Dan Romero on Farcaster

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Mini app developers What’s one thing we should improve to make it easier to build mini apps?

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cc @jc4p @kompreni @compez.eth

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Sdk that: - wraps all external links - checks miniapp exists automatically - in-app analytics instrumentation - testing share actions is a pita

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i actually think making mini apps is really nice rn especially with the new docs and code samples and quickAuth!! the biggest obstacle i’ve had trying to onboard other web2 dev friends is they don’t really get the point of investing in the ecosystem (or they’re off put by gambling when they see the top apps)

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Other starters would be cool. `npm create @farcaster/mini-app [--vanilla, --htmx --solid, --angular]`

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You should have a "miniapp factory", kinda like what Farcade has with the Studio, some AI powered tool that let users easily build and deploy miniapps.

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testing locally is the most challenging part of building mini apps, for me

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Better error handling. I created a mini app last week using the official docs and even the LLM friendly version, double checked the meta tags and still couldn’t get the icon image to show up.

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make it easy to accept usdc payments our mini app has x402 integration so ideally a bot reply prompts the wallet to fulfill the payment

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Oshadhi Liyanage

debugging in localhost

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Upgrade the ETH provider to support read operations and not just write. Currently (unless something has changed recently) I need to use my own json rpc provider to call any view functions, which adds unnecessary complexity and makes it harder for devs to port code from their existing dapps, etc.

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Notifications debugging, it took so long to get right on one of the Mini Apps I'm working on. Things that could help greatly: 1. A test token/subscription that could always work for my own account so I can debug more easily 2. A test button to receive notifications subscribed to an arbitrary webhook (so no need to set it up in a manifest every time) 3. A way to reset notifications state for a certain app 4. Fix the bug with the sdk where when a user rejects adding a mini app and requesting them to add works (unless this is expected behavior to not spam a user, but at least in dev mode it's annoying, basically rejecting to test rejection flow require resetting the test app with a new link+manifest)

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If there were a method for writing to an API (like creating a cast or sending a DC), many ideas could be developed. Something like the X APIs.

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While I haven't had this issue myself when building, I've noticed lot of miniapps seem to have trouble with the wallet connection bit. Seems to be the hardest thing to figure out. Probably some sort of close integration with viem/wagmi would be nice. Also some easy way to test share actions without posting

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When frames v1 came out it was so easy to make a frame using frame train's templates. If there were a few mini app templates that abstracted the dev/tech components that would be a great onramp for more people to start building and experimenting with mini apps. While I havent used any of these, there are similar things for building mobile apps: https://www.adalo.com/ https://www.bravostudio.app/

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Igor Yuzovitskiy

onboarding flow for new users who want to use a mini app but don't know about Farcaster (assume miniapp okay subsidizing $3 for up to 1k users)

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Understanding the criteria for climbing the miniapp rankings would be helpful 👍

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Personally -- testing farcaster/wallet integration, someway to mock this locally / offline / in dev (inbuilt rather than me poorly polyfilling). I don't want to have to get to deploying to find out things aren't hooked up.

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Mini app to mini app navigation

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localhost debugging

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