I've been shipping some ships. Well, some code actually, but ships sounds better. In preparation to be prepared for preparing to revamp Snapie Mobile, because that's the sort of thing one does. I've been shipping code for several solid weeks now.
You could even say I've become acquainted with the YOLO ideology as of late, and @tibfox is largely to blame for this. Who can keep up with his output? Humans? I think not. Wait a minute... but I'm...
At any rate, there are already tons of cool things for people to check out.
If you haven't visited snapie.io in a while, you're missing out. Missing out, I tell you. Soon the hypno-toad will be added there as well, and everyone will have a blast, whether they like it or not.
On a serious note, here's a list of everything I've shipped. A list of the ships and their shippings. Or should I say cargo?
Ctrl+V image paste now works in both the compose editor and snap composer
Content & Discovery
Added Curation Quality Score card to profiles and article pages
Hive network activity widget — live green LED + online user count
Improved Blog write button discoverability on desktop and mobile
Fixed duplicate video uploads caused by parallel upload token conflicts
Desktop Redesign (today)
New Explore page (/explore) — trending Hive communities with avatars/stats and hashtag pills, all powered by the resilient RPC node layer
Snap cards redesigned to Twitter-style: avatar left column, content right, more breathing room
Sidebar rebuilt as full-height flush strip with user card at bottom
Right sidebar flush full-height with live community stats (post count + pending HBD) and Long Reads label
Feed tab bar floating style (no background box), underline active indicator with pill hover effect, live activity count inline
Unified color palette — single brand blue (#1ca1f1) used at varying opacities everywhere, replacing the old split cyan/electric-blue discord
Re-Snap now pre-fills the composer and scrolls to it automatically
And that should be about it for now.
As always, if something breaks, it was probably an experiment. If it doesn't break, then it was definitely intentional and the result of careful planning, rigorous testing, and at least three cups of coffee.
Also, I'd like to mention @mengao for reaching out to me and not only inspiring the revamp, but also contributing with some code too. A full circle type situation, situating itself. Did you guys know snapie.io was originally all his code? Well, now you know.
Anywho... Anyways...
More ships are currently being shipped. Some may even be seaworthy.
