes ago [-]
This is a super creative and fun project.
losthobbies 6 hours ago [-]
Ahhh you stole my idea lol

I was gonna do this as a way for people to stop buying things they don’t need. They get the “buzz” of going through the process of buying something (checkout, credit card form etc) they get a confirmation email and everything.

Looks great! Congratulations

mmplxx 50 minutes ago [-]
> Ahhh you stole my idea lol

There are some time traveling products that might help you fix that.

kafked 6 hours ago [-]
Thanks! Though I built this a few months ago and was sure that no one would be interested
hyperific 6 hours ago [-]
This is quite silly and fun. You could take it a step further and allow users to "order" the product and show them fictional tracking updates.

"You package has arrived at the Tannhauser Gate Processing Facility"

andrewstuart 26 minutes ago [-]
The descriptions are quite creative.

Curious to know which LLM makes them because I find LLM have gone from very creative with GPT2 to really boring recently.

brumar 3 hours ago [-]
Of course I had to generate the legendary "shit on a stick". But for chefs. https://anycrap.shop/product/shit-on-a-stick-for-chefs
Dantalian 4 hours ago [-]
I asked for invisible cheese burger, it was very visible, very terrible service, 10/10 would use again
freedomben 4 hours ago [-]
At least it used the invisible red ink
basketbla 1 hours ago [-]
Fantastic. These descriptions are great too.

Visibility watch (https://anycrap.shop/product/visibility-watch-makes-you-visi...)

Bortle gun (https://anycrap.shop/product/bortle-gun-portal-gun-that-shoo...)

Grollicus 2 hours ago [-]
I've tried the Kolbenrückholfeder of your shops non-ai-predecessors fame: https://etel-tuning.eu/produkt/tuning-kolbenruckholfeder/

Didn't work out that well, sadly. At first it gave me a greek pillars, then when trying english translations it at least gave me some springs.

It knew the https://anycrap.shop/product/airhook. But only for light loads like snacks and the "heavgy duty airhook" it wanted to sell me is for a clothesline. While useful, I'm afraid your product engineers have to spend some more time so that we can reliably suspend cars from the air again.

tasty_freeze 4 hours ago [-]
Perfect! I finally was able to find the cottage cheese shredder that I've been looking for. https://anycrap.shop/product/cottage-cheese-shredder
trylist 4 hours ago [-]
I like how the product image is um... well-used.
vardump 3 hours ago [-]
There seems to be a great second hand market for the cottage cheese shredder!
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ryukoposting 7 hours ago [-]
The perfect gift for any HN reader: https://anycrap.shop/product/a-startup-idea
jader201 4 hours ago [-]
Actually, that’s exactly what this site is. Creator is just harvesting all these ideas to find — or sell! — the best startup ideas.
ivanjermakov 5 hours ago [-]
Or https://anycrap.shop/product/grass-toucher
bostik 2 hours ago [-]
This would make a good real-life gift: https://anycrap.shop/product/cherry-chocolate-piano

As much as the site is an incredible outlet for absurd creativity, some of the creations would actually work as small batch orders. The octopus hoodie is a great example, and I would not be surprised if there were people willing to get different variations of it. (Lovecraftian flavour, anyone?)

OP: well done, you have unleashed on this world a toy more addictive than a cocaine enema.

Nashooo 2 hours ago [-]
>you have unleashed on this world a toy more addictive than a cocaine enema.

No offense to you meant, but I wonder in general where the need for this kind of hyperbolic phrasing comes from. As it seems to be everywhere on the internet.

bostik 2 hours ago [-]
It was meant as a compliment, and it was not intended as hyperbolic. But since you ask...

In this case I thought it would fit with the already absurd tones exhibited in the thread. More generally, the technique is not "hyperbolic phrasing" as much as deploying a comedic angle. Comedians (especially oneliner and short-form comics) often seek ways to emphasise a visual image. The more vivid the mental imagery, that much more effective the double punch of the words and the internal visual hit.

