Build web apps and mixed reality experiences while you hear from the folks keeping the largest Mastodon instance running
Tags: glitch, javascript, mastodon, apple
Published: 2023-06-20 14:46:15

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title: Build web apps and mixed reality experiences while you hear from the folks keeping the largest Mastodon instance running
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description: Here's the Glitch Monthly Newsletter for June 2023, sharing the latest and greatest the friendliest community of coders have created!
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_Happy June!_ Everyone seems to either be wrapping up the school year or finishing up projects at work ahead of trips to the beach – or whatever it is that humans do when it gets this warm out. Our team’s been busy too; in case you missed it, we launched a [new Glitch homepage](https://glitch.com), created [new starter apps](https://blog.glitch.com/post/celebrating-an-open-app-ecosystem-with-apple) to celebrate Apple’s expanding support for progressive web apps and open VR/XR, and made huge progress in letting the Glitch community tap into all of Fastly’s features for supercharging your apps – we’ll be sharing more about this very soon!

While you wait, why not keep scrolling to check out what the community created, shared and wrote about last month, yeah?

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

P.S. Recently, Mastodon had to fight off a huge wave of DDOS attacks, and we’re going to be hosting what I know will be a really interesting conversation about how Fastly teamed up with the Mastodon community to keep the fediverse running smoothly, called [“Mitigating DDOS in the Fediverse with Mastodon”](https://learn.fastly.com/security-mitigating-ddos-and-traffic-surges-with-mastodon) – it’s happening June 28 and is free to sign up. (Let your friends who run their own Mastodon instances know!)

![screenshot of the bikebus app which is a map of chicago with bike routes on i](https://cdn.glitch.global/c5816de0-a11c-424f-8adb-6f7ececc1213/Screenshot%202023-06-09%20at%202.35.32%20PM.png)

### On the blogs ✍️

In case you missed it on [the Glitch Blog](https://blog.glitch.com)...

*   Check out what you created last month in [the May edition of Last Month on Glitch](https://blog.glitch.com/post/last-month-on-glitch-the-may-2023-edition), featuring mythical creatures, time travel, a 3D incantation bowl from ancient Mesopotamia…you know, the usual Glitch fare.
*   [Sue blogged about our inability to define the real skill in being a software developer](https://blog.glitch.com/post/software-development-isnt-writing-syntax) and raises the question for you all: what skills do software developers have beyond writing code?
*   [Jenn Turner had a brief chat with Stefan Bohacek](https://blog.glitch.com/post/5-minutes-with-stefan-bohacek) about bots! By the way, she’s looking for more folks to talk to [so nominate what creators you’d like to hear about](https://support.glitch.com/t/nominate-creators-to-be-featured-on-the-glitch-blog/62111) - could even be you!

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

*   [Raymond Camden used Glitch to test the Web Share API](https://hackernoon.com/i-tested-the-web-share-api-here-are-the-results) and shared his results, with directions on how to try it yourself!
*   [Rory Gianni used Glitch to design an infinite number of shirts](https://creatingwithdata.com/fruit-of-the-algorthim-a-generative-fabric-designer/) with fruit on them. Now they just have to sew them all…
*   [John Mueller built a Midjourney-processing integration between Discord and Lightroom](https://johnmu.com/2023-midjourney-to-lightoom/) and shared a tutorial so you can make your own.
*   Berlin-based studio, [Invisible Room wrote about getting started on A-frame](https://medium.com/@invisible_room/a-frame-an-easy-way-to-bring-3d-to-the-web-90f83cce45bb?source=rss------javascript-5).
*   [Clive Thompson wrote about the worst computer bugs](https://clivethompson.medium.com/what-ive-learned-from-the-worst-computer-bugs-13a6e1a38f73) and how learning about them has shaped his own coding.

**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: [@etsinger advocates for safer biking](https://support.glitch.com/t/safe-biking-in-chicago/62607) in Chicago, [@pb.oliver.mcloughlin brings Chat-GPT](https://support.glitch.com/t/gl-editor-chatgpt-chatgpt-in-your-glitch-editor/62482) into the Glitch editor, and [@wh0 creates a bot that codes](https://support.glitch.com/t/a-bot-for-glitchs-editor/62363) with you!
*   Say hi and share what you’ve been working on in [the latest Community Open thread!](https://support.glitch.com/t/community-open-thread-25-june-2-2023/62694)

**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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