FurRealFunny

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Inspiration

Our team members are all university students. As we tread on with our school life, we continue to realize how exhausting studying can be. One thing we can all relate to is the need to scroll through online communities to give ourselves a well-deserved break. Relaxing isn't just meditating or sleeping; it's also having fun and finding joy, even if it's through memes.

What it does

The website relies on user input to generate a personalized meme. Once you open the website, the user is tasked with inputting how they are feeling. After the website received the user input, it will sort through the answer and create a meme using keywords. Then, the user can choose to download or share the image.

How we built it

We utilized HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the Gemini API. Gemini AI generates captions for the cat memes based on the user's input.

Challenges we ran into

The main challenge that we ran into was debugging our program. Whenever we try to implement a new function to the website, it would lead to a bug. Another problem we ran into is formatting captions within the image.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Something we're really proud of accomplishing is finishing a project. Although we had a vision for our website, we weren't sure if we could have implement it. But we're really proud of the final product since it accomplished our goals.

What we learned

We all learned how to utilize AI as a helpful tool. In this project, we also focused more on the frontend compared to our past projects. Therefore, we are more well rounded in trying to position elements and also knowing how to code functions.

What's next for FurRealFunny

In the future, we want to expand FurRealFunny into a community based website. By building a community, it creates a safer and more comforting place for the user. Plus, it allows the user to interact more with the memes compared to only viewing and saving it.