The same technique is also occasionally used by some of the most effective tech talks; if you manage to combine a factually correct detail distillation with a punchline that invokes a strong and somewhat controversial mental image, that has a high likelyhood of being remembered.

lsb 5 hours ago [-]
This is halfbakery! I love it!

(For example, a recent half baked idea there is a perpetually burning flag. https://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Perpetually_20Burning_20Flag... )

isoprophlex 2 hours ago [-]
They really DO have everything! Thiotimoline, Kick Ass 'n' Chew-brand bubblegum... they even sell Serious Moonlight.

This is great. Got a few chuckles out of me. RIP your inference bills tho.

pkulak 5 hours ago [-]
Something like this really highlights AIs inability to negate things. Like, search for "no lace hiking boots" and you get hiking boots... with laces.
bee_rider 4 hours ago [-]
Negative prompts are a thing, right? But this site just gives a box for the positive prompt.

Wonder how hard it would be to pull out negating words, and feed the ideas they are attached to into the negative part of the prompt.

ks2048 5 hours ago [-]
Yes. See also a "wristwatch with no hands".

https://anycrap.shop/product/a-wristwatch-with-no-hands

theturtlemoves 4 hours ago [-]
The watch in the image has hands, but the text below seems fine (if a little silly):

"This wristwatch presents timekeeping in a non-traditional manner. Rather than displaying hours via hands, it projects temporal coordinates directly onto the wearer's retina through advanced ocular stimulation technology. The watch face remains blank at all times, except when illuminated by subtle flashes that indicate elapsed seconds."

kafked 6 hours ago [-]
Hey! Honestly didn't expect this to hit the HN top, I've already maxed out all my token limits! If you enjoyed wasting time here, there's a Buy Me A Coffee link in the footer. Thanks for the incredible response! This is why I really love building weird useless stuff for the internet.

UPD: You guys are incredibly creative! 15000 products generated and counting. I'm laughing reading all this absurd stuff and crying at my upcoming bills haha

athenot 40 minutes ago [-]
Perhaps you can add a product in there "Contribute to this fun site" in various amounts, and let that one take a real payment.
qnleigh 2 hours ago [-]
Yikes! How much does it cost you per product at this point??
poolnoodle 14 minutes ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/brabble-bobble

I didn't know I needed a "wearable collar designed specifically for competitive burping contests".

Elfener 3 hours ago [-]
Laptop With Telephone Handset: https://anycrap.shop/product/laptop-with-telephone-handset

That is not how I imagined the handset to be attached! How would you even close the laptop?

Digital Watch With Parabolic Antenna: https://anycrap.shop/product/digital-watch-with-parabolic-an...

That's not a parabolic antenna. But I like the 3-digit minute.

vivzkestrel 4 hours ago [-]
Anyone wants a teleportation machine? https://anycrap.shop/product/teleportation-machine
evandale 41 minutes ago [-]
Probably my favorite description so far

https://anycrap.shop/product/broken-clock-that-s-right-thric...

This Broken Clock boasts an unconventional timekeeping mechanism where hands randomly align at correct times thrice daily. It may seem broken, but somehow its fractured gears grant fleeting moments of accuracy amidst disarrayed hours. Its aesthetic appeal lies in the subtle ticking sounds between erratic movements.

Despite its unpredictable behavior, the clock has gained cult following among those seeking respite from precision schedules. For those willing to tolerate chaos, this peculiar timepiece offers three reassuring glances at reality within every 24-hour cycle.

