I’m 45 years old and using cooked to mean something that it never meant. I don’t know when it happened, but it’s out there along with vibe. Anyway… This post is all personal opinion. Before we go too deep, I just want to ground some of this article in the definition of a PWA. MDN has a good overview. “A progressive web app (PWA) is an app that’s built using web platform technologies, but that provides a user experience like that of a platform-specific app.”
Making PWAs installable - Progressive web apps | MDN
One of the defining aspects of a PWA is that it can be promoted by the browser for installation on the device. Once installed, a PWA appears to users as a platform-specific app, a permanent feature of their device which they can launch directly from the operating system like any other app.
What PWA Can Do Today
A showcase of what is possible with Progressive Web Apps today.
Powerful PWAs | ChromeOS | Google for Developers
New and upcoming features coming to the web to superpower your apps, plus a checklist to help you track adding them to your app.
Isolated Web Apps (IWA) | Chrome for Developers
Isolated Web Apps allow for a high-trust security model for web apps allowing for access to high-trust APIs like Direct Sockets and Controlled Frame.
An app can be a home-cooked meal
I made a messaging app for my family and my family only.
Alex Moore on Open Web Advocacy and Why "Innovation Doesn't Come from the Gatekeepers"
Holochain | Distributed app framework with P2P networking
Holochain delivers beyond the promises of blockchain by providing a lightweight, secure and versatile framework for everyday distributed apps.
TIL: Iroh: peer-to-peer networking for app developers
I came across Iroh (via, via) today as it hit 1.0 and found it a really interesting solution to a problem I knew existed but had not thought a lot about. Judging from the comment sections, it seems pretty clear that lots of people are confused as to exactly what Iroh is. I don’t think their launch post does their product justice at all, and their tagline is “IP addresses break, dial keys instead” which sounds cool, but if you think about it for just a second, you’ll end up with lots of questions. The biggest one is: “so how is this different from a mesh VPN like Tailscale, ZeroTier, Netbird, etc.?” It’s only after reading a lot of developers’ comments on the threads that I feel I understand: Iroh is aimed at application developers who want to communicate P2P between machines running their app, while mesh networks are aimed at network admins who want to connect devices they own/manage together.
Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile?
TLDR: “make the web do apps” is not a disruptive strategy. It's like surviving The Great Oxidation Event, then saying “make anaerobes do photosynthesis”. Ok, but the blue-green algae got there first, so photosynthesis is no longer asymmetric. It is symmetric competition.
Blogging on the open social web - and more exciting features - pckt - Dev Journal
ATmosphere — referring to the growing ecosystem of applications built on the AT Protocol, a federated protocol for open social platforms. Not to be confused ...
From Volunteer Gardening to Building Next-Gen Distributed Web Apps: My Journey to Holochain App…
A story about discovering community, a mind-warping internet paradigm and a global network of unconventional software engineers.
Explore Modern Web Apps & PWAs
The Everything App Store. A cross-platform, open app store that puts users and developers first. Search for a new app or list your app in seconds.
I launched pwa.today 🚀 The PWA Runtime Audit checks your PWA and finds runtime failures under real-world conditions. It checks installability, offline support, service worker lifecycle and makes sure you ship a PWA your users can trust. Check it out and let me know what you think! pwa.today
Ship a PWA users can trust.
pwa.todaysome thoughts on atproto as a post-app paradigm
Ecosystem Plugins
notes.wesleyfinck.orgWhy I created @skysquare.app—and why I believe the web needs it. "Decentralized protocols represent more than a technical innovation. They offer the possibility that public conversation might once again become part of the commons rather than the exclusive property of any single platform."
Why Skysquare Exists
skysquare.app
