ActivityPub Won by Being Boring - Owl Owl OÜ

kept by devopsfolk aug 24

ActivityPub’s success stems from its intentionally plain design using basic web primitives, and its next revision must remain boring to support wider federation.

ActivityPub Won by Being Boring - Owl Owl OÜ
ActivityPub’s success stems from its intentionally simple, web‑standard design, and future updates must preserve that ordinariness while scaling to large networks.
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