The Future Needs Files

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  • hyperhyperspace-core

    A library to create p2p applications, using the browser as a full peer.

  • I agree with the author on the merits of the file abstraction, but I think the concept should be updated for networked devices. We need file formats that support both offline usage and seamless sync over the network.

    For example, here I use a merkle DAG-based file format to represent CRDT-like types:

    https://www.hyperhyperspace.org

    The resulting abstraction can be universally looked up using a hash (or short sequence of words), can be modified offline and synchronized flawlessly. It's still WIP (for example, you still can't export it to an actual file, hehe).

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