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The web began as a tool for thought
By Gordon Brander · Launched a year ago
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Centralization is inevitable
...but decentralization is right behind it.
Gordon Brander
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Cheating Zooko’s Triangle?
There are three ideal properties you want from a good naming system: Secure. The name reliably points to what it is supposed to, and not to an imposter…
Gordon Brander
Jun 5
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One level of indirection at each layer
“Indirection” is pointing to something by name or reference, rather than pointing to the thing itself. Indirection is everywhere in computing. Pointers…
Gordon Brander
May 27
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Layered protocols
Layering is a special form of modularity that restricts interactions between modules. A module assigned to a layer can use any of the modules in the…
Gordon Brander
May 22
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Compositional components, emergent protocols
Compositionality is the principle that a system should be designed by composing together smaller subsystems, and reasoning about the system should be…
Gordon Brander
May 8
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Subconscious Alpha 0.0.4
Wikilinks come to Subconscious. Also *bold*, _italic_, `code`.
Gordon Brander
Apr 30
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Credible exit
Well, it looks like Elon Musk is buying Twitter. Pandemonium! Amplifying the angst is the fact that the Twitter is fundamentally feudal. This town…
Gordon Brander
Apr 26
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The internet is modular
There are specific reasons why the internet is so generative, and they can be mapped back to architectural choices. One of the key architectural…
Gordon Brander
Apr 16
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