iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fall pleasure: Cast-iron radiator’s warmth rising through corrugated cardboard cat-throne. Makes a boy dozy.

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Alex Komoroske @komorama.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

1/ It’s time to share more about what we’ve been working on: @commonfabric.com is a social computing lab building a medium for software that revolves around people, not apps. commonfabric.com

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Alex Warth @alexwarth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Nearly every general-purpose programming language is Turing complete. So ask not what you can do with a language, but what a language makes worth the effort. A short note on "effective expressiveness": www.inkandswitch.com/malleable-so...

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Effective expressiveness

Everything is possible. What’s actually worth the effort?

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Citizen Platano 🇵🇷 @daniloc.xyz · 22/08/2026

so what’s next: we’re going to see a Cambrian Explosion of verification tools to help model the internal and implicit structures of code we’ll see higher levels of abstraction that are easier to inspect, track and reason about for humans. models of a project’s internal structure we learn like maps

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Ink & Switch @inkandswitch.com · 31/08/2026

Today we're officially sharing the "Introducing Patchwork-26" video from Lab Day at this year's @localfirstconf.com We bring you the first look at Patchwork-26, the latest in our ongoing effort to realize Malleable Software, Universal Version Control, and Local-First Software.

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Introducing Patchwork-26

YouTube video by Ink & Switch

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pvh @pvh.ca · 17/08/2026

Really excited to be on the plane to Aarhus (okay, CPH) for SummerHCI. Grateful to @clemens.klokmose.net for the invitation and really looking forward to learning from everyone.

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Automerge @automerge.org · 31/07/2026

🆕 We're trying something new: here's the first ever This Month in Automerge 🗞️✨ Check out what's been happening in the core libraries, and a few projects in the ecosystem! automerge.org/blog/2026-ju...

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This Month in Automerge: July '26

Hexane v1 lands in Automerge, Subduction sync server hardening, a BeeKEM paper preprint, and more.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 31/07/2026

The Local-First Conf 2026 talks are up! I always get hallway tracked real hard at this event so I'm really excited to catch all the talks I missed... www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Local-First Conf 2026 - YouTube

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Playdate @play.date · 09/07/2026

small handheld. big ben.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 04/07/2026

From research, to prototype, to a real plugin you can install in the Godot Asset Store, Backstitch is a branch of our research into universal version control brought to life in the Godot game engine! You can check it out now: store.godotengine.org/asset/inkand...

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Backstitch - Godot Asset Store

Real-time version control for Godot! Backstitch enables fast collaboration for dev teams, game jams, and classrooms.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 03/07/2026

I've read that telegraph operators had a kind of "hand" that was recognizable. I feel the same way when I read someone's code: the way they name variables, or structure a file. They show me a little of who they are. I think those days are passing now, and I feel a little nostalgic about it.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 22/06/2026

Summer is the season of espresso tonics.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 16/06/2026

Anyone out there know how to make my SharedWorkers visible in the Chrome DevTools? Navigating via chrome://inspect#workers is very annoying.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 15/06/2026

Congrats to the Iroh team on reaching 1.0! We've been following their work for years and I'm very excited to see this milestone. www.iroh.computer/blog/v1

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Iroh 1.0 - Dial Keys, not IPs

Iroh 1.0 is out. Now is the time to build.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 05/06/2026

This is so cool. This is the dream -- people making stuff for each other with the things that we invent. I love it. jatazak.itch.io/multiplayer-...

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Multiplayer Bitsy by jatazak

make bitsy games with friends

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Ivy Reese @spiralganglion.com · 23/04/2026

Here are some of the letters I made for Tenfold, the fun little "birthday party" we're having as Ink & Switch turns 10 years old. • a catenoid, designed by todd matthews and coded by me • gizmos, from inkling • "enbossed" • a sphere made of circles, eclipsed 🤍 inkandswitch.com/project/tenf...

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pvh @pvh.ca · 23/04/2026

Ink & Switch is ten years old this month! We made you a card to celebrate. inkandswitch.com

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pvh @pvh.ca · 21/04/2026

London is operating with severe delays.

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Alex Warth @alexwarth.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The 2nd lab note in my series about the local-first task framework I've been working on w/ @pvh.ca is out! Topics include distributed coordination, the router takeover protocol, offline resilience... check it out at www.inkandswitch.com/patchwork/no...

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Implementing a Local-First Task Framework

Queues, workers, and routers, oh my!

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pvh @pvh.ca · 14/04/2026

Spent all day procrastinating packing for my trip to London but I'm off. Looking forward to seeing folks in London in the next week and change. Hit me up if you're around!

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pvh @pvh.ca · 14/04/2026

I think a lot of the AI space is dominated by hot takes because the time it takes to write something thoughtful frequently exceeds the period where that information is accurate.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 06/04/2026

Are corn pops a tortilla?

