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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Nov-2025 18:28:54 JST Aral Balkan

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   @millerebonds @Rania Small Web ;) (https://ar.al/2024/06/24/small-web-computer-science-colloquium-at-university-of-groningen/)

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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 26-May-2025 20:09:11 JST Aral Balkan

   👋🤓 Goodbye Site.js, Hello Kitten!

   I started working on creating a Small Web¹ server (a peer-to-peer Web server) six years ago² with Site.js.

   Building Site.js was my first attempt. And it resulted in:

   • Auto Encrypt (automatic Let’s Encrypt certificates): https://codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-encrypt

   • Auto Encrypt Localhost (automatic localhost TLS certificates): https://codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-encrypt-localhost

   • @small-tech/https (drop-in Node.js https module replacement with automatic TLS certs everywhere): https://codeberg.org/small-tech/https

   • JSDB: In-process, in-memory JavaScript database that persists to append-only JavaScript logs: https://codeberg.org/small-tech/jsdb

   As Site.js reached an evolutionary dead-end, and as I learned from my experiements with replicated data types that replicated data types are *not* a prerequisite for a decentralised web (actual topological decentralisation and ease of use are), I started writing a new server/platform called Kitten from scratch while still making use of the tried and tested modules listed above.

   Last week, I switched over our last site using Site.js to Kitten and, with that, today I’ve sunset Site.js:

   https://sitejs.org

   For its successor, please see Kitten:

   https://kitten.small-web.org

   If you want to support our work at the Small Technology Foundation, please consider becoming a patron:

   https://small-tech.org/fund-us

   :kitten:💕

   ¹ https://ar.al/2024/06/24/small-web-computer-science-colloquium-at-university-of-groningen/
   ² https://ar.al/2019/08/26/introducing-small-technology-foundation/

   #SiteJS #SmallWeb #SmallTech #peerToPeerWeb #SmallTechnologyFoundation #AutoEncrypt #AutoEncryptLocalhost #JSDB #JavaScriptDatabase #https #TLS

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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 25-Apr-2025 16:44:37 JST Aral Balkan

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   @thinkMoult “Small Web” (as I’ve been calling it, at least) is the peer to peer web stack I’m working on with the goal of making under a minute to get you up and running with a site where you can post publicly, be followed by other servers that speak the Small Web protocol, and also talk privately with them via public-key encryption.*

   That said, I think any initiative that makes it easier to self host stuff is great, whether it’s peer to peer (instances of one) or not :)

   * https://ar.al/2024/06/24/small-web-computer-science-colloquium-at-university-of-groningen/

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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 20:55:58 JST Aral Balkan

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   @hopland @andre More recent info on the Small Web: https://ar.al/2024/06/24/small-web-computer-science-colloquium-at-university-of-groningen/

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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 22:29:46 JST Aral Balkan

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   @zeh Couldn’t agree with you more :)

   https://ar.al/2024/06/24/small-web-computer-science-colloquium-at-university-of-groningen/

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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 17:33:41 JST Aral Balkan

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   @crazyeddie @zleap @cmthiede @gimulnautti @davetroy Just to clarify, the Small Web is not web3/blockchain (eww) :)

   Quite on the contrary, it’s web0 ;)

   https://web0.small-web.org

   More: https://ar.al/2024/06/24/small-web-computer-science-colloquium-at-university-of-groningen/