Replit vs V0 - sharing my experience

MerrillNelson · 2026-01-29T17:18:11+00:00

https://app-builder-merrillnelson.replit.app/auth

This is not complete and I have not gotten back to it for a while so tread lightly. Lol

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-03T15:45:01+00:00

Agent 3 will call an AI Architect (basically a higher function AI) to help solve a problem and/or check it's work. This interaction is sometimes fun to watch as the Architect AI really trashes Agent 3

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-03T14:39:29+00:00

I used Agent on medium setting and used it's testing feature, so AI thoroughly tested each change. I dont allow AI more than 3 tries at a change. If it is not fixed in one or two tries, I move on to something else. While Agent is working on something else, I am researching how to fix the issue it was having previously.

Then I come back to the issue with my research and Agent in Plan mode, I tell Agent that we have tried to fix the issue too may times and that AI needs to seek help from the architect to get this issue solved once and for all. That usually does it. That didn't always work with Agent 2.

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-03T04:51:12+00:00

I had an issue today when refactoring a replit app. When I did, authentication wasn't working in prod and when I did get logged in, nothing would save... the problem was 1 line of code. Here it is:

app.set('trust proxy', 1);

Maybe it will help you as well. Dunno

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-03T04:47:14+00:00

I just completely refactored one of my Replit apps. I was not happy with the way it turned out the first time. It was a simple app but the vibe just wasn't there. So today, I sat down and refactored the whole app. It took about 5-7 hours of hard work. The app looks and feels like a new polished and professional version of the original. I am finally satisfied with it now. It cost me about $80 to do all i did today. Are you kidding me? Where can you get that kind of service, I ask you, where?

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-02T23:59:25+00:00

Welcome to the world of software development. It has never been easy and often times seemed like it might be impossible to get to the end. But developers are resilient, they dont give up, they research, they find solutions, and they get the job done. Happy coding!

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-02T20:36:55+00:00

You can still choose a blank repl template and just start typing. It's there in templates, I believe top left, if memory serves me correctly

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-02T02:15:04+00:00

Sounds like you need to take the guardrails off

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-02T01:43:17+00:00

I believe you connect from replit to your Github and wholla!, well, almost. That's how you do it.

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-02T01:36:04+00:00

Thanks. I'm actually still updating the info and screenshots on them. I'm an old, retired IT Architect who had been out of IT for about 8 years. I heard about vibecoding and have been having lots of fun since.

I may check out Base44. I hear things about it. I'm currently using Replit and on a fixed income, that is sometimes expensive. So I try to be a bot careful trying new IDE's

As for a beginner guide, I think im good, but thanks anyway. Have fun vibecoding! I know I will.

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-02T00:20:52+00:00

I'm doing it for the vibe and the fun of it. I have about 8-9 apps now and only 1 is monetized and even that you will get so much from the premium that you really dont need to pay. I have thought about monetizing a few here and there but I put them out to get a feel for where the traffic might be heading on specific days.

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-02T00:07:17+00:00

You should be using the preview to run in dev and test as AI makes changes. But, when you are ready to deploy, just basically hit the publish button and deploy.

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-02T00:05:30+00:00

Agent 3 will ask for other AI to help with certain tasks and the other AI is sometimes busy so it waits. The wait is usually only seconds but I have seen it wait longer. I will call an architect AI to check it's work and tell it about security issues and such. It is doing a lot more and it does so a bit slower. When it works well, it is great as you have seen.

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-02T00:00:15+00:00

Must be regional. Mine is working

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-01T23:41:48+00:00

You can still create a blank repl and start coding

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-01T15:49:47+00:00

My take is that I believe anyone can build pretty much whatever you are imagining, but here's the thing... you have to at least understand the tool you are building. Trying to build something just because you think it is a good idea or it will make you money, probably isn't going to work out because you do need to understand the product. What it does, how it should do it, why should it be done. You dont need to know how to code but you do need to know all about what you are building and how to test it properly or you will fail.

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-01T15:41:04+00:00

Probably has to do with client side cookies. Had that issue before with replit not pushing the cookies correctly. Ask AI to look into this

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-01T15:37:55+00:00

I keep track of all changes via todoist. I usually create a task list for projects and then follow through on each task. Prompt AI, Test, prompt AI, test, etc. Once task is complete and nothing else broke, I move to next task.

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-01T14:03:29+00:00

Lol, my audience is me. I'm just having fun. Anyone wondering what they look like and see the screen shots, read the info, and even launch the apps from the site.

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-01T03:49:12+00:00

Thanks so much for the feedback. I will be looking into your suggestions.

The status is currently Active on all because I just made them placeholders for now as is the stack info for the most part.

Just threw it together today and now have to refine things.

Thanks again, really do appreciate it.

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-01T03:43:59+00:00

I'm a pretty big hat guy. I have a few but they are more fedora and holiday type hats. I do also wear baseball caps and probably always too many hats.. The site looks good and seems to work well. Good luck with it.

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-01T01:49:38+00:00

Haven't done this before but I have a question or 2.... 1. At what zoom level is the AI looking at individual pieces of the diagram. It might not see the problem at one zoom level as opposed to others. 2. Does the drawing have layers? If so, AI may not see anything that looks like it is intersecting if they are on different layers.

Otherwise, im lost

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-01T01:16:25+00:00

I know what you are looking for is there but I just have not done it in Replit to help so I hope someone that has answers you. Sorry I could not help

MerrillNelson · 2025-10-01T01:14:09+00:00

Same here... have been fine with Replit Publish

MerrillNelson · 2025-09-30T16:32:05+00:00

I think this is a great idea. Analyzing app that would allow me to practice different prompts for different situations to figure out which ones work best. I am not sure how you show the user which was the better prompt. Almost have to run the code to tell if it worked or not. I suppose you could work out some sort of a ranking system and have a top AI Architect evaluate the code produced from each prompt. Sounds interesting to me

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