EDIT 2025-10-24 footnote 10, sharing a contradictory view
(in this post, I work through some general discomfort)
I prefer standing on solid ground, and not having to worry about stability.
However, I see that humans can build resilient, dynamic, robust systems on unstable sand or floating rafts. See Control Theory. Observe how hundreds of millions of humans choose to invest in trillions of dollars of real estate on top of earthquake-prone land. I don't like it, but more close to home, I prefer subway surfing to strap hanging (exposed armpits should not be that close to noses!).
These three situations are uncomfortable
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Cloudflare bad because Operation Honey Pot[^1] et cetera[^2] [^3] [^4]. You mean the guys that work hard to make credible, secure randomness (lava lamps!) available to all? a cost-effective alternative to NextJs/Vercel platform lock-in? free, secure, easy SSH tunnels for everyone?
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Be careful with Obsidian because the code is opaque, not open source, and exempt from p...
