ECS is Columnar. Objects are Rows. You Shouldn’t Have to Care
The relational model solved this problem fifty years ago.
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The substack for FREST: computing for everyone
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Apps Are Dead; They Just Don’t Know It Yet
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First-Class Models: The Missing Productivity Revolution
TL;DR: First-class models with branching and merging capabilities represent an almost entirely unused enormous productivity and expressiveness unlock in programming and computer systems.
Composition to the Rescue
Typical software architecture is driven by absolutely terrible economic incentives to be the brittle mess it is today. There is another way.
State Farming
Islands in a sea of state.
Why now? So What?
Sequoia founder Don Valentine famously asked founders: “Why now?” and “So what?”
RESTful presentation
An elegant tool, for a more civilised age
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How the CIA Ruined Programming
We’re only just now starting to recover. And we have a long way to go.
What is FREST?
FREST is simpler computing for ordinary folks and programmers alike.