The internet is modular - by Gordon Brander - Subconscious
There are specific reasons why the internet is so generative, and they can be mapped back to architectural choices. One of the key architectural principles of the internet is modularity.
Sometimes you can gain fresh perspective walking back through familiar first principles. I had this experience recently after taking a pilgrimage to MIT Press Bookstore and discovering Barbara van Schewick’s Internet Architecture and Innovation. The gist of the book is that there are specific reasons why the internet is so generative, and they can be mapped back to architectural choices made early in its history. It’s an important book if you want to build new weblike things. One of the key architectural principles of the internet is modularity. van Schewick devotes the opening chapters to…
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