Vadim Boltach — May 27, 2026

Hey everyone! I spoke to Matvey yesterday (first interview call) and we agreed that I can suggest and improve any UI/UX aspect of the app as my take home assignment. He mentioned that chats might need some improvements (they don't show status etc.), but before getting to the status part, I found a few things that can be better. I listed them all in this issue: github.com/archestra-ai/archestra/issues/5084 and recorded a quick demo of how I suggest to fix them (the code is ready). Would love some feedback before I continue any further. Thanks!

2 replies

joey (archestra team) — May 28, 2026

hey! first off, welcome 🙂 I really like your demo - well articulated, good job. generally speaking, I think you're in the right direction for chats nav - I agree it needs some polishing. My main concern at first would be when you have > 4 chats + a few pinned, it already starts to take up a good portion of vertical sidebar real-estate - can you think of a way to address this? (maybe shadcn has some other sidebar variations which could be useful in this case? not sure, just thinking out loud). rest of the changes (title generation + pinning hiding new convos + active chats getting buried) LGTM. on a broader chat topic, how do you feel about `/chat/:sessionId` page in general ("actual" chat page) - do you feel there're any low-hanging-fruits for UX improvement there?

Ildar Iskhakov (archestra team) — May 28, 2026

Hi Vadim, thank you for the work, I like the idea to remove vertical bar and agree that pinned shouldn't push recents out of sidebar. As we are trying to save some real estate, can you research how to reduce the amount of space it takes. Also now part of the sidebar is hidden under the scroll. I'd be really interested in your ideas how to solve that problem. Feel free to propose redical changes. e.g. have sections by roles, smth like (Chat, Connect, Build, Admin)