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import StateOfDTI2022Page from "../src/app/StateOfDTI2022Page.js";
export default function StateOfDTI2022PageWrapper() {
return <StateOfDTI2022Page />;
}

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import StateOfDTI2023Page from "../src/app/StateOfDTI2023Page.js";
export default function StateOfDTI2022PageWrapper() {
return <StateOfDTI2023Page />;
}

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import Head from "next/head";
import { Heading1 } from "./util";
import TextContent from "./components/TextContent";
import HomepageSplashImg from "./images/homepage-splash.png";
import Image from "next/image";
import { Box, useColorModeValue } from "@chakra-ui/react";
import { FeedbackForm, FeedbackFormContainer } from "./HomePage";
function StateOfDTI2022Page() {
const formBorderColor = useColorModeValue("gray.300", "blue.400");
return (
<>
<Head>
<title>State of DTI: 2022 | Dress to Impress</title>
</Head>
<Box display="flex" justifyContent="center" marginBottom="3">
<Image
src={HomepageSplashImg}
width={200}
height={200}
alt="Dress to Impress beach background"
layout="fixed"
/>
</Box>
<Heading1 marginBottom="4" textAlign="center">
State of DTI: 2022
</Heading1>
<TextContent maxWidth="700px" marginX="auto">
<p>
Hello, dear friends! I'm Matchu (they/she), the coder-person of Dress
to Impress! Here's a little note about like… why the site is stuck
where it is rn, and what we're thinking of doing about that.
</p>
<p>
Dress to Impress started back in 2010, when I was in high school! I
ran it alone for most of that time, but recently Chips and Dice from
the /r/Neopets community have been helping keep on top of things, and
it's been a serious game changer for keeping all our customization
data accurate and reliable, thank you!!!
</p>
<p>
I on the other hand have… <em>not</em> been on top of things 😅😖 My
body has been uncooperative the past couple years (long covid seems
likely, it's hard to say?), and about 70–80% of the way through
development of the new site, my power just kinda… stopped. It's not a
great situation for someone like that to be the only person holding
the keys to the codebase, but, well, that's where we are.
</p>
<p>
DTI 2020 started with three big goals in mind: supporting the new
HTML5 customization system, working well on phones, and replacing some
of the needlessly-complex tech I built back when I was like literally
a teenager 😳 The first two got done, but it's hard to say we ever
"replaced" anything: now we just have uhh <em>two</em> sites. We
wanted to make everyone fall in love with DTI 2020 and be happy to let
it smoothly replace Classic DTI by the end of 2020… but work stopped,
so it never did.
</p>
<p>
Not to mention that, since then, the world's been changing around us.
As Neopets.com starts to maybe lose support from its parent company,
and some of its technical infrastructure starts to become unstable,
our top priority today is to make sure Neopets customization never
becomes lost media. We used to depend on Neopets.com for hosting a LOT
of the new HTML5 art, without keeping our own copy, but that's just
not an option anymore—and I've put in a last big emergency oomph of
effort to make sure we have everything we need, in case the site goes
offline before anyone expects it to.
</p>
<p>
And it's also all the more reason to move away from our complex
Classic DTI tech, and onto something that's easy to distribute and run
in the future, so the Neopets community isn't depending on our server
and its old messy tech staying online for 20+ years. But that just
never got done, and I wish it hadn't taken me two years to admit that
I physically don't have the power to do it 😖
</p>
<p>
So… that's the way of things. We built some support tech for Chips and
Dice over the years, and they've been doing a great job keeping
everything working, and I try to stay on top of the bugs they run
into… but that's just all the coding power DTI has right now.
</p>
<p>
If there's anyone out there who's had practice with React/Node apps,
and is ready to spelunk into a codebase that was never really built
for a team and try to finish up what's left, please send me a note at{" "}
<a href="mailto:matchu@openneo.net">matchu@openneo.net</a> and I'd
love to talk about it! 💜 It probably won't be easy work, but I know
there's lots of folks who would be grateful.
</p>
<p>
In the meantime, mostly just… thanks to everyone for being so kind to
me over these, gosh, 12 years now. The Neopets community is where I
grew up, and I'll do my best to help keep it alive in the coming
decades, whatever form it may take! We deserve that.
</p>
<p>
Best wishes in all things, Neopians,
<br />—
<Box as="span" fontStyle="italic">
Matchu
</Box>
</p>
<Box as="p" fontSize="sm">
P.S. I've dropped the little feedback form element at the bottom of
the page here too, so you can let me know if like… anything in here
sounds especially right or wrong. I want to make sure I'm doing right
by you, as best I can!
</Box>
</TextContent>
<Box maxWidth="500px" marginX="auto" marginTop="6">
<FeedbackFormContainer borderColor={formBorderColor}>
<FeedbackForm contentPlaceholder="Anything come to mind?" />
</FeedbackFormContainer>
</Box>
</>
);
}
export default StateOfDTI2022Page;

