This document is a transcript of a Discord chat from the #solveit-app channel, spanning from October 13 to October 18, 2025. The conversation covers a wide range of topics related to the SolveIt development platform, including user discussions on editor preferences (Vim vs. Monaco), feature announcements, bug reports, and feature requests. Key announcements from developer Jeremy Howard include a major update with a new message search interface and enhanced publishing capabilities, as well as the launch of an affiliate program. Users actively report various bugs, such as UI glitches in dark mode, erratic screen scrolling, and a critical issue causing the Vim editor to hang in the terminal, which was later diagnosed and fixed. The community also provides valuable feedback and feature requests, discussing potential improvements like mobile access, better LLM awareness of the platform itself, and enhanced UI organization.
SolveIt App: Community Feedback, Updates, and Bug Fixes
Oct 13, 2025 - Editor and UI Feedback: The discussion begins with users sharing tips and preferences for editor keybindings within SolveIt, comparing Monaco's native shortcuts with Vim and Emacs modes. A UI bug in dark mode is reported, and a user suggests improving visual clarity by using different colors for user prompts and AI responses.
Oct 14, 2025 - Major Feature Update: Jeremy Howard announces a significant platform update. Key new features include:
A new message search interface (activated with 'f').
The ability to import published dialogs.
A blog-style view for published URLs by adding .html to the end.
Oct 14, 2025 - Bug Reports and Workarounds: Following the update, users report several bugs, including an issue where canceling a prompt disables the input box, and a recurring bug where the screen automatically scrolls to the top of the dialog. A user also discovers that the standard tqdm progress bar does not render correctly, leading to the creation of a custom "sitqdm" solution.
Oct 15, 2025 - Connectivity and Platform Issues: A user reports that the SolveIt domain is being blocked by Palo Alto Networks firewalls. Later, a brief "Internal Server Error" outage occurs due to a backend machine failure, which Jeremy Howard quickly resolves. Users confirm that the screenshot feature (Ctrl-Shift-,) is Chrome-only and does not work in Firefox.
Oct 16, 2025 - Affiliate Program Launch: Jeremy Howard announces a new affiliate program, allowing users to earn a 15% commission for referrals, with the referred user also receiving a 15% discount.
Oct 16, 2025 - Critical Bug and Feature Requests: A significant bug is reported where writing a note and then renaming the dialog causes the entire note's content to be lost. Users also request that the platform's internal LLM be made "aware" of SolveIt-specific features and workflows to provide more relevant help.
Oct 17, 2025 - API Security and Usability Requests: In response to a query, Jeremy Howard clarifies the security of storing API keys, explaining they are stored in a JSON file on machines with no public IP, accessible only via firewalled, key-based SSH. Users request several quality-of-life improvements, such as opening published dialogs in a new tab and a "1-click import" button on shared dialogs.
Oct 18, 2025 - Vim Terminal Bug Fixed: Multiple users report that using Vim in the SolveIt terminal causes the session to hang. Jeremy Howard investigates and pushes a fix, explaining that Vim was sending an obscure control code that crashed the underlying xterm.js library. The fix involved adding a specific setting to the Vim configuration within the container.
Oct 18, 2025 - VPN and Connectivity Advice: A user experiencing slowness while using a VPN is advised by Jeremy Howard to press the 's' key in a dialog to refresh the web socket connection, which also saves the session and refreshes the message list.