What's something you wish Farcaster was doing better at?

(Won't argue with you / may ask a clarifying question.)

I want to build a mini app from scratch today. 

I don't know whether to start with:

1.) Official Farcaster docs, `npm create @farcaster/mini-app` https://miniapps.farcaster.xyz/docs/getting-started

or 

2.) Neynar's "less than 60 seconds" quick start 'npx create-neynar-farcaster-frame@latest' https://warpcast.com/rish/0x42c543d9

Thinking about starting with the FC one first and then play with the Neynar one later.

2 things I can promise:
- Nothing is taking me less than 60 seconds
- I'll cast updates along the way

Wish it were easier for [people like me] to build their first mini app.  

Have lots of ideas for apps. Pretty sure once I get my first one built, it will be easier to create more.  Got tempted by "build an app in less than 60 seconds" but only got so far after about 90 minutes. 

My profile: not a professional developer, can find 2-3 hour chunks to work but can't dedicate full days to getting lost in weeds, will use AI copilot but not interested in lowcode/nocode app builders b/c I want access to source code and don't want to limit future capabilities.

Working on Farcaster and Warpcast. Longer thoughts at https://dwr.email

Wish it were easier for [people like me] to build their first mini app.  

Have lots of ideas for apps. Pretty sure once I get my first one built, it will be easier to create more.  Got tempted by "build an app in less than 60 seconds" but only got so far after about 90 minutes. 

My profile: not a professional developer, can find 2-3 hour chunks to work but can't dedicate full days to getting lost in weeds, will use AI copilot but not interested in lowcode/nocode app builders b/c I want access to source code and don't want to limit future capabilities. 

https://warpcast.com/adrienne/0xaa0c10b8

building farcaster infra @ /neynar 🪐 | casting @ /rish

dev + founder | @vibesengineering.eth prev: @onsenbot @herocast

Farcaster Development Boutique @ https://dTech.vision 💜 in love with tech 🤓decentralization, fitness and oldschool rap 😎

Cohost of /gmfarcaster, a live stream Farcaster news show.  Engineer. Mom x 3. I love to share the wonder and beauty of daily life.

Nothing really confusing as much as it's cumbersome to get a local environment set up for fast feedback loops

Farcaster dev tool simulates how the app works within a farcaster context.  Not sure why but I couldn't get it to work, and as a novice it's hard to troubleshoot - is it an issue with the dev tool page, the tunnel, or my local env? 

How do you speed up the time it takes it build your first app, and learn how to use the FC SDK and integration with wallet.

There are a lot of pieces to put together, when they're all unfamiliar the learning curve for building app feels quite steep

One point of confusion - knowing what is the easiest and most reliable path to create a simple app.  

When I casted about wanting to create a simple mini app today, several people jumped into my replies offering different paths.  Neynar, base, orbiter etc.  Other devs will jump in and offer "clone this repo and you're all set".  

Cognitive load is too high.  Not interested in evaluating different options, different libraries etc.  Just want to know what the easy path is to MVP.

Do you have specific examples of what was confusing?

cc @samuellhuber.eth @rish @hellno.eth who are all thinking about this from different angles