Chris, Rachel, and Marie talk about the stages of testing CodePen's new Projects feature - moving from developing in "secret" to alpha, transitioning to invite-only beta and open beta, and managing communication with alpha and beta users.

Marie, Alex, and Rachel talk project management for the payments update and the Project project. We talk about the tools we used to manage our projects, what we've learned while managing projects, and tips for folks about to manage their first big project.

Marie, Rachel, and Tim H. are founder-free this episode, talking about using React to build CodePen's newest Project feature. We talk about the deciding factors in choosing React for Projects, the learning curve, and the lessons learned.

CodePen Projects is now officially in beta, and we're excited to talk to you about it! Chris, Rachel, Tim S, and Marie gather to discuss the hows and whys of CodePen Projects.

Chris, Tim H., and Marie gather to discuss how we upsell CodePen PRO. We talk about the process of identifying opportunities to upsell, avoiding dark patterns, and new ways of introducing our members to PRO features.

Tim, Alex, and Chris are together answering a listener question about how we do capacity planning at CodePen. Thanks Frederick for the topic suggestion! Tim runs through all the details of how traffic is routed around CodePen's servers. We get into the details of auto-scaling and provisioning with our AWS plan. Also: a discussion of the newest CodePen feature!

Chris, Jake, and Dee gather to chat about refactoring the payment processing code and the creation of ownables. We talk about why we went through all this work and what it allows us to do in the future.

Chris & Marie talk about the benefits of focusing on CodePen's social media efforts. How do we engage with our audience on each platform? What did and didn't work on social media CodePen? Is there a way to measure the value of one platform over another?

Chris and Marie talk about what it's like to write and maintain documentation for a complex app. Can documentation also be marketing? What's it like keeping documentation inside WordPress?

Chris, Tim H, and Marie talk about the nuts and bolts of the CodePen's Spark — the weekly email newsletter that highlights the coolest stuff from the previous week on CodePen. We get into the challenges of getting email _just right_, from testing the design on various devices to getting it to your inbox each week.