Awesome. I think the final piece of the puzzle for new user retention will be the Plugin Editor Agent. If you go back in time and think about the core “enabler” of Bubble, it’s plugins. The modern version of that is the Agent integration. That way new users basically get all the extensibility and “wow factor” of something like Codex/Claude Code, except the app doesn’t ever fully break down. No matter how much slop is in the outskirts of the app, the base is always protected. That will be the differentiator versus every AI builder: “AI that doesn’t stop working.”
On the topic of power-user retention, what is the current thinking about retaining people who move off Bubble after a few years due to “high costs” or “limitations?” There seems to be thousands of experienced developers who have moved off over the years and now spend $200-$1000/mo on platforms other than Bubble after they hit PMF. They basically use the platform as a stepping stone but you guys never see the majority of the benefit. Have you thought about what’s needed to mitigate this? Is it adjusting WU? Making the database ACID? Loops? Parallel workflows? Enhancing the core “Bubble programming language?” It seems like this might be more important than chasing after $32 subs, but I haven’t seen much discussion on this.
I have always enjoyed the Bubble Boosts, so if this is anything like those, that’s exciting. On the topic of the roadmap, especially for the agent, you can just copy George Buildprint and everyone will be happy. He just released automated tests!
Does this include parentheses? For some reason I feel this feature gets overlooked due to its previous beta status. It’s one of the most important parts of the language. Complex nested and/or expressions is a perfect job for the agent and very cumbersome to do manually.
Please keep releasing practical enablers for modern AI apps. The next step should be simplifying the process of sending private files to API providers. This is a simple thing that 99% of AI apps will want to do one day, right? For cases where an extremely high percentage of users will encounter a roadblock, you guys need to preemptively think about and unblock them. They often refer to AI as having “jagged” capabilities, but that’s ironically also how Bubble feels on most days. Extreme capabilities mixed with extreme, often sudden limitations. I’ve been saying for the last year that Bubble needs to be the BEST place to build AI apps, and this is a promising step towards that, so thanks for that, and keep going.
Thanks for everything you do, @josh !