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Alex Warth @alexwarth.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I've been working with @pvh.ca on a local-first task framework at @inkandswitch.com. It distributes computation across users' computers, keeps working while you're offline, and syncs results back to everyone when you reconnect. First lab note is up. www.inkandswitch.com/patchwork/no...

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A Local-First Task Framework

Industrial research lab working on digital tools for creativity and productivity.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 30/03/2026

It's a relief to live in a region whose primary energy supplies are provided by hydroelectric dams. Relying on renewable energy doesn't just reduce the rate of climate change, it can protect against energy market supply shocks.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 30/03/2026

@monkchips.com dang, were you at AtmosphereConf and I missed you?

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pvh @pvh.ca · 12/03/2026

Local-First Conf 2026 is back, and I want to hear what everyone's been doing this year. What have you built? What have you learned? How about interesting challenges we need to overcome?

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pvh @pvh.ca · 02/03/2026

Yay! An end to picking up my kids from school in the pitch black for months on end. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Also, oh no! This is going to be hell for scheduling international calls.

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B.C. to end time changes, adopt year-round daylight time | CBC News

March 8 will be the last time British Columbians have to change their clocks, B.C. Premier David Eby announced Monday.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 27/02/2026

Local-first Conf is back, and this year Ink & Switch will be hosting a one day "Lab Day" adjacent to the event. See you there!

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pvh @pvh.ca · 14/02/2026

Damn, upstaged by my kids.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 14/02/2026

I don't even know how to vague-post about it. I'm so incredibly excited about the work we're doing right now at Ink & Switch and it's taking everything I have in me to avoid sharing it before it's ready.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 11/02/2026

Lately, I've been telling people that Patchwork is less like a house and more like a way of standing. I'm not sure it entirely makes sense to me, either.

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Adam Wiggins @adamwiggins.com · 30/01/2026

10m documentary film on the local-first software movement! www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...

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Firefox for Web Developers @webdevs.firefox.com · 15/01/2026

The Navigation API is newly baseline! The web now has sensible, low-level routing for navigations.

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devtools.fm @devtools.fm · 12/01/2026

Join us this week with @pvh.ca of @inkandswitch.com and @automerge.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgyd... open.spotify.com/episode/4J3m...

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Alex Komoroske @komorama.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

What if technology didn’t feel so… hollow? Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it) resonantcomputing.org

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The Resonant Computing Manifesto

Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 28/11/2025

After a week of meetings and calls, it was nice to dust off the ol' linear algebra and write a Delaunay triangulation and then the corresponding Voronoi cells. This wonderful post by @ianthehenry.bsky.social was my guide through some long-forgotten math. ianthehenry.com/posts/delaun...

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Visualizing Delaunay Triangulation

Take a look at this: This is a triangulation of a set of random points, such that all the points are connected to one another, all of the faces are triangles, and the edges include the convex hul...

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pvh @pvh.ca · 27/11/2025

"I added +1 to spawnRate -- the issue was that my waffle was too high" (we're working on a little art project and even the bug reports are great)

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pvh @pvh.ca · 03/11/2025

This is just such a nice detailed explanation of why something isn't really feasible: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...

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Potential Fixed Link to Vancouver Island

Addresses options and challenges for a bridge linking Vancouver Island to the Mainland.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 23/10/2025

Ink & Switch is hosting another Social in London on Nov. 11th at the Alan Turing Institute. I'll share some early scientific work in Patchwork, & Marcel will give a peek at the Playbook programmable ink system. Also, lightning talks about "surprises in software". RSVP here: luma.com/71g0lhgo

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Ink & Switch London: Building new tools for Science · Luma

Ink & Switch's mission is to help computers become better tools for thought. We believe that the promise of computers as "intelligence amplifiers" or "bicycles…

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pvh @pvh.ca · 20/10/2025

At last! We've missed you, @martin.kleppmann.com.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 20/10/2025

"Who wrote this!?" he angrily declaimed, knowing, in his heart, it was him.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 20/10/2025

I hear AWS has an outage today. My heart goes out to those of you still writing software hosted there.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 17/10/2025

A good friend once told me this was his approach to open source software maintenance:

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Im Out Hand Gestures GIF

ALT: Im Out Hand Gestures GIF

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Automerge @automerge.org · 16/10/2025

We have a shiny new website courtesy of @spiralganglion.com and @seaofclouds.com 🙌 🚀 Check it out: automerge.org

A screenshot of the Automerge landing page. It says "Version control for your data. Automerge is a local-first sync engine for multiplayer apps that works offline, prevents conflicts, and runs fast."

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pvh @pvh.ca · 16/10/2025

New Automerge website at automerge.org. Kudos to @spiralganglion.com and @seaofclouds.com for their work building it. The level of craft and detail in the landing page is very satisfying.

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Automerge

Automerge is a library for building collaborative, local-first applications.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 10/10/2025

I miss Strangeloop, especially this time of year.

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pvh @pvh.ca · 08/10/2025

We were discussing yesterday how our goal is that if anyone asks to try out patchwork the immediate response is not to wince and apologize.

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