The API is dead. Long live the protocol!
summary
Argues that API-driven silos cause rate limits and shutdowns while open protocols enable federation and innovation; describes a reference implementation called body cloud using structured ActivityStreams-style messages, DNS SRV record discovery to find endpoints on port 443, and an inbox server that produces roughly one second time-to-glass. Reports a prior chat deploy with about 1,000,000 users that forced protocol changes, and notes end-to-end cryptography and offline server trust remain unsolved.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:50your client
- 7:12let me count the brokenness
- 8:54addressing
- 10:44discovering the API
- 11:46fast server resync
- 12:26fast client resync
- 13:38We still believe in privacy
- 14:46personal cloud related projects
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