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Antharia / awesome-lowtech

Low tech software and hardware. Low resources. Recycling.
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General Project Discussion #2

Open Pipazoul opened 4 years ago

perguth commented 4 years ago

Nice, maybe start by outlining how to contribute, I would be interested! <3

perguth commented 4 years ago

I would do bump significant changes using GH releases. So people could subscribe to the low-noise "Release only" watch mode.

Pipazoul commented 4 years ago

Can you rephrase your message ?, Unfortunately I understood it partially

hyphenrf commented 4 years ago

Not sure where this fits: https://gemini.circumlunar.space/

but it's a very simple spec, easy to implement low-power clients and servers for it

Pipazoul commented 4 years ago

Not sure where this fits: https://gemini.circumlunar.space/

but it's a very simple spec, easy to implement low-power clients and servers for it

Does it pass the required criterias ? If yes there could be a "Protocoll"section (@Antharia )

hyphenrf commented 4 years ago

Is the final weight or data stream lower than actual more "mainstream" services

I'm not sure how to verify this

Can a relative install it, use it ?

many clients (MasterQ32/Kristall) work just like a browser would. there were even fruitful[1] efforts to create search engines for easier discoverability. If the software is packaged, installing it is as easy as a click or a command.

Is it autonomous and not dependant to other platforms ?

depends on how dependent is too dependent; the protocol relies on existing technology like IP/DNS/etc.. network stack and TLS is a requirement AFAIK.

Is it robust and durable ?

It's not P2P. But it'll be around as long as the internet is, and there are clients and servers.

The answer to the rest is yes.

[1] gemini://gus.guru/

0b11stan commented 4 years ago

Thank you for the discovery! To me it looks like the final weight and datastream of a javascriptless protocol is definitly lower than the "mainstream" web.

hyphenrf commented 3 years ago

Indeed. I guess a client has the complete freedom to implement a scripting language that dynamically alters a served page though if they wish.

The emphasis, I think, is in the fact that this protocol will work fine on low bandwidth and very low-powered servers, and is designed in a way that tries to push back feature-creep. which makes it way more sustainable than modern web and able to fill that communication niche without trying to extract simplicity from a big and complicated standard.