diff --git a/markdown/org/blog/2021-wrapup/en.md b/markdown/org/blog/2021-wrapup/en.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0e48734deab --- /dev/null +++ b/markdown/org/blog/2021-wrapup/en.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +--- +author: "joostdecock" +caption: "Picture by Snapwire - Via pexels.com" +date: "2022-01-01" +image: "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/hl5bw8cj/site-content/33d380890b215e6fc9c698b57469fdd0c24acc44-3072x2304.jpg" +intro: "I'm not going to do a whole blog post about 2021 stuff because I feel like most of us just sorta want to move on and forget about it, but if you were looking for a longer read, then here's the table of content of our latest newsletter edition that also went out today:" +title: "2021 wrap-up: A new FreeSewing.dev and announcing our bug bounty program" +--- + + + +I'm not going to do a whole blog post about 2021 stuff because I feel like most of us just sorta want to move on and forget about it, but if you were looking for a longer read, then here's the table of content of [our latest newsletter edition](/newsletter/2022q1/) that also went out today: + +- 🎉 2021 is salted and burned +- 🧐 What our contributors have been up to in 2021 +- 🎖️ FreeSewing is now an 'all contributors' project +- 🚧 Why version 3 has been put on hold +- 🤓 What I've been up to in 2021 +- 🐛 FreeSewing's bug bounty program +- ⛑️ Yearly revenue and where it went (spoiler: same as always) +- 🤞 What I hope will happen this year + +Here, I'd like to cherry-pick just those things that I think are exciting right now. + +## freesewing.dev has been rebuilt + +[The effort I started in the summer](https://freesewing.dev/blog/project-2022) came to fruition on the last day of the year as I deployed the new [freesewing.dev](https://freesewing.dev/blog/project-2022) site in production. + +It's a complete redesign, and the code is now [hosted in our monorepo](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing), which means that [our dedicated repository for freesewing.dev](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing.dev) has now been archived. + +This effort implemented a bunch of items from [our v3 roadmap](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing/discussions/1278) which has sort of grown into this long list of ideas/plans. From the top of my head: + +- Migrate to NextJS +- Better open graph support +- Migrate style to TailwindCSS +- Migrate blog posts and showcase posts to Strapi +- Migrate newsletter to Strapi +- Move markdown content into monorepo & merge Crowdin translation projects +- Add endpoint to backend for auto-generated open graph images + +Have all been implemented as a direct result or side effect of this effort. + +This site will also become the blueprint for an overhaul of freesewing.org, something that's on the planning for this year. + +## FreeSewing's bug bounty program + +Once again, [read our newsletter](/newsletter/2022q1/) for the entire backstory, but here's the gist of it: We are now launching the FreeSewing bug bounty program: + +> If you find a bug in one of our patterns, or in our core library, we will (with your permission) add you to our list of contributors, and send you a little something to say thanks. + +So keep your eyes peeled, and if something seems off, [let us know about it](https://discord.freesewing.org/) and we'll send you some goodies