diff --git a/data/blog/2025/04/our-first-full-time-contributor.md b/data/blog/2025/04/our-first-full-time-contributor.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..44202f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/blog/2025/04/our-first-full-time-contributor.md @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +--- +title: "Our First Full-Time Contributor: A Big Step Forward" +headline: "Our First Full-Time Contributor: A Big Step Forward" +subhead: "We’ve brought on our first full-time contributor to accelerate CodeEdit’s development. Learn how we’re using this limited-time opportunity, what’s next on the roadmap, and how you can get involved." +description: "CodeEdit now has a full-time contributor for a limited time. Here’s what we’re focusing on and how you can get involved." +date: 2025-04-10 +category: update +author: austincondiff +image: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f766deba-3ea4-4cab-8c76-8df9ca2b49f9 +--- + + + +We’re excited to share a milestone moment in CodeEdit’s journey: +For the first time, we’ve brought on a **full-time contributor** to work on the project. + +Thanks to the steady support from our sponsors over the past few years, we’ve been able to bring on [**Khan Winter**](https://github.com/thecoolwinter), one of our most dedicated and impactful contributors, to focus full-time on development for a limited period. + +This is a big deal for us. + +CodeEdit has always been a passion-driven, community-built project. Everyone involved has juggled this work alongside full-time jobs, school, and life. So having someone dedicated full-time — even just for a few months — means we can finally move at the kind of pace we’ve been dreaming about. It’s a chance to fix long-standing issues, polish key features, and make meaningful progress toward a 1.0 release. + +## Our Development Strategy + +To make the most of this focused time, we’ve laid out a [**prioritized roadmap**](https://github.com/orgs/CodeEditApp/projects/3). The roadmap is broken down into clearly defined phases, with top-priority items at the top of each phase. + +Khan’s approach is simple: + +- **Pick the highest priority item in the current phase** +- **Knock it out** +- **Repeat until the phase is complete** +- **Then move on to the next phase** + +He will also be posting **daily progress updates** and sharing **weekly progress updates** at our community meetup held every Saturday at 3pm UTC (join us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/vChUXVf9Em) to attend). + +This rhythm helps us stay focused, get feedback early, and iterate quickly. + +## A Message from Khan + +> “I'm grateful and delighted to have the opportunity to work on CodeEdit full time. I’ll be putting my utmost effort towards this while I have the chance.” + +> “I’m looking forward to knocking out the features that we still have in our roadmap—everything from smoothing out basic editing interactions like copy-paste and multi-line editing, to integrating language servers for a best-in-class experience across all your favorite languages.” + +> “I want to thank our generous and wonderful sponsors who have made this all possible. None of this would happen without your support.” + +You can hear more about Khan’s story and his vision for CodeEdit in the [full video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc1-0f83pkk). + +## Get Involved + +This full-time window won’t last forever — we have a limited runway, and we want to make the most of it. That’s why we’re inviting you to get involved in whatever way makes sense for you: + +- 💙 [**Sponsor CodeEdit**](https://github.com/sponsors/CodeEditApp) – Help us extend this full-time effort +- 💻 [**Contribute**](https://github.com/CodeEditApp/CodeEdit/tree/main) – Join the dev conversation, submit a PR, or help with docs +- 🗣️ [**Join our community**](https://discord.gg/vChUXVf9Em) – Hang out in Discord, join the weekly meetup, share your feedback + +We believe CodeEdit can become the default code editor for macOS — fast, beautiful, open source, and built with care for the platform and community it serves. + +This is a step in that direction. +Thanks for being part of it.