#173 - Pybites Platform 2.0 is here!

Welcome back to the Pybites podcast! Today we have some really exciting news: we’ve just launched our brand-new coding platform! Check it out here. After nearly 7 years and almost 50K sign-ups on v1 (codechalleng.es), the design started to show its age. That’s why we did a complete overhaul to create our new 2.0 platform. It's faster, cleaner, more responsive, and more affordable. In this episode, Bob and Julian discuss why v2 is such a big improvement, the motivation behind the rewrite, behind-the-scenes insights into how it all came together, some technical challenges we faced, and one of our most exciting new features: parity pricing (pricing in your local currency based on where you live). Enjoy, and we hope to see you coding more Python with us on the new platform! Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:00 PyBites Platform 2.0! 02:46 Platform’s history 05:10 How v2 came about: ruthless minimalism 08:10 Why v2 is faster and more responsive 12:02 Challenges of migrating from v1 to v2 14:20 Seamless design improvements 17:40 Parity pricing: making it more affordable 24:05 Humble bundles now available on v2 25:00 Roadmap and Julian’s use of GitHub Issues! 27:44 Wrap up Don’t forget to join our Python developer community And feel free to reach out to us with any feedback or questions on Circle or LinkedIn: - Bob: Circle / LinkedIn - Julian: Circle / LinkedIn Thanks for listening, and we’ll be back next week!