Hi, it's Glitch, and this is your May newsletter
Tags: glitch, javascript, apps, codejam
Published: 2024-05-21 15:15:48

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_Happy May!_ Does it feel like the seasons have changed for you yet? It definitely feels and sounds like summer (in NYC the summer sounds like jackhammering and street construction). For many of you, the feeling of the season is probably the anticipation of classes ending. Clearly I’m just trying to come up with a segue about learning so I can tell you that the [Glitch Community Code Jam](https://glitch.com/jams/) prompt this month is “teach a thing.” See, I did it.

There’s a lot of other stuff going on on Glitch to distract you from taking finals, grading papers, and discovering new outdoor allergies - like [big updates to the Glitch preview](https://support.glitch.com/t/building-glitch-dispatch-for-may-8th-livesteams-preview-and-container-updates/67150), working on the next season of Glitch Jams Live ([give me your feedback, hopes, dreams and nightmares!](https://forms.gle/F9qzQrJg4ZKDJJJF9)) and a lot more that will be more visible in several weeks. But right now, you’re reading this, so I invite you to keep scrolling and check out what happened on Glitch last month.

See you on [glitch.com](https://glitch.com/)  
**Jenn**, Director of Community 👽

P.S. [Fastly’s next Xcelerate is in London on June 18th!](https://learn.fastly.com/xcelerate2024_LDN) It’s free, packed with engaging technical sessions, and it’s a great opportunity to network with others who care about instant and secure web apps. [Sign up today.](https://learn.fastly.com/xcelerate2024_LDN)

![A screenshot of the cooling bugs Glitch app that shows a bunch of scattered little red bugs](https://cdn.glitch.global/c5816de0-a11c-424f-8adb-6f7ececc1213/cooling-bugs.png)

### On the blogs ✍️

*   [Our roundup of your projects from April](https://blog.glitch.com/post/april-2024-on-glitch/) is full of places, spaces, buggies and more.
*   Here’s a new creator profile, but not a new creator by any means: [meet Khaleel Gibran,](https://blog.glitch.com/post/pranking-and-pixel-perfecting-with-khaleel-gibran/) who has Rick Rolled me more than anyone else on the planet but pleeeeease that is not a challenge!

Here are some blog posts from the community that we loved!

*   One of the best e-essayists out there imho, [Robin Rendle, gave a shout out](https://robinrendle.com/notes/e-essays/) to terminal-based e-essay, [~all-about-computer-love](https://all-about-computer-love.glitch.me/).
*   To no one’s surprise at all, Maps Mania put out quite a few bangers in April - in particular [their fine art take on geoguessr](https://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2024/04/backdrop-ultimate-challenge.html) and the [slim city clicker game](https://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2024/04/slim-city.html).
*   [Ryan aka “That Virtual Boy” gave a great, exhaustive walkthrough](https://thatvirtualboy.com/say-hello-to-wallgenie/) of their generative wallpaper app that uses Glitch as a server. It’s a great case study to taking an app idea to execution and all the things they learned along the way.

**Have you written about your Glitch apps on a blog, a conference talk…anywhere? Let us know and we’ll feature it in the next newsletter!**

![stock image of two people on their computers and a screenshot of the Glitch forum is pasted above one of the screens](https://cdn.glitch.global/c5816de0-a11c-424f-8adb-6f7ececc1213/forum-banner.png?v=1675363530806)

### On the forum 📣

Check out what the Glitch community is sharing and discussing:

*   Fresh from The Gallery: [Pufferfish101007 created a Rust version](https://support.glitch.com/t/a-slightly-more-reliable-rust-version-of-compute-edge/66683/2) of our Hello Compute starter, [andypiper aggregated Glitch posts](https://support.glitch.com/t/a-fediwall-of-fediposts/66746) from the Fediverse, and [more](https://support.glitch.com/c/the-gallery/6)!

*   Say hi and share what you’ve been working on in [the latest Community Open thread!](https://support.glitch.com/c/community-banter/24)

**The [Glitch Community Forum](https://support.glitch.com) is the best way to ask the community for help, share what you’re making, exchange friendly banter and get to know your fellow friendly Glitch creators. See you there! 😎**

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