John Dais

Building a multimodal app for busy working parents.

[John Dais @JFDais]

@Austen @matthewstoller This!!

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I've just experienced something I almost can't believe. I'm on @Replit's Pro 500 plan ($440/mo) and I go to merely move down a couple levels in spend, because I don't need as many credits in the near term (because I built up a nice bank of credits). So, I go in their app and there is no way to level down your spend (super easy to increase it). I email their help desk and they tell me I have to cancel my subscription in order to change it. I said no, you don't understand, I'm not leaving, I just want to reduce the extra credit packs and lower my plan. They confirm they won't do that. They said I have to cancel because their software won't allow it. Can you believe this? A software company that lets you build anything can't (more like doesn't want to) build a feature that allows you to level down, just as easy as they allow you to level up, your spend?

Oh, and by the way, if you cancel your subscription, then you lose (ie they keep the money) all the credits you paid for, they take the project offline and you no longer access to the agent. You're kicked to the curb. Unclear if they delete your project entirely (make sure you back it up on GH). Customer service basically said sorry, but nothing we're going to do about it.

Transitioning a single project from @boltdotnew in order to get the multiple agents of Replit, I don't think I was ever as psyched starting a new vibe coding app to be so quickly disappointed and let down. I want to believe the ceo @amasad doesn't know about this. Because it makes no sense why a company would have such a horrendous process for a customer who merely wants to right-size their spend (and most likely just temporarily).

I feel like I've been conned and taken advantage of. Their customer service can't even manually make this change for you, since they've decided not to allow the tool to do it. https://t.co/VV8OnzRGnA let me easily down-level my spend as easy as I could up-level it. This experience with Replit is like a kick to the groin.

This was a great learning lesson for me on how not to treat customers if you have a consumption-based business. And I'll be sure with the software I build to not make the mistake they're making.

Replit you get an F- for customer support and loyalty. This trickery might make you a few extra bucks, but at the expense of customers who will trust you'll do the right thing. You live and you learn.

@cursor_ai @Lovable - Do you allow your customers to down-level their spend as easy as up-level, or do you follow the Replit playbook of spend lock-in and kicked to the curb if you ever want to change?

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@tobi I wish our titans of industry would help build beautiful buildings, monuments and art works to last centuries. #artdeco

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@JustinShubow If we are going to spend public monies on infrastructure, then it damn sure better look like this!

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@nntaleb For people only or institutions/governments as well (who see people rotate in and out)?

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@SenWarren Yes, so you and the rest of the blood-sucking parasites in congress can spend us into national bankruptcy even faster. Brilliant idea.

Does it hurt to be that stupid, or did you just realize the only way you could become a millionaire was to spread envy?

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@nntaleb Mobile literary omnivore.

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@sowelleconomics @JMilei There should be no decision making capability without skin in the game. @nntaleb

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@_willcompton Best in the US!

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@brian_armstrong Iron sharpens iron?

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@nntaleb Do you manage your shelves via the Dewey decimal system, by chronological book acquisition date or by read/unread?

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Don’t be an npc in your own life.

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I want whatever this weather is!

[Du bon sens Bordel!🇫🇷 @bonsensbordel]

La présentatrice météo grecque n’en a rien à branler du réchauffement climatique ! 😂
J’adore et vous ? 🥰

#canicule

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@chamath But it still doesn’t solve the real problem.

Without that, it’s just another sound bite meant to placate people while allowing the world’s largest thief to continue to plunder us all (even the bottom 50%, albeit indirectly).

[John Dais @JFDais]

Ending the 5:00 PM "Hangry Kid vs. Stressed Parent" standoff. ✋

If your meal plan is just a collection of takeout menus and a prayer, I’m building Chefsync for you.

Less decision fatigue. More healthy meals.

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#Chefsync #Parenting #SendHelpAndTacos

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@hthieblot Dinner planning app for busy parents.

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@hthieblot I just thought I was insane. But I like “beast” better. It sounds cooler, less insane.

[Sowell Economics @sowelleconomics]

Ayn Rand: "Under a free system, no one could acquire a monopoly on anything. If you look at economics, and economic history, you will discover that all monopolies have been established with government help."

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

Woke mind virus destroys beauty, art, and everything you truly love and that is worth loving - all in the name of fake empathy