The Kathleen Building

Learning AI in public.
Building experiments.
Sharing what works.
Learn. Build. Share.

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

@ChrisMakeSense @Replit @clerk are you shocked? lol does it usually NoT work?

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

serve these up to your Agent on @Replit and see if they fit your build. They may also work on non-replit builds, but test your specific platform before using.

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

Now that I have a skill to make my react site visible to crawling eyes... I need to go back to several other sites and apply the fix.
Check out the updated skills here: https://t.co/msI9RhKddZ

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

react-vite-markdown-blog — same thing for the file-based markdown blog: one folder per post, frontmatter, draft flag, no CMS.

Both are plain markdown — right-click and "Save link as" to download. To use one in your own Replit project, save the file to .agents/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md and the agent will pick it up the next time you ask it for that kind of work. Or just open the file and follow the steps by hand — it reads like a recipe.

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

Solutions for both are shared in skills available on the blogpost

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

I applied for something online and the evaluator said my website was blank. Not broken — blank. Like it didn't exist. My React site was invisible to AI assistants, search engines, and link previews. So my @Replit agent and I fixed it.
Here's the fix: https://t.co/tKMd2dzrY0

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

Then I hit Publish and it broke. Four times. In four different ways. The last one was the meanest - looked perfect in my browser, completely invisible to every crawler and AI assistant.
My @Replit agent wrote the code. I decided when to stop chasing the wrong fix. Building with AI is a team sport.
The saga: https://t.co/IKtHVmEm15

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

@raymmar Well! We'll be neighbors!! sort of... only 7 hours away! (2 by air!)

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

@ChrisMakeSense @Replit Beautiful place

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

https://t.co/Tctgim5qJk
Found out about it this morning.
submitted it by deadline tonight.
I can do that because I know my product - https://t.co/uNqqNhZqvf
cross your fingers!

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

@YaBoyRoshi good! don't do Michael like that!! go away

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

@Spotify how do i contact support about my audiobooks+ on my account

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

@ChrisMakeSense @Replit *all

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

Invoices and billings trigger investigation...
Beware... The Supabase billing sneaks up on you. It's a really tricky pricing structure. They're essentially penalizing you for being on the Pro plan by forcing a Micro floor on every project, even when the actual usage is Nano-level. So you're paying $7.35 × 3 projects = $22.05 in compute on top of the $25 base, for apps that barely need any resources.
That's $43/month for what amounts to a few low-traffic side projects.
now comparing the cost of database at @Replit vs @supabase or something similar.

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

@ChrisMakeSense My only reason for not using @Replit for everything is that it's ask tied together. I do a lot of experimental building. That sometimes uses a lot of credits and I often run out. Then EVERYTHING goes down. Replit can get pricey.

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

Surprise! DUNS number came in already! No 30-day wait... for the number. Now have switched from personal to org account. NOW waiting on Google again to register the change so I can finally upload my app.

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

It's a good thing I have a whole bunch of ideas to fall back on while I'm running the Play Store gauntlet!

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

Thanks to a helpful Discord buddy I found out that if I register as an organization I can skip the 12 testers. So down that rabbit hole I went!
I needed to ✔️build a website, then ✔️get it on google search console, then ✔️apply for the DUNS number ⏳30-day wait, then I can⏳verify payment profile, then I can⏳switch Google Play Console type, THEN maybe i can launch. Let's see what happens first... DUNS number or 12 testers + 14 days of usage.
What a wild ride!!

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

@JohnnyNel_ @Replit Right... my first goal is to get it out there. I can work on getting feedback when there is something to feedback on

[The Kathleen Building @KathleenBuild]

I need email addresses! Please help!
I'm trying to publish an app in the Play Store that I created on @Replit . Google requires at least 12 email addresses of potential testers on Android who will download and test the app. Please help a girl out by testing. Send me your email address. no spam I promise!