I'm completely disappointed in Floot. They made a change so you can't download your code unless you pay for a membership. I posted this and complained on their Discord with this message: "Why didn't you inform us about this change beforehand? Why do it this way and force us to? That's not honest or transparent. They're becoming more and more like Replit and Lovable. I shared their link, and at least 50 new people tried Floot, and 10 bought a membership. Tell me now: Did they earn more from this or from me, the only one, buying a monthly subscription? It's pure greed, as always; in the end, it consumes and destroys."
And what did they do? They banned me from their Discord. What a marketing strategy they have: I gave them many clients, promoted their brand, and when they no longer needed me, they threw me away like garbage.
The LLMs (external resources) cannot be used by users in Hong Kong. Can you add more LLMs like Qwen or charge for AI usages within your system?
Have used this since before the branding/name change. At first, I knew this was a platform that had much more potential than others. But I am still realizing to what degree that is true. Even the team, it seems, is running to catch up to the real potential they have laid the groundwork for - so stick around, this one is going to run far and wide. One thing to note to new users and those who have been around who might be reading this. No, there is no way to drop in something you're already working on in Floot from the interface and 'continue' (yet - team?) but there is a workaround. Go into settings after starting a project (top left dropdown) and turn on the file sync feature and you have some options I think may work though I have not personal tried.
- If you want to try starting with a repo, drop it into the folder that Floot is synced with and try having model integrate it.
- I was facing an issue with Floot reverting dependencies I had manually installed through the right sidebar - try adding them directly at the version needed the same as above.
- If you want to continue a Floot project from a certain point you have downloaded without affecting a main build, again, same as above but alerting the model to the fact the files you have added are an existing project using the Floot framework.
Some possibilities beyond this:
- It's only a matter of time until the VS Code extensions happen. Users will build (hopefully) things to bridge the gap for local development alongside Floot's interesting codebase structure.
But here's the thing. I do not code. I saw the proprietary nature of how Floot builds the codebase as a limitation and a lock-in at first. But this is actually (especially so due to the above mentioned factors) good for the builder. Not only can you build privately but you can build in a way that your project is structured not simply proprietary to the Floot platform, but in a way that what you are building is not going to be readily copied - verbatim - by another platform. Plain and simple and I think this is going to be a benefit that is easily and sadly overlooked by builders unless they understand this - especially those of you who CAN code. I cannot but I understand the philosophy of coding and I feel like thanks to models that can code for me I have become more a whiz at the engineering of a project's computation and calculation architecture. But I digress.
While, yes, and I assume for the moment, Floot does not have documentation available that I know of, when (and 'if', hopefully) it does drop, the possibilities will be ridiculous on and wide-open. But because of the amount of potential here I have a suggestion for the team:
Why not also allow builders, for example, such as myself, who will naturally be finding such interesting methods of using the platform, be able submit articles and documentation write-ups detailing use cases and/or workarounds, and things of this sort on Discord and the team review them for a supplemental community driven documentation to bolster the official documentation but also lighten some of the load for the team. Because I feel like there are only one or too few of you attempting to do all of this on your own and may be getting overwhelmed...
Other than that, platform is primed and ready to go. Buckle up. (By the way, I am the one in Discord who suggested the looong long list of possible platform names before the official update and shared some of my art as well. You should know who I am, in fact, I think I noticed today my support ticket including all of this is still open.
That reminds me. This platform is most likely the most cost efficient out there. Tokens go a long way for what you are actually getting. Not only that, given an effective prompt this thing will build for sometimes up to thirty minutes (though I don't know what is common anyways, because I don't really speak to many people) assigning task after task to itself and resolving each one accordingly beyond any context window limit I have so far encountered. And while yes, is no 'optimize prompt' feature, my workflow, even on other platforms usually does not rely on this - instead, I always prompt using Discuss Mode, every time. When the model has straightened out its understanding of what it is I am trying to convey and says to disable Discuss Mode, I then disable it and simply state: 'proceed'. I don't know, maybe this is common already, but I just see this as a better way of prompt optimization where the model will instruct itself, formulate its next prompt for itself in a project oriented manner.
There is something I am forgetting. But for now: have fun.
How this compare against Mocha which was featured on PH last week?
Smoopit
The AI-first framework is compelling. How do you handle edge cases where the AI generates unconventional but functional code that doesn't fit standard patterns? @yujian
Awesome tool - shipped already one project that I was not able to finish elsewhere. Keep up the grind!
> https://fundmomentum.floot.app/
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@schneidavie Thanks Michael! We're grinding 💪
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@schneidavie Thank you! That app looks super cool!
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@schneidavie Great tools don’t create great outcomes—great users do. Thank you for using Floot to create something great for founders who are looking for funding!
Early user of Floot here! It's the only one that does precision editing right, and gives you a production-ready app in a lot fewer turns. There's less messing about, and there's more variety to styling too. Looking forward to see where this goes.
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@li_kai Thanks Li Kai! Let us know if there's anything we can do better on :)
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@li_kai Thank you! Happy to support you with your ideas!
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@li_kai Tools open the door, but users are the ones who walk through it. Thank you for your support.🫡
Magic Sandbox
Congrats on the launch! I love the approach - handling auth, payments, and hosting is such a pain, especially for non-coders or even experienced coders who are new to web dev.
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@k_kelleher Thanks Kevin! The all-in-one approach is the way forward!
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@k_kelleher Thank you! It's the only sensible way if we think about the next generation of builders!
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@k_kelleher Thank you for your feedback.