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Josiah
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Living in #HamOnt. Working on @dxos.org.
Cars ruin cities. Housing is a human right.
thanks, this is awesome! I'm glad to see that this sort of thing works
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Even if that is true, I could see this being worthwhile. It becomes more of a UI protocol than a framework and there could interop between components built with various frameworks...maybe something like blockprotocol.org
Block Protocol
An open standard for data-driven blocks
blockprotocol.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Also in that video though, @ryansolid.bsky.social said that you have to set very explicit expectations on how they communicate for it to work. I'm curious if you would agree with that and if it aligns with what you're describing as "framework-like behavior without the framework"?
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I was watching this youtu.be/LrUpYblQIV4?... and in the chat it was noted that they are composable but there weren't any examples. Though I think @jakelazaroff.com below linked one!
React is killing the web
YouTube video by Theo - t3․gg
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November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Interesting, has anyone written about this anywhere? I'm curious about how that ends up working in practice. Are all the web components written with the same framework but just put together as web components? If they were cross-framework would that cause problems with state management, perf, etc.?
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I’ve been very curious about what happens if you tried to build an application by stitching together web components instead of staying within React/Solid/Svelte/etc., but haven’t had a chance play with it yet. Is this something you’ve tried at all? Would love to hear more if so.
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
That plus adding all of the current security concerns with these technologies on top of the city’s horrendous record of data security…recipe for disaster.
September 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’m bullish on there being good uses of these AI tools to improve services in the long run, but the idea of using AI to improve the efficiency of the city’s terrible service is hilarious. They should try improving the service before focusing on efficiency.
September 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The only way I can see this happening is if someone comes up with a more convenient slang. I would say people don’t call it “the mountain” for correctness, it’s because “the escarpment” is a mouthful. Though at this point I fear it may be too late.
August 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If it becomes a consistent problem you could try enabling “only followers can reply” on your posts to curtail the drive by comments
July 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Reposted by Josiah
Regarding the experiment, I genuinely believe the current way we’re building software is outdated. We can do so much better, we can have more user agency and enable it for less technical folks.

Easily build any UI sitting on top of pieces of data & logic. Create, adapt, remix; diffuse.
July 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
re: software check out these feeds as well:
- bsky.app/profile/did:...
- bsky.app/profile/josi...
June 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I wish all the AI shills would come over here because they'd bring the rest of the folks working on interesting AI stuff with them
June 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Open substack 💯
June 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The file access api has been broken in Arc since last year. I reported it months ago and never heard back from them at all. I've got zero faith in them continuing to maintain it well.

I've been giving @zen-browser.app a run recently and finding it a serviceable (and actively maintained replacement)
April 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Instead you would write the atproto handle into the chain. Then when they come to join the space with one of their devices, verification would be looking up the did record, proving ownership of it with a signature and then providing a device key to operate under moving forward.
April 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
To add someone to an ECHO space today you need to add their HALO identity key into the credential chain of the space. However it should be possible to integrate with external identity providers that are also public key based.
April 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM