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CactusBlueyesterday at 8:25 PM2 repliesview on HN

We already could've done that before, just throw a HTML file on a HTTP server on a cheap VPS


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danabramovyesterday at 8:30 PM

That's pretty much what atproto is, except it's typed JSON rather than HTML, and HTTP+WebSockets to allow aggregation.

I wrote more about how it works here if you're curious: https://overreacted.io/a-social-filesystem/

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jeffbeeyesterday at 9:15 PM

This is like saying anyone can open a lemonade stand in Mogadishu.