lot of steps to get this going, just a
# suggestionsf
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 8:53 PMlot of steps to get this going, just a heads up.
a
aaronv (BAML)
12/27/2025, 8:54 PMWhat issues did you run into? We definitely want to streamline
f
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 8:59 PMi followed the typscript documentation,
then i tried starting 2 separate fresh project to see if AI can do it with cursor and feeding it the docs.
before i add a whole new language on my project.
I'd kind of like to see the magic before i go through the understandable 1-3 days to get this working properly.
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 9:00 PMfrom a marketing /communication perspective im like.... i still havent seen 1 video explaining what it does well.
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 9:00 PMjust from a friend suggesting it i decided to try
a
aaronv (BAML)
12/27/2025, 9:01 PMDid you feed it the Agents.md prompt from the docs?
aaronv (BAML)
12/27/2025, 9:02 PMThanks for all the feedback! We agree it takes a bit to get to a wow moment. We find once people start using the tooling (vscode playground) or start chaining and testing various functions it tends to click more
f
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 9:05 PMit worked on the page, and then i was like great.
then i tried using hte extensions and that was erroring
a
aaronv (BAML)
12/27/2025, 9:05 PMOhh do you remember the error?
aaronv (BAML)
12/27/2025, 9:05 PMWhat platform are you on?
f
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 9:05 PMit wasnt reading the API key from the .env
a
aaronv (BAML)
12/27/2025, 9:06 PMThank you so so much for taking the time to write this feedback by the way, seriously
v
Vaibhav (BAML 🐑)
12/27/2025, 9:06 PMDamn @aaronv (BAML) this has come up twice in this week now. Maybe we just make the playground also support that?
f
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 9:06 PMi saw that video, that was your best video. great job.
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 9:07 PMand then AI starts giving me 5 options to fix it. and it all does seem a little hacky and overmy head. the fixes i mean
v
Vaibhav (BAML 🐑)
12/27/2025, 9:07 PMYou mean for api keys?
Vaibhav (BAML 🐑)
12/27/2025, 9:08 PMoh, that’s so interesting. Maybe our agents.MD file should also include instructions for the playground.
f
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 9:09 PMyes i just want to start playing around with it in my own environment.
I'm playing around with AI SDK and otherthings and i just want to be able to make comparisons myself what each thing does.
v
Vaibhav (BAML 🐑)
12/27/2025, 9:10 PMCool! Btw any major differences you are noting so far?
Vaibhav (BAML 🐑)
12/27/2025, 9:10 PMWe can work on fixing the playground
f
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 9:12 PMthis isnt just you, but whenever i try out a new tool.
it should be like brain dead simple to get going and see the magic.
or im like...questioning their ... priorities ya know
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 9:16 PMim sure there are a lot of devs who, in fear of sounding stupid, just never mention this and move onto to other tools. because they couldnt make it work
v
Vaibhav (BAML 🐑)
12/27/2025, 9:17 PMYep 100% agree. Likely we should have a npx create-baml-app or something like that
f
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 9:18 PMyeah something, dont dumb down the project. just a couple easy on ramps. thank you! I will try again anothertime.
v
Vaibhav (BAML 🐑)
12/27/2025, 9:19 PMBtw if it’s helpful happy to hop on the office hours channel and get you set up!
Vaibhav (BAML 🐑)
12/27/2025, 9:19 PMTakes about 3 minutes at most
f
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 9:20 PMim so set on doing things myself.
getting tailwind on an expo project is kind of a pain and feels so hacky. so I just use the stylesheet.
i want to feel like im in control of my project
v
Vaibhav (BAML 🐑)
12/27/2025, 9:21 PMI know that feeling 🙂
f
flounderX42
12/27/2025, 10:02 PMin a video you mentioned this is like google collab but for prompts and all that.
it should be that easy.
well not that easy, but that is a compelling sell.
7 Views