NoelDeMartin

It's funny, I got across this post because I'm interested in the Solid Protocol and the Malleable Software movement, but it doesn't seem to mention any of those .

Here they are, in case anyone's interested:

- https://solidproject.org/ - https://malleable.systems/ - https://www.inkandswitch.com/malleable-software/

This idea is very similar to what I've been working on for a while, local-first apps that synchronize data over a server that can be self-hosted. In my case, I'm using the Solid Protocol, and there are already many Open Source servers implementing this protocol.

If you're curious, check out this app: https://umai.noeldemartin.com/

I previously tried to engage with you regarding developer experience, since I don't think RDF is as bad as people say. See https://bsky.app/profile/noeldemartin.com/post/3l7mkmo2pc327

Hi there, I'm one of the main community members working on Solid (TimBL mentions my apps in the article).

I can't speak for the whole community, but I recently wrote some of my thoughts on ATProtocol: https://bsky.app/profile/noeldemartin.com/post/3l7mj5glqey25

TLDR: I like ATProtocol, but there are a couple of things that don't make it as decentralized/independent as I'd like. Also, the fact that everything is public in ATProtocol makes it very different from Solid. Solid is all about data ownership, and many of the use-cases require privacy. Until ATProtocol has an answer for private data, I don't think it's even worth considering for most use-cases that Solid wants to tackle.

I found about The Semantic Web about 5 years ago, and since then I've been pulling the thread and I realized it's a lot more than just "machine readable metadata". In particular, it's also about data ownership and control.

You can see what I mean learning about the Solid Protocol, I gave a talk about it a couple of years ago: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kPzhykRVDuI

Check out https://solidproject.org (If you want a short intro I recently gave a ~30min talk about it: https://noeldemartin.com/fosdem)