April 2021 Summaries

A Meetup is planned at the Austin Office, with interested attendees or speakers encouraged to sign up. The event will take place on September 24th, 2024. In other news, Coder has released version 1.18, which includes a renaming of environments to workspaces and various improvements such as enhancements to workspace templates, workspace providers, and general bug fixes. The term "workspace" is used to represent the full space for writing and testing code in the cloud, including consistent development environments, dev URLs, and multiple IDEs/connection methods. All existing environments will still be accessible under the renamed view. Subscribers can stay updated on Coder's latest news by subscribing to their monthly newsletter.

The Coder hackathon allowed employees to work on any project related to Coder for a day. Some of the projects included integrating Coder with Alexa, using Coder for tech recruitment, creating a simple command-line install on Google Cloud, designing a hidden game, and developing a style guide. The winner was Bruno Quaresma for his vision of using Coder as a tech recruitment platform.

We're hosting a Meetup at our Austin Office, where we'll share why we're excited about Projector, an open source framework for running JetBrains IDEs and Swing apps remotely. We've been implementing and optimizing Projector in Coder to bring the benefits of developing in the cloud to more developers who want to use their preferred IDE. Similar to code-server, Projector makes remote development with JetBrains IDEs a reality, opening up possibilities for offloading workloads like slow builds and test suites to the cloud. With Projector, developers can use it by deploying it on any machine, and Coder takes care of the heavy lifting, making it simple to use for development teams who don't want to build custom solutions. A 60-day free trial is available to get started developing securely in the cloud using your favorite JetBrains IDE.

The text discusses a Meetup at an Austin Office, focusing on non-permanent workers or gig economy participants. It mentions that over 59 million Americans participated in the gig economy during the preceding 12 months, with software engineering being a prevalent field for contractors. The text highlights how Coder can help manage contractor workforce by providing reproducible development environments, reducing equipment costs, eliminating VPN requirements, and ensuring data security. It encourages interested parties to schedule a demo or sign up for a free trial of Coder.