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From Tolerating Rise to Being Obsessed With It — A Code Block Story
Totally empathise SMcNicol I wasn't quite huffing/puffing, but wondered how we could incorporate external media and resources, which inevitably meant going external with buttons, links or embedding where possible
Which in turn meant the learner/user is sent out of the experience (and most probably the LMS), now code just...well, you've seen the magic it's creating
With vibe coding becoming a far more viable option for small asset packets, it feels like a proper confluence event for us. Now we can get super creative on how we want to convey information into tangible experiences that will support retention of knowledge.
I've also started to vibe open source elements to help others and the teams I work with to have editable assets rather than having to go back to vibe coding (example in the...examples🙃)
YES to all of this! The "sent out of the experience" struggle was so real — nothing breaks immersion quite like a learner clicking a button and suddenly they're in a browser tab wondering how they got there. 😅
Code Blocks genuinely changed the game for that exact reason. External resources, media, interactions — all of it lives inside the experience now. No escape hatches. 😁
And you nailed it with the confluence event framing. Vibe coding + Code Blocks + AI tools hitting at the same time feels like the moment everything clicked into place for what's actually possible in Rise. We went from "I guess I'll add a button link" to "I'm building custom JavaScript interactions with a full brand system" practically overnight.
The open source editable assets idea is 🔥 — that's such a generous move for your team. Reusable components that don't require someone to start from scratch every time is exactly what teams need!
Well, I just couldn't help myself, could I 😁
I'll leave this here...have a fab weekend when it starts...wanted to do more but Gemini has now introduced 5-hour generation windows too
The Zip is a working production file, the index, delete .txt extension to see what I've tinkered with