> That's assuming it is a "project" to "get off the ground" in the first place. What gave you the impression that this was something the author was going to try and take commercial? I never got that impression.

Experience. It's all too easy to say "oh I didn't _plan_ to make a business" and later on say "well with this overwhelming support I'd be stupid _not_ to make it a business."

> But you are suggesting it was that way around. I didn't quite see that either; on the contrary, I got a kind of distinct impression that some of these other projects predate Replit, including its UI design.

Oh sorry I did not mean to suggest Replit was the original creator of this UI, as you mentioned it looks like they all copy each other, I'll update my post. That's beside my point though. I will point out it's rather disingenuous of the author to not include a side-by-side comparison of Riju/Replit, instead he posts pictures of some other projects.