Jump to Hyperspace: Light Speed, User Agency & Moving Past the Cloud
summary
Argues that rebuilding around local‑first reduces ops, latency and vendor lock‑in by using CRDTs and capability tokens instead of central servers. Shows working artifacts: a 2019 browser‑only Dropbox clone (passwordless, offline), collaborative editor examples, and an Everywhere Computer model that ships WebAssembly tasks as deterministic closures producing verifiable receipts so results are run‑once memoization. Uses automerge for CRDTs and UCAN‑style capability proofs, and demonstrates ≈10× latency cost when traffic detours via distant data centers.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:08From dial-up to serverless
- 9:52Hard constraints
- 16:54A new hope
- 23:24Distributed/disorderly systems
- 28:32Access control
- 36:01Universal compute
- 42:46Wrapping up
- 44:47Outro