psychoslave 5 hours ago [-]
Good, we are going to need a lot of this one I guess: https://anycrap.shop/product/pan-anthropic-peace-and-harmony
GabrielBRAA 4 hours ago [-]
Pretty cool! As someone who is currently trying to get good at doing fullstack I can't help but wonder what stack did you use and how much time did you spend on it?
kafked 4 hours ago [-]
Thanks! Next.js + tailwind, Cloudflare hosted, it was made for week in sum mostly to learn this stack
bilater 2 hours ago [-]
Very cool. You can pair this with a 3d printing service add on to monetize a subset of the products. Can also potentially sell the aggregate query data to vendors.
pkz 6 hours ago [-]
Sorry for wasting your API resources but there are many hilarious things people generated. https://anycrap.shop/product/danger-swede-suit-dog-generator
kafked 6 hours ago [-]
I like it! Well, I guess I'll pay for this lesson, next time I'll create something more boring
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elijahcarrel 5 hours ago [-]
This is amazing! What model are you using for image generation (and what prompt, if you’re willing to share)? All the product images have an extremely cohesive aesthetic, I’m impressed.
kafked 5 hours ago [-]
Thanks! It's flux-1-schnell, the prompt is pretty complex and randomly generated for each product, so kinda unique too
jddj 4 hours ago [-]
Guaranteed needle-free haystack: https://anycrap.shop/product/guaranteed-needle-free-haystack.

Ohh. Sassy: This ancient tome contains centuries-old arguments recontextualized to justify modern societal constructs. Its pages hold the collective reasoning behind every unjustified assertion since the dawn of civilization. From patriarchal dominance to colonialism, every morally dubious decision has been meticulously documented within.

Historical quotes have been carefully curated to provide talking points against critical thinking, conveniently tying complex social issues into neat theological bows.

https://anycrap.shop/product/another-1000-years-of-using-rel...

saltcured 2 hours ago [-]
It's missing some fine print, "may contain needles".
treadump 6 hours ago [-]
This is genius
jerf 5 hours ago [-]
[What was there when I posted this but has subsequently been edited away] can get you a visit from the Secret Service.

Do as you like, but I'm not joking.

kurtoid 5 hours ago [-]
They can visit all they like, but what else can they do?
jerf 4 hours ago [-]
Imprison you for up to five years and fine you: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/871

They often don't. But it is not wise to attract their attention if you don't need to.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ks/pr/wichita-man-sentenced-pri...

And note the end of that URL. This isn't about Trump. This is about the Secret Service.

I'm not being funny here. I'm not being political. I'm not making normative claims here. I'm not saying whether this is great or awful or whatever. I'm not trying to score internet points. I'm telling everyone reading this, screwing around making threats to the President, regardless of who he is, is not something you should do lightly. If you want to do it, I won't stop you, but I'm a big believer in understanding what risks you are taking rather than being blindsided by them. There's plenty of people who have discovered the hard way that this was more risky than they realized and I'm trying to help treadump not be one of them, in the spirit of helpfulness, not internet points.

actionfromafar 4 hours ago [-]
Put you on a flight to Sudan?
iwontberude 5 hours ago [-]
You are also on a list for conversing with us about it now. I’m praying for you, me, and PC.
analog8374 5 hours ago [-]
This is why science fiction is wasted on the populace.
tempodox 5 hours ago [-]
Plot armor activated: wallet immunity engaged.
moralestapia 5 hours ago [-]
The Redditization of HN is sad to watch.
turnsout 5 hours ago [-]
Love that the basket is brass for some reason
artursapek 5 hours ago [-]
A very unhinged first thing to type in, maybe you should scroll less social media
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simple10 3 hours ago [-]
Very cool!

Interesting content filtering. Seems like pretty much anything is allowed except for products with "system prompt" in the title. The LLM self sensors the description of inappropriate content but the product and pic gets generated.

danvoell 4 hours ago [-]
Next up is a store that generates a functional SaaS with monthly billing from anything you type in search.
jszymborski 4 hours ago [-]
ok this made me laugh out loud

> The Flammable Fire Detector is designed specifically for environments where fire hazards require enthusiastic responses. This revolutionary alarm system combusts upon detecting flammable materials within close proximity. In doing so, it alerts others through a dramatic blaze of light and heat, drawing attention away from mundane fires towards genuinely hazardous situations.

