#The Future of Web Development 2020

[thepromptfoundry]

Calling all history nerds, period piece connoisseurs, and fans of time-travel plots! Decades December is coming up here at The Prompt Foundry!

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1) 0010s Xin dynasty in China, Caesar Augustus in Rome

2) 1900s Edwardian era, Russo-Japanese War, release of the first feature film The Great Train Robbery

3) 300s Teotihuacan flourishing in present-day Mexico, writing of the Kama Sutra

4) 1910s World War 1, the Russian Revolution

5) 1440s Late Middle Ages/Early Renaissance in Europe, the hangul writing system is introduced in Korea

6) 1920s Prohibition in the US, rise of fascism in Europe, earliest sync-sound movies

7) 0070s Roman Epire, destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii

8) 1930s The Great Depression, the Declaration of the Independence of India, art deco, color film

9) 1090s The First Crusade, the Liao, Xia, and Song dynasties in various parts of China

10) 1810s The Napoleonic Wars, the Regency era in England

11) 1940s World War 2, post-war rebuilding

12) 1000s BC The Iron Age, King David of the Israelites, development of the Phoenician alphabet

13) 1950s Baby Boom, Red Scare, the Korean War, rock'n'roll, zippers and television both become commonplace

14) 1340s The Black Death in Europe, decline of the Mongol Empire

15) 1590s Late Elizabethan Era in Europe, William Shakespeare, Imjin War between Japan and Korea

16) 1960s Moon landing, hippies, mod fashion, Chinese Cultural Revolution, Stonewall, Star Trek, the Civil Rights movement

17) 1770s The American Revolution, founding of the real Illuminati

18) 1860s American Civil War era, late Edo period in Japan

19) 1970s The Sexual Revolution, disco, the first video games, end of the Vietnam War

20) 2200s Whatever the future holds!

21) 1980s End of the Cold War and fall of the Berlin Wall, beginnings of the World Wide Web, the First Intifada in Gaza

22) 1660s Part of the Golden Age of Piracy, the English Restoration

23) 1990s Internet access becomes widespread, grunge, the Gulf War, the Troubles in Ireland, height of the AIDS crisis, Princess Dianna, first Pokemon games

24) 1230s University of Cambridge founded in England, beginnings of the Mali Empire in Africa, rein of Emperor Shijo in Japan

25) 2000s The “War On Terror”, rise of Big Tech, Y2K fashion, emo culture, cell phones become commonplace

26) 1880s Gilded Age, the first skyscrapers, electrification of cities, first household electrical appliances like fans and irons

27) 1640s Qing dynasty begins in China, the First English Civil War

28) 2010s Hipster culture, height of video streaming, YA lit boom

29) 500s Liang and Northern Wei dynasties in China, Heptarchy period in England, height of prosperity of the Mayan Empire

30) 2020s Present day!

31) 3130s Whatever the future holds!

[the-bar-sinister]

Big List of Completed Longfics

X-Men: Re-Evolution (116,992 words): 2020s era ‘reboot’ of X-men: Evolution. It initiates its own continuity but keeps many of the themes, situations, and characters from the original show. Completed: 2021-11-15

The Departure of the Great Returned Soul (29,488 words): After returning from the war, Bunny Manders' pseudonymous publications have made certain that the villain AJ Raffles was dead, in the mind of the public, giving the genuine article just the wiggle room needed for he and his companion to disappear from the eyes of the law. Completed: 2024-02-05

Drawing the Line (17,060 words): Otto doesn’t know whether Norman’s (the Goblin’s?) attempt to pull him into a kiss was a ridiculous prank, or a genuine pass at him. Worse still, the Goblin drags him out on a duo heist while the rest of the Six are busy. Its not a date…. is it? Completed: 2022-06-06

