#173 - Pybites Platform 2.0 is here!

Update: 2024-10-11

Description

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!