Lightning Bolt Fix

The Bolt.new Sidebar Assistant

⚡ Lightning Bolt Fix: Born from Frustration, Built for Savings ⚡ I built a Chrome extension to solve my frustration with the token spend on Bolt errors and simple code modifications. It works. ✅

My Journey 🚶‍♂️ I've been building with Bolt.new since October, and most of that time I've been on the $200 plan. 💰 I realized I was spending far too much on error fixes and relatively simple code modifications and generations.

Don't get me wrong; I LOVE Bolt! 💙 But I'm a retired senior citizen living on a fixed income, and I just don't have the financial resources to throw money at so many errors.

The Solution I Created 💡 So I decided to use Bolt and Cursor to build a Chrome extension that would help me:

Troubleshoot/fix errors ⚠️ Make code modifications 🛠️ Take advantage of Bolt's "Discuss" feature 💬 This feature outlines the problem, proposes a solution (the "Plan"), and most of the time even provides a link to the specific code file that needs attention.

With that information from Bolt - and a free tier Gemini 2.0 Flash API - I can get error fixes and code modifications inexpensively and accurately, saving my Bolt tokens for the actual heavy lifting of web application development. 🏗️

What I've Learned 🧠 Building my first Chrome extension was much more difficult than I thought it would be:

It's taken months to get it to work ⏳ Weeks going back and forth with the Google Web Store to satisfy their requirements 📝 Beta testing with friends on their Bolt projects for feedback 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 But now, I think it's finally ready for prime time! 🌟

Try It Yourself! 🚀 If you're interested, give it a shot:

🔗 Learn more here: lightningboltfix.com 🔌 Download from Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lightning-bolt-fix/okniiejblehkfmihmpaegdpfepibodhc