Hello Reader Happy weekend! Nothing in this edition is finished, and that's kind of the point. A launch that's still collecting votes. Docs meant to get updated as things change. A portfolio built by someone actively asking for feedback on it. Even the roadmap comes with a built in disclaimer: dates are estimates, not promises. Turns out "still in progress" isn't a phase you get through, it's just what building actually looks like. TL;DR ◉ Scrimba Explain: We’ve reached #4 on Product Hunt ◉...
3 days ago • 2 min read
We're live. Scrimba Explain is on Product Hunt right now. Hello Reader, And we're off! Scrimba Explain has just launched on Product Hunt. You may have seen us mention it over the past few weeks: Type a question, and you get an AI-narrated Explainer video back in seconds, either on its own or right inside a scrim when a lesson stops making sense. It's free during the beta. Today it goes in front of a much bigger audience, and the first few hours shape where we land. If you have a few minutes,...
5 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader Somehow it's August. The weeks have been moving fast enough that I had to check the date twice before writing this. There's a strange comfort in that though. Fast weeks usually mean things are happening. Let's get into it. TL;DR ◉ Platform update: Captions now in 10 languages ◉ Upcoming Courses: DevOps coming next week! ◉ Feature update: Explain just crossed 10,000 explainers, plus a new Chrome extension! ◉ Team Member of the Week: Leanne! ◉ Coding challenge: Comfort Food Edition...
10 days ago • 3 min read
Hello Reader When you're climbing something, you rarely feel how high you've gotten. You're too busy looking to the next step. It's only when you stop and turn around that the ground looks far away. End of the month is one of those turn-around moments. A chance to look down and notice you're not where you started, even if the last few weeks felt like the same handhold over and over. You don't have to have arrived anywhere. You just have to have moved. So, turn around for a second. How far...
17 days ago • 3 min read
Just launched: Learn Python for free - the Scrimba way Hello Reader, Our latest free course, Learn Python is now live, and it's built for people who've never written a line of code before! // COURSE NEWS // New course drop In Learn Python, you'll start from the absolute basics: variables, strings, and capturing user input. Then you'll put every concept to work building PayUp, a working expense-splitting app. From there, the course continues to build. You'll learn lists, loops, and conditional...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader Happy weekend! Somehow we just breezed past another week. But maybe that means we were locked in and working hard. Lots of new tech out in the wild this week, new AI models dropping left and right and some new Scrimba features too (wink wink). Let's dive right in. TL;DR ◉ Platform Updates: New content on docs.scrimba.com! ◉ Scrimba News: Explainers are now within scrims + 2 more updates ◉ Student of the Week: Sohail completes the Backend Path! ◉ Poll of the Week: How many tabs is...
24 days ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader Hey everyone, Before anything else: if you're in Ontario, or anywhere the smoke has drifted to this week, we're thinking of you. It's been a rough few days across a lot of the map, and we hope you and yours are safe and indoors. On to lighter things. I've been thinking about deadlines this week, mostly because of how differently everyone treats them. So which one are you? Start early and deliver early, or procrastinate and power through? I'm not sure either is wrong. The plan is...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Hello Reader, Our Learn Cybersecurity course (normally Pro-access) is available FREE this weekend only, starting NOW! 🫶 Now's your chance to get clued up on these Cybersecurity essentials, without spending a penny. 💥 Threat Modelling and OWASP💥 Authentication and Identity💥 Input and Data Safety💥 Rate Limiting and Throttling GO TO COURSE Pleased to hear this? Please return the favor by sending this email to a friend. Let's help as many people as possible discover how to make the web a safer...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader This edition lands on 7/11, which means one thing if you're in the US: free Slurpee day. If you're reading this near a 7-Eleven, consider this your official permission slip to go claim one. We can't hand out frozen drinks through your inbox (yet), but we can offer the next best thing: a fresh round of community wins, a beta you can actually play with, and a challenge with merch on the line. Fair warning that this week's edition moves fast, so pace yourself. Nobody wants brain...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read