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14 May, 4 tweets, 3 min read
In general, when I'm describing @Glitch to folks, I always try to focus on the creativity of the community, and the amazing things that they make. But it takes a *ton* of really innovative technical work to make it super-simple to create something as complex as a full-stack app…
So I love this behind-the-scenes look that @keithkurson wrote about the completely revamped starter apps our team created. blog.glitch.com/post/a-closer-… You can see why we blessed a semi-official "Glitch stack" of frameworks like @vite_js @fastifyjs @eleven_ty @reactjs and more.
The end result is something that seems impossible: It's just as fast, or *faster*, to create a real app with real code using these popular open source frameworks than it is to pick some template from a site-building tool. It's exciting to see "Yes Code" be as easy as No Code.
Given how quickly tools & frameworks change, and how often we see awful flame wars or pointless debates about basic technical choices, one key way we think Glitch can help the dev ecosystem is by helping coders make choices that reduce the "stack anxiety" that plagues us all.

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29 Apr
An alternate video edit of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", featuring one of Prince's most-beloved guitar solos, was recently uploaded to YouTube. Features shots focused more on Prince's performance.
Some more details on this performance. This truly was the only time Prince ever played the song, though the idea that he wasn’t familiar with the song at all (which is sometimes claimed) is likely a bit of myth-making exaggeration. He *did* definitely want to play with Tom Petty.
The most stupefying part of the performance is when Prince tosses his guitar up to the heavens at the end. This is a stunt he did on stage many times; long-time guitar tech Takumi Suetsugu caught the guitar & handed it to Oprah. (She gave it back & it’s at @PaisleyPark now.)
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28 Apr
This is a huge @Glitch update: You can build & launch a full-stack or static site, using frameworks like React or Eleventy, in *under a minute* — for FREE. It's now faster to build a real, coded website on Glitch than with a no-code tool. See for yourself: glitch.com/create-project
There are many massive improvements to go with the huge speed boost. New starter apps handle annoying configuration & build scripts for static or full-stack sites. Better syntax highlighting. And you can instantly add a domain to your new app. (Use that old domain you've got!)
Full details are here: blog.glitch.com/post/remix-a-w… The entire web is better when it's made by regular people using open tools, instead of on proprietary platforms with creepy algorithms. Go launch that site you've been meaning to make, right from your browser.
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16 Apr
Thoughtful, well-argued reflection on software licensing. It's long been evident that the "software freedom" battlegrounds defined in the 70s/80s are often anachronistic at best, and also obvious that "free" licenses can be abused as a tactic for open-washing harmful actions.
These shortcomings are a big part of the reasons we make apps remixable by default on @Glitch. Building a community with norms of reuse & sharing is far more powerful than any software license can ever be. Behavior & expectations matter more than any legal language.
And making it normal for everyone to create the apps they need (and the web they want) instead of relying solely on services that surveil them, or systems that keep their data captive, does more to advance actual control and "freedom" for people than any abstract license can.
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19 Mar
I like that Charlie Murphy is trending nationally based on the fact that people are finding out Prince was actually good at basketball.
Nobody captured this better than @steven_parke.
And yep, Prince dunked on Charlie again in this radio interview about the skit.
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17 Mar
This is something pretty fantastic: The @StackOverflow team has made a free, full-featured version of Stack Overflow that you can run for any team of up to 50 people. stackoverflow.blog/2021/03/17/sta…
Chat apps are great for conversation, but this is perfect for having answers that anyone can reference when they need. Stack Overflow for Teams even plugs into Slack or MS Teams, which means no more searching back through an endless chat archive to find an answer to something.
On a personal note, I'm really happy to see the @StackOverflow team deliver this for everyone because it goes to one of the most consistent things people have asked me about over the years: How can we have a version of SO where everyone feels safe & welcome to ask questions?
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15 Mar
Interesting to see the reactions to the phrase "bamboo ceiling" in this headline; the term only even came to popularity about 15 years ago, but norms have shifted quickly enough that it seems off-putting rather than inclusive. (Also likely picked by an editor, not the writer.)
Ah! Was picked by the writer of the piece, in reference to @JaneHyun's work. (There's long been discussion about the appropriateness of "bamboo" in reference to e.g. South Asian cultures.)
Anyway, I'm heartened by how many non-Asian-American folks responded with curiosity or skepticism about whether that phrasing was respectful, and especially by how many incredible AA films, actors & artists are being recognized for their work.
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