So I’m just getting started here trying to figure all this stuff out and I get my first preview of the little app I’m working on, using DeepSeek.
Here’s the issue… I took a screenshot of it and wanted to ask it do make some changes and it was over. DeepSeek doesn’t have Vision capabilities and now it throws an error every time I try to use it again.
I can switch to another LLM that is ok with images, I just can’t get back to using DeepSeek on this project.
Here is another benefit to being able to delete individual messages sent to a chat, memory. It’d be nice to delete the responses that were garbage.
I’ve been mashing away on this since late Nov. Frustrated but have learned a lot more. As this platform is in it’s infancy, you will need to be a little patient.
There’s some fundamentals you need to learn and aren’t specifically stated anywhere. Like chat history, best settings, capabilities of different providers and their aligned models. The more you search through this ‘Thinktank’, the more you’ll learn. Invest your time and enthusiasm and you’ll be rewarded.
In the short term. I’ve had best success starting simple and getting a stable initial build in the language you have already understood to work best for you. Understanding this is critical to downstream success. One of the latest releases of Bolt.diy was template builds to get you started fast and efficiently.
Be prepared to roll-back as far as you have to if you’ve introduced unnecessary complexity or code that’s fouling your progress. Understand it’s easy for this to happen if you’re not tracking what’s actually being built for you. Sorry if I’m over simplifying this but I don’t know where you’re at.
What I found helps is once you get to a level you’re happy it’s stable and you’ve tested it appropriately. Then save the code, give it a name and version number you can track. I place that detail in a spreadsheet and next to it I place the functions or enhancements that have been introduced successfully and perhaps in the next column I place some errors I found along the way. It gives me a good reference point to search if I have similar errors in the future and what I did to resolve them.
This way I have a solid point I can go back and restart from that point. I also clear chat history and start fresh. At this point in time it’s the only way you can ensure you’re not spinning your wheels. Very soon I’m sure this won’t be required, but at the moment it is.
Read through as many posts as you can. Get curious and invest your time and enthusiasm and you’ll benefit greatly. I know it’s frustrating but it will be worth it.
