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Is this the same Replit who used legal threats to shut down an open source project made by an intern after they left[1]? I don't know how anyone can in good conscience support this company. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195
I'm bullish on this because mobile (and web) development is ridiculously overcomplicated to a beginner. I think it's a common misconception that coding/logic is difficult. I find the development setup and deployment to be much more complicated. As evidence, take a look at the impressive workarounds that citizen developers use to make things work in an easy environment like Excel. A keyboard and mouse probably solve m…
I'm, generally, not bullish: But only because the predominating "what value do products like this bring" arguments from those who are bullish is some variation of "it's great for learning/beginners". That's simply no way to build a venture business (and replit has received... $105M). Higher layers of abstraction can make sense; no code tools can be killer; but that isn't really replit. Replit is just a weird product…
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Okay... 1) Mobile IDE (iPad Pro with keyboard) 2) Real-time reverse debugger (like https://rr-project.org/ with 60 fps and less ram) 3) Full git and video history (Bret Victor inventing on principle) So 1) “Billions will be repeated on mobile,” Amjad said in the promo, but my project is 10 years old and I’ve been working on it since 2008. This is my idea for 22 years as an old school developer with a lot of experienc…
None of these are particularly unique ideas. There could easily be multiple products which all do these and work in very different ways. You are asking why the CEO of a company is not deeply engaged with your ideas and didn't invest in them. The simple answer is that you didn't present them well and he probably doesn't have time to dig into them deeply. I really doubt he did a teardown on your projects and then stole…
And all other algorithms are known. Usually technical people communicate and not brazenly copy other people's ideas, as happened 4k HN topic or rr debugger Amjad startup fact. Let me remind you that he presented himself as "an investor" and was not even interested in the most complex technology in the world, but preferred to simply make a clone
I will remind you of a story. Once upon a time, Apple and Google entered into an agreement not to rehire employees. It existed for 6 months and since then we have been living in this new reality. W/o Steve Jobs and old rules. Okay?
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Okay well what did he copy? Your mobile app demos don't seem to have any similar features to the Replit app; and based on the digging I did, there weren't any novel features that Replit could have stolen. Furthermore, the Replit app was developed by a separate team that has been working for months on a product, not by one man. Most of the features were initially developed on the website and implemented into the app,…
You've misanalyzed the features. Please check my comments - Amjad said "interesting" then said "not clear" and realized 3 key features asap https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33268592 then I see twitter smiles only from him. Here is $1B in the check - Features https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33269154 Coincidence? There are a lot of features in the replit, but he implemented my project after the letter to Amjad…
- Mobile IDE: this is not something completely novel, there have been code editors for Android since forever. Replit created a mobile editor with a novel UI/UX and implemented their existing Goval Protocol (one I have studied extensively haha) into the application. Furthermore you can't claim the idea of a "Mobile IDE" can be stolen, its not a feature and that's like saying "Mobile Notes" can be a stolen concept. Not copying you so far.
- Real-Time Reverse Debugger: Replit uses Replay.io for time travel debugging, I've been around to watch that implementation grow. Amjad invests in Replay.io because Replit uses it xD. Replay.io has existed for some time, and on the topic of why Amjad didn't invest in you - you didn't present well (no offense). He's a busy man and your product didn't strike him immediately, that's okay move on the the next investor.
- Full git and video history: I might not be interpreting this one correctly so I'm sorry if i get this wrong, but version control has existed for some time. You can't say version control in IDEs is novel, everything from Atom and VSC to Jetbrains IDEs use it.
and the other thing you mentioned:
- Team Development: Replit is literally the frontiers person when it comes to live code editing and multiplayer. You cannot say this was copied they had this long before you started developing in 2020.
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When you say "I just show Amjad the direction, and he completely ignored me" I'm sorry but not really, the concept of a Replit App has been in the works for some time, you just have to keep in mind Replit is a startup and its moving and hiring at its own pace. As I said before, Amjad might not have invested in you because you didn't present well. The opportunity was lost, its okay move on. You were building an existing product in a new world, but the big dog arrived.
I can't say I understand what it would feel like to have a project I've been developing for two years suddenly be thrown into the shadows because a bigger company came by with their product, but I know it doesn't justify Russophobia. I'm aware of the situation in Ukraine, but you don't need to drag politics and slander into HN for the sake of besmirching someone. Your comments draw too eerie a similarity with antisemitism in Nazi Germany. If you are going to continue defending your product and this idea that it was stolen, at least drop the politics they're unjustified.
I want a token based keyboard with the following properties Language and syntax awareness. When I’m writing JavaScript - it should provide keys for ‘if’ ‘each’ ‘function’ etc. When I have unbalanced parens, braces etc, it should tell me how many levels deep I am and what context I’m in. Instead of me naming variables it should generate random names and let me declare with a single tap. Provide easy refactoring tools…
I'm bullish on this because mobile (and web) development is ridiculously overcomplicated to a beginner. I think it's a common misconception that coding/logic is difficult. I find the development setup and deployment to be much more complicated. As evidence, take a look at the impressive workarounds that citizen developers use to make things work in an easy environment like Excel. A keyboard and mouse probably solve m…
Fully agree with this.
To the extent where I wish there was an "environment service" wherein I simply specify the desired packages and tools I want via GUI (No JSON or Terraform or anything other than radio buttons and drop downs) - and I get a spooled up VM with all the dependencies and paths perfectly built in with no jank package clashes or deprecated packages that need patching.
Is this the same Replit who used legal threats to shut down an open source project made by an intern after they left[1]? I don't know how anyone can in good conscience support this company. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195
I'm bullish on this because mobile (and web) development is ridiculously overcomplicated to a beginner. I think it's a common misconception that coding/logic is difficult. I find the development setup and deployment to be much more complicated. As evidence, take a look at the impressive workarounds that citizen developers use to make things work in an easy environment like Excel. A keyboard and mouse probably solve m…
I'm, generally, not bullish: But only because the predominating "what value do products like this bring" arguments from those who are bullish is some variation of "it's great for learning/beginners". That's simply no way to build a venture business (and replit has received... $105M). Higher layers of abstraction can make sense; no code tools can be killer; but that isn't really replit. Replit is just a weird product…
It's for people who want to learn how to code or want to prototype something absolutely as quickly as possible with the minimal amount of tooling and experience.
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And how is repl.it different here compared to GitHub codespaces, codepens, codesandbox and many others?
Are any of those workable on a phone?
Is this the same Replit who used legal threats to shut down an open source project made by an intern after they left[1]? I don't know how anyone can in good conscience support this company. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195