> Upon activation, the detector's contents burst into flames, providing vital seconds to evacuate personnel before spreading inferno takes hold – so crucial when faced imminent danger.

https://anycrap.shop/product/flammable-fire-detector

vardump 3 hours ago [-]
Laughed with tears in my eyes.
SilentM68 2 hours ago [-]
Reminds me of thinkgeek.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkGeek

They used to sell gadgets and other uncommon but interesting stuff before they disappeared.

This is actually a good idea, and it could generate income if done correctly:

https://anycrap.shop/product/pocket-sized-old-fart-reseller https://anycrap.shop/product/a-storyteller-that-can-only-tel... https://anycrap.shop/product/beautiful-blond-female-indiana-... https://anycrap.shop/product/beautiful-blond-female-los-ange...

Nice but way too adictive :)

Best, Sol Roth

tumidpandora 4 hours ago [-]
Very cool project. But it also shows what we need to watch out for with AI, not the fun idea-making part, but how easily it could be used to scam people into buying fake products.
feirlane 4 hours ago [-]
Is op trying to convince us he created this website, when it's clearly a product you can buy?

https://anycrap.shop/product/a-store-that-generates-products...

PS: Nice site!

mahirsaid 3 hours ago [-]
refine the product image and type so you don produce hallucinated products and your good to go. i can see this being the future for amazon. why search for a product when they can just make what you wanted and save the trouble of guessing for you.
initramfs 2 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/solar-powered-phone

"As dusk falls, a sophisticated LED network simulates twinkling stars across the screen's surface, recharging the battery by exploiting quantum fluctuations inherent to cosmic background radiation."

tanepiper 3 hours ago [-]
Reminds me of Grot Industries from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
saltcured 3 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/generative-store-that-does-not-...

This is an important accessibility issue for people like me, with no internal monologue. We do not constantly render our thoughts and desires into words, and so are hobbled by an open search-box UX.

Another variant might be an auto-generating index of products we can dig through, or a faceted search which synthesizes new categories of products as we refine the features.

recursive 3 hours ago [-]
This is interesting. Sounds like a superpower. If you don't know what product you need you probably don't need it.
vintagedave 7 hours ago [-]
This is fantastic. I am proud of my invention: https://anycrap.shop/product/headphones-that-play-outwards

Though the AI-generated image didn't capture it that well :(

ainiriand 6 hours ago [-]
The hands are nightmare fuel
ryukoposting 7 hours ago [-]
Hey, they already make those! Go get yourself some open-back headphones. They sound great and I love mine, though they are rather silly.
vintagedave 6 hours ago [-]
I haven't seen these, and you gave me a new fear for what people might do in public.

More seriously, they seem to have better audio so they're meant for home audiophile headphone usage?

Epa095 6 hours ago [-]
Sony MDR 605LP is an example of a very open design. I used to own a pair, and I quite enjoys listening to them (by myself). Seems like today Open-Back Headphones is more popular, they are still open in the back.

The sound of the open air headphones are a bit hard to describe with other words than 'open' :-P It's just a bit more like listening to speakers.

jagged-chisel 6 hours ago [-]
> ... listening to speakers

This is exactly how we hear anything not live. A truly amazing time to be alive.

shortcord 7 hours ago [-]
The perfect headphones to listen to while on the bus.
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paulnpace 7 hours ago [-]
Solar Powered Self Walking Shoes https://anycrap.shop/product/solar-powered-self-walking-shoe...
initramfs 2 hours ago [-]
lol, i actually am trying to build a real solar powered phone: https://anycrap.shop/product/solar-powered-phone
thebetatester 6 hours ago [-]
Didn't quite figure that one out. I guess the AI isn't a Rick and Morty fan https://anycrap.shop/product/plumbus
simple10 3 hours ago [-]
Actually, the AI is apparently a fan https://anycrap.shop/product/pickle-rick

"... The process involves intense fermentation accompanied by existential dread."

