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I am constantly creating new blocks just to try out something. Maybe a scratchpad of some sort would be nice.

I am constantly using GPT-3 to help me out as I am learning Julia. Would be nice to have it integrated in Pluto.

I use a TextField binding to store e.g. API tokens so my notebook can be used by other people. Would be neat if the value of a binding could be stored e.g. in LocalStorage.

It would be cool if things updated as you typed

This happens all the time. What if new blocks defaulted to this:

begin
  <CURSOR>
end

If a block only has one line when being saved, the begin/end could automatically be removed.

Or simply add begin/end? Would it ever be dangerous to do so?

When I tab out of my browser to consult e.g. a PDF and I tab back, focus is lost. Would be nice to autofocus the code block that was in focus when I tabbed away.

In practice I disable cells so that I can avoid excessively calling expensive API's. When I have everything ready, and want to call the API, I enable the cell, and then disable it again. A "run once" button would be nice.

I am constantly adding a new cell accidentally, by pressing Ctrl-Enter instead of Shift-Enter. Then I try to undo it by pressing Ctrl-Z, but it does not work.

It is nice that you can Ctrl-Click to go to the defintion of a function. It is less nice that you cannot easily go back to where you came from. Maybe use pushState so the browser's back button works?

So why not let them take up the whole height of the window?

When you first open a notebook, all cells have to run. It would be nice with some sort of indicator showing that some cells are running.

Should probably suggest a filename? "Choose" also seems out of place. Why not the more familiar "Save"?

Best would probably be to implement a file picker?

Using the File System Access API seems out of the question, since the full path is not available.

This keeps tripping me up:

1. I am in a fairly long notebook.
2. I declare some variable, e.g. a.
3. I am told that it has been defined previously, and that the cell where it was previously defined has been disabled.

The problem is, that I do not do this on purpose. I simply forgot that I had previously used a. To fix it I:

1. Rename the variable in my most recent block.
2. Go looking for the previous definition in the notebook, so I can re-enable the cell.

The last step is what bothers me, because the previous/first definition is probably in a different 'area' of the notebook, and it breaks my flow.

Excercise 1 in Homework 0 was somewhat unintuitive for me. Would be fun to visualize it.

Probably an easy z-index fix:

Write Pluto components in a LiveView-fashion. No need to know JavaScript. Performance less important for Pluto, fine that concurrency is limited?

Can that be done? How?