Show HN: Bizcardz.ai – Custom metal business cards

[rhodey]

Bizcardz.ai is a website where you design business cards which are converted to KiCad PCB schematics which can be manufactured (using metals) by companies such as Elecrow and PCBWay

The site is free. Elecrow charges about $1 per pcb in quantities of 50 and $0.80 in quantities of 100.

I have hacked away at this on and off for about two years so just happy to get it published

[abetusk]

"MIT: non-commercial use" [0]

I have no idea what this means.

> MIT: non-commercial use, Proprietary: commercial use, contact for terms: [email protected]

Then, right under it:

> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions ...

What?

[0] https://github.com/rhodey/bizcardz.ai/blob/master/LICENSE

[rhodey]

Though you may wish the license was different I find it hard to believe you have no idea what the license allows for

This can be found online as "dual licensing"

[devanl]

The black and silver and white and silver sample photos look like they may be using HASL surface finish (aka, solder).

If you're handing out business cards with a HASL finish, make sure to spend extra for the lead-free version.

[rhodey]

The site gives you a .zip to download with your design

Inside the .zip is a README.txt and Elecrow.png

If the user selected "silver" the readme and image shows to select HASL lead free

:)

[MrJohz]

> We need to show dozens of things at once and this won't fit on a phone. Switch to desktop.

Scrollbars can help!

I really like the idea, although the designs are a bit limited and I don't know that I'd use this tool if I did want to make this kind of business card. But looking at the UI, this is all stuff that would be pretty easy to make responsive, and would work fairly well on mobile. It's a bit of a shame to add an arbitrary limitation like this.

[Retr0id]

I'm confused, where does the AI come in?

[matthewfcarlson]

It generates the designs

[themanmaran]

It would be nice to see an actual picture of the physical business card here. Also do you handle sending the design to a manufacturer, or do I need to download and send myself?

[rhodey]

The FAQ page is linked to from the home page

https://bizcardz.ai/faq

On the FAQ page there are links to images of the end result / physical

[sdotdev]

Exporting as a 3d model would be cool

[raadore]

What is the end use of this product? I’m a commercial printer. I discourage clients from printing business cards. It’s an archaic form of networking. A paper based card is a waste of resources, both natural, chemical and labor. As a pcb board even more so. Please. If you have a mobile phone ask the person for their number and text them your info. Now you have a meaningful connection.

[craftkiller]

My first company after college would issue business cards to anyone for free if you filled out a form. It felt amazing. So far the only thing I've ever used them for is spreading thermal paste. I agree with you, the idea of business cards is so much more appealing than the reality.

[aspenmayer]

Instructions unclear. Will hand out burner phones with my phone number in the contacts in lieu of business cards.