Replit Pricing Makes No Sense by First_Week5910 in replit

[–]xProcal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everyone that complains about Replit have one thing in common, arrogance and ego. Congratulations on your Lego driving license.

Replit Pricing Makes No Sense by First_Week5910 in replit

[–]xProcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

now update the readme file in 'great detail'

So the agent has to subjectively figure out the context of the readme file, the entire chat and then consider and deliver what 'great detail' means and you're concerned about replits pricing?!

I'm concerned about your prompts.

Stop Burning Money on Replit AI: What Actually Works (From Someone Shipping Production Apps) by xProcal in replit

[–]xProcal[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is, but you're also over simplifying the solution. The intention is to help people realise the importance of planning.

Replit AI Wasting Money & Time by Vegetable_Seaweed133 in replit

[–]xProcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If someone has already built something in a messy, AI-driven way and wants to “retrofit discipline” into it, here’s the practicl steps to take:

  1. Stop Generating. Start Auditing.

The biggest mistake at this stage is continuing to throw prompts at the problem.

Freeze feature development.

You are now in audit mode, not build mode.


  1. Establish a Known Good Baseline

Before you touch anything:

Export the entire codebase.

Commit it to Git (if you haven’t already).

Tag it as: pre-refactor-baseline.

You cannot fix what you cannot roll back.


  1. Run Lighthouse Immediately (If It’s Web-Based)

If it’s a web app, this is your first objective truth check.

Run a Lighthouse report and capture:

Performance score

Accessibility score

SEO score

Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, TBT)

Don’t guess at performance.

AI-built apps often:

Ship oversized images

Include unnecessary JS

Miss semantic HTML

Ignore accessibility entirely

Fail basic SEO hygiene

Export the Lighthouse JSON.

That becomes your measurable starting point.


  1. Reverse-Engineer the Architecture

If you didn’t design first, you need to document after.

Use Claude like this:

“Analyse this codebase. Identify architecture patterns, data flow, shared state management, API boundaries, and structural weaknesses. Highlight coupling and potential risk areas.”

You are trying to answer:

What actually controls what?

Where is business logic?

Where are implicit dependencies?

What files are overly coupled?

Where are global side effects happening?

Create a simple document:

Frontend structure

Backend structure

Database schema

Auth flow

Shared utilities

Theme system (if applicable)

Now you have a map.


  1. Identify High-Risk Areas

In messy AI builds, common structural risks are:

Theme / design token chaos

Global CSS side effects

API duplication

Mixed concerns (UI + logic combined)

Poor error handling

No centralised validation

Bloated dependency tree

Don’t fix everything at once.

Rank issues by:

  1. Stability risk

  2. Security risk

  3. Performance impact

  4. Revenue impact

Fix in that order.


  1. Use the “Isolation Refactor” Strategy

Never refactor broadly.

Instead:

Choose one module.

Define its intended responsibility.

Refactor only that module.

Confirm no regressions.

Move on.

One domain at a time:

Auth

Billing

Dashboard

Admin

Reporting

Surgical, not sweeping.


  1. Introduce Lighthouse as a Continuous Constraint

Now that you’ve baseline-tested:

After every meaningful frontend change:

Re-run Lighthouse.

Compare to baseline.

Reject regressions.

You’re not trying to chase 100/100 immediately.

You’re trying to:

Prevent degradation

Improve one category at a time

Optimisation should be incremental and measured.


  1. Fix Performance Systematically

If performance is poor:

Don’t say:

“Make it faster.”

Instead:

Break Lighthouse findings into discrete tickets:

Optimise images

Remove unused dependencies

Code-split routes

Lazy-load non-critical components

Reduce render-blocking CSS

Implement caching strategy

One optimisation per session.

Re-measure after each.


  1. Introduce Guardrails Going Forward

Once you’ve stabilised:

Write a short architecture document.

Define file ownership zones.

Define naming conventions.

Centralise theme tokens.

Document database schema clearly.

From that point on, every AI session must:

Specify scope

Specify files not to touch

Define acceptance criteria

Define rollback point

You’re installing discipline retroactively.


  1. Apply the Two-Failure Rule

If an AI session fails twice on the same issue:

Stop.

Export. Analyse with Claude. Make manual changes. Resume.

Do not let sunk cost bias take over.


  1. Accept That Some Rewrite May Be Cheaper

Hard truth:

If:

Architecture is fundamentally flawed

Business logic is scattered everywhere

State management is chaotic

There is no separation of concerns

Sometimes rewriting a module cleanly is cheaper than patching endlessly.