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import Head from "next/head";
import { Heading1 } from "./util";
import TextContent from "./components/TextContent";
import HomepageSplashImg from "./images/homepage-splash.png";
import Image from "next/image";
import { Box, useColorModeValue } from "@chakra-ui/react";
import { FeedbackForm, FeedbackFormContainer } from "./HomePage";
function StateOfDTI2023Page() {
const formBorderColor = useColorModeValue("gray.300", "blue.400");
return (
<>
<Head>
<title>State of DTI: 2023 | Dress to Impress</title>
</Head>
<Box display="flex" justifyContent="center" marginBottom="3">
<Image
src={HomepageSplashImg}
width={200}
height={200}
alt="Dress to Impress beach background"
layout="fixed"
/>
</Box>
<Heading1 marginBottom="4" textAlign="center">
State of DTI: 2023
</Heading1>
<TextContent maxWidth="700px" marginX="auto">
<p>
Hello, dear friends! I'm Matchu (they/she), the coder-person of Dress
to Impress! Here's a little note about like… why the site is stuck
where it is rn, and what we're thinking of doing about that.
</p>
<p>
I started building DTI 2020 back when I was healthier, and was pretty
sure I could finish it all up and transfer everything to the new site
by the end of the year. The name made sense at the time! 😅 But, well,
now I'm too sick too often to finish 😖 (Long covid? It's hard to
say.)
</p>
<p>
I'm happy we have a site that's much better on phones and works with
the new HTML5 systems! But Classic DTI still has a lot of the
essential item trading features and a few other nice things… so we're
kinda just stuck with the two sites for now, I think 😬 We won't be
making any improvements to Classic DTI anymore (changing it is a REAL
pain), but we also won't turn it off until the day it's no longer
needed, and that's… very far from today.
</p>
<p>
For now, our technical focus is making sure all Neopets customization
data is archived, in case Neopets servers become spottier or go
offline. (We see the way the wind is blowing with the NFT Neopets
project, so we want to be ready if the executives shut down
Neopets.com, just in case.) And we have a small support team keeping
an eye on things—thank you Chips and Dice for all your help!!
</p>
<p>
But yeah, we're open to having more hands help finish DTI 2020! If you
have practice with React/Node apps, and are eager to spelunk into a
codebase that was unfortunately never really built for a team, please
send me a note at{" "}
<a href="mailto:matchu@openneo.net">matchu@openneo.net</a> and I'd
love to talk about it! 💜 I'm not ready to offer the kind of hands-on
support I normally would, so it's not really a fair ask on my part—but
I know there's lots of folks who would be grateful, if it's something
you can do.
</p>
<p>
In the meantime, mostly just… thanks to everyone for being so kind to
me over these, gosh, 12 years now. The Neopets community is where I
grew up, and I'll do my best to help keep it alive in the coming
decades, whatever form it may take. We deserve that.
</p>
<p>
Best wishes in all things, Neopians 💖
<br />—
<Box as="span" fontStyle="italic">
Matchu
</Box>
</p>
<Box as="p" fontSize="sm">
P.S. I've dropped our little feedback form at the bottom of the page
here too, so you can let me know if like… anything in here sounds
especially right or wrong. I want to make sure I'm doing right by you,
as best I can!
</Box>
</TextContent>
<Box maxWidth="500px" marginX="auto" marginTop="6">
<FeedbackFormContainer borderColor={formBorderColor}>
<FeedbackForm contentPlaceholder="Anything come to mind?" />
</FeedbackFormContainer>
</Box>
</>
);
}
export default StateOfDTI2023Page;