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  "name": "Glitch (formerly Fog Creek Software)",
  "description": "Originally founded as Fog Creek Software, a premium software consultancy and product incubator, the company rebranded to Glitch in 2018 to focus on its collaborative coding platform. It is historically significant for developing FogBugz and successfully incubating Trello and Stack Overflow. In 2022, Glitch was acquired by the edge cloud platform Fastly.",
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  "baiScore": 88,
  "archetype": "Challenger",
  "category": "Cloud Computing & Software Development Tools",
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    {
      "slug": "codesandbox",
      "name": "Codesandbox"
    },
    {
      "slug": "github-codespaces",
      "name": "GitHub Codespaces\\n\\n GitHub Codespaces"
    },
    {
      "slug": "netlify",
      "name": "Netlify"
    }
  ],
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  "aiAlternatives": [],
  "parentBrand": null,
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  "updatedAt": "2026-04-10T06:45:47.025+00:00",
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    "website": "glitch.com",
    "founded": "2000",
    "headquarters": "New York, NY (Primary Glitch operations)",
    "pricing_model": "Freemium (Free for public projects, 'Pro' subscription for private projects and enhanced resources)",
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    "target_markets": "Web developers, students, creative technologists, and prototyping teams.",
    "employee_count": "Not publicly available",
    "funding_stage": "Not publicly available",
    "subcategory": "Collaborative Development Environment (CDE)"
  },
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      "Manual Server Configuration: Managing code deployments and development environments manually on local machines or physical servers."
    ],
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      "collaborative code editor online",
      "remix web apps online",
      "easy way to host node.js apps",
      "Joel Spolsky company history",
      "best project management for developers (legacy Fog Creek)",
      "where did Trello come from?",
      "Hyperscale Cloud Providers: Using robust, professional-grade cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure which require significant DevOps knowledge.",
      "Shared Web Hosting: Using basic shared hosting services for simple web projects."
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}