gkaklas@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
I’m not a gemini user, but this seems like a nice tool!
I just came to share this blog post, written by the developer of curl about their opinion on gemini, for anyone interested :D
(PS: thank you for using codeberg instead of centralized alternatives!)
Smokeydope@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Thanks for sharing! It was a good read.
As someone whos been using the protocol for a few years now what I would say is that this person is someone who hasn’t actually engaged with the protocol meaningfully and whos only opinions are based on technical nitty gritty of rcf specs opinions. They have good points for security and clarity revisions. Most people aren’t aware of or dont really care about those things. Some things are exaggerated like storing certificate keys in your browser isnt a problem Lagrange does it beautifully. A lot of choices were made to dissuade feature creep. Youre probably never going to do banking through Gemini but its also pretty much gaurenteed you’ll never need adblock either.
Gemini is appealing from the perspective of novice self hosters. Its simple enough that most people can set up a simple server and publish on their site within a few hours. Its minimality enforces maximizing the most reading content for least bits used. 95% of modern webpages isnt even for reading or reference its all back end trackers and scripts and fancy CSS.
When I read through a gemtext capsule I get the impression I’m looking at something that was distilled into its most essential. No popups no adds no inline images or tracking scripts or complex page layouts. My computer connects to the server, I get back a page of text or an image of a zip file. Once and done.