AI-Generated Retro and Developer Themed Login Screens

At SmartBear, we leverage AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to accelerate our work. Recently, I needed to create a password-protected section of our website and thought it would be fun to design a login screen that deviates from our standard patterns to entertain users granted access.

I turned to ChatGPT for ideas. Initially, I requested a login screen inspired by the movie WarGames. ChatGPT promptly provided HTML and Tailwind CSS code emulating the classic terminal interface from the film, complete with green text on a black background and a blinking cursor effect.

Encouraged by the results, I asked for more themes, including:

• Tron Theme
• Windows DOS Theme
• Standard Terminal Theme
• Basic Tailwind CSS Theme
• Ready Player One Theme
• Retro Video Game Theme

ChatGPT not only provided code for each theme but also added a theme switcher button to cycle through them. In less than two minutes, I had seven different themed login screens.

I integrated the code into our project by adding it to a Cloudflare Worker and applying it to a specific route. With minimal adjustments I had an active login screen with entertaining options. Since we used basic credentials for this temporary project, full integration wasn’t necessary.

This experience demonstrated how AI tools like ChatGPT can significantly speed up development and inspire creativity. What would have taken hours to code and style manually, ChatGPT accomplished in minutes. I encourage other developers to explore AI tools to enhance their workflows. It’s not always perfect and can hallucinate pretty badly but in the end will save you time.

And just so you know, none of these forms will actually log you in, even if you type “Joshua”. But feel free to try; who knows, maybe you’ll unlock a game of tic-tac-toe!

I’ve created a project page with interactive demos of all the login screens. The code is as-is from ChatGPT minus the HTML, head, and body tags.