Paragraph

We're working on a Paragraph redesign. 

Modern design, simplified UX, AI features sprinkled throughout, and a heavy focus on social & discovery.

Want early access? Drop a reply below.

cma.xyz. Founder /paragraph, ceo /mirror, previously at Google & Coinbase 

Building https://srcbook.com // creator of the https://blockchainsmokers.xyz

- simplify settings; in general make things easier to use 
- improve the UI
- make the features we want people to use more prominent 
- upgrade onto next14 app directory and start making heavy use of modern react primitives (eg RSCs). We can now deprecate Redux and greatly simplify the code base

Sounds like a very good opportunity to *remove things*.

Always hard to do but underrated way to improve products imo 

Do not like RSCs ha, wondering if you’re doing it for a clear benefit or just “getting up to date with the times”.

Yeah redux is yuck but have you looked at Mobx?

Just had time to try it out. It's nice! 
I thought the <Sparkles /> on hover of blocks is a little jarring (maybe dim it a bit?). 

Really like the slash command menu, what library are you using for this, I'm curious?

Finally, I think the loading times are a bit annoying. If I write a draft, that "feels" like it should be local, so coming back to it should be snappy, but if I click away and back again, it's slow to load. Maybe consider using one of those local-first paradigms (look at instant DB, or mobX, or something). For people to use an online editor and enjoy it, I feel like the bar is really high for UX, otherwise they'll type on a local client and then paste (shame for you)

Just in case you want to try out the new writer dashboard & editor, we added you to the test group.

You can opt out & return to the existing dashboard via a notification you'll see when you open the writer dash, or just let us know and we can get you squared away.

Totally no pressure, but would love to hear your feedback! 🙏

100%. We’ve taken the “spray and pray” approach with features over the past 2 years so accrued a lot of tech debt and unused features. Now want to be more focused on features that are moving the needle.

I like RSCs! It’s a different paradigm of thinking but have enjoyed the direction next is going (fetching at leaf nodes w/ deduped requests, customizable caching, etc)

We’re using jotai now for basic state management but the deduped fetching really eliminated the need for passing a lot of context now