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Glitch is Basically Shutting Down (theverge.com)

(Friday May 23, 2025 @05:20PM (msmash) from the end-of-road dept.)


Glitch, the coding platform where developers can share and remix projects, [1]will soon no longer offer its core feature : hosting apps on the web. From a report:

> In an update on Thursday, Glitch CEO Anil Dash said it will stop hosting projects and close user profiles on July 8th, 2025 -- but stopped short of saying that it's shutting down completely.

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> Users will be able to access their dashboard and download code for their projects through the end of 2025, and Glitch is working on a new feature that allows users to redirect their project subdomains. The platform has also stopped taking new Pro subscriptions, but it will continue to honor existing subscriptions until July 8th.



[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/673457/glitch-coding-platform-shutting-down



Glitch... (Score:2)

by 93 Escort Wagon ( 326346 )

has glitched, in other words.

Basically (Score:3)

by Neuroelectronic ( 643221 )

It's impossible for anyone to compete in the hosting space unless you have AWS levels of infrastructure and technology. Amazon needed to create their own routers just to manage the situation . Modern surveillance capitalism bottlenecks real innovation.

Boston Software Party

BOSTON, MA -- Thousands of disgruntled Linux revolutionaries showed up at
the Boston Harbor today to protest "taxation without representation" by
the oppressive Microsoft Corporation. Thousands of pounds of Microsoft
boxes, CD-ROMs, manuals, license agreements, promotional materials, and
registration forms were dumped into the harbor during the First Annual
Boston Software Party.

Some attendees sold hastily printed T-shirts with slogans like "July 4th,
1999: Microsoft Independence Day!" and "What do you call 10,000 pounds of
Microsoft software at the bottom of the ocean? A darned good start!"
Others sold fake dollar bills with a portrait of Tux Penguin and the
saying, "In Linus We Trust"...