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I think this is a really cool idea and something I have personally wanted (or at least thought I wanted) for a long time. In fact I wrote about a similar idea i
by miniatureape 5y ago
I think this is a really cool idea and something I have personally wanted (or at least thought I wanted) for a long time. In fact I wrote about a similar idea in 2013.[1]
To me, this is just one part of something bigger though. I want to be able to store code in blocks and compose them into bigger blocks by chaining them and pipelining them. I'd also like versioning and some access rules.
https://justindonato.com/notebook/urls-as-pointers.html https://justindonato.com/notebook/urls-as-pointers.html
- c-cube 5y agoI know this is a webdev project anyway, but I imagine embedding code would mean, in practice, embedding Javascript. Then the whole thing becomes 100% tied to the web and to modern browsers, which is a shame. Such blocks could be used from native applications, bots, or TUI programs, but that ship has probably sailed already.
- ciaranmn 5y agoWe're focusing on the browser context at first, but expect the principles of the interface between a block and application (if not the implementation details) should be applicable to other environments - very briefly mentioned here https://blockprotocol.org/docs/faq#what-about-non-web-contexts-e.g.-native-applications https://blockprotocol.org/docs/faq#what-about-non-web-contex...
- Terretta 5y agoI'm interested in hiring people who want to not just invent but put into production a better way of doing that. Mostly I want people who think of the problem like that. Email in profile...