The Replit team is exploring whether to build new features directly into their platform or allow users to add them themselves, as they want to create a more customizable and flexible computing environment. The team has made significant progress in making Repl Space more powerful over the past year, and now plans to bring this power into the product through Templates and new configuration options. Templates will be available for searching and browsing, with the possibility of publishing community-created templates in the future. Users can configure their Repl using two files: replit.nix and .replit, which specify the packages to install and how the repl operates, respectively. The team aims to make Repl Space even more powerful, enabling users to create customized computing environments for various purposes beyond coding, such as gaming and drawing.