| Getting the latest updates | Auto-update prompt | Watch the GitHub repo |
| Synchronizing videos with work in progress | Run local web app, click "continue to next lesson", "set to playground", "launch in editor" | Find website video, find local app page, find exercise file: keep in sync |
| Guidance | Watch video, read instructions, follow emoji for each step | Watch video, read instructions, follow emoji for first step only |
| Loneliness | Presence face pile, Discord chat | Team up with others outside Epic React |
| Tests | Click the test tab | Find and run the right test manually |
| Understand what you’re missing | Click the diff tab | Compare your exercise to the final manually |
| Breaks and elaboration | Dedicated page for breaks and elaboration | Video suggests taking a break and elaborating |
| Real-world team experience | Kelly the co-worker makes changes; you can check the diff | Exercise examples evolve without context |
| Playground area | "Set to playground", mess around, set playground to any problem or solution | Make changes in the exercise directory, reset via git if needed |
| Real-world development experience | Supports multiple files or full server setups, no outdated CRA | Not a real server, uses outdated Create React App (CRA), single file |