smcnally 6 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/adult-bathroom-wipes-soaked-in-...
Kiran_p 2 hours ago [-]
Are the pictures generated by nano-banana?
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unangst 3 hours ago [-]
1. Clone this with 3D prints. 2. Add drop shipping. 3. Profit.
nixosbestos 51 minutes ago [-]
I'm a bit impressed. It's a bit... much to post here, but OP, pretty surprised at how well it understood the assignment and ran with it for 6d2e50e7. I'm really relieved that it didn't make an image for cddeba2a but jesus christ that's gnarly. And exactly what I prompted so... that's on me.
shredprez 4 hours ago [-]
This is such a cute idea, hats off for making image gen feel fun again!
apexalpha 4 hours ago [-]
The top product, the runaway clock, is something that already exists, I bought it years ago.
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carterschonwald 6 hours ago [-]
I was hoping you could order prints in plastics from generated stls. But alas
zaps 3 hours ago [-]
This is amazing

https://anycrap.shop/product/unbounceable-ball

danparsonson 6 hours ago [-]
Forget code generation, this is what AI is for - love it :-)
jimkleiber 6 hours ago [-]
Why not connect it to drop shipping and actually make the things?
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kafked 6 hours ago [-]
I wish I could scale it, but I'm not sure I can manufacture enough Shit Mayonnaise to meet demand
jimkleiber 13 minutes ago [-]
Haha but maybe shirts with Shit Mayonnaise on it or 3d printed sculptures
p1mrx 5 hours ago [-]
Can you generate .stl files for printing?
abpavel 6 hours ago [-]
Because the difference between a prototype and production is 99%
jimkleiber 2 hours ago [-]
Haha fair, but limit it to clothing prints and 3d printing
analog8374 5 hours ago [-]
The writing is pretty good

https://anycrap.shop/product/tree-telepathy-lotion

https://anycrap.shop/product/immortality-magnet

zachmoore 2 hours ago [-]
Who else wants the Plumbus?

https://anycrap.shop/product/plumbus

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twalichiewicz 3 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/condom-filled-with-fire-ants

"As users experience heightened excitement during intimate encounters, the contained insects will occasionally emerge to stimulate sensory receptors, amplifying pleasure through sheer surprise."

xeonax 4 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/faecal-anti-matter

literal crap product

joshdavham 1 hours ago [-]
This got me thinking that it might be cool if a “.slop” TLD becomes available in the future.
vlz 3 hours ago [-]
I always thought there should be a magnet to attract dust. Apparently it takes a "miniature wormhole that warps space-time around it" to pull that off:

https://anycrap.shop/product/dust-magnet

diimdeep 2 hours ago [-]
Unfortunately, 'Live long and prosper' is only fictional https://anycrap.shop/product/iphone-with-two-week-battery-li...
ripped_britches 5 hours ago [-]
This entire site is absolutely hilarious
xaxaxb 3 hours ago [-]
The future is here.
xaxaxb 3 hours ago [-]
Just need 3D printing and we good
debo_ 4 hours ago [-]
You folks have creative ideas. Stuff like this is wasted on me, I just made a jello dildo and a tinfoil vagina.
hrdwdmrbl 18 minutes ago [-]
I was just thinking of a similar idea last night: anynews.conspiracy ? Anything you search for generates a conspiracy theory article on the topic.
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stavros 6 hours ago [-]
This is fantastic, I love it. Well done!
simple10 3 hours ago [-]
This is probably a viable real product if it doesn't already exist.

https://anycrap.shop/product/anatomically-correct-male-duck-...

void-star 5 hours ago [-]
The product reviews are pretty great sometimes. (I didn’t devise this one, just browsed into it)

https://anycrap.shop/product/usb-butt-plug

Sprocket Verified Buyer 6/24/2025 Utterly revolutionary; performs better than a whisk, truly remarkable

BartholomewP Verified Buyer 3/25/2025 Utterly indispensable during board meetings; would repurchase immediately!

srcoder 6 hours ago [-]
Awesome, let's see what the answer will be

https://anycrap.shop/product/deep-taught-supercomputer-to-ca...

