Daniel Stenberg wrote an article about the Gemini protocol:
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/05/28/the-gemini-protocol-seen-by-this-http-client-person/
3 months ago 路 馃憤 at_work, ttocsneb, mimas, eph, threkk, zero
[1] https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/05/28/the-gemini-protocol-seen-by-this-http-client-person/
I think the criticisms over the philosophical decisions in making sure gemini is scaled down and lo-tech breathes an air of self-warranted authority and closed-minded traditionalism attached to the "standards" of W3C, IEEE, etc-related institutions. Aside from that, I don't see any issues in some of the technical criticisms of the spec related to data transfer and security save for the misconception over whether TLS binds to host:port, parses certificates from client, and the assumption a one-to-one protocol requires an open tunnel to keep sending/fetching requests/actions (which should always be client-triggered, never from server, which attributes back to clash of philosophy). Half hmm n meh. 路 3 months ago
Geminispace bubble discussion:
gemini://geminispace.org/s/Gemini/1188 路 3 months ago
he's a smart human (with relevant experience) who took the time to read and think about the protocol.
there is more than tech involved in gemini design (simplicity, human priority)
hopefully the good start continues 路 3 months ago
Finally, someone writes criticism of Gemini worth a read. 路 3 months ago
the comment about waste made me smile - how about a 1MB webpage to sell me airpods? 路 3 months ago
Gemini doesn't scale and a bunch of non-spec professionals are here. I'm okay with that. 路 3 months ago
Rather us-vs-them. the most important section is the last, saving us paragraphs of disdain. 路 3 months ago
Very interesting read.
I鈥檓 sceptical about the proposed TOFU removal. We would need an alternative that would not rely on centralized institutions.
Other suggestions seem quite good or interesting. 路 3 months ago