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jzhao.xyz is a personal blog at jzhao.xyz about programming and philosophy. Since 2021, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Networked Thought”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link jzhao.xyz's post 'URLs are state containers', which covers web state and sync. Comments mention it only in passing, in threads on Braid, local-first apps and prolly-tree databases.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Welcome! I’m Jacky. This is my little hypertext garden on the Internet — make yourself at home! I think a lot about what agentic and communal technology looks like in todays world.
Most-linked posts?
- Networked Thought2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-05-18
- Taste is a guide for what is worthwhile2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-11-13
What Hacker News says?
The new web standard initiative BRAID is trying to make web to be more human and machine friendly with a synchronous web of state [1],[2],[3]. "Braid’s goal is to extend HTTP from a state transfer protocol to a state sync protocol, in order to do away with custom sync protocols and make state across the web more interoperable. Braid puts the power of operational transforms and CRDTs on the web, improving network per…
Comment linking /thoughts/Braid-HTTP
on “URLs are state containers”Submitted Building a BFT JSON CRDT as a story · 201 points
HN discussionThere is next gen web standards initiative namely BRAID that will make web to be more human and machine friendly with a synchronous web of state [1],[2],[3]. "Braid’s goal is to extend HTTP from a state transfer protocol to a state sync protocol, in order to do away with custom sync protocols and make state across the web more interoperable. Braid puts the power of operational transforms and CRDTs on the web, improv…
Comment linking /thoughts/Braid-HTTP
on “Why haven't local-first apps become popular?”Submitted Networked Thought as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIf you like the idea of the Dolt prolly trees[1], I'm building a database[2] that uses them for indexing, (eventually) allowing for shared index updates across actors. Our core uses open-source JavaScript[3], but there are a few other implementations including RhizomeDB in Rust[4]. I'm excited about the research in this area. [1] https://docs.dolthub.com/architecture/storage-engine/prolly-... [2] https://fireproof.s…
Comment linking /thoughts/Prolly-Trees
on “A MySQL compatible database engine written in pure Go”Submitted Networked Thought as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Playfulness vs. Epistemic Traps as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Taste is a guide for what is worthwhile as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I added some natural light to my website as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hacking the Hackathon as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Driving as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Taste is a guide for what is worthwhile as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Self-Effacing Ends as a story · 1 points
HN discussion