April 2026 (2026-04) focused on delivering end-to-end, Render-ready examples that demonstrate Rivet capabilities, accelerate deployment readiness, and improve real-time user experiences. The work emphasizes reliability, deployment automation, and practical demonstrations of Hono + Vite workflows with Render-backed delivery. Key features delivered: - Production-ready Hello World example (hello-world-render): Hono server, Vite build, render.yaml deployment blueprint, and automatic derivation of RIVET_ENVOY_VERSION from Render commits. Commit: 2d732ff9071f741c6ba3a549e627118c49220b9b. - Render-optimized chat-room (chat-room-render): Real-time multi-user chat with persistent history, Hono server, render.yaml blueprint, Render DDS UI, and automatic version management. Commits: b41023dd1da3553a503f90cf601c9b556355e297, dc95e54d9c0b9f57cdc467bdb2098fac9a8f4865. - Render variant of state example (state-render): Persistent actor state demo with chat UI, Hono server, render.yaml blueprint, and automatic version derivation. Commit: dc95e54d9c0b9f57cdc467bdb2098fac9a8f4865. - React + Rivet integration example (react-render): React hooks integration with @rivetkit/react, Hono server, render.yaml blueprint, Render DDS UI, and automatic RIVET_ENVOY_VERSION derivation. Commit: 6461216621f7844b40743c58edaa9e5ecc075e3f. - Real-time top-K stream processing with live leaderboard (stream-render): Real-time stream with a live leaderboard, Hono server, render.yaml blueprint, Render DDS UI, and automatic version derivation. Commit: ff1ae8feb2d667b79de4e13ca1fc24ed201d4951. Major bugs fixed: - No major bugs reported; focus remained on feature delivery, stabilization of deployment configurations, and consistency across Render-enabled examples. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Delivered a cohesive set of end-to-end, deployment-ready examples that showcase production-readiness, real-time capabilities, and persistent state, enabling faster customer onboarding and demonstration of Rivet’s integration patterns. - Standardized deployment with render.yaml and automatic version derivation to reduce drift and simplify upgrades. - Demonstrated practical usage of Hono, Vite, and React with Render deployments, reinforcing business value through repeatable, scalable templates. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Hono server, Vite build, Render deployment tooling, and render.yaml blueprints - Automatic RIVET_ENVOY_VERSION derivation from Render commits - Render DDS UI components and synchronization across examples - React integration with Rivet hooks and useActor patterns - Real-time streaming concepts and persistent state across restarts

March 2026 monthly summary for rivet-gg/rivet focused on delivering deployment documentation and improving onboarding for self-hosted deployments on Render. The quarter emphasized documentation quality, platform coverage, and collaboration, with no major bug fixes reported in the provided data.

August 2025 — SmythOS/sre: Delivered the Zoom RTMS Integration Example for Intelligent Meeting Analysis with three implementation options (JavaScript, TypeScript, and a simple variant) plus comprehensive documentation and setup guides. Enabled real-time transcript processing, AI-powered insights, and optional VectorDB/cloud storage integration. Also resolved a documentation/URL handling issue to improve readability and correct media server address extraction in the JS/TS example. Commits: e15431f139d8844c595485d281394613898bbb3f; 4767bc1d80b41bd8a550d26d07b05d2f8938dcdf.