I had planned to stay on Remix 2, without Vite, for a little longer, but some initial tests went well. I've rebuilt Grazie! to run on React Router 7 Framework, which is the equivalent of what would have been Remix 3. This means we get React 19 support and Vite. The latter, I'm not super impressed with. I kinda hate the Vite Dev server. It's super slow, compared to the Remix Dev server. I've tried a few things to speed it up, but I can't believe it wants to download every package file as a chunk on every refresh. That just doesn't make sense, plus it's non-responsive for a good 10 seconds after a restart. It has to be, something, not entirely correct, but I haven't figured out what, if that is the case.

The good news is the production server runs fine, so I've decided to press on. The big changes planned for February are, obviously, the RR 7/Vite migration, and then I plan to restructure the way themes and overrides work. Currently, you can override a page/layout, based on the loader value for that page, in your theme. I plan to add route and component overrides as well, but I haven't decided if those should be in the theme yet.

The goal is to build something that can be deployed and built onto for different purposes, without causing a lot of issues merging upstream changes. Th current structure is almost there, but I feel like it needs another layer between Grazie! and site specific changes. It needs a better core and customization separation, basically. That's what I hope to solve in February.

In addition to the package/framework migration, I'm also adding password resets and email support. The email support is kinda needed for the password reset. This change is driven by me moving away from bcrypt to the Node.js crypto module for password hashing. If a current user has a bcrypt hashed password, it will trigger a password reset workflow, when they try to log in.

If I get everything done, that I want to, in February, then we may be close to a beta for March. There are a few additional things I want to fix or add, but it wouldn't hurt for them to come later.