The recent "Inside box" article discusses the development progress of Strapi, focusing on the prerelease of its alpha version, which showcases significant advancements despite some delays. Notably, the framework now supports a dashboard capable of handling plugins, marking a major milestone, although the dashboard remains largely undeveloped. The decision to maintain separate state stores for plugins and the dashboard is under consideration, with the team welcoming community feedback on this. Contributions have been simplified by implementing Lerna to manage the mono-repository, encouraging easier involvement from the community. The article underscores the importance of transparency by merging ongoing work into the master branch and invites community collaboration through GitHub, Slack, and email.