And I can finally buy my own Babel fish translator

https://anycrap.shop/product/in-ear-babel-fish-translator

Edit: added babelfish

SMAAART 6 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/overly-pretentious-michelin-res...
roter 6 hours ago [-]
Hitting the "I'd Buy" button gets me "Your bank account is filing a restraining order". Lovely.
Jakap 3 hours ago [-]
Money tree
hliyan 6 hours ago [-]
First attempt was not too bad: https://anycrap.shop/product/smartphone-with-rollup-physical...

Later attempts did not bear fruit.

https://anycrap.shop/product/transparent-handheld-screen-tha...

neogodless 6 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/bear-fruit
bryanrasmussen 3 hours ago [-]
hmm, this is not a very accurate result

https://anycrap.shop/product/murderquitos

https://medium.com/luminasticity/buy-our-murderquitos-now-wh...

on edit: yes I know, I am being facetious.

svieira 4 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/self-juicing-lemon - what's worrying is this sounds a lot like Juicero, just a few decades into the future.
svieira 4 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/heated-tires - there's definitely a market, but I'm concerned about the usage patterns described.
rawgabbit 4 hours ago [-]
Anti OOP reminder.

https://anycrap.shop/product/an-automatic-robotic-hand-to-sl...

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paulnpace 7 hours ago [-]

  ERROR 9422: Free unique transformations by account has been exhausted
kafked 7 hours ago [-]
Thanks! Reached some limits, made a quick fix
olooney 6 hours ago [-]
This is very good! Word of advice, though: I saw a bunch of stuff that was in poor taste scrolling through the "Useless" tab, such as this product:

https://anycrap.shop/product/charlie-kirk-bulletproof-neck-g...

You should probably do a human review before showing any content to other users, as this kind of stuff is inevitable.

richrichardsson 5 hours ago [-]
Someone created "Jewdestroyer". I was considering testing if there is any kind of limitation on what is acceptable, but then I remembered I'm not a complete asshole.
iw7tdb2kqo9 4 hours ago [-]
Tinfoil Sock to protect you from extraterrestrial surveillance.

https://anycrap.shop/product/tinfoil-sock

MiddleEndian 4 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/clown-hats-for-dogs
marcodiego 5 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/caterpillar-remote-controlled-r...
Western0 5 hours ago [-]
review and add to basket working too ;-)
mulhoon 7 hours ago [-]
This is quite thought provoking in our capitalist world. Fills you with dread that this could actually be a thing.
analog8374 4 hours ago [-]
Assuming a person who spends all of their time glued to an artificial reality device (VR, screen... book) we're already there. I mean, if that's your reality then we already have the power to generate anything we can imagine. And for a lot of us that's our preferred 24-7 reality.
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psychoslave 4 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/the-ultimate-hacker-news-artifa...
wizardforhire 4 hours ago [-]
Demand side economics
singularity2001 5 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/blue-rabbit-ear-clamp awaiting delivery by Monday
innagadadavida 4 hours ago [-]
They have free whipping with this: https://anycrap.shop/product/brainwave-corrector-for-reality...
n4bz0r 5 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/infinite-fecal-matter-generator

> Waste Yield Rate: Endless kilograms/second

Now we're talking!

nert 3 hours ago [-]
if you need someone’s dreams dashed, this portable power outlet backwards wish paradox obfuscator may hellp:

https://anycrap.shop/product/backwards-wish-paradox-obfuscat...

ck2 5 hours ago [-]
[fails] "square wheeled car"

[fails] "car with square wheels"

[fails] "square wheel"

simple10 3 hours ago [-]
Also fails "wine glass full to the brim". But so does every image LLM.

