🛠️ Under the Hood: A Summer Spent Rebuilding MetaGrid’s Core

News & Updates 🧑‍💻From the Devs' Lab
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You may have noticed we’ve been quieter than usual lately. That’s because we’ve been deep in the trenches, taking on one of the biggest rewrites in MetaGrid Pro’s history – the import/export engine.

This is the system that handles everything: backups, grids, workspaces, profiles, every grid object. It hasn’t really changed since the MetaGrid Classic days. With the upcoming new preset system, we knew it was time to finally tear it down and rebuild it from the ground up.

What started as a “simple update” quickly became a gargantuan task. This kind of work doesn’t produce flashy screenshots, but it’s the backbone of the app and required our full focus.

:light_bulb: What’s new?

  • A modern, streamlined file transfer process

  • Download progress indicators wherever possible

  • The old circular spinner retired in favor of a brand new MetaGrid Pro animated logo spinner – a small touch, but one that makes the process feel alive

  • Much better handling of large backups and complex projects

  • And most importantly: the system is now ready for additional file transfer providers like Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive, which we plan to roll out later this year.

The new file transport engine has just gone to Beta testers, and it’s the foundation for everything coming next with presets and content sharing.

It’s been a summer of code instead of beaches – but this rewrite was long overdue, and it sets MetaGrid Pro up for a huge leap forward. :rocket:

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That’s very interesting news. I’ve often felt that for a small team it must be difficult to decide between bug fixing, incremental improvements, and new features. It’s the latter that perhaps brings in the new users, but it’s the first two that keep the existing user base the happiest.

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Surprising that news like this only gets 3 likes out of 15 views. It seems the majority want shiny things more than future proofing robustness.

+1000 for the latter.