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Imagine a globally replicated and version controlled object store. You could use this for data, assets, source code, anything you like. Would be incredibly usef

Imagine a globally replicated and version controlled object store. You could use this for data, assets, source code, anything you like. Would be incredibly useful for both the development side of things, as well as production.

ddorian43 9y ago
Why not store the data only where you live ? Worst case meteor strikes and you die with your data.
- saghm 9y ago
  Sometimes people travel, and it would be nice to have the data if a meteor strikes while you're gone.
prepend 9y ago
We could call it the World Wide Web.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  It would fall short of all of these goals, as it would get turned into advertisement, colorful magazine pseudocontent and malware distribution platform.
  - blowski 9y ago
    Don’t we now have both things, with the latter subsidising the former?
    - TeMPOraL 9y ago
      Yes. Come to think of it, it's not that the original web died - it just didn't grow much; almost the entire growth went to the commercial part.
- cookiecaper 9y ago
  Yes. I've thought about a "distributed web" and mocked up some prototypes for a while. At some point, it loops back around and you come to something that is not hugely different from what we already have. While some of the technical underpinnings could be improved, the state of the internet is determined by social and legal considerations, not technical ones.
eip 9y ago
>Imagine a globally replicated and version controlled object store. S3?
- 0xCMP 9y ago
  You can replicate it to other regions, but it's not assumable that it's replicated by default. You can enable replication to other region's buckets though.
rhencke 9y ago
Like IPFS? https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs
- CMCDragonkai 9y ago
  Only if others replicate your content. At the moment it's totally voluntary. However filecoin may change that.
rakoo 9y ago
https://docs.datproject.org/# https://docs.datproject.org/#
dman 9y ago
Timdb ?

ddorian43 9y ago

Why not store the data only where you live ? Worst case meteor strikes and you die with your data.

saghm 9y ago
Sometimes people travel, and it would be nice to have the data if a meteor strikes while you're gone.

prepend 9y ago

We could call it the World Wide Web.

TeMPOraL 9y ago
It would fall short of all of these goals, as it would get turned into advertisement, colorful magazine pseudocontent and malware distribution platform.
- blowski 9y ago
  Don’t we now have both things, with the latter subsidising the former?
  - TeMPOraL 9y ago
    Yes. Come to think of it, it's not that the original web died - it just didn't grow much; almost the entire growth went to the commercial part.
cookiecaper 9y ago
Yes. I've thought about a "distributed web" and mocked up some prototypes for a while. At some point, it loops back around and you come to something that is not hugely different from what we already have. While some of the technical underpinnings could be improved, the state of the internet is determined by social and legal considerations, not technical ones.

eip 9y ago

>Imagine a globally replicated and version controlled object store. S3?

0xCMP 9y ago
You can replicate it to other regions, but it's not assumable that it's replicated by default. You can enable replication to other region's buckets though.

rhencke 9y ago

Like IPFS? https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs

CMCDragonkai 9y ago
Only if others replicate your content. At the moment it's totally voluntary. However filecoin may change that.

rakoo 9y ago

https://docs.datproject.org/# https://docs.datproject.org/#

dman 9y ago

Timdb ?