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13−We often get so busy that we forget to tell you what we’ve been up to. Here’s an update on what we’re doing and where we’re headed with each layer of the stack.
13+We often get so busy that we forget to tell you what we’ve been up to. Here’s an update on what we’re doing and where we’re headed with each layer of the stack.
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15−At a very high level we have two goals for 2019: make Azimuth easier to use, and get Arvo to a 1.0.
15+At a very high level we have two goals for 2019: make Azimuth easier to use, and get Arvo to a 1.0.
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17−Next year we’ll begin to move away from some of the MEGACORP software we use in the office and replace it with our own tooling. There’s some exciting work happening in that department, but we’ll cover that in a future post.
17+Next year we’ll begin to move away from some of the MEGACORP software we use in the office, and replace it with our own tooling. There’s some exciting work happening in that department, but we’ll cover that in a future post.
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1919For some related recent thinking on all of this, see [The 100 Year Computer](/posts/essays/the-100-year-computer/), [The State of Landscape](/posts/essays/the-state-of-landscape/) and [Azimuth as MultiPass](/posts/essays/azimuth-as-multipass/).
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2323## Azimuth
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25−At lunch the other day someone on our team said something like, ‘We built a complete and working public key infrastructure, but we haven’t told anyone.’
25+At lunch the other day someone on our team said something like, ‘We built a complete and working public key infrastructure, but we haven’t told anyone.’
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27−It’s true. Azimuth is operational, secure, and well tested. It’s a pretty cool piece of technology, and it’s out there in the world for anyone to use. It also doesn’t require that you use Arvo — Arvo happens to make use of Azimuth, but it’s a completely separate system.
27+It’s true. Azimuth is operational, secure, and well tested. It’s a pretty cool piece of technology and it’s out there in the world for anyone to use. It also doesn’t require that you use Arvo — Arvo happens to make use of Azimuth, but Azimuth itself is a completely separate system.
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29−So, the question is, why haven’t we told the world about it?
29+So the question is why haven’t we told the world about it?
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31−I tend to think that in order for a technology to succeed, it has to not only be an important technical innovation, but also easy to understand as a product. And that’s our answer: we’ve undersold Azimuth because we want it to be easier to understand by *using*, not just by reading the code. Azimuth is quite elegant as a piece of technology, but that doesn’t matter until it has a great user experience to match.
31+I tend to think that in order for a technology to succeed it has to not only be an important technical innovation, it also has to be easy to understand as a product. And that’s our answer: we’ve undersold Azimuth because we want it to be easier to understand by *using*, not just by reading the code. Azimuth is quite an elegant piece of technology — but that doesn’t matter until it has a great user experience to match.
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33−That’s why, in the near term, we’re focused on building on top of Azimuth ourselves. We can’t ask others to go down roads if we haven’t already been down ourselves.
33+That’s why, in the near term, we’re focused on building on top of Azimuth ourselves. We can’t ask others to go down roads if we haven’t already been down them.
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35−So, here’s what we’re building first:
35+Here’s what we’re building first:
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3737### Q2 2019
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3939- A simplified onboarding flow for getting an Azimuth point that’s simple to share with friends over email, text or as a URL.
40−- A redesigned and improved Bridge for managing your points.
41−- An interface that allows you to easily send money between Azimuth points without running Arvo.
40+- A redesigned and improved Bridge for managing your points.
41+- An interface that allows you to easily send money between Azimuth points without running Arvo.
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4343### Q3 2019
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4747Still under consideration:
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49−- An OAuth server for Azimuth, allowing any service to log users in with Azimuth.
49+- An OAuth server or JWT flow for logging into any service with an Azimuth point.
5050- A mobile app for point to point payments using Azimuth.
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5252### 2020
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5656## Arvo
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58−The Arvo interface has always been held back by Arvo’s technical immaturity. This is still true to some degree. The system has not stabilized completely.
58+The Arvo interface has always been held back by Arvo’s technical immaturity. This is still true to some degree. The system has not stabilized completely.
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60−But! We’ve been using Landscape quite a lot lately. I use it daily, in fact — even [on my phone](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/landscape-urbit/id1393148862). An encrypted (although not audited — so let’s not call it ‘secure’) authenticated chat where I own the keys and can read the source code is pretty cool, really. The interface isn’t perfect, but it’s nice. Landscape is a great preview of where we’re going: a simple, permanent, self-sovereign computer.
60+But! We’ve been using Landscape quite a lot lately. I use it daily, in fact — even [on my phone](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/landscape-urbit/id1393148862). An encrypted (although not audited — so let’s not call it ‘secure’), authenticated chat where I own the keys and can read the source code feels really nice to use. The interface isn’t as good as we’d like, but it’s not bad. Landscape is a great preview of where we’re going: a simple, permanent, self-sovereign computer.
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6262There are still rough edges, and Landscape is not nearly general purpose enough, but we have plans:
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7777### 2020
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79−- A completely overhauled Arvo interface, Daigo, with a complete but simple set of messaging and collaboration tools.
80−- We come to work every day, use Arvo, go home.
79+- A completely overhauled Arvo interface, Daigo, with a complete but simple set of messaging and collaboration tools. Modulo is meant to be fun to experiment with, but we aim to make Daigo part of our daily workflow.
80+- We come to work every day, use Arvo, go home.
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8282## Community
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84−Historically, we’ve been shy about even acknowledging we have a community at all. We’ve often felt like it was far too early to invite others in to the system.
84+We’ve often felt like it was far too early to invite others in to the system.
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86−As long as we’re up front about the state of this 100 year computer – that it’s live, but incomplete – I think it’s a good thing to welcome people on board. There are many opportunities for contribution and there’s plenty to play with.
86+As long as we’re up front about the state of this 100 year computer -- that it’s live, but incomplete — I think it’s a good thing to welcome people on board. There’s plenty to play with, experiment with and explore.
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8888Hoon school was the first effort in this direction. We intend to do a lot more:
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9090### Q2 2019
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92−Scaling Hoon school up to include both a track for experts and for beginners, and allowing many more participants.
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92+- Scaling Hoon school up to include both a track for experts and for beginners, and allowing many more participants.
9493- Holding more meetings and events on Landscape, experimenting with Arvo-native discussion.
9594- A clear program for address space grants for developers + contributors.
9695- New documentation site with searchable library docs.
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101100- The road toward building an Azimuth module is well understood, paved, and clear.
102101- We have clear instructions and tutorials for building Azimuth modules and using Azimuth as a login or reputation primitive.
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104−**Galen Wolfe-Pauly** ~ravmel-ropdyl
103+**Galen Wolfe-Pauly** `~ravmel-ropdyl`