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Repl.it has really gone off the deep end. Ages ago, it was a nice quick site to quickly get in, test out some code, and get out. Now when I visit, it's just a b

Repl.it has really gone off the deep end. Ages ago, it was a nice quick site to quickly get in, test out some code, and get out. Now when I visit, it's just a big marketing splash page and a bunch of links. I don't even know how to open a basic Python REPL. Also the CEO (Amjad Masad) bullied and threatened a college student working on open-source to shut down their project, and then continued to deny any wrongdoing on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195

MuffinFlavored 3y ago
> Also the CEO (Amjad Masad) bullied and threatened a college student working on open-source to shut down their project Rewriting it: > Also the CEO (Amjad Masad) bullied and threatened a college student (who had interned at repl.it previously and was familiar enough to be e-mailing the CEO back and forth) working on open-source (an open-source product very similar to repl.it) to shut down their project
- eb2 3y ago
  Saying his project is very similar to tell.it is like saying hackernews is very similar to Facebook because they both have text boxes and a reply button.
  - MuffinFlavored 3y ago
    tell.it? I thought the CEO told him to take down "Riju: fast online playground for every programming language" https://intuitiveexplanations.com/tech/replit/#what-was-my-open-source-project https://intuitiveexplanations.com/tech/replit/#what-was-my-o...
    - toastercat 3y ago
      It looks like an auto-correct typo (I believe they meant "repl.it")
- toastercat 3y ago
  I'm not sure what your point is. Are you peeved because I left out some details? You can read the thread I linked. Riju.codes is no more similar to Repl.it than any of the other hundreds of online multi-language REPLs. The argument that the Masad made (that Radon copied internal secrets from repl.it) were unfounded, and the numerous attempts from Radon to ask for clarification yielded silence from Masad.

MuffinFlavored 3y ago

> Also the CEO (Amjad Masad) bullied and threatened a college student working on open-source to shut down their project Rewriting it: > Also the CEO (Amjad Masad) bullied and threatened a college student (who had interned at repl.it previously and was familiar enough to be e-mailing the CEO back and forth) working on open-source (an open-source product very similar to repl.it) to shut down their project

eb2 3y ago
Saying his project is very similar to tell.it is like saying hackernews is very similar to Facebook because they both have text boxes and a reply button.
- MuffinFlavored 3y ago
  tell.it? I thought the CEO told him to take down "Riju: fast online playground for every programming language" https://intuitiveexplanations.com/tech/replit/#what-was-my-open-source-project https://intuitiveexplanations.com/tech/replit/#what-was-my-o...
  - toastercat 3y ago
    It looks like an auto-correct typo (I believe they meant "repl.it")
toastercat 3y ago
I'm not sure what your point is. Are you peeved because I left out some details? You can read the thread I linked. Riju.codes is no more similar to Repl.it than any of the other hundreds of online multi-language REPLs. The argument that the Masad made (that Radon copied internal secrets from repl.it) were unfounded, and the numerous attempts from Radon to ask for clarification yielded silence from Masad.