I feel like the custom component is a great tool, but I’m running into some limitations: Sometimes it’s slow (in the user interface) It’s somewhat unreliable in terms of re-using it. For instance I created a draggable slider for tyre pressure 0-10 bar and then wanted to re-use that for battery per…

The custom AI component is still experimental and, like most AI models, may occasionally behave unpredictably. Performance issues, such as slowness, are often due to browser behavior, especially delays in loading iframes. In some cases, it might also be related to how Glide handles iframe loading w…

I know that many folks have had great success with it, and use it a lot. Personally, I avoid it as much as possible. It’s fine to experiment with in personal or hobby Apps, but mission critical Business Apps generally have a very low tolerance for failure. And I don’t believe the AI Component meets…

I really appreciate your perspective, seriously, great points! That said, I don’t completely agree, and I promise I’m not trying to start a debate :face_with_tongue:. In my experience, there is a limit where using an AI Component in mission-critical business apps can still be safe. I’ve used it in …

I’ve use the AI custom component in 2 mission-critical applications. For the reasons Darren explained above, I was quite hesitant to use it. However I built components that are very simple and I have not experienced any bugs so far. An example: a custom component to display an image. The default i…

Enjoying the discussion, good perspectives! [image] Darren_Murphy: And I don’t believe the AI Component meets this bar just yet. @Darren_Murphy for you personally, what would need to happen in order for the component to meet that bar? [image] nathanaelb: I have also not reused the AI cu…

[image] jb_1mprove: @Darren_Murphy for you personally, what would need to happen in order for the component to meet that bar? It needs to be more reliable, and more predictable. I’ve seen several instances where Custom components will randomly fail for no apparent reason. I should note that …

[image] jb_1mprove: how would you go about rebuilding it? Generally speaking I avoid copy-pasting components, though it probably works fine. To rebuild an AI custom component specifically, I copy-paste my prompts but not the component itself. This might be a waste of time, but to me it’s wor…

[image] jb_1mprove: @MaximeBaker have you ever tried improving it or do you think that’s probably not possible at all, due to it being browser-related? There is nothing we can do about how Glide or the browser manage those. Of course, there are way to optimize iframe, but we don’t have contro…

Haha thanks for your honesty. [image] Darren_Murphy: I should note that I’m probably biased, as I have a general dislike for vibe coding. @Darren_Murphy Understandably:) [image] Darren_Murphy: Oh, and the other thing I would say is that because it’s still considered an experimental feat…

I also tried custom code with html to Url and embed component to build a custom component for a client. It is working fine, but the iframe loads with a delay and refresh everytime a column used in the embed changes.

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