AI coding service Replit is in trouble again as users are protesting steep cost increases and some glitches when employing the newest version of its service.
You may remember Replit for deleting one of its customers’ production databases and making up data.
The company promised to move on from that mess, and on September 10 launched Agent 3, a coding helper that it says offers developers an easier way to build and test apps.
Feedback on the new service, which Replit billed as “our most advanced and autonomous Agent yet” and “3x faster and 10x more cost-effective than Computer Use models”, has been mixed, with the main complaint being that certain tasks take longer, and involve more checkpoints, so therefore cost surprisingly more.
I only know two vibe coders, but can confirm that they don’t know the history of the business of software development.