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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://hachyderm.io/users/hrefna/statuses/111330365069152031">Hrefna (DHC) (hrefna@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 01:28:26 JST</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@hrefna" title="hrefna@hachyderm.io"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/105361-48-20230308093356.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Hrefna (DHC)" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Hrefna (DHC)</a></section><article><p>If I read between the lines on the software design for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ActivityPub" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a>, I don't think there are actually supposed to _be_ servers per se, or more precisely that servers are supposed to be very simple passthroughs that have some forwarding/processing logic?</p><p>If so then this makes some sense, since when AP was being written was a big time for BaaS (Backend as a Service; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backend_as_a_service" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backend_as_a_service</a> ) and that influenced a lot of ideas.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2260119#notice-4453481">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-11-01T01:28:26+09:00" title="Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 01:28:26 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@hrefna/111330365069152031" rel="external" title="Sent from hachyderm.io via ActivityPub">hachyderm.io</a></span></span><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@hrefna/111330365069152031">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backend_as_a_service">Backend as a service</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Backend as a service (BaaS), also known as mobile backend as a service (MBaaS), is a service for providing web app and mobile app developers with a way to easily build a backend to their frontend applications. Features available include user management, push notifications, and integration with social networking services. These services are provided via the use of custom software development kits (SDKs) and application programming interfaces (APIs). BaaS is a relatively recent development in cloud computing, with most BaaS startups dating from 2011 or later. The two most popular services globally is: Amplify (AWS) and Firebase (Google Cloud).Purpose
Web and mobile apps require a similar set of features on the backend, including notification service, integration with social networks, and cloud storage. Each of these services has its own API that must be individually incorporated into an app, a process that can be time-consuming and complicated for app developers. BaaS providers form a bridge between the frontend of an application and various cloud-based backends via a unified API...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Hrefna (DHC) (hrefna@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 01:28:26 JST Hrefna (DHC)
If I read between the lines on the software design for #ActivityPub, I don't think there are actually supposed to _be_ servers per se, or more precisely that servers are supposed to be very simple passthroughs that have some forwarding/processing logic?
If so then this makes some sense, since when AP was being written was a big time for BaaS (Backend as a Service; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backend_as_a_service ) and that influenced a lot of ideas.
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  Backend as a service (BaaS), also known as mobile backend as a service (MBaaS), is a service for providing web app and mobile app developers with a way to easily build a backend to their frontend applications. Features available include user management, push notifications, and integration with social networking services. These services are provided via the use of custom software development kits (SDKs) and application programming interfaces (APIs). BaaS is a relatively recent development in cloud computing, with most BaaS startups dating from 2011 or later. The two most popular services globally is: Amplify (AWS) and Firebase (Google Cloud). Purpose Web and mobile apps require a similar set of features on the backend, including notification service, integration with social networks, and cloud storage. Each of these services has its own API that must be individually incorporated into an app, a process that can be time-consuming and complicated for app developers. BaaS providers form a bridge between the frontend of an application and various cloud-based backends via a unified API...

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