New blog post: Our First Full-time Contributor

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+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
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+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.
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+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.
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+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.
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+## Our Development Strategy
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+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.
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+Khan’s approach is simple:
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+- **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**
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+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).
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+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.”
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+> “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.”
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+> “I want to thank our generous and wonderful sponsors who have made this all possible. None of this would happen without your support.”
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+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:
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+- 💙 [**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
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+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.