The Firebase Studio platform seems really good for developing my project, but honestly, I’m not sure if I’m on the right path. Maybe this isn’t even the right place to talk about it, but I just need to vent.
I’ve been trying to carry out a single project for about four months now. Every time I get to a certain point — and there have been several different points — an error shows up that I can’t fix. When that happens, I end up having to abandon everything and start over from scratch.
I’ve already restarted this same project 23 times. In one of the attempts, I had made about 92% progress, but then a fatal error appeared that I couldn’t resolve. As a result, I lost all of my work.
In order to keep trying, I even created several different emails just to start again, always hoping that this time it would work. But the frustration just keeps growing, because I feel stuck in a never-ending cycle of starting over and never finishing.
Now I find myself asking: should I give up on Firebase Studio altogether, or should I take the risk and try once more, knowing I could waste even more time and effort? I’m torn between the desire to finally complete this project and the fear of being trapped in this same loop again.
I can hear the frustration in your words — and it’s understandable. Wrestling with these costs and choices can feel like trudging uphill through fog.
In our field ops, when morale dips, we deploy a Signal Beacon — a visual + coded rally flag that reminds the team to push forward with clarity. It’s lightweight, adaptable for Slack or consoles, and designed for moments exactly like this.
If you’d like, I can share a Field Manual page with the full kit. DM me and I’ll pass it along.
When you hit an error that AI can’t resolve (and just gets into a never-ending loop), are you using the ‘Restore’ button on the AI code changes box? The Restore will help you get back to a good working state of the app.
There will definitely be times the AI will get stuck trying to fix something, but I’d advise not to start your project again, just use the restore points instead, and integrate your project with Github, so you have a backup. Upload your app to GitHub | Firebase Studio
I’ve been in the same position as you and it can be incredibly frustrating - but there are ways to fix these critical errors when they come up.
First question, why are you restarting the same project from the scratch 23 times? There is something called versioning and you can store working app on github and always revert to the previous functional app, that’s how the real development works.
Second thing, if Gemini is stuck, open the code view, install the Claude extension, it’s pretty simple. Once the Claude is installed it will be able to read your files and understand the structure. You can copy and paste the error you get into the Claude tab and I am sure Sonet 4.5 will resolve any issue where Gemini got stuck. You might have to pay for Claude premium but it will solve your problems 100%.
Also think about who you are building this app for and if you have no audience or potential clients once it is done maybe is better to kill the app now then to waste your time.
To develop apps you need to know at least some basics of development, if you think you can just talk to ai and get functional app… It won’t work that way buddy, you have to learn some basics or you will just stress yourself for no reason.
The problem you are describing seems like a very simple problem but you are stuck because you are not aware how development works.
Don’t stress yourself for something you are not willing to learn.