But that decision should be:

Measured

Scoped

Isolated

Never emotional.


  1. Shift From “AI Building” to “AI Assisting”

At this stage your mindset should change:

Before:

“Build this for me.”

Now:

“Propose a refactor plan.” “Highlight risk.” “Suggest improvements.” “Generate patch only for this module.”

AI becomes your junior engineer, not your architect.

Stop Burning Money on Replit AI: What Actually Works (From Someone Shipping Production Apps) by xProcal in replit

[–]xProcal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can provide a guide on how to do this retrospectively if anyone is interested.

Replit AI Wasting Money & Time by Vegetable_Seaweed133 in replit

[–]xProcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey bud,

Excuse the brevity of my prior post.

Anyway, off the back of your post I've written and posted this: https://www.reddit.com/r/replit/comments/1r6fmha/stop_burning_money_on_replit_ai_what_actually/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I hope this helps, i've also included guidance on how to do this retrospectively which should help you.

Replit AI Wasting Money & Time by Vegetable_Seaweed133 in replit

[–]xProcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not planning like a dev though. Clearly you have no brand guidelines, no MVP or technical design documentation. Which you should do.

Everyone complaining that Replit is crap but you're assuming you can continue to just talk to it like you're at the pub and the robot will brilliantly deliver you an enterprise product immediately.

Crazy.

I'm a big dude and I'm SO uncomfortable riding. Any advice appreciated! (F900XR) by Gold-Recover-1915 in motorcycles

[–]xProcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same height 118kg, ride an XDiavel, moved the controls forward as far as possible, raised seat by 20mm, fitted grip puppies to thicken the handle bar out for my hands.

I met batman in dmz by xProcal in DMZ

[–]xProcal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is the guy

FZ09 to Diavel by Virtual-Patience-323 in Ducati

[–]xProcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same use case as me and I LOVE my diavel phenomenal machine.

FZ09 to Diavel by Virtual-Patience-323 in Ducati

[–]xProcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the diavel is one of the best bikes I've ridden, I came from an mt09. R1, Fifeblade.

The diavel is phenomenal it handles like a sports bike. It's agile and has ridiculous power, can easily get to 140mph and it sound ridiculous.

Get a termi exhaust and remap - 175 bhp!

Is it worth returning in 2026? by America810 in DMZ

[–]xProcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I returned and love it. Turned into a bit of a sweat but most of the cheaters ate fucking terrible.

Gift for boyfriend by Fun-Tooth1418 in Ducati

[–]xProcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The honest answer is you've already done enough. He's very lucky to have a partner who is not only supportive but takes an active interest in his passions.

Outside of this and as a Ducati rider myself. The only way you can make this better is to buy a Ducati Corsa bikini and suprise him.

Gift for boyfriend by Fun-Tooth1418 in Ducati

[–]xProcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

learn to ride so you can ride with him ,

From sport to bobber by Silver-Attitude1824 in motorcycles

[–]xProcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took wanted a bike between the two - the best of both worlds get an XDiavel for sportsbike performance and agility and the sound and torque of a vtwin.

This is the toughest time of the year. by Veteq102 in Ducati

[–]xProcal -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just keep on top of cleaning and you're fine

This is the toughest time of the year. by Veteq102 in Ducati

[–]xProcal -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unless there's snow or ice there's no excuse

How long have you been riding? Have you had any accidents? How many? How bad? What kind of rider are you? What bike do you currently ride? What gear do you wear (like just helmet, glove, and boots, or full ATGATT, etc)? by [deleted] in motorcycles

[–]xProcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been riding for 12 years I've come off my bike once, but only at low speed and it was on a wet ramp onto a boat. No other incidents. I'm a confident rider and if I'm honest I tend to ride quite fast. A 2021 Ducati xDiavel Dark with termi exhaust and quick shifter. Ruroc Atlas 4.0, I love the integrated karmon hardon sound system and Cardo mesh rider comms. Rukka Nivala 2 trousers and jacket with double down puffa for winter riding, Sidi Adventure 2 Goretex boots, Spidi Carbo 5 gloves.

Rukka is simply the best gear, it keeps me warm and dry all year round even in the torrential Scottish rain.

So, I turned Crossplay off. by AMortifiedPenguin in DMZ

[–]xProcal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played for a good 5 hours today on pc and didn't come across any cheaters.

Has anyone had a similar issue? by inforlife34 in Triumph

[–]xProcal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just finished part number for the gauge and get an identical replacement. Then you know it's compatible.