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PAPI Interactive Console: Expanding Developer Experience

3 months ago
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OpenGov Medium Spender Track Discussion - $75,000 USD

Greetings to the Community

Hello Polkadot Community!

I'm excited to share our progress on the PAPI Interactive Console and discuss our proposal to scale this developer tooling initiative through OpenGov's Medium Spender Track.

What We've Already Delivered

Fast Grants Success Story

We're currently completing Milestone 2 of our Fast Grants project with demonstrated results:

Real Impact Already Achieved

  • Monaco Editor Integration with full TypeScript support
  • Multi-Network Support (Polkadot, Westend, Paseo, Kusama)
  • Real-Time React Rendering with error boundaries
  • Community Templates System enabling knowledge sharing
  • Export Functionality for production deployments

Why This Matters Now

The community has already reached consensus: Developer Experience must be our #1 priority.

The identified problem:

"Parachain development is rough... bootstrapping taking 2-4 years" - alice_und_bob

Our opportunity:

What We Propose to Build

3 straightforward milestones, 12 weeks, $75k:

Milestone 1: Papi Tool Box (4 weeks)

  • EVM tools for Ethereum developers to migrate
  • Visual XCM builder for cross-chain development
  • Hot reload and instant preview

Milestone 2: Enterprise Export (4 weeks)

  • Export to Next.js, Vite, Remix
  • Automated CI/CD and Docker
  • PAL security scanning

Milestone 3: Community & Growth (4 weeks)

  • Community project showcase
  • Analytics and mentorship system
  • Advanced templates and integrations

Quick Questions for the Community

Help us prioritize:

  1. Which frameworks do you use most? (Next.js, Vite, Remix, others?)
  2. Which parachains need templates urgently?
  3. What type of tutorial would be most useful? (DeFi, NFTs, Governance, Gaming?)
  4. What's the biggest pain point in Polkadot development today?

Simple Goals (1 year)

  • 1,000+ monthly active developers
  • 200+ projects created
  • 50+ apps in production
  • 75+ community templates

Investment

$75k = Excellent cost-benefit ratio

  • Comparison: Polkadot-API received $327k
  • Our console benefits the ENTIRE ecosystem
  • We already have a solid foundation built

About Us & Next Steps

Team aipop.fun (Fred - @codingsh)

Timeline:

  • Now - Week 1: Discussion and feedback
  • Week 2: Formal OpenGov submission
  • Week 3: Voting
  • Weeks 4-16: Development (if approved)

Let's Build Together!

Test the platform: https://papi-simulator.aipop.fun
Talk to us: GitHub, or here on polkassembly

Which feature would you most like to see first? 🔥

Excited to hear your feedback and continue building for this incredible community!

Comments (2)

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IrfanComel05
3 months ago

Hi team aipop.fun! Thanks for sharing this proposal — I really like the direction you’re taking to simplify the developer onboarding experience in the Polkadot ecosystem, especially with the visual interface and ready-to-deploy templates. This feels very much needed right now. 🙌

I do have a few suggestions that might help strengthen the proposal even further:

  1. Clarify the core problem a bit more — maybe include specific examples or quotes from real developers who struggled to onboard to Polkadot. That would help make the pain point more relatable and concrete for voters.
  2. Highlight what sets PAPI Console apart from existing tools like Substrate Playground, Tanssi, or Polkadot-JS Apps. A simple comparison table or a few bullet points could help clarify the unique value of this console.
  3. Make the milestones a bit more detailed — for example, what exactly will be delivered (repos, features, links), and how success will be measured. This would improve transparency and help voters understand what they’re funding.
  4. It might be helpful to include a brief outline of the post-delivery plan — how you’ll drive adoption (e.g. partnerships, hackathons, outreach), especially to reach targets like 1,000 MAUs.
  5. If you have any early traction or user feedback, that would be great to include — even basic analytics or quotes from devs who’ve used the platform would show that the tool is already solving real problems.
  6. Lastly, sharing more about your team’s experience (beyond just Fred) could help build confidence in your ability to execute. Even brief bios would go a long way.

Overall, I really appreciate the work you’ve done so far and I’m excited to see where this goes. Looking forward to the next steps — let’s build together! 🚀

2 months ago

@IrfanComel05 thanks for the tips, I used them to open the proposal
https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1639?created=true

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