So Google is "reimagining" the Chrome browser with AI. Notably, they'll be introducing a search based on AI chat, apparently similar to Perplexity. The question that nobody's asking is: What are the consequences of putting the web behind a chat interface? In the near future, perhaps, we'll be making websites for bots. The emerging WebMCP protocol standard already indicates a trend in that direction. Sure, we already have an internet driven by search indexing algorithms, but even so, a search is still open to serendipity. With a chat, I might find the precise answer I'm looking for faster, but I might never find the answer that I need, but didn't know to look for. It's the difference between searching the library catalog and browsing the shelves. We need both.

My LinkedIn feed is more interesting than my Nostr feed.

This is a story worth watching for anyone interested in a free and open web. Oracle, legally, still owns the trademark for "JavaScript", despite the fact the language's standards and ecosystem have been open-source for well over a decade. Deno has launched a petition to deregister the trademark on the grounds that it has been abandoned, and that "JavaScript" is now a generic term. The petition is now entering legal discovery. The result of this process could shape the future of the relationship between private companies and the open-source software community. You can read more on Deno's blog:

Deno

Help Us Raise $200k to Free JavaScript from Oracle | Deno

Our legal battle over Oracle

Has anyone considered making an ephemeral-message relay based on Redis/Valkey? I could see it being a good data store architecture for large group chats, message passing servers, and other applications that require only transient storage of notes.

Getting a WebAssembly binary running inside #alexandria feels like magic 🪄

When you've got Claude working on something, and it hits you with "this file is completely broken"

A new version of Alexandria is live! @Silberengel has been hard at work on the app's omni-search features and universal event viewer. @Nusa will be helping us to polish up the UX over the coming weeks, but we're stretching and experimenting and trying out some power user features to see what will stick. You can try them out too! Go to next-alexandria.gitcitadel.eu, log in, and click on "Events". Take some time to explore, and please give us your feedback!

I just discovered a kind 30023 long-form article via Alexandria's topical search, skimmed it within Alexandria, and then microblogged about it, also from within Alexandria. It's starting to become a complete Nostr app, y'all.

Every so often I'm up late jamming on #Alexandria, then @Silberengel wakes up over in Germany, logs onto our OneDev server, sees my commits rolling in, and drops the ol' 🍿 I'm not used to programming with an audience.