Inside the Box: September Community Update
Tags: webdev, news, programming, product
Published: 2023-10-13 12:57:39

Aloha 👋

Another month bites the dust! (admit it, you read that singing, didn't you?)

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## Latest Product News

**[New command palette powered by VS Code](https://twitter.com/CompuIves/status/1709597366414725194)** 🔥 — We overhauled our command palette and file picker to use its VS Code equivalent. This has lots of benefits and the palette should now feel much faster and more reliable. Plus, when you run commands like "Ask Boxy...", "Run task..." or "Create branch...", that will activate a new quick picker.

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**[AI Commit Messages 2.0]("https://twitter.com/AlfoniChristian/status/1709472814946758790)** — One of the most loved [Boxy AI](https://codesandbox.io/docs/learn/boxy/overview) features has definitely been the AI-generated commit messages. Isn't it wonderful not having to write every commit by hand? In version 2.0, Boxy now generates a commit title and description, to give even more context to your changes. Also, when you open a PR, it will be pre-filled with a short title and description based on the commits.

<img height="auto" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/assets.codesandbox.io/emails/inside-the-box/4/ai-commit-message-2.gif" style="border:0;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;" width="560">

[Streaming search results]("https://codesandbox.io/changelog) — Searching the entire codebase can be very resource-intensive on larger projects. So, we have improved the search logic to use the new Pitcher client and use streaming whenever possible. Searching should now feel instant!

[Full Changelog]("https://codesandbox.io/changelog) — There are a few more things we freshly backed - not cookies - so be sure to check [the changelog]("https://codesandbox.io/changelog) for all the goodies we shipped. 🚀

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## Meet Us @ Events

[React Live]("https://twitter.com/ronen_agranat/status/1707787270315548858) — Last Friday, [Ives]("https://twitter.com/CompuIves), one of our founders, talked about "All the Ways You Can Run JavaScript" at [React Live.](https://reactlive.nl/program) React has changed a lot over the past few years, and the dev servers have changed too. From Webpack to Create-React-App to Next.js, there have been many ways to run our code. In his talk, he described how CodeSandbox runs your code, and what changes we've made to our execution environment to support new dev servers and frameworks.

<img height="auto" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/assets.codesandbox.io/emails/inside-the-box/4/Ives-ReactLive.jpg" style="border:0;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;" width="560">

[DevTalks Cluj-Napoca]("https://www.devtalks.ro/cluj) — [Ioana]("https://twitter.com/ioana_ci), our Engineering Manager joined the local chapter in her hometown - Women in Tech Cluj and shared a panel discussion on the topic of "[Equity, Diversity, and Women in the IT industry](https://www.linkedin.com/events/paneldiscussion-equity-diversit7112688706808913920)". She truly believes the future is built on diversity and equity, which was the theme of her masterclass there.

<img height="auto" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/assets.codesandbox.io/emails/inside-the-box/4/ioana-devtalks.jpg" style="border:0;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;" width="560">

[revo.js Timișoara]("https://revojs.ro/202) — This week, [Alex Moldovan](https://twitter.com/alexnmoldovan), Product Engineer here at CodeSandbox, will talk about "[The Ethical Choice](https://revojs.ro/2023/speakers/alex-moldovan/)"

<img height="auto" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/assets.codesandbox.io/emails/inside-the-box/4/Alex-revojs.png" style="border:0;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;" width="560">

[CodeBeam Europe]("https://codebeameurope.com/) — [Sanne](https://twitter.com/sannekalkman), our Software Engineer flavored in Elixir, will be at [CodeBeam Europe](https://codebeameurope.com) in Berlin, later this month. She is part of the Programme Committee, those who put out the hard work to craft the amazing agenda for the event!

<img height="auto" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/assets.codesandbox.io/emails/inside-the-box/4/Sanne-Codebeam.png" style="border:0;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;" width="560">

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## Web Bytes

[Sandpack Panel ](https://youtu.be/U2XpUIhNa_)— In mid-September, [Ioana](https://twitter.com/ioana_cis) was joined by [Josh](https://twitter.com/joshWComeau) and [Alex](https://twitter.com/alexnmoldovan) for a panel on building live coding experiences with Sandpack. Check out [the recording](https://youtu.be/U2XpUIhNa_0) and share with us how you use [Sandpack](https://sandpack.codesandbox.io/)!

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[Engineer @ Work](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk2URKXp1-Q): Solving puzzling engineering challenges with Impact! — Our lead engineer [Christian](https://twitter.com/AlfoniChristian) is going live a couple of times a week trying to solve some of our most complex engineering problems. You can watch [last Tuesday's session]("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk2URKXp1-Q) or catch the next one this Thursday!

[Hacktoberfest](https://hacktoberfest.com) — Open Source Software is very dear to our mission, values and part of our colleagues' daily work or hobbies. And while we do understand that sometimes, people are more excited about a submitted PR no matter its impact, we do want to encourage you to contribute to OSS. If you need to start a new project, we have [powerful templates](https://codesandbox.io/s/) to help you jump straight into coding.

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## Community Spotlight

Each Friday, we use Twitter (X?) to shine a light on some of the best projects amazing people create using our platform.

[Learn to Code with AI Teacher At Codequick](https://codequick.io) — We are more than happy to be [the platform](https://twitter.com/codesandbox/status/1700144292159754406) that CodeQuick chose for their code learning project!

<img height="auto" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/assets.codesandbox.io/emails/inside-the-box/4/codequick.gif" style="border:0;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;" width="560">

We really love seeing what **you** build using CodeSandbox. So do share with us what you’re working on or which insights you would like to hear from us.

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## Thank You ❤️

We hope you enjoyed this issue of Inside the Box!

We are curious about what **you** feel is missing from these newsletters and what **you** would like us to add to the next one!

What should we bring next? Tell us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/wU9zyfydM)!