The Primrose Path to Hell (94,161 words): In the days leading up to what would be the first outbreak, STARS captain Albert Wesker draws young and naive rookie Rebecca Chambers into his twisted web one step at a time. What develops between them is a gordian knot of twisted emotions; desire, devotion, love, trust, duplicity, control, manipulation, and ultimately, surrender, which threatens to drag the entire S.T.A.R.S. team along in its wake. Completed: 2023-01-14

In Justice We Trust (163,083 words): With Simon Blackquill and Athena Cykes assigned as their psychologists, the Phantom and Fulbright must grapple with their identity, their deeds, their future, and their love for the twisted samurai whom they betrayed. Completed: 2024-04-26

Chains of the Dragon (69,630 words): It takes almost four months for Apollo Justice's on-again off-again boyfriend Klavier Gavin to find out why he hasn't seen his favorite herr forehead–or their forensic investigator– in town in a while. When he discovers that Apollo has moved to Kura'in without so much as a goodbye or a phone call, the rockstar hatches a plan with Trucy Wright to swoop into action and rescue the derelict lawyer from his self imposed exile. Completed: 2024-07-09

A Song for Ragpickers and Urchins (42,622 words): When a small-time band of young rogues and thieves take in a lost and lonely fallen noble their twisted star finally begins to rise. Urchins, vagabonds and slaves take up a scoundrel's life under a common banner— the jolly roger Donquixote— to claw their way to something like happiness in the miserable, cold-hearted factory towns of the North Blue. Completed: 2025-01-09

Fire in the Belly, Spirits on the Tongue (86,979 words): Luffy was right when he said that Ace lied about having no regrets. Ace had so many regrets. His spirit was restless. He wasn't ready to die. Sabo promised that he wouldn't leave the Revolutionary army, but what will become of the three of them now that Ace is awake and alive in his heart, and more importantly, his body? Completed: 2025-04-14

Deicide: Onigashima Aftermath (66,368 words): In the aftermath of the raid on Onigashima everything changes. Luffy is hearing the voice of a god, and he wants it out of his head but has difficulty opening up to his friends about his fear. Kid takes on new crew members, and puts his ego aside to find a cure for his first mate while Law searches for a new path forward after his long-time goal becomes a memory. Completed: 2024-08-19

Bleeding, Broken, Mended (91,671 words): Law is certain that he was 'rescued' just so Doflamingo could kill him himself, but Doffy has other plans. As far as he's concerned, Law's decade-long quest for revenge was nothing more than a sad misunderstanding. He wants to remind Law how things used to be. He wants to find a way to bring Law back into the fold-- back to him-- forever. Completed: 2024-09-14

Deicide: Red Shift (113,890 words): A mysterious signal is drawing ships across the Grand Line to a place called Elegia for the first ever concert by the rising star singer, Uta. Following the signal are the Straw Hats and their captain Luffy, who hasn't seen Uta since they were both little children at their idol Shanks' knee. Perhaps this meeting was ordained by fate. Perhaps, in the end, there was only ever one tragic outcome possible. But Luffy has other plans. Completed: 2025-02-03

Deicide: New Horizons (83,190 words): New courses must be decided on. Luffy and the Straw Hats spend some time getting to know their new allies in Cross Guild. Ace works to reform the Spade Pirates. Caesar, Chopper, and Sanji plot with the Donquixotes and the Vinsmokes to bring Ace and Monet, back to life in their own bodies, as well as to save Bonney's dad, Kuma. Shanks reconnects with Buggy and Mihawk after finally regaining his confidence. The Beast Pirates and the Charlottes deal with the aftermath of Wano, and forge a new goal together. Tashigi, Smoker and Zoro all deal with the revelation of Tashigi's past, and Vivi, Buggy and Masked Deuce all finally show up in the same room. Completed: 2025-04-29

Gaia Incognita (37,190 words): The past and present intertwine as Veld and Vincent try to discover what the horrible dreams of a darker Midgar have to do with the life and love that they built together in the aftermath of Hojo's mysterious and untimely demise. Completed: 2025-04-08

