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Re: "What I really like about the gemini protocol is the fact..."
Writing a gemini client/server can, ironically, teach you a lot about the web too.
2023-12-12 · 3 months ago
— In-Reply-To: @miragearchitect
Yep, something which I have sadly fallen onto. I should eliminate the technical debt that I'be created in some programs, which are more hacks than anything else.
🖥️ zetamacs · Dec 14 at 20:11:
@miragearchitect
I don't think it /was/ anybody in their right mind. Or wrong mind, for that matter.
It's more like uncontrolled, rapid evolution at work with a lot of "just deploy it, standards are for chumps".
And then somehow, we all got stuck using it like a non-cohesive, messy universal operating system that runs Javascript. No one signed up for this, but your life has to revolve around it.
And it's that last part that I find the hardest pill to swallow.
What I really like about the gemini protocol is the fact that it's so small and easy that literally everyone who's at least a bit tech savvy can write both server and client in like a week. No matter if it's terminal or gui, if it supports CGI or not. This feels so liberating after being forced to experience the monstrosity called "modern web"