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Yes pipes could be used as a CORS proxy, I built a full Spotify like app client side with jquery at the time, searching/streaming mp3s at radioblogclub and VK.c

Yes pipes could be used as a CORS proxy, I built a full Spotify like app client side with jquery at the time, searching/streaming mp3s at radioblogclub and VK.com and fetching metadata/similar recommendations from last.fm etc...

pests 3y ago
Ah man, the open web we were promised. I miss these days of mashing up multiple services and just the general free for all. Can't do anything without an API key these days.
- keepamovin 3y ago
  I too share dreams of that open web and want to re-create it. The first JS book I saw was the classic DHTML book with an attractive cover (can't find it now) in 2002 at Kinokuniya in Sydney. Good times. i'm building a dev API on top of https://github.com/BrowserBox/BrowserBox https://github.com/BrowserBox/BrowserBox that should provide the same functionality as a CORS-proxy / unrestricted iframe to be able to embed and interact with content across origins.
  - pests 3y ago
    Ha, I bet we're similar age. I haven't heard the term DHTML in so long. Hows AJAX holding up these days? Then long polling aka Comet? Thankfully we've always embraced puns in tech.
    - keepamovin 3y ago
      Haha! :) Yes indeed. As they say, life begins at... :) hahaha. The old AJAX, DHTML and Comet. I never thought of them as puns, but that's clever! I'm a fan of the old MJPEG, SSE and marquee tag. Hahaha :)
- apitman 3y ago
  Turns running free services is expensive with often little reward. And since essentially the only way to do micropayments currently is with ads, any platform that can't effectively deliver ads essential can't survive. Until users are willing to pay for web services, and provided an easy way to do so, there are a lot of cool things that will remain unsustainable.
  - pests 3y ago
    You're the one bringing money into this.
- paulddraper 3y ago
  People....expected servers to run for free? Like, smart people?
  - pests 3y ago
    I mean, yes? Not everything has a profit motive behind it. We have this entire concept called charities and philanthropy that also show cases how people will spend their own money to accomplish goals or viewpoints. You've never hosted a fan site or a squad or guild site for a game or movie? Or ran a discussion forum? Or hosted an irc server for a community. Not once did I expect payment for any of those.

pests 3y ago

Ah man, the open web we were promised. I miss these days of mashing up multiple services and just the general free for all. Can't do anything without an API key these days.

keepamovin 3y ago
I too share dreams of that open web and want to re-create it. The first JS book I saw was the classic DHTML book with an attractive cover (can't find it now) in 2002 at Kinokuniya in Sydney. Good times. i'm building a dev API on top of https://github.com/BrowserBox/BrowserBox https://github.com/BrowserBox/BrowserBox that should provide the same functionality as a CORS-proxy / unrestricted iframe to be able to embed and interact with content across origins.
- pests 3y ago
  Ha, I bet we're similar age. I haven't heard the term DHTML in so long. Hows AJAX holding up these days? Then long polling aka Comet? Thankfully we've always embraced puns in tech.
  - keepamovin 3y ago
    Haha! :) Yes indeed. As they say, life begins at... :) hahaha. The old AJAX, DHTML and Comet. I never thought of them as puns, but that's clever! I'm a fan of the old MJPEG, SSE and marquee tag. Hahaha :)
apitman 3y ago
Turns running free services is expensive with often little reward. And since essentially the only way to do micropayments currently is with ads, any platform that can't effectively deliver ads essential can't survive. Until users are willing to pay for web services, and provided an easy way to do so, there are a lot of cool things that will remain unsustainable.
- pests 3y ago
  You're the one bringing money into this.
paulddraper 3y ago
People....expected servers to run for free? Like, smart people?
- pests 3y ago
  I mean, yes? Not everything has a profit motive behind it. We have this entire concept called charities and philanthropy that also show cases how people will spend their own money to accomplish goals or viewpoints. You've never hosted a fan site or a squad or guild site for a game or movie? Or ran a discussion forum? Or hosted an irc server for a community. Not once did I expect payment for any of those.