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Re: Replit Mobile App

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Post by easrng »

boberoni wrote: post #62

I read on another comment by a high school teacher that many of their students write essays on mobile. It seems that the younger generations are mobile-digital native, as opposed to desktop-digital native. I don't expect desktop apps to be completely replaced by mobile apps, but the migration of some specific use cases is interesting to watch: - Maps and navigation - Email / instant messaging - Photo editing - Video…

High school student here. idk if coding on mobile will take off in its current form. The tooling works, but it doesn't work well. I can (and have) writen things in the editor on Glitch[1] or in Termux on my phone, but the reduced typing speed for code (you can't rely on autocorrect like with normal text) and the lack of a proper web inspector (I use eruda[2] which is fine but missing features compared to the devtools on desktop browsers) make it frustrating to do larger projects.

[1]: https://glitch.com

[2]: https://eruda.liriliri.io/

Re: Replit Mobile App

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Post by ellis0n »

rayhanadev wrote: post #144
ellis0n wrote: post #139

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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…

okay well, let's discuss your three key features - 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 s…

I have given enough facts and it is possible to generate infinite recursions. I'm a pioneer in many things, like making the first phones in the 90s. I know what unfair competition is.

This is not politics, the developer Rails was killed yesterday and Linkedin is full of this. I advise you to come to Kyiv and live under Russian-Iranian investments for at least 3 days. Then back to normal world and say just 'politics'. 50+ developers was killed already and they try to kill more. Today is the 238th day of Russian aggression in the center of Europe. You are either young or not in the subject or a russian bot. There is no point in continuing the discussion.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#153

Post by ellis0n »

darb_ wrote: post #140
ellis0n wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

a) you have not specifically made comparisons to the Replit app and your app to point out exactly what was copied, all ive seen so far is just you flaunting your reputation and saying he did without actually proving anything b) if you did make something you planned on getting investments for, why did you not copyright your ideas and your code? if its not copyrighted or anything you basically did that to yourself. c)…

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Re: Replit Mobile App

#154

Post by darb_ »

ellis0n wrote: post #152
rayhanadev wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

okay well, let's discuss your three key features - 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 s…

I have given enough facts and it is possible to generate infinite recursions. I'm a pioneer in many things, like making the first phones in the 90s. I know what unfair competition is. This is not politics, the developer Rails was killed yesterday and Linkedin is full of this. I advise you to come to Kyiv and live under Russian-Iranian investments for at least 3 days. Then back to normal world and say just 'politics'.…

You keep refusing to elaborate, and you keep saying you have examples which you wont provide, and frankly the situation in Ukraine isn’t a free pass for you to be making such boldly stupid claims without supporting them in any way, you provide zero proof for anything and just keep spouting about being a “pioneer”. Obviously I understand that the situation in Ukraine is terrible right now, and I wish you all the best in that regard, but using the situation for sympathy and to support your baseless allegations is frankly ridiculous by any standard.

Re: Replit Mobile App

#155

Post by Svetlitski »

flappyeagle wrote: post #114

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…

This reminds me of programming on a TI-84 calculator. You selected from a list of keywords (as opposed to having to type them out), and the language being TI-BASIC meant variable names were usually just one letter.

Re: Replit Mobile App

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Post by paulryanrogers »

shepherdjerred wrote: post #141
johnfn wrote: post #138

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

Which organizations do you support whose worst action was intimidating and intern?

What bearing does that have here? We all make judgement calls on incomplete information. Doesn't mean we should overlook this situation when considering this app.

Re: Replit Mobile App

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Post by tomcam »

amasad wrote: post #23
neb_b wrote: post #18

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This is mostly aimed at people who don't have the luxury of coding from a computer. See this tweet from the CEO: https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1582754947480793093 > We partnered with @TeamMindjoy to test the app by teaching girls how to code in a South African township and we made a video about it. During this time the wifi was super unstable and the few laptops they had were unusable, but kids continued to code…

Yes we have stories from all over the world where people are using mobile to build real things. There is a kid in Egypt, for example, that built discord bots for a living on his phone. Additionally there are also lots of cases were fairly well off folks with access to desktop computers and wifi that find themselves with a phone and want to prototype an idea or make a quick change to a project. I’ve been using it and…

> I built large part of my toy Lisp in Python in the app while in the park

I’m pretty nerdy but you win by a wide margin

Re: Replit Mobile App

#158

Post by aufhebung »

I don't see why you would implement google docs like multi person editing. There's a reason basically every VCS has discrete commits and anybody who has ever coded anything knows why.

Re: Replit Mobile App

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Post by girvo »

rayhanadev wrote: post #150
johnfn wrote: post #138

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

Well the open source project did actually use similar Replit internals, I don't even work for Replit but with a lot of poking at their previous APIs and their own open source softwares I was able to figure that out. TBH that whole ordeal felt like a bar brawl between and employer and a fired employee, though. Neither handled the situation correctly and both were in the wrong.

> both were in the wrong

Alright, let's assume that's true for a moment, for sake of argument. One of the parties we're talking about has massively more power than the other, so I'm inclined to have higher standards for them than that of an intern.

Re: Replit Mobile App

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Post by girvo »

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #148
015a wrote: post #113

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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…

Replit isn't for building HA/mutli-tenant stateless, web applications with hot-hot failover, data redundancy, perfect docs and APIs 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.

> 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

For sure. I'm just personally not sure that's a billion-dollar company idea myself, which if you've taken $100 million+ of funding, it will need to be. Definitely willing to eat my words though if they pull it off: anything that gets more people into programming and understanding how the devices they use work is a good thing in my opinion (which is worth about as much as you just paid for it!)

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