[essential-randomness]

Enter the FujoVerse™

Starting 2024's content creation journey with a bang, it's time to outline the principles behind the FujoVerse™: an ambitious (but realistic) plan to turn the web back into a place of fun, joy, and connection, where people build and nurture their own communities and software. (You can also read the article on my blog)

The Journey

As those who follow my journey with @bobaboard or read my quarterly newsletter (linked in the article) know, the used-to-be-called BobaVerse™ is a collection of projects I've been working on since 2020 while pondering an important question: how do we "fix" the modern social web?

Obviously the joyless landscape that is the web of today is not something a single person can fix. Still, I loved and owed the internet too much to see it wither.

After countless hours of work, I found 3 pillars to work on: community, software ownership and technical education.

Jump in after the cut to learn more about how it all comes together!

Community

Community is where I started from, with good reason! While social networks might trick us into thinking of them as communities, they lack the characteristics that researchers identify as the necessary base for "true community": group identity, shared norms, and mutual concern.

Today, I'm even more convinced community is a fundamental piece of reclaiming the web as a place of joy. It's alienating, disempowering, and incredibly lonely to be surrounded by countless people without feeling true connection with most of them (or worse, feeling real danger).

Software Ownership and Collaboration

As I worked with niche communities "software ownership" also became increasingly important to me: if we cannot expect mainstream tech companies to cater to communities at the margins, it follows that these communities must be able to build and shape their own software themselves.

Plenty of people have already discussed how this challenge goes beyond the tech. Among many, "collaboration" is another sticking point for me: effective collaboration requires trust and psychological safety, both of which are in short supply these days (community helps here too, but it's still hard).

Education (Technical and Beyond)

As I worked more and more with volunteers and other collaborators, however, another important piece of the puzzle showed itself: the dire state of educational material for non-professional web developers. How can people change the web if they cannot learn how to *build* the web?

(And yes, learning HTML and CSS is absolutely important and REAL web development. But to collaborate on modern software you need so much more. Even further, people *yearn* for more, and struggle to find it. They want that power, and we should give it to them.)

Once again, technical aspects aren't the only ones that matter. Any large-scale effort needs many skills that society doesn't equip us with. If we want to change how the web looks, we must teach, teach, TEACH! If you've seen me put so much effort into streaming, this is why :)

And obviously, while I don't go into them in this article, open source software and decentralized protocols are core to "this whole thing".

The Future

All of this said, while I've been working on this for a few years, I've struggled to find the support I need to continue this work. To this end, this year I'm doing something I'm not used to: producing content, gaining visibility, and putting my work in front of the eyes of people that want to fight for the future of the web.

This has been a hard choice: producing content is hard and takes energy and focus away from all I've been doing. Still, I'm committed to doing what it takes, and (luckily) content and teaching go hand in hand. But the more each single person helps, the less I need to push for wide reach.

If you want to help (and read the behind the scenes of all I've been working on before everyone else), you can subscribe to my Patreon or to my self-hosted attempt at an alternative.

I deeply believe that in the long term all that we're building will result in self-sustaining projects that will carry this mission forward. After all, I'm building them together with people who understand the needs of the web in a way that no mainstream company can replicate.

Until we get there, every little bit of help (be it monetary support, boosting posts, pitching us to your friends, or kind words of encouragement and support) truly matters.

In exchange, I look forward to sharing more of the knowledge and insights I've accrued with you all :)

And once again, to read or share this post from the original blog, you can find it here.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Object permanence

I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel PICKS AND SHOVELS. Catch me in AUSTIN on Mar 10. I'm also appearing at SXSW and at many events around town, for Creative Commons, Fediverse House, and EFF-Austin. More tour dates here.

