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Date Published
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Ornella Altunyan
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1237
Language
English
Hacker News points
1

Summary

In 2023, Replit significantly improved its platform by shipping the first conversational AI programmer, Ghostwriter Chat, to aid developers in coding faster and making AI available for everyone. The company also introduced Deployments, a complete rebuild of its application hosting infrastructure that enables users to quickly go from idea to production right from where they code. Other notable features include enhanced Git integration, improved Packages tool, Remote Access to Repls via SSH, and increased storage capacity. Additionally, Replit released the Replit Desktop App, expanded its storage capacity, and introduced features such as Configurable Keybindings, Code Search, and Expandable Storage. The platform also made significant strides in improving its security with Secret Scanner and better error handling for the Packages tool. Furthermore, Replit partnered with Google to advance generative AI for software development and released Replit ModelFarm, a service that allows developers to build generative AI applications on the platform without API key management required.