How do you feel, competing with Phoenix.new ( Chris) ?
Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix
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Re: Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix
#52I would love to have a React Copilot that has access to the console, network logs, the actual html elements, computed styling etc. + my code. This would be such a game-changer. I am also convinced that monorepos will become the de facto standard, since it is way easier for LLMs to navigate / implement features across the whole stack.
Looks like you're in luck - in comment #16, Jose Valim mentioned they're currently working on React integration as their next priority.
Re: Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix
#53As someone who builds AI products and having used agentic coding tools since they came out (often with Rails projects), I don't get this. There was a similar project called Rails MCP Server which said: > "This Rails MCP Server implements the MCP specification to give AI models access to Rails projects for code analysis, exploration, and assistance." And again I don't get the value. I can see some slight benefits to h…
On top of what Jose Valim said:
I ran this yesterday. Since it's running inside your app and has access to everything your app does, here's what it did for me:
I have an app that processes images and displays certain info on them. The images are processed asynchronously.
I needed a pubsub when info was inserted into the DB to be sent out, and info on the page to appear immediately.
Since Tidewave is running inside the app, it did the following:
- opened the info page
- triggered dummy data insert into the DB
Edit: I mean it inserted data using the exposed module functions that would trigger the pubsub [1], it did not add data to DB directly
- monitored both the app logs and the page to see what's happening
- made several iterations adding pubsub, subscribing to it, and fixing page display
I didn't need to make screenshots because Tidewave was looking at the page already.
I didn't need to paste screenshots anywhere and rely on that model's OCR to figure out what's going on.
I didn't have to copy-paste logs.
and so on
Re: Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
As you said, the best would be for you to give it a try and see the benefits in practice (if any). Beyond that, I can add to two points you brought up: First, Playwright MCP is really not enough. For example, imagine you are building a project management software and you are working on a feature for transferring tasks between projects. Testing this feature requires at least a user who is admin and at least two projec…
Does it include support for Ash framework?
It just worked for me.
You may want to point it to an Agents.md with usage rules synced: https://hexdocs.pm/usage_rules/readme.html
Re: Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix
#55Hi folks! Great to see our work on the front page, and I'm happy to answer questions. Regarding next steps, we're currently working on React integration, with Python and JavaScript server-side web frameworks coming next. If you're interested, here's our survey/waiting list: https://forms.gle/8MeXwGjpBFDeGNQw9
Thanks for this Jose, it looks great.
I only have one question and it's not a very important one; the name.
Why is it "tidewave" and not "tidalwave"? That just sounds wrong. (Told you it wasn't important :D )
EDIT: I think I might have answered my own question, there's another AI mortgage payment tool already called Tidalwave. I guess this saves confusion.
Re: Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix
#56It would be great to have ability to customize it for other frameworks and languages in the client/server way and headless if possible. Then it can be a part of bigger platforms.
Re: Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix
#57How do you feel, competing with Phoenix.new ( Chris) ?
This tool is for working with established codebases and phoenix.new is more about bootstrapping (for now), so they are not overlapping at all imo.
Re: Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix
#58I have been using Tidewave since it released, and use it for a relatively complex Phoenix app (https://github.com/TomBers/dialectic).
The ability to have access to the context of the code, run tests and edit the code in place, are capabilities I could not even dream about when I started coding.
How Jose manages to see the potential of a technology (Erlang, LLM's) and produce something so elegant and useful is amazing. It has certainly changed my life.
Re: Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix
#59Hi folks! Great to see our work on the front page, and I'm happy to answer questions. Regarding next steps, we're currently working on React integration, with Python and JavaScript server-side web frameworks coming next. If you're interested, here's our survey/waiting list: https://forms.gle/8MeXwGjpBFDeGNQw9
Thanks for this Jose, it looks great. I only have one question and it's not a very important one; the name. Why is it "tidewave" and not "tidalwave"? That just sounds wrong. (Told you it wasn't important :D ) EDIT: I think I might have answered my own question, there's another AI mortgage payment tool already called Tidalwave. I guess this saves confusion.
It was honestly a mistake from my side, as I am not a native speaker! But I was told to stick with it, since it has a gentler and unique meaning.
Re: Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for this Jose, it looks great. I only have one question and it's not a very important one; the name. Why is it "tidewave" and not "tidalwave"? That just sounds wrong. (Told you it wasn't important :D ) EDIT: I think I might have answered my own question, there's another AI mortgage payment tool already called Tidalwave. I guess this saves confusion.
It was honestly a mistake from my side, as I am not a native speaker! But I was told to stick with it, since it has a gentler and unique meaning.
No worries. I think it's what I'd call a "happy accident", I think it will work well. It actually makes searching online for it easier.