It's our #giftgiving Code Jam, plus a couple dozen more cool links you can and should click on this December
Tags: glitch, javascript, webxr, codejam
Published: 2023-12-18 18:17:31

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title: It's our #giftgiving Code Jam, plus a couple dozen more cool links you can and should click on this December
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description: Here's the Glitch Monthly Newsletter for December 2023, sharing the latest and greatest the friendliest community of coders have created!
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_Happy December!_ I’m watching tiny flurries falling down outside the office window as I type this, and finally feeling both the rush to and relief of a brief winter break before the new year. With all the lights and seasonal cheer on display, it only made sense to choose [“gift-giving” as this month’s Glitch Community Code Jam.](https://glitch.com/jams/)

Before you shut your school and work laptops, though, I need a huge favor from you: [tell us your nominations for the 2023 Last Year on Glitch!](https://forms.gle/pJTw9G72WcB4w6uY6) That’s right, it’s our third annual celebration of a wild year of creativity from the Glitch community, and this year we’re welcoming the Fediverse developer community into the mix. Get your nominations, and [rickroll attempts](https://jenn-realtime-rickroll-counter.glitch.me/), in by December 22nd and stay warm and cozy for the rest of this gift-giving season, ok!


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


P.S. Did you know that [we have a weekly livestream on Youtube?](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkkL3Pim_xkWKMmXOMX1KjJkCkFjQv2MB) It’s called Glitch Jams Live and it’s the channel to surf to when you want to see cool websites and apps the Glitch community is building - and we also do a little live coding as a treat. See you there Fridays at 2pm Eastern!

![screenshot of a WebXR experience with a little cute creature surrounded by falling playing cards](https://cdn.glitch.global/c5816de0-a11c-424f-8adb-6f7ececc1213/artistic-concise-zebu)

### On the blogs ✍️

*   The [November edition of Last Month on Glitch](https://blog.glitch.com/post/november-2023-on-glitch-challenges-and-self-reflections) is full of great community projects with cats purring, geometric abstractions, 3d oceanscapes and more!
*   We’re [building a whole new Glitch and need your help](https://blog.glitch.com/post/rebuilding-glitch) with this next phase of getting Node projects up to date with newer versions.

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

*   [Taking an Internet Walk](https://syllabusproject.org/syllabus-for-taking-an-internet-walk/) from the Syllabus Project is an incredible journey across many cool parts of the web, some made on Glitch like [~cloudwatching](https://cloudwatching.glitch.me/).
*   The [Salem Reporter did a profile on Sophia Wood’s Porthales of Salem project](https://www.salemreporter.com/2023/11/14/salem-artist-reimagines-the-citys-manholes-as-portals-to-another-world/) - a mix of art, poetry, imagination, and map technology.
*   [Pradeep D. wrote about their Bhagavad Gita typing game](https://blog.pradeepd.com/2023/11/bhagawat-gita-typing-game.html) and its purpose of teaching a younger generation about this holy book.
*   [Stefan Bohacek celebrated their fediverse anniversary with a retrospective](https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/my-first-full-year-in-the-fediverse/) of their prolific creations over the past year.
*   The Google Chrome team used Glitch for demoing [origin trials](https://developer.chrome.com/en/blog/third-party-cookie-deprecation-trial/), [picture-in-picture](https://developer.chrome.com/en/blog/automatic-picture-in-picture/) for the web, [federated credential management](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/privacy-sandbox/fedcm-developer-guide/), and [ignore list management](https://developer.chrome.com/en/blog/new-in-devtools-120/) in dev tools

**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: [@raulibaper used AI to help make a web version of the visual Time Timer](https://support.glitch.com/t/time-timer-demo-with-chatgpt/64760/3) and [@n.hieda made an optical flow visualization starter](https://support.glitch.com/t/optical-flow-using-opencv-js/64976) which they remixed for their self-portrait Code Jam project [~cubitoo](https://cubitoo.glitch.me/).
*   Say hi and share what you’ve been working on in [the latest Community Open thread!](https://support.glitch.com/t/community-open-thread-36-december-1-2023/65083)

**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! 😎**

![Glitch Pro gem](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ri3xwr8roxl69ljh8zxo.png)

**Haven’t gone Pro yet? New subscribers can sign up for Glitch Pro with the code `GIFTGIVING`** and get **25% off**. You’ll get 100% of the superpowers Glitch Pro gives you – [like project access controls, always-on apps, and more](https://glitch.com/pricing)!