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You can collaborate on code in the browser with Glitch (https://glitch.com)

Here’s a remixable example app for anyone wanting to quickly tinker with MapKit: https://glitch.com/~bagel-finder

App creators can choose to make their apps private , which prevents the source being viewed. This is why you can’t access those URLs.

The author of the app took the project down. As far as I know, it's a student project that is still a work in progress, so they might not yet be ready for full HN scrutiny.

Good spot! Now fixed.

Yes, exactly - I think most people only use a few commands typically, so we're optimizing for that. And it's still Git under the hood should you need to dig in to do something more complicated.

It’s easy to embed a video, song or social media, but embedding a whole app has become nearly impossible - so we made Glitch Embeds. But they're not just any old embed, it's like embedding Glitch itself on your page: you can remix and edit the code for the app live within the embed. It's great for blog posts, documentation and even Stripe-like embeds within your homepage.

You can see a live example on https://glitch.com

This is a collection of 5 videos and some starter projects we put together to help people to learn React. I hope you find it useful.

Not to be confused with Kriasoft's handy https://reactstarter.com from a couple of years back.

You can set your Glitch project to private to hide the source code under advanced options from the top-left project info menu.

Sure, but it is a literal answer to what you asked, 'what it is'. For what it does (the toys), I recommend the Feature Tour (https://www.manuscript.com/features/task-management) and for the problem, beyond the video, the best source for now is the launch post: https://medium.com/make-better-software/introducing-manuscri.... I'll get more from that added to the homepage. Thanks for the feedback.

I love the name Glitch ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We don't see Trello as a competitor at all, that's why we integrate with it, just like we do with GitHub or Slack. And we use them both together every day at Fog Creek.

Thanks for the feedback, I'll pass those suggestions on.

One big reason why people use us with a GitHub integration is that GitHub is almost entirely used by developers only, and yet creating software requires input from people across roles and departments. Manuscript with GitHub integration means you can collaborate across your whole organization, and involve Design, Support, Marketing and other teams, while developers still get to use the version control system they want.

'Manuscript - Project Management for Software Teams', 'project management, issue tracking, and support' and 'Manuscript is a purpose-built project management tool for software teams' all seem like what you're looking for.

The 'how it works' page (https://www.manuscript.com/how-it-works) has specifics, as does the feature tour: https://www.manuscript.com/features/task-management. If there's anything you're confused by, let me know.

Sorry if it's not clear. If you signup for $10 per month, that's the price you'll always pay.

Sorry to hear I've aggravated you! There's more to it than cosmetic changes. Relevant to your comment is the new integration experience, which leverages Glitch. This enables you to connect up your other tools easily, so you can use the best tool for the job, like GitHub for integrated version control. As well as other tools like Slack, Trello and Google Docs.

Manuscript integrates well with Trello: https://manuscript.com/integrations

We were hoping to capture the feeling of crafting something, rather than racing to tick-off to-do lists items. We wrote a little about why we think that's important: https://medium.com/make-better-software/software-matters-in-...

Thanks for adding us.

Here's a little background on why we built Manuscript:

We launched FogBugz back in 2000 as one of the first bug-tracking systems around. Since it launched, the platform has been used to fix over 50 million bugs, by tens of thousands of teams around the world. But recently, we’ve been thinking about “Big Bugs” [0], trying to imagine how we can address both the necessary parts of shipping software and the larger risks that too often get overlooked.

So today, we’re using that same engine to create something new: Manuscript. See our launch post for further info: https://medium.com/make-better-software/introducing-manuscri...

[0] https://medium.com/make-better-software/software-matters-in-...

I’ve used rev.com for a while. They’re quick and accurate.

Or Instagram - they had 13 employees when they were acquired.

Here's a few: https://www.outsystems.com/ http://www.matssoft.com/ http://www.appian.com/

Yeah, we're looking into a better way to allow folks to export to private repos (which is something people asked for) while not having to ask all users for everything. Stay tuned.

You don't need an account to try it out, only to keep your projects around for more than a few days and Facebook login is another option to consider.

That's right - can't edit or view the code when private (unless you're a member of the project) but you can always see the published project. But of course, you can implement whatever access controls you want in your app.

We'd love to claim this is some awesome growth strategy where we're renaming to juice the press. In reality, we switched from HyperDev to Gomix because the feedback we got was that the mention of 'dev' made people think it's a tool only for full-time developers, and we're trying to create something more accessible. And we're switching from Gomix to Glitch for the reasons hDeraj mentions, plus we just think it's a better name. Also each time we've introduced something new - with Gomix we had completely rewritten the backend with a writable filesystem. With Glitch we've greatly enhanced the community site.

Not really. It means more like 'I want to create a slack bot which sends my blog posts to channel x', so I find an existing slack bot which posts the weather on the Glitch community site, realise that it handles 90% of what I need my own bot to do, so I remix and change out the weather API calls with those to my blog and I'm done in a fraction of the time.

Absolutely, always eager to get feedback. Feel free to comment here or you can mail me: gwilson at fog creek dot com

We'll be looking to add some simple to use database type functionality. We've only recently launched, so expect the product to develop over the coming months.

Here's the text of the page for you:

Gomix is the easiest way to build the app or bot of your dreams.

With working example apps to remix, a code editor to modify them, instant hosting and deployment - anybody can build a web app on Gomix, for free.

Start by remixing. You never have to start from a blank slate. Remix a full, working app to personalize it for your needs, or build on the most popular and powerful developer frameworks to create your app.

Real collaboration. You don’t have to deal with the complexity of version control or tracking changes — the built-in editor allows multiple people to edit code at once and undo mistakes as they happen, just like working together in Google Docs.

It's not training wheels. Gomix is not a limited "toy" version of a real developer environment — your Gomix app is hosted on the exact same industry standard infrastructure that the best developers use to run their apps.

We handle the mess. While you work with Gomix, we seamlessly upgrade your servers and cloud infrastructure in the background. There’s no deployment or server provisioning because it all happens automatically.

Why Did We Make Gomix? In some ways, Gomix is a throwback to an older era of software or the internet, when there were simpler ways to get started making cool stuff. For people who were around at that time, they'll understand Gomix easily: We’re bringing “View Source” back. Of course, they didn't literally take “View Source” out of web browsers, but the ability to just look at the code behind something, and tweak it, and make your own thing, was essential to making the Internet fun, and weird, and diverse, in its early days. And that has sadly disappeared.

Similarly, in even earlier eras, tools like HyperCard on the Mac and Visual Basic on Windows democratized software creation, letting regular individuals or casual business users create useful apps to meet their needs. During development, Gomix was even called “HyperDev”, as a nod to this history — and its early-90s aesthetic subtly nods to that heritage, too.

Whether we look at simple issues like being able to do fun things with an Amazon Echo, or hugely complex issues like trying to make tech and programming more inclusive, Gomix has a role to play in solving problems that matter. And we’re going to have fun doing it!