The domain is recycled from a former game site. Its shut down announcement might be worth reading along with the HN discussion:<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121117004246/http://www.glitch.com/closing/" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20121117004246/http://www.glitch...</a><p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4786514" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4786514</a>
I am using Glitch as a learning tool and it is great!
It is great to see in real time the consequences of what I am typing. The faster the feedback the faster you learn. I know if something broke or work as I intended immediatelly.<p>I am creating my portfolio there btw: <a href="https://rodrigo-pontes.glitch.me" rel="nofollow">https://rodrigo-pontes.glitch.me</a>
Some discussion yesterday from blog post announcing the change in product name <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13860603" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13860603</a>
I can already tell this is more "heavy weight" than JS fiddle but also similar.<p>Is there a reason I can't make something private to view? Is that a paid feature that will come later?<p>Sometimes I just want to play around and don't want people to know how silly my code is and then hold it against me as a person.
The video in <a href="https://glitch.com/about/" rel="nofollow">https://glitch.com/about/</a> does a good job of quickly explaining what this is.
Weird timing - the latest JSJ podcast[0], released this morning, is titled "Gomix with Daniel X Moore". In it Daniel hints at some coming changes, but I didn't think it was as fundamental as a brand change.<p>[0]<a href="https://devchat.tv/js-jabber/gomix-with-daniel-x-moore" rel="nofollow">https://devchat.tv/js-jabber/gomix-with-daniel-x-moore</a>
Probably coincidental but the fish iconography reminded me immediately of David Siegel's "Creating Killer Web Sites" "follow the fish" navigation:<p><a href="http://www.killersites.com/killerSites/core.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.killersites.com/killerSites/core.html</a>
How <i>do</i> they find the time...<p>That said, from a quick perusal of the landing page, I have precious little idea what this is for, and equally little inclination to watch a two minute introductory video.