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The New New New TechCrunch - Announcing a new look for the site

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Today, we’re launching new, new, new TechCrunch to about 10 percent of our readers. If you’re in that group, you’re going to see a very, very 1.0 version of our new site that we’re going to build on over the next few years to deliver what we hope is an experience that aligns perfectly with what we cover as well as how we cover it.

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I feel like a product that isn't available to everyone should definitely NOT be allowed to be featured on the Product Hunt homepage. Can a Product Hunt admin please comment?
Agreed, that's really frustrating.
What called for the redesign?
Maker
We'd outgrown the old site. It was 5 years old, and no longer worked for us in many ways. It was time to modernize, clean up years of clutter, and create a foundation on which we can innovate/experiment faster and better moving forward. I'll be writing about that in more detail when we do the full launch.
congrats! I’m assuming you’ve built this version from scratch?
Maker
Brand new from the ground up!
Congratulations, TechCrunch team! So proud that it's powered by WordPress.com VIP! 💖
I think they were one of the first actually
Yes, you're right!
Maker
We <3 WP VIP!
Is that on the WordPress?
Yes, it is on WordPress.com VIP -
Hunter
It’s running on WordPress with a React front end that leverages the WordPress API
Maker
Yes, using the REST API with a React+Redux frontend.
thank you for that, I did not know about this
glad to see that React is used. So it is renders on backend (server side rendering) and frontend?
Isn't available to everyone, it seems. Takes me to
Maker
It isn't available to everyone yet, even if you have the link. We'll be dialing up the % of users who get it over the coming week, though.
Try to access through the anonymous Google tab, here it worked.
Exciting 🚀
Neat new version, gg & TC team
Great to see the one page approach being utilized.
Maker
Thanks! We knew from the start that was something we wanted to do.
Really cool new look, congrats !
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