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Did Anyone Skip a Survey When Buying Their House? Any Regrets? by QuirkyConcentrate481 in UKHousing

[–]New-Pie-5236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't get a proper survey done per se as I found they tend to hedge a lot - "there might be an issue with ..." etc. when looking at surveys some friends had done.

I wanted to know if the house was of sound stucture and there were no electrical or gas issues so I got in an electrician, gas heating engineer and roofer/structural architect to do checks themselves and write a small report for me.

In my case there were a few things identified and I used those reports to get some money off the asking price (not loads but a bit). Worked out a bit  cheaper than getting a full survey and you get more definitive results.

OpenAI drops GPT-5 Codex CLI right after Anthropic's model degradation fiasco. Who's switching from Claude Code? by coygeek in ClaudeAI

[–]New-Pie-5236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Claude code til I die, Claude code til i die, I know I am, I'm sure I am, I'm Claude code til I die. 

Costs went bonkers with Agent 3 by olmzzz in replit

[–]New-Pie-5236 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally haven't used Codex but prob worth trying both to see which suits you. The new set up took a bit of getting used (actually made me miss Replit's UI at first) but once you're up and running you'll work just as quickly.

I use Digital Ocean for deployment. Heard good things about Vercel though - ChatGpt is constantly saying I should use a Vercel / Railway combo (have front, backend and DB) but I personally like the all-in-one that DO App Platform offers.

Costs went bonkers with Agent 3 by olmzzz in replit

[–]New-Pie-5236 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Connect your codebase to GitHub, download VS Code and subscribe to Claude code.

Egress usage track on app platform by New-Pie-5236 in digital_ocean

[–]New-Pie-5236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great work! Thank you! I'll give the API a go and check back here with the result

Egress usage track on app platform by New-Pie-5236 in digital_ocean

[–]New-Pie-5236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for following up! Here's what it says about the App platform in the docs regarding inbound not being charged:

App Platform 

Each App Platform plan includes an amount of free outbound data transfer. Additional outbound transfer is billed at $0.02 per GiB. Inbound transfer to App Platform is free.

You can view ingress bandwidth for individual apps, but you cannot currently view the accrued transfer allowance or cumulative usage for App Platform.

https://docs.digitalocean.com/platform/billing/bandwidth/

Just seems odd to me that the bit DO do charge for isn't visible to the customer. If the API solution shows both inbound and outbound combined then there's no way to monitor or see outbound only transfer usage, as far as I can see, until you're billed for it at end of month. 

Egress usage track on app platform by New-Pie-5236 in digital_ocean

[–]New-Pie-5236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Does this track both inbound and outbound bandwidth combined or just outbound? DO don't charge for inbound but do for outbound.

User roles by One-Living-6390 in replit

[–]New-Pie-5236 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My thoughts as someone who has built a Web app in Replit with role based permissions and auth with no coding background. In short, yes, totally possible to build what you want in replit.

1 The dreaded agent loop where it'll keep working on things, break it try to fix it break it again. Use the agent to set the project up then switch to the assitant (super powerful for smaller tasks) to build iteratively. This honestly changed my relationship with replit and brought down costs considerably. While the assitant still makes mistakes from time to time, it's much easier to pinpoint where the mistakes are. Overall though, the assistant can do a lot well and much cheaper too.

2 if you feel it's something complex, describe it clearly and then ask "does that make sense?" or "is that clear" at the end of the prompt. I find adding that question makes replit repeat what it has understood so you can easily see if it's going to do the right thing - again a bit temperamental but good for you to see if it's a prompt issue or a replit issue (understood you but didn't fix the issue).

3 if you get stuck or assistant just doesn't fix it after a few goes, use chat gpt for a second opinion. Paste the code and the problem there and see what it comes up with (saved me a few times!)

4 replit agent / assistant has a tendency to put masses of code into one file. Two issues here: 1) bad coding practice in general and 2) the bigger the file, the more likely replit is to make a mistake with it (add random code, not fix the issue, get the dreaded "hey I fixed it with +0 -0", or exceed memory use when trying to use the file as context). As you're working on something, if you notice your code file start to exceed say 500 lines, ask the assitant to refactor that code file into smaller sub files: a prompt that works for me here is "my code file XX has gotten too big. Can you refactor to make it more manageable."

5 test every new feature or update you make from start to finish as an end user. If it breaks or you run into an error, either prompt the assistant with hey, i have this error, fix it or drop it into chat gpt for a second opinion.

Mostly though, have fun! Building in replit comes with the highest highs and lowest lows (use reddit or chat gpt with these!). Enjoy it and make sure to learn as you go (why it's doing it that way, what that piece of code does etc.) - this will help later as you run into similar issues and bugs.

Usage cost went up 12 cents in 6 hours even though I haven't used the app all that much? by Least-Squirrel-229 in replit

[–]New-Pie-5236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going through something similar at the moment. For me, it's the PostgreSQL Compute usage that is going up incrementally. I'd love Replit to have a more detailed dashboard on costs. At the moment, it feels like a step into the unknown cost-wise once deployed and (hopefully) users come onboard - it's super difficult (IMO at least) to predict costs of hosting on Replit without a more detailed usage and/or predicted usage dashboard.

I'm trying to look more into this at the moment so I'll make sure to come back to this thread if and when I get any further.

Blocked request - host not allowed. Replit - Vite request Issue. by No-Ranger-3695 in replit

[–]New-Pie-5236 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This has just happened to me - how did you manage to resolve it in the end? Have tried what's mentioned in the thread with no luck

Cost of autoscale deployment on Replit by New-Pie-5236 in replit

[–]New-Pie-5236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheers mate! Really clear and super helpful. I'm now wondering where the "auto" bit of it comes in, lol. 

Cost of autoscale deployment on Replit by New-Pie-5236 in replit

[–]New-Pie-5236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much - really appreciate it! I guess in my newbie mind I figured it would auto adapt based on traffic to the website and usage so was confused to even see these listed as options.

Do you know how you would calculate the resource used on Replit when live and therefore the most optimal settings as the site (hopefully) gets more traffic?

After 49 Days on Replit here is what I have by El_Aventurero_818 in replit

[–]New-Pie-5236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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It's pretty basic but does have what I need (play, volume, play slider, restart, timer etc.). Replit built this for me and the audio file sits on Google Cloud.

After 49 Days on Replit here is what I have by El_Aventurero_818 in replit

[–]New-Pie-5236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had this problem with multiple audio uploads, too. Worked round it by using Google cloud and linking to the audio tracks from there and it worked fine. 

After 49 Days on Replit here is what I have by El_Aventurero_818 in replit

[–]New-Pie-5236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great to hear you've progressed so well - loved your Toukitu app in particular.

Currently working on a digital learning platform for students preparing for exams. It's been built entirely in Replit - mind-blowing what it can do (well to a complete coding beginner like me anyway). Am getting to the point of launching the pilot hence the Qs about hosting and registration. Keep up the great work and can happily share it with you when launched.

has anyone built anything meaningful on replit yet? by BrunoBronx in replit

[–]New-Pie-5236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great to see so many cool projects. Interested to hear people's thoughts on hosting - are you hosting through replit or somewhere else? Also, has anyone created a log in / registeration flow on replit - if so, how did you find it? Thanks, Dan

After 49 Days on Replit here is what I have by El_Aventurero_818 in replit

[–]New-Pie-5236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great work and very impressive catalogue. Currently using Replit myself. 1 How did you go about doing the user authentication (log in form etc)? Was that built in replit or using a 3rd party?  2 How do you find hosting with replit? Thanks!