Vibe coding platform Replit's latest update is infuriating customers with surprise cost overruns (www.theregister.com)
from throws_lemy@reddthat.com to tech@programming.dev on 18 Sep 03:03
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AI coding service Replit is in trouble again as users are protesting steep cost increases and some glitches when employing the newest version of its service.

You may remember Replit for deleting one of its customers’ production databases and making up data.

The company promised to move on from that mess, and on September 10 launched Agent 3, a coding helper that it says offers developers an easier way to build and test apps.

Feedback on the new service, which Replit billed as “our most advanced and autonomous Agent yet” and “3x faster and 10x more cost-effective than Computer Use models”, has been mixed, with the main complaint being that certain tasks take longer, and involve more checkpoints, so therefore cost surprisingly more.

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electric@lemmy.world on 18 Sep 04:34 next collapse

Yikes. I miss when Replit wasn’t prioritizing shoving AI features to customers.

YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth on 18 Sep 05:28 collapse

For real - before all this vibe coding nonsense it was actually a really good web IDE. I used to use it regularly back when my school forced me to use a Chromebook and it was great.

Came back to it the other day and they had locked all my projects behind a paywall and the entire IDE had been replaced by a chatbot. I couldn't delete my account fast enough.

electric@lemmy.world on 18 Sep 06:15 collapse

Same. Started using it two years ago when it was recommended by a programming professor and my only device was a shitty craptop that could barely start VScode. Was all I wanted from a simple IDE, and on top of that managed libraries and build tools automatically so all I had to do was code.

Used it again a couple of months ago when I needed to use an IDE but the class PCs didn’t have one installed yet. All I have available is my generic Java playground I made, rest of my projects locked…

I didn’t mind the AI auto complete or the chat section, but I could tell already it was shitting the bed. Such a shame.

sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 18 Sep 08:30 collapse

Introduce ‘very useful and helpful’ thing at low cost, subscription pricing model.

Wait for dependency to set in.

???

Jack up prices. (Profit)

…Duh?

Did anyone not see this coming?

This is literally the most basic tech/corpo business strategy.

Have none of you vibe coders ever studied the history of the business of software developmemt?

Did you think primarily B2B services were… immune to enshittification?

jaykrown@lemmy.world on 18 Sep 09:59 collapse

This is the enshittifcation in rapid form. Thankfully there are alternatives, and cheaper models are becoming more powerful.

sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 18 Sep 10:08 collapse

Or you could actually learn how to code instead of finding a new umbillical cord to attach yourself to?

Bare minimum, run one locally, so you actually control it?

jaykrown@lemmy.world on 18 Sep 10:25 collapse

Yea just learn to code, anyone can do it.

sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 18 Sep 11:19 collapse

Exactly, that’s the spirit!

Or, hire someone who can, if you can’t.

I believe the current meta in the software dev resume titles is ‘expert vibe code repair/cleanup’ or something like that.

I worked for MSFT and other companies, for years, doing data analysis and a lot of programming… and I am a self taught programmer, my degrees are more related to data analytics, I literally did just teach myself how to code.

If the actual problem is that HR has no fucking clue how to determine how to hire someone who actually knows how to code, can learn other languages on the job… or maybe execs… don’t wanna pay for that…

Then that is the actual problem.