[HN Gopher] Beehive lab notebook: Local-first access control
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       Beehive lab notebook: Local-first access control
        
       Author : meiraleal
       Score  : 46 points
       Date   : 2024-09-05 23:37 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.inkandswitch.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.inkandswitch.com)
        
       | WillAdams wrote:
       | Any word on when/if these folks will release software for folks
       | to actually try out/use?
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       | In particular,
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       | https://www.inkandswitch.com/crosscut/
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       | has come up multiple times here:
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30855556
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30845034
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39249631
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       | and I'd love to try it out, but AFAICT there aren't any
       | repositories/releases available.
        
       | jFatFinger wrote:
       | Read this article twice and can't understand what problem it is
       | trying to solve and it's use cases. Can someone please explain it
       | better?
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       | Apparently it is a distributed file management system that is
       | Local-first access control. What is the point if the data is on
       | my machine then I have full access already so it already is
       | local-first access?
        
         | jhunter1016 wrote:
         | Local first doesn't mean local only. There are times where your
         | device will need to sync data from a remote location/other
         | peers. That data may be encrypted. This project is trying to
         | solve for local access control in such situations.
        
       | com wrote:
       | I really like the diagramming style.
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       | The general research program seems very interesting, things like
       | Embark have that special kind of simplicity that comes from long
       | and deep thinking about a problem.
        
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