I will never use Replit again

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[ Side Bar → Developer Frameworks ] ← now it’s been hided, just only can goto on url: Developer Frameworks - Replit

and u will can see this:

Developer Frameworks is being removed soon. You can start with any idea or language by prompting our agent in a new app. Learn more

Oh god. fk.

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Yeah, it’s deeply frustrating how Replit treats users who just want a coding environment in a certain language. I’ve tried the following which seems to produce something akin to using a Developer Framework:

  • Choose Import code or design (upper left)
  • Then choose Empty and create an empty repl
  • In the repl go to the tab Tools & files
  • And under Advanced :roll_eyes: select Developer
  • Under Dependencies choose System
  • And go to Add module … here you can select languages etc.
  • Afterwards you can go back one step (System) and can add dependencies (Nix stuff) under System Dependencies

Never, ever ask the so-called “Agent” to do something extremely simple like:

Set up a simple Rust REPL environment for writing and running code

I’ve tried 2 variants, both super plain vanilla stuff, just to check if this is a viable option. It absolutely isn’t! It cost me roughly 1.5$ of my “credits”, which is ridiculous, and produced a total mess, mostly stuff I’ve never mentioned - see the screenshot.

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  • …
  • And under Advanced :roll_eyes: select Developer
  • Under Dependencies choose System
  • And go to Add module … here you can select languages etc.
  • Afterwards you can go back one step (System) and can add dependencies (Nix stuff) under System Dependencies

… and that seems to be gone now. :woozy_face: Totally bonkers. I think that’s enough for me.

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guys, just go use VSCode with a Claude / Codex subscription, it makes more sense than using this if thats what you want to do, just deploy to railway or digitalocean. Replit is pivoting to a beginner friendly platform and full agentic development for power users, they are basically embracing what coding is becoming; its agent managment and review. I saw the writing on the wall too, I just use Codex / Claude now on an IDE and deploy with my own hardware, I didn’t want decisions being made for me but my requirements are different, your workflows might not work with them but other peoples work fine with their agents and pricing models we have choices try other systems out and see what works- there is no one size fits all.