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Re: Replit Mobile App

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Post by the_gipsy »

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #104
user3939382 wrote: post #81

This is the founder who turned into a psycho tyrant (I forget his exact words, but something to the effect of, "we're not the same small company, I have money and lawyers now") on an ex-employee for an innocent side project, threatened to sue him, etc, until it went viral and then backpedaled and offered some non-apology. I remember stuff like that and will never use this company's tools, which is a shame because I w…

Oh wow that is really bad. I remember YC pushing them heavily as a unicorn for a few days seemingly out of nowhere a while back, but that blitz has since died down. Remains to be seen if they can be an actual viable business.

Paul regularly still pushes replit on his twitter.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#122

Post by ellis0n »

sneak wrote: post #117
ellis0n wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amjad copy 5 of 5 ideas of our 10 years development startup for mobile coding from Ukraine where World War right now. See also my comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33267464

Copying ideas is only a threat if you think the copying party is: 1) better at executing than you and 2) understands the market better than you It is generally accepted wisdom that if someone copies you, you are doing something right and should focus on fundamentals and shipping/customers.

Okay...

Did you read my link post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33267464 ?

1) No. I'm not dumb and programming language author, CTO, polygot, architect, old school, and make better software all my life. I made the world's first mobile IDE and real-time reverse debugger

2) No. 4k likes HN post shows the opposite. I asked Amjad for help while COVID-19 because no job, no money, don't know what to do and this people said him is investor and looks relevant from Pioneer.app startup accelerator. Market - yes US vs Ukraine, non-competitive advantage. In my opinion, now we have a war in Ukraine and many victims due to the fact that we did not support people correctly. I ask Amjad for help directly. Here is the mail log:

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MAIL 1

From: Viktor

To: amjad@repl.it

Hello Amjad!

I'm Victor https://clubavatar.app/ on pioneer

I'm developing ACPUL programming language and AnimationCPU programming platform (like Flash/HTML5)

- ACPUL is a pure programming language

- Reactive and live coding is everywhere

- Mobile IDE (iPad Pro with keyboard)

- Real-time reverse debugger (like https://rr-project.org/ with 60 fps and less ram)

- Full git and video history (Bret Victor inventing on principle)

- Team development and other features...

Due to lack of resources, a hercules amount of work I'm looking an any support

You can see demo on your iOS device with TestFlight

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MAIL 2

From: Amjad Masad

To: Viktor

Hey Viktor,

This looks interesting -- how can I help?

Amjad

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MAIL 3

Hi Amjad,

I am looking for a way to fund projects, expand the team, to improve Animation CPU programming platform and virtual club Avatar

1) Donations / Sponsorship: Support ACPU / ACPUL open source development

2) Investments in clubavatar.app

3) Technical work: improving the programming language, libraries, platform, documentation, educational lessons, more code/nocode apps and examples, UI, IDE, etc

4) I am looking for a mentor to improve my open source community and communication skills, social media, etc

Thanks, Victor

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MAIL 4

Hi Amjad,

As a program architect I highlight weak points in the previous mail (19 Aug 2020)

In other words, I have a huge technical debt for new components, and a small debt to launch my application, but I don't have the funds for normal work. I just need a little help to kickoff my app to AppStore and generate the revenue. And it's much better than an app! This is a new world that likes everyone. You like it, djs like it, childrens like it, hackers like it, anyone likes it! I don't see a reason to spend my time for work on another world 1.0 react-bla-bla-bla app to develop a world 2.0 app. I spent a huge amount of my time on social and financial issues and app doesn't work

I'm not sure what is best reward for you. I can add Repl.it AD on top IDE, make a Repl.it demo and animation, make a app pushares (store), or something like that

Best regards, Victor

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MAIL 5

Hey Viktor,

Just a bit of feedback for you. It's still not clear to me what your project is about. I suggest simplifying it into something someone can understand in two sentences.

Best,

Amjad

5 of 5 my projects in replit now!!!

COOL???

Due this my project delayed for extra 2 years but you got replit.

Looks like good social engineering

PS: I can attach screenshots of Gmail and I hope that after the Google Replit presentation they don't delete my emails and copy everything together without payment for ideas (c)

Re: Replit Mobile App

#123

Post by golergka »

user3939382 wrote: post #81

This is the founder who turned into a psycho tyrant (I forget his exact words, but something to the effect of, "we're not the same small company, I have money and lawyers now") on an ex-employee for an innocent side project, threatened to sue him, etc, until it went viral and then backpedaled and offered some non-apology. I remember stuff like that and will never use this company's tools, which is a shame because I w…

What if the founder is really a bad guy, but the product company releases is useful and could really improve lives of many. Should we use it and advertise to others who might find it useful? Or should we abstain from it to punish bad behaviour? Those aren't rhetorical questions, I honestly don't know.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#124

Post by ZephyrBlu »

ellis0n wrote: post #122
sneak wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Copying ideas is only a threat if you think the copying party is: 1) better at executing than you and 2) understands the market better than you It is generally accepted wisdom that if someone copies you, you are doing something right and should focus on fundamentals and shipping/customers.

