Comment by JoshTriplett
1 day ago
This is really sad. Replit used to be an interesting service, like a super-advanced version of language "playground" services, to make it easy to play with things and experiment. It seems like they've gone massively downhill.
They had tools to prevent this, but the tools were still in development
They have since unrolled prod/dev db split and dB snapshots And restored that user's db from backup ofc
My first acquaintance with Replit was the services they were building for teachers and schools to teach coding and support the high school level with making environments available and shareable. They had a great platform in place but they took the whole thing down as part of their pivot.
Yes, they pivoted hard from playground to AI codegen.
It was an interesting service, but I guess AI pays better.
> I guess AI pays better
I suspect the problem is that the previous model didn't pay at all. I've used it a lot to try out code snippets, but no one pays for that. It was one of those services that a product would outgrow well before you could imagine spending serious money on it.
It is a shame they didn't find traction with the learn to code without all the hassle angle they once had.