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I was initially interested in the idea of Gemini, but when looking for a client, I happened upon this blog post by the creator of one of the clients about why they were abandoning it.
These are exactly the reservations I had about the concept, so to have someone so invested in it reach this exact conclusion and leave it made me decide to forego it. I think it's a neat toy, and if it becomes relevant I'll definitely take another look, but I think it's a bit of putting the cart before the horse. I don't want to use a protocol for the sake of using a protocol, I want it to serve a purpose and solve an actual problem I have.
I enjoyed browsing Gemini capsules using the Lagrange browser. Its look and feel is awesome and made me want to write smol websites again. I'm appalled by what modern websites have become. I miss making light but cool sites without an ounce of scripts in them.
Have you looked at the source code of a capsule? It's delightfully simple.
I'm not familiar with the Gemini protocol, but how does it differ from just starting up a webserver pointed at a single folder with an
index.html
? Isn't it still just as possible to make a simple site using http?