Changelog

Another Tuesday, another Pie.host update:

This week’s release focused on making Pie.host faster to navigate and a little easier to work with every day.

Search is now much more useful across the platform, keyboard shortcuts make it instantly accessible; PieAssist handles support conversations more intelligently, and we've expanded our growing collection of developer tools with a new JSON Formatter.

🔎 Search Now Finds Your Resources, API Keys & Tools

Search is no longer limited to documentation and tutorials.

It now searches across your Pie.host resources and developer tools, making it much easier to jump directly to the services you're using instead of browsing through the dashboard.

Whether you're looking for a deployment, database, Redis instance, or one of our built-in tools, search now brings everything together in a single place.

⌨️ Open Search Instantly

Finding what you need is now even quicker.

Press Cmd + B (macOS) or Ctrl + B (Windows/Linux) from anywhere inside Pie.host to instantly open search. No mouse required.

For developers who spend most of their day on the keyboard, this makes navigating the platform significantly faster.

🤖 PieAssist Smarter Ticket Handling

We fixed an issue where PieAssist could accidentally create duplicate support tickets.

Now, if you already have an active support conversation, PieAssist will automatically direct you back to that ticket instead of opening a new one. You can simply continue the conversation by replying with your latest question.

This keeps support requests organised while making it easier to track ongoing issues.

🛠️ New JSON Formatter Tool

Our collection of free developer tools continues to grow.

This week we added a JSON Formatter, making it easy to format, validate, and prettify JSON directly from your browser.

Alongside the new addition, we've also made several improvements across our existing developer tools for a smoother experience.

Try it here: https://piehost.com/tools/json-formatter

Small Improvements

• Improved overall search experience across the platform.
• Enhanced several existing developer tools with usability improvements.
• Fixed duplicate support ticket creation in PieAssist.

We'll keep shipping improvements every week, see you in the next Pie.host update.

🚀 Another Tuesday, another Pie.host update!

This week, we made freelancer payouts smoother, improved escrow reliability, and raised our engineering standards even higher. Here's what's new 👇

💸 Withdrawal History Export

Freelancers can now export their complete withdrawal history as a CSV from the Get Paid page.

The export includes:
📅 Withdrawal date
💰 Amount
✅ Current status

Perfect for accounting, tax preparation, or importing into your bookkeeping software.

💳 Get Paid Dashboard

The new Get Paid dashboard is now fully complete!

PieLancers can now:
⚡ View their available balance in real time
💸 Request withdrawals with one click
🏦 Set up payout methods (Bank Transfer or PayPal)

Everything stays synced automatically with live platform data.

🔄 Monthly Billing Support

Recurring monthly projects are now fully supported.

✅ Clients are billed upfront each month
🔒 Funds are held securely in escrow
💵 Payments are automatically released to freelancers based on the billing schedule

Managing long-term projects just became much easier.

🛠️ Engineering Improvements

✅ Zero-Warning CI Across the Repository

We've officially reached a 0-error / 0-warning baseline across our entire codebase.

Every commit and pull request is automatically checked with:

🎨 PHP Pint (PHP formatting)
🧹 ESLint & Prettier (JavaScript quality)

Code that doesn't meet our standards can't be merged, helping us ship faster while keeping the platform reliable.

✨ Small improvements like these might not always be visible, but they make Pie.host stronger with every release.

See you next Tuesday! 👋

Another Tuesday, another Pie.host update!

Last week we shipped a new Redis testing tool to help developers validate their Redis instances in seconds, and we also made internal improvements to PieSocket's monitoring stack so we can detect and respond to issues even faster.

Redis Server Tester

Working with Redis often starts with one simple question: Is my server actually reachable and working correctly?

We've added a Redis Server Tester that lets you quickly verify your Redis connection, helping identify connectivity and configuration issues.

Whether you're connecting to a managed Redis instance or your own server, it's now easier to confirm everything is working as expected.

