Christine Lemmer-Webber
Ok! I think the #Spritely Crystal docs are now finished, with the exception that I need to proofread! https://gitlab.com/spritely/crystal/blob/master/crystal/scribblings/intro.org
It ended up a lot longer than I expected, and so did the code. While the concepts are simple, there's a lot of subtlety...
Christine Lemmer-Webber
I think Spritely Crystal is useful. Unlike Magenc, it's not as rock-solid... crystals can shatter. That doesn't mean it isn't useful. And one reason I spent all this time on it is not just because I think it's useful, but because it illustrates so well a problem many folks in our community don't even realize we have... and one born out of serious challenges.
Anyway, as always, feedback is *most welcome*. I hope people are finding these writeups enjoyable and valuable.
Christine Lemmer-Webber
In case you want the tl;dr of this particular update:
- Spritely Crystal is vulnerable to all sorts of weird behavior if we write out conflicting revisions
- Oh no, now this seems like bad design, right?
- Oh wait a whole bunch of our technology has this problem...
- Git has this problem! Secure Scuttlebutt has this problem!! ActivityPub has this problem!!!
- It turns out there are theoretical limits that force us to make tradeoffs
- So, we should at least know what those tradeoffs are
Christine Lemmer-Webber
Pushed another big update to the #Spritely Crystal docs: "More on conflicts and the CAP theorem" https://gitlab.com/spritely/crystal/blob/master/crystal/scribblings/intro.org
Christine Lemmer-Webber
Pushed some major updates to the #Spritely Crystal docs: https://gitlab.com/spritely/crystal/blob/master/crystal/scribblings/intro.org
- Our characters learn how different crystal registries can be synced to have the same revisions
- Our characters discover all the "fun" that is version conflicts.
Coming up soon:
- We discover how the problems described in this document are very general
- In fact, the existing fediverse already has them!
- We'll learn more about the CAP theorem and the tradeoffs we can make
Christine Lemmer-Webber
I wonder: would debates over whether rich text is desirable or not in mastodon be less if it were perceived mostly as a client rendering choice issue, and switching out clients were easy?
Christine Lemmer-Webber
Creating and using a custom Linux kernel on Guix System https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/2019/creating-and-using-a-custom-linux-kernel-on-guix-system/
Christine Lemmer-Webber
A rehab center that focuses on "harm reduction" instead of abstinence https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/05/16/723582467/why-an-indonesian-rehab-center-doesnt-insist-on-abstinence
Christine Lemmer-Webber
I'm out of hacking/documentation energy for the day. I got good structure in place for the docs, but not much of the actual doc writing yet. Still important though; if you don't have the right structure it won't be a clear narrative. I probably do overthink it, though.
Christine Lemmer-Webber
@catonano Well, those are very functional, I agree :)
Christine Lemmer-Webber
I'm back! And with a good outline for the #Spritely Crystal documentation. I think this is gonna be good.
The Book of Kels
@cwebber @brainblasted @catonano
Free speech is a good thing. It allows people to express their views without fear.
Freeze Peach, which is what these folks are after, is the ability to be offensive or incite hatred while you're not allowed to complain about it.
Jacky Alciné
@cwebber @AceNovo @PhilthePill I'm still working on a "What is ActivityDesk" post in my coming Patreon post but tl;dr: desktop landscape of social Web is being overlooked IMO and I wanna invest more in it
Christine Lemmer-Webber
@catonano @brainblasted Something to flesh out at a future time... I think I don't want to complicate this conversation by introducing it :) (and I'm trying to do some other writing!)
Christine Lemmer-Webber
Ok going offline to write, write, write. Probably shouldn't be too long; the hard thing is to get the structure and the words flowing.
Christine Lemmer-Webber
@AceNovo @PhilthePill @jalcine I feel like I should know more about ActivityDesk :)
Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅
Aleums (Origin Forme)
JUNIOR WEB DEVELOPER
Responsibilities:
- copy and paste CSS
- waste a bunch of time switching between two different templates until your boss finally decides on one
- write alt text
- contribute to an "agile" development team
Required experience:
- Master's degree in computer science
- 8+ years experience writing Python, C++ or R
- top secret security clearance
Christine Lemmer-Webber
Time to make lunch, then it's time to go offline and write this documentation.
Christine Lemmer-Webber
@rain :oh_no:
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