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Local-first software
By centralizing data storage on servers, cloud apps also take away ownership and agency from users....
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Raft Consensus Algorithm
An understandable [[thoughts/consensus|consensus]] algorithm. A distilled version of the Raft paper....
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Rhizome Specification
See also: [[thoughts/Rhizome Research Log|Research Log]] Misc notes should provide key components logical pipes -> connectivity between nodes host bootstrapping -> akin to DHCP, set of protocols supported, basic info and about where to connect for discovery petnames rather than global connection table?...
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Solana
Solana is a [[thoughts/blockchain|blockchain]] that claims to be fast, secure, scalable, affordable, and resistant to [[thoughts/censorship|censorship]]...
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Self-sovereign Identity (SSI)
Self-sovereign identity (SSI) is an approach to digital identity that gives individuals control of their digital identities...
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Mechanism design
Distributed Algorithmic Mechanism Design: Recent Results and Future Directions. Joan Feigenbaum and Scott Shenker...
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Lattice Proposal
Potential exploration on my gripes with existing [[thoughts/tools for thought|tools for thought]] using principles from [[thoughts/Rhizome Proposal|Rhizome]]....
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Valve Handbook
Source Valve is a company is one that I respect a lot for the agency they give their employees....
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CAP Theorem
When designing and deploying applications in distributed environments, you can only optimize for 2 out of the following 3 properties:...
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Paperclip optimizers
On LessWrong The paperclip maximizer is the canonical thought experiment showing how an artificial general intelligence, even one designed competently and without malice, could ultimately destroy humanity....