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A vibe-coding tool for serious developers

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Re: A vibe-coding tool for serious developers

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Post by suobset »

Constructive criticism:

1. As other comments have already pointed out, the fact that you have AI plastered all over (including your demo video) does not bode well for the "real developers" claim. I would suggest doing some internal testing/surveys with real developers and get them in the demo instead. Best case, your product is a hit and people genuinely love it. Worst case, you learn about your own pitfalls.

The way this is priced and presented feels it's not a alpha/beta product. But, I need the confidence that it actually is not still in alpha/beta.

2. Why this and not Cursor/Claude/Zed? In fact, your slogan ("Code at the Speed of Thought") is a DIRECT rip-off from Zed (https://github.com/zed-industries/zed)

3. Why should I bother with the switching costs? When you mention "better understanding of your codebase", do you mean Cursor-style code indexing and context windows? Do you try anything new here?

Re: A vibe-coding tool for serious developers

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Post by alexflashdrive »

rvz wrote: post #15
ekidd wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Common patterns: Modeling mutual exclusion, consensus algorithms, message passing, etc. Practical examples: From simple counters to complex distributed systems I don't know how you composed this response. But it reads more like a laundry list of TLA+-related buzzwords than a response based on any kind of actual experience with TLA+. TLA+ is a weird and obscure niche, easily obscure enough to give most models very s…

exactly. I stopped reading mid-sentence after seeing a cacophony of buzzwords shoved into that AI generated reply. Very disappointed.

Well, I don't have any idea what's TLA+ is so I just asked the agent and that's it's response yep

Re: A vibe-coding tool for serious developers

#24

Post by alexflashdrive »

pjob wrote: post #16
alexflashdrive wrote: post #2

Hi, We made AppJet.ai for real developers, not just vibe-coders. AppJet helps you navigate your GitHub repository, including inside branches, fixes bugs and create new features. Let me know what you think! Alex.

FYI, the layout for the navigation component is broken on many smaller screen sizes. It's a small issue that I wouldn't mention normally, but it does undercut your messaging about the "future of software development" and "serious developers" when the first element on the page doesn't render properly.

Yeah, mobile devices are not easy since there is so much to display for the app to be usable.

Re: A vibe-coding tool for serious developers

#25

Post by alexflashdrive »

suobset wrote: post #18
alexflashdrive wrote: post #2

Hi, We made AppJet.ai for real developers, not just vibe-coders. AppJet helps you navigate your GitHub repository, including inside branches, fixes bugs and create new features. Let me know what you think! Alex.

Real developers like the AI woman on your demo video? Come on....

yeah man, we're an AI company, we're using AI! is that so shocking?

Re: A vibe-coding tool for serious developers

#26

Post by alexflashdrive »

khoury wrote: post #9
alexflashdrive wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AppJet is directly integrated with GitHub and has a better understanding of your codebase, with more full-stack functionalities. It also includes all the deployment of your code and a direct integration with Supabase that Claude or Jules doesn't have.

Isn't it limited to a context max token window? How can it handle the whole code base, not mentioning LOC or anything?

The agent itself is always limited by context inside a question but it also draw a map of your codebase and use it as additional data to better serve you.

Re: A vibe-coding tool for serious developers

#27

Post by alexflashdrive »

dizlexic wrote: post #8

Well damn, I'm not a serious developer. I guess I'm not included. edit: 2000 messages per month for $200 doesn't really seem worth it. edit edit: even less so when JetBrains lets you plug in self-hosted models. This business model is headed for a crash.

I meant in comparison to other frontend products that can't do anything about your back-end. $200 for 2000 messages may seems a lot but it includes every tool use (even if the agent uses 100K tokens editing your code it would count as a single message), web deployment with hosting and everything.

Feel free to try it, the free tier is here for that!

Re: A vibe-coding tool for serious developers

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Post by alexflashdrive »

suobset wrote: post #21

Constructive criticism: 1. As other comments have already pointed out, the fact that you have AI plastered all over (including your demo video) does not bode well for the "real developers" claim. I would suggest doing some internal testing/surveys with real developers and get them in the demo instead. Best case, your product is a hit and people genuinely love it. Worst case, you learn about your own pitfalls. The way…

Thanks, that's helpful. It's not in alpha/beta but definitely a new product with flaws and stuff we could have done better.

We actually tried to do a lot of stuff differently! it's 100% online, connected to Github, handle deployments and hosting and remain open to other platform with Docker.

Re: A vibe-coding tool for serious developers

#29

Post by polotics »

alexflashdrive wrote: post #25
suobset wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Real developers like the AI woman on your demo video? Come on....

yeah man, we're an AI company, we're using AI! is that so shocking?

Sorry I have to explain. By putting text that you wrote into AI generated video format, you are showing a lack of care for my time. if you have text just put the text there, a professional will be convinced by facts, Not by some artificially generated images of a lady suck puppet. hard pass.

Re: A vibe-coding tool for serious developers

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Post by steventruong »

suobset wrote: post #21

Constructive criticism: 1. As other comments have already pointed out, the fact that you have AI plastered all over (including your demo video) does not bode well for the "real developers" claim. I would suggest doing some internal testing/surveys with real developers and get them in the demo instead. Best case, your product is a hit and people genuinely love it. Worst case, you learn about your own pitfalls. The way…

Funny, reading that, made me think of Bill Gates' book, Business at the Speed of Thought: https://www.amazon.com/Business-Speed-Thought-Succeeding-Dig...
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