Tue, Jan 11, 2022Migrating our Web App from Heroku to GCP
After many years of running on Heroku, Replit has fully migrated to Google Cloud Platform. Why leave Heroku in the firs...
Thu, Dec 23, 20212021 Kajam Winners
Kajam Winners It was a dark room with mystique and seriousness that accompanied the feverous whispers. Seven people s...
Wed, Dec 22, 2021Implementing RUI, Replit's Design System
At Replit, we have a small engineering and design team supporting millions of users. Our secret is investing in good too...
Tue, Dec 14, 2021Repl Space and Templates
When we want to support a new technology, we're faced with the question: "Do we (the Replit team) build this capability ...
Mon, Dec 13, 2021Ace, CodeMirror, and Monaco: A Comparison of the Code Editors You Use in the Browser
I’ve been working on Replit for roughly six years now, and as the team has grown, I’ve focused on the IDE (what we call ...
Wed, Dec 8, 2021$80m to bring the next billion software creators online
Following our Series A announcement earlier this year, I'm thrilled to announce that we raised Series B financing from n...
Thu, Dec 2, 2021Deploying Django to Replit
Django is a Python framework for building out full-fledged web applications. It’s loved by developers due to its battery...
- Wed, Dec 1, 2021
Replit Blocks Adult Content and Malware
At Replit, we have created a general purpose computing environment that anyone can use to run whatever programs they wan...
Mon, Nov 29, 2021Will Nix Overtake Docker?
In many discussions about Nix, the comparison of Nix and Docker comes up frequently. This question could be dismissed by...
Sun, Nov 21, 2021How to Set Up Your Own Mastodon Instance with Replit
With many development tools and even whole development environments moving to the cloud, Replit is at the forefront of t...
Thu, Nov 11, 2021Announcing File Persistence in Hosted Apps for Hackers
We mostly think of repls as being full computers in the cloud, and one of the goals of the platform team at Replit is to...
Wed, Oct 27, 2021Replit Art Gallery: An introduction to Replit's Illustrator - Joe Baker
Who makes Replit art? Hi! Thats me! My name is Joe and I’m Replit’s illustrator. I have been making art/graphics/multi...
Mon, Oct 25, 2021Design Systems @ Replit: Better Tokens
Part 1 of a series about our evolving design system, RUI (Replit User Interface). Replit is growing fast, as an appli...
- Sun, Oct 24, 2021
Betting on Nix: donating $25K to the NixOS Foundation
As building software grows more like snapping Legos together, how people find and use those Legos becomes more important...
Wed, Oct 13, 2021Solidity on Replit: Diving into Web3
Today, we're announcing our official Solidity development template. Solidity is the language used to create smart contra...