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For some reason, it goes without questioning that networked applications of significant complexity require a centralized server. Much of the nature of the web and the cloud are basically a result of this. In a number of cases, it's relatively legitimate. Some things just are significantly easier whe...

Found on /r/taiwan. I'm not sure if this is completely on-topic, but I think the fact that a messaging app not reliant on the standard tcp/ip infrastructure was widely used in the wild (with rather predictable results) is quite interesting.

"Software Defined Network Function Virtualization at Scale"

I had some ideas for a social networking service and wanted some feedback from you guys, since you're an intuitive bunch.

The report is kind of a survey of different protocols that can be used for interplanetary internet. They performed simulated tests which was a little disappointing: I was hoping for real transmission between satellites etc. The language is easy to understand, if a bit dry. As a non sequitor, LTP to ...

Our studio is a little strange. There are only two of us, here, so we’re often stretched thin. At heart, we’re startup guys, but we also have young families and live in an expensive city. This adds some complication to what we do. Oh, yeah, and we don’t like the idea of taking VC funding. So, we nee...

I was looking to descriptions of how older networked games worked, and found this to be a good read