BetterIDEa

BetterIDEa is a developer tooling suite for the Arweave/AO ecosystem that began as a hackathon project—and grew into a key part of the ecosystem, ultimately being acquired by Forward Research.

🔗 Website: https://betteridea.ar.io
🔗 IDE: https://hyper_betteridea.ar.io
🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/betteridea-dev
🔗 Global Launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9snJSH9CdUs

🏆 Hackathon Origins

• Built during Arweave India’s first hackerhouse
• Won 1st place for its initial MVP: a simple, web-based IDE for Arweave
• Post hackathon, it expanded beyond basic editing into a full development environment

🌍 Global Debut

• Made its public debut alongside the global launch of AO
• Featured during the official AO launch event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9snJSH9CdUs

🧩 Evolving Into a Dev Suite

• Introduced npm packages, CLI tools, and integrations for a seamless developer experience
• Refined into a cleaner and more intuitive interface for decentralized development

📈 Impact & Adoption

• Adopted by builders entering the Arweave/AO ecosystem
• Simplified the workflow of developing on permanent storage and compute

🤝 Acquisition

• Acquired by Forward Research, the core team behind AO
• I joined as an Entrepreneur in Residence to continue advancing developer tooling in the ecosystem