Remember the gopher protocol?

It was an early, lightweight precursor to HTTP. Well, Gemini (https://gemini.circumlunar.space/) intends to revive it with a boost. So, it’s a lighter weight version of HTTP (or “the web” as we commonly refer to it) with a different delivery mechanism (your normal web browser probably won’t work without an extension or plug-in). What do I think of it? meh but it’s an interesting development nonetheless…

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