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Replit shares operating principles that emphasize radical thinking and intense execution to democratize software creation.
Reasons Not to Join Replit
Replit shares its distinctive corporate culture and values, revealing 'reasons not to join' for talent who wouldn't be a good fit.
Narrowly Surviving the Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847) Vulnerability
When the Dirty Pipe vulnerability emerged, Replit's defense layers blocked privilege escalation, but the team identified a risk via the shared page cache and patched it immediately.
A Big Bet on CodeMirror
Replit replaced its existing Monaco editor with CodeMirror 6 to address the lack of mobile support and performance issues.
Replit Hack Week 2022 Wrap-up
Replit revealed the key projects and outcomes from Hack Week 2022, held under the theme of 'Community and Extensibility.'
Kaboom Draw
It combines CodeMirror 6 and Kaboom to present a new coding experiment that connects code changes to instant visual feedback.
Every New Repl Is Now Powered by Nix
Replit has introduced Nix into every new development environment (Repl), significantly strengthening package management and language support.
Getting Started with Solidity on Replit
This guide explains how to quickly prototype and deploy Solidity smart contracts using Replit.
Building a Multiplayer Game with Kaboom.js and Heroic Labs
This explains how to build a multiplayer game in the Replit environment using Kaboom.js and Nakama.
Replit opens File Persistence for hosted apps to all users
Replit is expanding its File Persistence feature for hosted apps, previously available only to paid users, to all users.
How to make Python repl startup 100x faster
Replit introduced a new Python template and a Content-Addressable cache, improving Python repl startup speed by 100x.
What Replit values in interviews
Replit is focused on hiring people with autonomy, clear communication, and a strong point of view.
Understanding Repl Resource Utilization
Replit has introduced a new monitoring component to help users easily grasp resource utilization such as CPU and RAM.
Toward the Next Billion Creators
Replit discarded its existing Redux-based architecture and launched a new service-centric mobile IDE to revolutionize the mobile development experience.
Getting Started with Rust on Replit
This introduces how to instantly build and learn a Rust development environment in the browser using Replit, without any separate setup.
Using Replit for Work with Teams Pro
After a 6-month private beta, Replit has officially launched **Teams Pro**, a collaboration-focused service for work.
Replit Migrates Web App Infrastructure from Heroku to GCP
Replit migrated its web app's database and hosting environment from Heroku to GCP to gain infrastructure control and flexibility.
2021 Kajam Winners Announced
Replit's game jam 'Kajam' has revealed the winning entries among the various games created around the theme 'HUGE.'
Building RUI, Replit's Design System
Replit built the design system RUI to improve UI consistency and development productivity.
Repl Space and Templates
Replit has introduced Repl Space and a Templates feature that let users configure their own development environments.