What Stepik changed

• The entire course catalog and homepage were replaced with a status page.
• Stepik reported a major cloud provider failure that took down all servers.
• The team is manually restoring data from backups to a new provider.
• All learning features, including courses and certificates, are currently unavailable.
• New policies were added to handle missed deadlines and broken "streaks" for students.

The platform is completely down and rebuilding its infrastructure. This creates a massive gap in the market for online learners and authors who need immediate access to educational tools.

• The "Author of the Month" was changed from Andrey Raigorodsky (Math/Science) to Ilya Polikarpov (Product Design/UX).
• The new featured author highlights expertise in Figma, design systems, and UX research.
• Multiple author profiles were updated with higher subscriber counts and new course totals (e.g., Igor Kim increased from 10 to 11 courses).

Stepik is shifting its marketing focus from academic mathematics to practical design and UX. This suggests they are trying to attract a more creative and professional audience rather than just students and researchers.

• A new link to an external event (21school on Timepad) was added to the main course catalog section.
• Follower counts for several popular teachers increased (e.g., Elizaveta Ryazanova grew from 52.2K to 52.4K).
• Small updates to student numbers for multiple other featured authors.

Stepik is testing external partnerships or event-based traffic by adding a new link near the main catalog. They are also seeing steady growth in student followers for their top teachers.