Prototyper history gone, now what?

[Edvin_Hellberg]

I tried it, but it still failed. What should I do next?

[DaC]

I think they’re facing server overload

[Edvin_Hellberg]

Okay, because it was still generating when I got back to the prototyper but it just didn’t write anything. I hope it will be resolved soon.

[Edvin_Hellberg]

Do you think I can create a new app with the prototyper and then somehow import all the stuff from my github project there?

[DaC]

yes, the same process I outlined here with some minor changes, it’s actually simpler since you won’t necessarily need to worry with back up and reverting the initial commit (although this is a good idea)

Upgrading an older Project, to have Prototyper

Start a new project, prototype anything, just ask for something very very simple. when it’s done, go to the backend <> delete files created (keep idx, and gitignore), upload your project files (skip any cache, node modules or anything else that is build on start) run the command: npm install when it’s done, go firevase studio homescreen and reset the project load the project and you prompt the prototyper normally tell him you made an extensive change in the code base and that he must read the e…

[Edvin_Hellberg]

Thank you soooo much! You are such a hero for the firebase community! It worked really well. Thank you sooo much!

[deathr0w]

Thank you so much! I passed the details on to my bro and he’s helped me get the project back online following these steps! Really appreciate the help from you and the contribution to the community!

[Edvin_Hellberg]

BTW. I think the prototyper works muuuuch better since I created a new project.

[DaC]

yepz! it does works better because the context is clean, it’ll read the codebase and work with great precision… as context gets overloaded it becomes increasingly difficult to keep context precision. Although Gemini 2.5 is pretty awesome with context, still, in a large codebase precision is key. (it’s not like we are coding 1 shot tetris games).

[A11]

What I’d actually love is a way to clear the prototyper chat. The app get’s unbearably slow to the point where I can’t even tell if anything is happening. There aren’t any chat controls.

[grazinghippo]

@DaC

take a look into the codebase, I’ve made substantial changes to the app we’re working on. let me know what you learned, don’t code anything

Thanks @DaC ! This worked. This was the first thing I wanted to do but I didn’t know what folders to clear out first and frankly I wasn’t sure if it would make things worse. Thanks! I owe you a pint of any beverage!

[DaC]

Glad I could help! Just let me know where I should redeem the coupon

[grazinghippo]

If you’re ever in DC, give me a holler.
Now if only I could get firebase to deploy functions even once… studio just can’t handle eslint issues.

[Jiyn]

Has this issue been resolved? I keep checking back for updates but have not found anything on it and I do not want to push my current files to a new project. Thank you!

[DaC]

@grazinghippo

studio just can’t handle eslint issues.

Yepz, while trying setup stripe integration it just wasn’t able to do it because of the lint check on the code, BUT THERE’S A SOLUTION, sonnet 4 does it pretty well. Run eslint --fix and after that send the info from the “problems” tab to him. Reiterate on the process as needed. He usually gets it right in 2 fourth back.

This way I was able to deploy stripe webhooks using Google Cloud Functions

[mghr]

Same issue today after Google made changes. I lost all my conversations