Re:Bitrig (YC S25) – Build Swift Apps on Your iPhone
by kylemacomber on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @03:29PM
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Don't tell anyone, but once you're on the paid plan we're not actually enforcing the 100 message limit right now ;)
We're still in the learning phase, and are going to adjust the plans based on exactly the kind of considerations you're raising
Re:Bitrig (YC S25) – Build Swift Apps on Your iPhone
by markden on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @03:40PM
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Your secret is safe, hah! It's almost like you need an intermediate 'cheap/dumb' AI as a proxy to flesh everything out ahead of sending it off to be coded ... something that crisps up all the requirement and ultimately crafts a more cost-effective and likely all-around-better prompt. Even being semi-technical, I'm always surprised how much the details matter when describing something to AI (e.g., the fireworks should only explode _outward_, not inward, lol). Thanks!
Re:Bitrig (YC S25) – Build Swift Apps on Your iPhone
by kylemacomber on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @04:57PM
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There's a lot I want to do to improve the prompting experience. As I mentioned in the original post, it's very simple right now.
There's a lot of inspiration we could (and probably will) draw from other products (e.g. Cline's Plan vs Act modes) to build what you're describing.
It can also be really fun and productive to just rapidly iterate on what the AI gives back, without having to take the time to describe it all up front. Sometimes this approach can lead to a new directions you might not have thought of.
What happens if you go over 100 messages/month?
I just burned my 5 free messages to get a simple toggle button working that just says "win" (with animated fireworks!) and "lose". I'm sure I'm not an efficient prompter, but it seems I'd knock out 100 messages easily in an afternoon, which looks to be the monthly limit at $20/mo.
(This is coming from someone who has no idea how expensive it would be to 'vibe code' using something like Claude ... so it may be an entirely unfair assumption that you could chat with this 'unlimited' for $20/mo ... that's what I have in my head as 'reasonable' only because that's what I pay for Gemini or ChatGPT and, for all intents and purposes, it feels 'unlimited'.)