This month we're snug as a bug under a Glitch-powered rug
Tags: glitch, javascript, bugs, codejam
Published: 2024-04-22 18:10:38

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title: This month we're snug as a bug under a Glitch-powered rug
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_Happy April!_ I recently got back from speaking at the Community-led Summit in Boston to a room full of other professionals who also have “community” in their title. Who manages the community when all the community managers are in a hotel conference room? For Glitch, the answer is “the rest of the Glitch team.” They’ve also been working hard on [updating containers](https://support.glitch.com/t/april-is-coming-and-so-are-more-platform-changes/66532) and [deploying newness to the Glitch preview](https://support.glitch.com/t/glitch-development-preview-updates/66778), so this email is dedicated to them for all their hard work and enabling me to take a couple of days off to tell the Glitch community story to the rest of the world.

In case you missed it, this month’s [Glitch Community Code Jam](https://glitch.com/jams) prompt is “cool bugs”. And now that I’m back in town, it’s a good time to get started if you haven’t already: you can [join me this Friday at 2pm on the Glitch Jams Live stream](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkkL3Pim_xkWKMmXOMX1KjJkCkFjQv2MB) and we can work on our submissions together! Until then, the rest of this email has a lot of links to cool apps and blogs that should keep you busy.

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

P.S. Speaking of live shows, my pals on the Dev Rel team here at Fastly [run a monthly show on Youtube featuring demos and live coding](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_OgLFqykPUYBHUIZ5uPklAmWOJd2zIkU). If you like _or hate 😏_ bots, you’ll want to [subscribe and catch the next one](https://www.youtube.com/@Fastly-company)!

![photo of the bottom half of the old Glitch fish logo projected onto a wall](https://cdn.glitch.global/c5816de0-a11c-424f-8adb-6f7ececc1213/fish-projected.png?v=1712699198227)

### On the blogs ✍️

Our [roundup of March projects from the community](https://blog.glitch.com/post/march-2024-on-glitch/) will take you on a journey through breathing exercises, screensavers, the terminal, and so much more. Also on the Glitch blog....

*   A few weeks ago, Glitch turned 7. [I blogged about it,](https://blog.glitch.com/post/wow-glitch-is-7/) yee-haw.
*   Anil [wrote in celebration of a student-built game, using Glitch,](https://blog.glitch.com/post/playing-about-playing/) that was up for an independent game award. Anything about digital pets is a winner to me.
*   Upon his last day on the Glitch team, [Keith blogged.](https://blog.glitch.com/post/my-last-day-at-fastly/)

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

*   [Web Curios opened this issue](https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-15-03-24/) with a huge shout out to the beautiful console essay (and recent Glitch App of the Week) [~all-about-computer-love](https://all-about-computer-love.glitch.me/).
*   [Zach Leatherman joined me on Glitch Jams Live last month and wrote about it!](https://www.zachleat.com/web/glitch-jams/) That was a really fun interview, I love how the name Eleventy is an homage to his grandma.
*   [Our Culture Mag did a profile on artist Qinru Zhang](https://ourculturemag.com/2024/03/22/qinru-zhang-the-artist-who-gives-ai-creative-autonomy/), who used Glitch to explore AI generation of art based on handmade drawings with [~future-wonderland.](https://future-wonderland.glitch.me)
*   [Stefan Bohacek analyzed some Fediverse data](https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/analyzing-fediverse-followers/) related to followers of his bots for his blog.

**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 updated their Rust-ified version](https://support.glitch.com/t/a-slightly-more-reliable-rust-version-of-compute-edge/66683) of our Compute starter
    *   [@Samme used Phaser](https://support.glitch.com/t/flappy-game-a-flying-bird-game-made-with-phaser/66329) to make a flappy-birdish game
    *   [@MilesWK has jokes](https://support.glitch.com/t/introducing-random-stuff-random-jokes-and-random-quotes/66135), and so much more!
*   Say hi and share what you’ve been working on in [the latest Community Open thread!](https://support.glitch.com/t/community-open-thread-41-what-do-you-mean-its-spring-edition/66662)

**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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