I've been seeing a lot of buzz about Firebase Studio recently and I'm curious if it's really worth the excitement. Is the hype realistic or is it just a lot of non-developers jumping on the "AI will replace developers" bandwagon?
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I’d like to know how it handles specific tasks, like issuing httpOnly session cookies or managing time card validations. Until I see that, I'm not convinced about its capabilities.
Honestly, it’s not that great right now. But on the flip side, Google is pushing hard with AI development, which might speed things up in the future.
I tried it to develop a clicker game. It felt like having a programmer with me, telling them exactly what I wanted. But the question is - how good is the code it produces?
As a non-developer, I had a positive experience! I forked a GitHub repo and asked Firebase Studio to help me tweak a Tauri app to work with my local LLM. It guided me through some changes, and now I have a working meeting transcriber that summarizes my meetings. It’s not flawless, but it’s pretty cool for someone without a coding background!
I gave Firebase Studio a quick five-minute test. It's like having a chat assistant on the side while you look at your code outputs. But honestly, I'm not sure how to edit the code efficiently in it. My experience was a mixed bag: I tried to create a typing practice website, and while it whipped it up fast, it had a bug that I couldn't fix no matter how many tweaks I made. I suspect if I really dived into the code, I could guide it better, but that just felt like too much work for a quick test.
There's actually a button in the top right that opens the project in a VS Code web UI, so that might help.
So it’s kinda similar to ChatGPT but with more steps, right?
What exactly is Firebase Studio? Can someone break it down for me?
From what I've gathered, it's a web-based AI alternative for VS Code.
Yeah, that’s a big concern. Is the quality of code actually decent?