Another article that pops up regularly on HN, on this relevant topic: The coming war on general-purpose computing (previous discussion: https://news.ycombinat

Another article that pops up regularly on HN, on this relevant topic: The coming war on general-purpose computing (previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19872364 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19872364) There are a number of admirable attempts to create the "next Hypercard" on the web. I haven't encountered one that really sticks, but as an old(er) timer who remembers the earlier era of personal computers - where the user was really the user, not "used" - I see that it's an important dream to keep alive, especially in our current cultural context of an increasingly exploitative web.