Okay... Did you read my link post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33267464 ? 1) No. I'm not dumb and programming language author, CTO, polygot, architect, old school, and make better software all my life. I made the world's first mobile IDE and real-time reverse debugger 2) No. 4k likes HN post shows the opposite. I asked Amjad for help while COVID-19 because no job, no money, don't know what to do and this peop…

- The purpose of the project isn't clear (Trying to do heaps of different things)

- Your ask was not clear (Asking for help with everything)

- It's not clear which 5 projects/ideas Replit "stole"

I have nothing to do with Replit and I dislike them after the intern project thing, but this is fair criticism from Amjad.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#125

Post by aaronvg »

ellis0n wrote: post #122
sneak wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Copying ideas is only a threat if you think the copying party is: 1) better at executing than you and 2) understands the market better than you It is generally accepted wisdom that if someone copies you, you are doing something right and should focus on fundamentals and shipping/customers.

Okay... Did you read my link post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33267464 ? 1) No. I'm not dumb and programming language author, CTO, polygot, architect, old school, and make better software all my life. I made the world's first mobile IDE and real-time reverse debugger 2) No. 4k likes HN post shows the opposite. I asked Amjad for help while COVID-19 because no job, no money, don't know what to do and this peop…

sorry but I think the features you listed as being stolen seem pretty generic. For example "mobile IDE (ipad pro with keyboard)" doesn't tell me what specific IDE features you'd implement. In this case, Replit made the "joystick" feature. Same with "team development and other features".

Also it seems you're blaming Amjad for your project being delayed? Not sure how that is related.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#126

Post by swyx »

kasajian wrote: post #10
kasajian wrote: post #3

Very little innovation is done in the area of coding on a small-form mobile device. Early attempts are needed in order to get feedback and learn from experience what works and what doesn't. It's nice to see repl.it is at least attempting to address this "market". Their previous mobile app was so bad I uninstalled it and used the web site directly instead. Hopefully this works better.

Still doesn't work. 1. Already have an account 2. Continue with Github 3. Blank white screen and just stays there. I think I'll wait.

i had 1 and 2 same as you, didn't get 3. just worked as expected.

you may just be unlucky.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#127

Post by swyx »

mradek wrote: post #17

On a related note, it would be cool if there was a "coding mode" mobile keyboard option. We have built-in keyboards for phone number and formatters for particular things. It would be cool to have a built-in coding keyboard that adapts to the language being written via plugins, etc.

i would kill for browser devtools in mobile safari. so many things i want to edit oneoff

Re: Replit Mobile App

#128

Post by sneilan1 »

I already have a mobile editing setup using blinkssh, Tailscale, mosh, tmux, lunarvim, typescript and Lsp servers on my iPhone 13. It works surprisingly well and while it’s slow to code on, I can actually do it. Autocomplete works too and typescript really helpful in catching bugs made by bad keyboard strokes.

It won’t ever replace my mouse and keyboard but it is useable. Just slow.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#129

Post by [deleted] »

ellis0n wrote: post #122
sneak wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Copying ideas is only a threat if you think the copying party is: 1) better at executing than you and 2) understands the market better than you It is generally accepted wisdom that if someone copies you, you are doing something right and should focus on fundamentals and shipping/customers.

Okay... Did you read my link post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33267464 ? 1) No. I'm not dumb and programming language author, CTO, polygot, architect, old school, and make better software all my life. I made the world's first mobile IDE and real-time reverse debugger 2) No. 4k likes HN post shows the opposite. I asked Amjad for help while COVID-19 because no job, no money, don't know what to do and this peop…

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Re: Replit Mobile App

#130

Post by ilrwbwrkhv »

the_gipsy wrote: post #121
ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh wow that is really bad. I remember YC pushing them heavily as a unicorn for a few days seemingly out of nowhere a while back, but that blitz has since died down. Remains to be seen if they can be an actual viable business.

Paul regularly still pushes replit on his twitter.

Just to clarify, I don't mind YC and folks related to YC pushing this at all. Bless their heart, it's a great thing. They should support YC companies as much as possible.
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