Did someone say loss?
It's interesting how, at all levels, one can experience loss.
I found out today that the first coding projects I ever made may be lost forever. I don't use Replit very often any more-- or at all for that matter. But I used it like a fiend in high school. In fact, I didn't touch an IDE until college. All of my work was done on Replit.
The last time I logged on to Replit was to show my boyfriend the first full project I made myself. It was a choose your own adventure game named A Walk Through the Woods. This was about a year and a half ago. Last Christmas Eve, I was sent an email from the team at Repl.it that read as follows:
Hi {full legal name},
You are receiving this email because you have not logged in to your Replit account since Wednesday, January 24, 2024. Your Repls will be deleted in 30 days. To keep your account active and prevent deletion of your Repls, please log in to your account.
That’s it. There were no more emails, there was no notification of deletion. In fact, the only other email I’ve ever received from “notifications@replit.com” was one time I changed my password, 9/3/2023.
Well, I guess we wait. I attempted to reach support through the repl.it website, and it told me I had to pay for the premium subscription to contact support. I cried. I found a support email for “free users” and sent an email, detailing my request. It goes as follows:
On May 2, 2025 at 11:41:06 PM UTC, FullLegal Name myverycoolandreal@email wrote:
Hello,
This email was sent to me right before Christmas last year, so I aptly missed it. If at all possible, I need help recovering my data.
I chose to use repl.it exclusively for the first 4 years that was programming (from about ages 14-18), before I learned about git.
I am looking to recover one specific project that I made called A Walk Through the Woods. It was a C++ project, and it was the first full project I created on my own.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.I was greeted, a few minutes later, with an automated email saying that my ticket would be seen by a real person soon, but to have patience.
I’ve worked help desk. It’s incredibly easy to close a ticket that you don’t care about. “Sorry, we can’t do that, I wish we could do more.” Closed.
Hopefully, though, my email will be seen by someone who cares. I was so upset when I found out. I tried to figure out any place it could be, I was angry, I cried. I guess I’m in the bargaining phase now-- If they say there’s nothing they can do, I’m sure I will be depressed. And then I will accept it.
Humans deal with loss similarly on all levels. If you know me personally, you understand I’ve been through a lot of it. And if you read around here some more, you’ll realize that as well, I’m sure.
For some reason, though, for me at least-- it doesn’t scale properly. Idk. Hitting that point again where I’m losing the plot.
I hope you understand.