Let the little guys in:
Towards a context sharing runtime for the personalised web
It’s easier than ever to build small tools. Npm, with 63 billion javascript package downloads in the last week, is a great example of the magic that happens when we can easily fork, share, find, use & compose small tools. It’s also a great example of what it’s missing - it’s hard to trust. Would you trust a new little wrapper or package with all of your bank statements, emails, and ChatGPT history?
Today, context is king, and OAuth dialogs are not enough to enable world-wide-web like participation in it.
Here’s another idea: Instead of tightly controlling which applications have access to data, we need to control where applications can send it.
And in that (attestable) image, a new runtime environment is being forged. Not by me, but I buy into it, and I write this hoping that you might too.
Onto the first premise:
We’re far from realising the potential of computing
To really appreciate that potential, let’s imagine what it might feel like to have realised it.
Here’s one handle for your imagination: Imagine if ChatGPT worked perfectly, connected to everything, and knew everything about you.
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