Reddit is well known for its April Fools events like r/Place and r/Second. These events have shown the power of community collaboration and creativity. As individuals we can do a little, but as a community we can do a lot.
Events like r/Place are a great way to bring people together, but they are also a lot of work to create. We want to make it easier for developers to create these types of events. We want to make it easy to create a game where everyone can participate and contribute to the outcome.
What would it look like to build a platform that enabled the community to build these types of events on their own? What if we could make it easy to create a game where everyone can participate and contribute to the outcome?
Devvit is a write it once, run it everywhere platform. It's UI framework also needs to be platform agnostic. What does it look like? How does it work? How do we make it easy for developers to create these types of events?
Finding common ground between mobile and web development. Balancing creative freedom with constraints like consistency and accessibility. Sensible defaults. Simple. Powerful.
Exposing part of the Reddit Product Language. An abstrction layer that enables us to be more opinionated about the design of the platform. A way to ensure that the platform is consistent and accessible.
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