##### Development environment now uses React 17 and Webpack 5

Version 2.16 of FreeSewing brings some important changes for developers.
Read [our blog post on version 2.16](https://freesewing.org/blog/react-17/) for more info.


##### Next contributor call on 04 September

The next contributor call is on **04 September 2021**, Lucian and Karen will host it.

The call is on [discord.freesewing.org](https://discord.freesewing.org/).
Check the meetings voice/video channel.


##### Summertime: Things are a bit slower

Things are [a bit slower during the summertime](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing/discussions/1139) but
on the plus side, we're looking into playing DnD together.

Join [discord.freesewing.org](https://discord.freesewing.org/) for more info.

There's also a `project-2022` channel there with info on some future stuff we're working on.