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I'm a bit confused...if web hosting shuts down, what stays? Doesn't this mean glitch just shuts down altogether?

karel-3d 1y ago
https://me.dm/@anildash/114553094584569213 https://me.dm/@anildash/114553094584569213 > We’re thinking through what’s next. I’m really interested in how we can look at all the other amazing creation and app experiences out there (I really love stuff like Val Town and Fly.io and Deno and Netlify, etc.) and bring all those together for easily making and remixing new apps. Will take a bit to figure that out.
- diggan 1y ago
  I'm similarly lost as GP, and even reading this, I feel like I'm missing something. If HN said they're disabling new submissions and comments, that'd effectively mean they're closing the site, and would probably say that outright. But Glitch aren't saying they are shutting down, but they're removing the feature that I thought made Glitch a thing. So nothing is left, yet they continue? Is this a 180 pivot or? Are there other features that will still be usable?
  - eitland 1y ago
    It could go the Piczo route—a website builder aimed at kids and teens, not for polished blogs or ecommerce, but more for one-off, personal and playful friend-to-friend sites.
    - diggan 1y ago
      > a website builder aimed at kids and teens They're still just hosting websites in that scenario, which seems to be exactly what they don't want to do. A bit like if GitHub decided they didn't want to host source code anymore.
    - dgimla20 1y ago
      Bloody hell. That name takes me back. I got started on web with Piczo (albeit moved on very quickly).
- madeofpalk 1y ago
  They're shutting Gitch down. Anil's just trying to be high-minded and optimistic without saying anything specific. I'll be surprised if they do anything new with Glitch. This absolutely is a "Our Incredible Journey" story, but just with a good migration off-ramp.
  - jkaplowitz 1y ago
    Well, it has a better migration off-ramp than most “Our Incredible Journey” stories, but they don’t even promise to keep redirects working beyond the end of next year. Fastly can absolutely afford to do better than that.

https://me.dm/@anildash/114553094584569213 https://me.dm/@anildash/114553094584569213 > We’re thinking through what’s next. I’m really interested in how we can look at all the other amazing creation and app experiences out there (I really love stuff like Val Town and Fly.io and Deno and Netlify, etc.) and bring all those together for easily making and remixing new apps. Will take a bit to figure that out.

diggan 1y ago
I'm similarly lost as GP, and even reading this, I feel like I'm missing something. If HN said they're disabling new submissions and comments, that'd effectively mean they're closing the site, and would probably say that outright. But Glitch aren't saying they are shutting down, but they're removing the feature that I thought made Glitch a thing. So nothing is left, yet they continue? Is this a 180 pivot or? Are there other features that will still be usable?
- eitland 1y ago
  It could go the Piczo route—a website builder aimed at kids and teens, not for polished blogs or ecommerce, but more for one-off, personal and playful friend-to-friend sites.
  - diggan 1y ago
    > a website builder aimed at kids and teens They're still just hosting websites in that scenario, which seems to be exactly what they don't want to do. A bit like if GitHub decided they didn't want to host source code anymore.
  - dgimla20 1y ago
    Bloody hell. That name takes me back. I got started on web with Piczo (albeit moved on very quickly).
madeofpalk 1y ago
They're shutting Gitch down. Anil's just trying to be high-minded and optimistic without saying anything specific. I'll be surprised if they do anything new with Glitch. This absolutely is a "Our Incredible Journey" story, but just with a good migration off-ramp.
- jkaplowitz 1y ago
  Well, it has a better migration off-ramp than most “Our Incredible Journey” stories, but they don’t even promise to keep redirects working beyond the end of next year. Fastly can absolutely afford to do better than that.