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@dimitrieh dimitrieh commented May 6, 2026

Summary

Release blog post for FlowFuse 2.30, shipping 2026-05-07.

Lead story: FlowFuse Expert builds your industrial application (Cloud-only soft launch, on request). Plus a smoother iteration experience with Expert in the immersive editor (drawer no longer overlaps the canvas), more usable snapshot comparisons, and a small "Looking ahead" Node-RED 5.0 note.

Fixes #4934.

Initial scaffold with three sections: Expert flow building (Beta lead),
immersive editor drawer, and snapshot comparison polish. STATUS: WIP
checklist tracks outstanding work (changelog entries, featureCatalog
sub-feature, hero image, video follow-up, candidate PRs).

Refs #4934
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Not ready for review yet. First automated version. Now going to edit it

- Lead section: shift from 'describe a flow' to 'describe the OEE
  dashboard, MES handover screen, or Modbus-to-UNS bridge you need'
- Add concrete example prompts (OEE, Modbus to UNS, handover screen,
  asset utilization)
- Update In Practice bullets to talk about outcomes (working dashboard,
  Modbus integration, handover screen) instead of node-by-node mechanics
- Reframe section headings as outcomes: 'Manage Your Instance Without
  Leaving the Editor' and 'Validate Deployments Faster With Sharper
  Snapshot Diffs'
- Strip (Beta) label from subtitle, description, headings, and contact
  URL while keeping the soft-launch and on-request framing in prose
- Lead H2: Expert builds your industrial application from a description
  (kept the OEE dashboard / MES handover / UNS topic mapping framing)
- Demote immersive editor drawer fix and snapshot comparison polish to
  H3 subsections under 'What else is new?'. The immersive editor was
  already in place; 2.30 only optimises the UI for iterating with Expert
  by removing the drawer overlap. Snapshot polish is a small follow-up
  to the 2.29 diff viewer.
- Expand Node-RED section: highlight that 5.0 is in active beta,
  point readers to the Node-RED forum to follow betas and feedback.
- Subtitle pivots to lead with Expert; immersive editor mentioned as
  a 'plus' note. Description rewritten to lead with industrial outcomes.
- Drop Beta label from visible text per prior request.
- Subtitle: 'Plus a more immersive editor optimised for iterating with Expert.'
- Italic helper: shortened to 'integrated AI assistant across FlowFuse's
  website, platform, and in the immersive Node-RED editor.'
- Lead paragraph rewritten: 'Now you can describe what you want to build
  and the FlowFuse Expert builds it for you directly on the canvas.'
  Adds the 'maps correctly to your real life hardware' framing.
- Move soft-launch availability + contact + 'coming next' under a new
  ### Availability subheading for clarity.
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@dimitrieh Node-RED refers to the tabs as workspaces not a canvas

dimitrieh and others added 6 commits May 7, 2026 17:00
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@Yndira-E @dimitrieh I would not market/promote features/prompts that we're not 100% sure they will work. Can we only use those we're positive they wont fail please?

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@Yndira-E I just spoke with @dimitrieh and makes sense to me communicating it as a soft-launch. We can merge it.

@Yndira-E Yndira-E merged commit 7ffe49b into main May 7, 2026
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