My thoughts as someone who used to do a ton of Exchange/365 setups.
Protocol compatibility shouldn't be MVP. Forcing everyone into a browser is fine, millions of people interact with Google that way.
Same thing with End to End. Just ability to self-host is fine. If someone wants to encrypt their data, since you store it all as files, just have them encrypt local file store.
SQLite + Files is great storage method and actually makes your system more clusterable than you think. You develop a gateway that looks up which servers holds the active user, direct all traffic there. Secondary servers just receive updated copies of data from primary. Exchange works this way.
synthBirba 5 days ago [-]
Interesting article! Always a pleasure to read other people journey, from an idea to something tangible.
I think going the "WordPress route" could be the successful way for a project like this.
(But I think, for now, adding "Fediverse features" could potentially create caos more than benefit)
jon9544hn 3 hours ago [-]
Agreed with above, Wordpress ecosystem type sounds promising
Protocol compatibility shouldn't be MVP. Forcing everyone into a browser is fine, millions of people interact with Google that way.
Same thing with End to End. Just ability to self-host is fine. If someone wants to encrypt their data, since you store it all as files, just have them encrypt local file store.
SQLite + Files is great storage method and actually makes your system more clusterable than you think. You develop a gateway that looks up which servers holds the active user, direct all traffic there. Secondary servers just receive updated copies of data from primary. Exchange works this way.
I think going the "WordPress route" could be the successful way for a project like this.
(But I think, for now, adding "Fediverse features" could potentially create caos more than benefit)