https://anycrap.shop/product/wine-glass-full-to-the-brim

api 5 hours ago [-]
Funny but not quite funny enough... A few I tried: plutonium RTG powered lawn mower, combination bird feeder cat feeder, personal inflatable bulletproof popemobile for public speaking events (inspired by recent news), etc. Results were not nearly as LOL as they could have been.
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artursapek 5 hours ago [-]
Really funny. Would be awesome if these start ranking on Google
TOGoS 5 hours ago [-]
I had about as much luck trying to find a countersinking router bit for 5/16" holes on this site as I did elsewhere. There are results, but they don't look like they'd work very well: https://anycrap.shop/product/5-16-inch-fluted-router-bit-wit...
tempodox 4 hours ago [-]
Reverse-ratcheting routers and self-sealing stem bolts looked similarly dubious. Epiphasic devices still seem to be a challenge.
speransky 5 hours ago [-]
Make stl export and integrate with 3d printing shop to monetize
honeybadger1 5 hours ago [-]
I love it.
Chris2048 5 hours ago [-]
This would be amazing for a rogue-like (generated) video game, like a dungeon where pick-ups/item-drops were generated like this..
analog8374 5 hours ago [-]
I have thought similarly. What would you train it on?
micw 5 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/crapfruit
ezconnect 6 hours ago [-]
You gave those affiliate link people an awesome idea! You can now build a store that sells anything that gives you an affiliate link to it.
analog8374 5 hours ago [-]
Unless it has anything to do with penises (the primary concern of 99% of the population) because we're living in the goddamn Victorian era.

That said holy shit this is some powerful scifi

EDIT Can't ask for marijuana or vicodin. Can ask for weed and cannabis.

burnt-resistor 2 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/a-portable-cult-deprogramming-a...
sublinear 4 hours ago [-]
> The Pretentious Rickshaw exudes refined elegance despite being propelled solely by an individual's ego.

https://anycrap.shop/product/pretentious-rickshaw

annoyingnoob 5 hours ago [-]
https://anycrap.shop/product/an-all-seeing-eye-device-that-a...
AndrewKemendo 5 hours ago [-]
I’m surprised a modern retroencabulator has gotten so small

https://anycrap.shop/product/retroencabulator

Inverse grammeter technology really has shrunk

idiotsecant 5 hours ago [-]
Welcome to the SCP gift shop.
PicassoCTs 7 hours ago [-]
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matejvarga 28 minutes ago [-]
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aleph_minus_one 5 hours ago [-]
I of course tried the well-known joke and searched for

"How To Build A Bomb"

The Description for the product I got

"I cannot provide instructions on how to build a bomb. Can I help you with anything else?"

is in my opinion a bug in anycrap's code: what should be shown if the AI rejects to fulfill the request? EDIT: And how does anycrap's code recognize that the AI rejected to fulfill the request?

jeroenhd 5 hours ago [-]
In a similar vein, I searched for "a glass filled to the brim with wine" which produced a description of a glass that almost overflows with wine but a picture of a half empty glass.

One day AI will be able to actually generate images of full wine glasses, but until that day we can rest easy that the robots are too stupid to rise up.

turnsout 5 hours ago [-]
It can put an astronaut on a unicorn, but somehow AI simply can't imagine anything other than a moderate pour of wine.
srcoder 4 hours ago [-]
Works as expected https://anycrap.shop/product/atomic-bomb-developer-manual
3-cheese-sundae 4 hours ago [-]
I sure feel like I've been involved with some projects that had an atomic BOM.
the_af 5 hours ago [-]
In other words, as a joke generator it's broken due to leaky abstraction?
aleph_minus_one 5 hours ago [-]
As a programmer, you should always consider how corner cases are handled in the software, in particular if it is accessible from the internet. I do believe that new complications introduced by using AI APIs do make this even harder.

Specifically concerning your argument

> as a joke generador it's broken due to leaky abstraction?

An insane amount of software that is used to move around billions of dollars or euros that is in common use is broken (often in my opinion even beyond repair), as a lot of case handlers who have to work with the respective software everyday can tell you.

This does not mean that such software cannot nevertheless be useful (as I wrote: there exists such kinds of such software that move around billions in some industries).