An Update On How We’ve Been Making Glitch More Reliable

One month ago we talked to you about the increased number of incidents that Glitch was experiencing at the time, and how we’re committed to keeping Glitch reliable so that you can focus on creating and sharing:

“In the coming weeks, we’re going to be making significant changes that will have a big impact on uptime and stability. On top of that, we’re working on **improving your experience with managing projects on Glitch.**”

We wanted to give you an update on how things are going and a peek at more good things to come.

A big impact on uptime and stability

We have seen a significant improvement in uptime over the past few weeks. The platform is experiencing fewer and shorter incidents. This is a huge win for us and wouldn't be possible if our community hadn’t helped us make some key decisions like reducing the impact of pinging services on the site. Thank you so much for sticking with us through the turbulence.

Also, special shout out to our Support Forum regulars. You all have been super helpful and welcoming to newcomers asking about service incidents, policy changes and general questions about code and Glitch!

A better way to manage your projects

Something we quietly launched earlier in the month was a more straight-forward way to manage what you make on Glitch. If you’re logged in, you can try it at https://glitch.com/dashboard, and you can also get to it by clicking “Your Projects” from your user menu on the top-right of the homepage.

We want building and sharing apps to be frictionless and intuitive, which is why we've always shielded you from having to know the complexities around how projects are run. That said, we've heard many of you say you want more information about your projects and greater control over how you manage them. This new tool is a step towards creating that experience — and it’s going to keep getting better.

Exciting changes are coming soon

A lot of the changes coming up are all in service of empowering creators like you to quickly and easily host projects, but also give you the stability and control you might expect from more conventional hosting providers.

We have to strike a balance between keeping things simple and free, but also give everyone the tools and transparency to manage more resources if they need them. Launching boosted apps was a big first step in this direction, but it’s just a start.

Hopefully you’ll find our next set of updates a nice enhancement to the free Glitch experience and also an upgrade for those of you looking for more power.