Optimised PieSocket's Internal Monitoring

We optimized PieSocket's internal monitoring systems, improving how we collect and process operational metrics behind the scenes.

While there aren't any visible UI changes, these improvements help us detect anomalies faster, troubleshoot issues more efficiently, and continue delivering a more reliable realtime platform for everyone.

We're continuing to invest in both developer experience and platform reliability. As always, thank you for building with Pie.host, we'll see you next Tuesday with another update.

Another Tuesday, Another Pie.host Update

Last week was all about improving everyday workflows. We shipped a more transparent invoicing experience, added a long-requested productivity shortcut to the dashboard, and continued polishing the platform with UI improvements and bug fixes.

These aren't headline-grabbing features, but they're the kind of quality-of-life improvements that make Pie.host faster and easier to use every day.

🧾 More Transparent Invoices

Invoices now include detailed line items, making it much easier to understand exactly how the final amount is calculated.

Each invoice now shows:

• Individual line items
• Hourly rate for each resource
• Total run-hours
• Calculated amount for every item

Whether you're reviewing infrastructure usage or billing clients, you'll have complete visibility into where every charge comes from.

⌨️ Collapse the Sidebar with a Shortcut

The Pie.host dashboard's left navigation panel is now collapsible using a keyboard shortcut.

• Windows/Linux: CTRL + B
• macOS: CMD + B

This makes it easier to maximize workspace while navigating the dashboard, especially on smaller screens or when focusing on a specific task.

✨ Small Improvements

As always, we've also shipped a collection of bug fixes and UI improvements across the platform.

These updates improve consistency, responsiveness, and overall usability, making Pie.host feel a little smoother with every release.

We'll be back next Tuesday with more improvements.

Another Tuesday, another Pie.host update!

This week’s update is about making Pie.host easier to learn from, easier to trust, and easier to support.

We improved how community content is organised, gave our operational emails a cleaner experience, and launched a place for people who believe in Pie.host to express interest in investing in the company.

What We Shipped

🧩 Multiple versions for Community posts

Community posts can now support multiple versions of the same underlying guide.

For example, instead of treating “Build a realtime chatroom in React” and “Build a realtime chatroom in Vue” as completely unrelated posts, Pie.host can now group them as versions of one guide.

This makes it easier for developers to find the implementation that matches their stack without losing the broader context of the topic.

A developer looking to build realtime chat can start with the same concept, then choose React, Vue, or another supported framework version. 

It also gives us a cleaner way to maintain educational content as we publish more framework-specific tutorials. Rather than duplicating the same guide structure repeatedly, we can keep related implementations connected and easier to discover.

✉️ Polished layouts for reports and notification emails

We refreshed the layouts used for daily reports and other notification emails.

Operational emails are often where teams first notice something important:

• 📈 Usage changes
• 🔔 Account activity
• 📊 Daily reports
• ⚠️ Tasks that need attention

These messages should be quick to scan and clear on any device.

The updated layouts improve structure and readability, making important information easier to find without making the email feel overloaded.

Whether you are checking a daily report in the morning or opening a notification between meetings, the goal is a more reliable and polished experience.

🤝 Introducing the Pie.host investor interest page

We also launched the new /investors page.

If you like what Pie.host is building, you can now submit an investor interest form and tell us a little about yourself.

It is a simple way for people who want to support our work to raise their hand and start a conversation with us.

Pie.host is building trusted realtime infrastructure and developer cloud products, while expanding into tools that make technology easier for teams to use and hire.

The investor interest page gives supporters a direct route to follow the company more closely and potentially participate in its journey. 🌱

✨ Small Improvements

Alongside these releases, we continued refining the product experience across community content and email communications.

Every small improvement helps make Pie.host more useful, more understandable, and more dependable for the teams building with us.

Try Pie.host and follow along as we keep making cloud and talent easier as pie. 🥧

See you next Tuesday! 👋

The Pie.host team