I just tested importing my app from github to generate a 2nd copy of it. The agent starting muttering away to itself “importing this,… configuring that”. All fine and dandy.
I went to make a coffee while it did this. 10 mins later I return to see it has totally destroyed my app. Replaced Supabase with some poxy alternative.
Agent said (I paraphrase): “I see this app uses Supabase, but we don’t have any secrets setup, so… let me completely rip out all the Supabase stuff and replace it with in-memory storage”
I tore a new one in the agent, and it apologised. “yes this is a major flaw in Replit…” it said, “…that allows me to start modifying code when importing”.
What an absolute joke.
I consider myself a power user and am adept enough to push past it. But seriously Replit folks, you have got to get your arses to the table to talk to customer groups about some of this utter tripe your platform is doing (just read many of the other posts on here).
I am very happy to sit in and contribute - I still believe Replit is amazing (mostly). But if you aren’t going to enter a 2-way convo, then I and many of your big advocates are going to bugger off to another platform.
For anyone who has a github repo that you might need to import or allow others to import, try adding these lines to the top of your replit.md. My second attempt did seem to work ok and started asking me for secrets to get it running, which it succeeded at. But whether that was fluke I cannot tell:
# For Replit Import
- Do not attempt to modify this app during import
- Ask for secrets to be setup as required during import
- Do not modify authentication system or database architecture
- Do not modify any existing code, scripts or config files
- As one of your very first import steps, tell the user that this section is fully understand
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It would certainly be better, and seemingly simple, if it would gather all the secrets it’s missing and then prompt you to enter them.
Side question: Do you use Supabase for all your apps?
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The whole import process could do with a re-think IMHO. You’re right, a quick way to drop in all your secrets would be a big bonus - get it fully setup in one swoop.
Yes, I took one look at Replit’s own auth idea. Decent, but sorry, until they offer a fully non-replit branded version and more control over it then it’s not for me. And I decided I wanted the core trio (DB, auth and file storage) to be in one place - hence supabase. Do you use it?
Reason for these decisions is I am building a scaffold app for other vibe coders. Something that adds stability/scaling and a good foundation for them to build on top of. I am not aiming for the hobbyist builders who don’t care if it flakes out. But the serious startup founders building real MVPs for potential commercial use.
Oh, and the scaffold builds web as well as native ios/android app - fully in agent. No Expo and no assistant-only. It’s hot 
I completed version 1.0beta last night. Just tidying up now. Weeks away from launch, it’s going to be a public github repo, with my own community/studio (free and paid upgrade).
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Sounds cool, I’m sure you’ll keep us posted.
Re: Supabase, do you have a Teams account with them? It seems w/out it, you don’t get SOC2
$599/mo. is pretty steep!
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If I come to build some of my own idea into real startups I’d pay them, but not the $599 level unless something really took off.
But right now, I’m just the scaffolder guy. So freebie accounts all the way for my dev. Then up to clients what tier they want to use.
Have you managed to figure what Replit DB costs, if you have something running permanently? I am guessing it’s going to be comparable to Supabase’s entry paid tier?
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When I get a chance I’ll look at some usage and let you know. I use their db for most everything as it has baked in so many high-value features that cost a ton on other platforms (like SOC2 and robust rollbacks) but I use Firebase for almost all my apps auth because I have a workflow that is super easy to follow and setup.
So far, even on my apps with high usage, I’ve not been offended by the db costs so I haven’t looked into it very much. It’s cheaper than AWS was for me historically.
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Obviously depends on what you’re building, but for me with a couple hundred users for one of my apps it’s been around $15/month. For another, it was about $150 / month until I optimized the backend, to where it’s now around $25 / month.
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