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Replit has introduced a new feature allowing users to create and collaborate on visual whiteboards directly within their coding environment. These "draw files," powered by the open-source Excalidraw library, enable real-time, multiplayer sketching, diagramming, and text annotation alongside code. The company plans to expand this functionality with more drawing options and image export capabilities. AI

Replit is detailing its approach to conducting remote interviews, utilizing its own collaborative coding environment, Repl.it Multiplayer, to enhance the candidate experience. The company emphasizes using this tool to foster a more collaborative and less performative interview process, allowing for real-time coding, debugging, and pair programming. This method extends to their remote 'onsite' interviews, which include design sessions using collaborative whiteboards like ExcaliDraw and informal virtual lunches, all aimed at better assessing a candidate's skills and cultural fit. AI