Links


Automerge

automerge.org

Automerge is a Conflict-Free Replicated Data Type (CRDT), which allows concurrent changes on different devices to be merged automatically without requiring any central server.

Retro-Simplicity

ratfactor.com

All of this, and the knowledge to use is, is available at the click of a link and completely for free over a globe-spanning network that is getting faster all the time.

Nothing prevents us from using the best things from the past with the benefit of hindsight. There’s been a lot of polishing over the years and a lot of innovation, too. And on a whole (the emphasis is important here) everything works together now with vastly better compatibility than it ever did in the past. Only rose-colored nostalgia glasses can see otherwise.

This is pretty much how I feel about the things that I choose to use and be interested in today. It’s wonderful.

16-bit Serial Homebrew CPU

jiristepanovsky.cz

I’ve tried to optimize my homebrew CPU for the lowest amount of logic chips possible and answer a question: How few ICs are required for a Turing-complete CPU without a CPU?

Amazing to see a claim of 10Mhz on a breadboard computer.