Building an app with AI is still hard

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I saw this tweet the other day. I think it’s true at the moment… although AI can probably get you 90% of the way there with a push.

It will be interesting to see how tools like Replit bridge the gap for people who don’t have a computer science or developer background - especially those from the creative world.

Prompt-to-add integrations are a great start. An Agent brainstorming mode would be a huge step. And more visual tooling to help people see the pieces of their app overall would be a game-changer.

What’s new with Replit

In the two weeks since I last published so much has shipped.

• You can select errors in the terminal and get Assitant to help.
• Run Shell commands in Assitant.
• Integrate with Slack using a single prompt.

• Share apps in development mode via QR code - good for testing on mobile.

• And it looks like easier PostgreSQL database management is in the works - because this is what I see in my Replit account.

Useful & interesting

Last week Replit started putting their Tech Talks series on YouTube. Here’s one where they talk about Agent.

Meanwhile, Matt Palmer has put out another Replit Agent’s beginners guide - this time building a cat image generator.

Build and deploy apps without code: getting started with Agent and Assistant.

Finally, Replit founder Amjad Masad sat for an interview with Semafor to talk about the development process behind Agent and Replit’s new strategy targeting the non-coders of the world.

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