ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Episode 2 - The Commit Podcast by Hashnode Topic: Raw Markdown to WYSIWYG editor - Crafting Hashnode's New Editor In this episode, our host Sandeep Panda, co-founder of Hashnode, engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Rajat Kapoor, Product Engineering Lead at Hashnode, and Lakshya Thakur, Senior Engineer at Hashnode. They discuss the process, technical details, tech stack, and challenges encountered while developing Hashnode's new Notion-like WYSIWYG editor. Chapters: 0:00:00 - Introduction to the Podcast 0:00:30 - Guests Introductions 0:02:22 - Why Hashnode invested in the new editor 0:05:16 - How we decided to proceed with the new WYSIWYG editor 0:08:18 - Most used content types in the editor 0:09:53 - Tech stack and why Hashnode chose TipTap 0:14:49 - Supported content types in the new editor 0:18:56 - How do we store content from editor in our database 0:24:35 - Editor team size and dev process 0:27:11 - Challenges faced in the last 1 year 0:34:33 - Editor's performance 0:39:35 - How do we ship new changes with confidence 0:43:09 - AI features in the new editor 0:48:43 - Personal favorite feature in the new editor 0:53:35 - What's next with the new editor 0:58:09 - What's Headless Hashnode 1:01:01 - Big learnings from building the new editor Links mentioned during the podcast: 1. Try the new editor and publish a blog post - https://hn.new 1. Headless Hashnode - Hashnode as a CMS: https://hashnode.com/headless 3. API Docs: https://apidocs.hashnode.com/ 4. GraphQL Playground: https://apidocs.hashnode.com/ Connect with us: Hashnode: https://hashnode.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashnode Connect with Sandeep Panda: https://sandeep.dev/blog, https://twitter.com/sandeepg33k Connect with Lakshya Thakur: https://twitter.com/Lakbychance, https://blog.lakbychance.com/ Connect with Rajat Kapoor: https://twitter.com/therajatkapoor, https://blog.rajatkapoor.me/ #hashnode #TheCommitPodcast #markdowneditor #devcommunity #tiptapeditor #tiptapdev #wysiwyg #editor #markdown #writing
