Building a full-featured, UX-heavy Connect app on Forge has long been seen as nearly impossible. Refined Sites, one of the most design- and performance-intensive apps on the Atlassian Marketplace, set out to challenge that assumption. Through close collaboration with Atlassian’s Forge team, we’ve pushed the boundaries of what’s possible on Forge, running a full-page front end, backend services in Forge containers, and storing content in Forge SQL & Forge Object Store.