#20yrsago EU software patents pass in the teeth of decency and democracy https://web.archive.org/web/20050310004103/http://wiki.ffii.org/Cons050307En

#20yrsago Europe’s “Broadcast Flag” dangers https://web.archive.org/web/20050305062313/http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21595

#20yrsago Koster’s keynote from Game Developers Conference https://crystaltips.typepad.com/wonderland/2005/03/raphs_keynote.html

#20yrsago Sterling on the counterfeits of Belgrade https://web.archive.org/web/20050223100218/https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/view.html?pg=4

#15yrsago Ubisoft DRM servers go down, punishing customers but not pirates https://www.escapistmagazine.com/Ubisoft-DRM-Authentication-Servers-Go-Down/

#10yrsago Albuquerque PD encrypts videos before releasing them in records request https://www.techdirt.com/2015/03/06/albuquerque-police-dept-complies-with-records-request-releasing-password-protected-videos-not-password/

#10yrsago Judge who invented Ferguson’s debtor’s prisons owes $170K in tax https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/06/ferguson-judge-owes-unpaid-taxes-ronald-brockmeyer

#10yrsago Hartford, CT says friends can’t room together unless some of them are servants https://www.courant.com/2015/02/17/hartford-upholds-action-against-scarborough-street-family/

#10yrsago Improving the estimate of US police killings https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-new-estimate-of-killings-by-police-is-way-higher-and-still-too-low/

#5yrsago The savior of Waterstones will turn every B&N into an indie https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/07/bookselling-is-back/#dauntbn

#5yrsago Compromise threatens Intel's chip-within-a-chip https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/07/bookselling-is-back/#csme

#5yrsago Gig economy drivers won't get sick-pay if they have covid-19 symptoms https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/07/bookselling-is-back/#covid-gig

#5yrsago Audio from last night's Canada Reads event in Kelowna https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/07/bookselling-is-back/#kelowna

#1yrago 1900s futurism https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/07/the-gernsback-continuum/#wheres-my-jetpack

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/05/printers-devil/#show-me-the-incentives-i-will-show-you-the-outcome

[mariacallous]

Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, had always worried that his company’s victory last year in a multimillion-dollar legal battle against Google’s app store monopoly wouldn’t be enough to open up competition. Even if Google could no longer keep alternative marketplaces out of Android, phone manufacturers could make them harder to access. In a US lawsuit filed in San Francisco today, that’s exactly what Epic alleges Google has conspired with Samsung to do.

Some newer Samsung phones have required settings changes to install apps from the web such as Epic’s app marketplace, according to Epic, which also develops Fortnite and Rocket Racing. The requirement became effective by default in July, and Epic launched its app store in August. Samsung claims the feature it calls Auto Blocker protects against “applications from unauthorized sources” and “malicious activity.” But it extends the installation process from 15 steps to 21, Epic alleges. The company says that it has found in the past that the greater the number of hurdles, the fewer people complete the process.

“It is not about reasonable measures to protect users against malware,” Sweeney told reporters in a briefing ahead of the lawsuit filing. “It's about obstruction of competition.”

“Contrary to Epic Game's assertions, Samsung actively fosters market competition, enhances consumer choice, and conducts its operations fairly,” said a Samsung spokesperson in a statement. “The features integrated into our devices are designed in accordance with Samsung’s core principles of security, privacy, and user control, and we remain fully committed to safeguarding users' personal data. Users have the choice to disable Auto Blocker at any time. We plan to vigorously contest Epic Game's baseless claims.”

Google didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit.

The litigation builds on an effort Epic launched in 2020 to deliver more choice to mobile users and boost its own bottom line. While downloading apps any which way from just about any source is generally easy on desktops and laptops, Apple and Google have used warnings and varying policy and technical curbs to keep users downloading from the iOS App Store and Google Play, which deliver enormous profits to the tech giants by virtue of sales commissions they collect.

Epic, through a lawsuit, won a minor concession from Apple that is still being fought over; penalties against Google are expected from a judge soon.

In the press conference, Sweeney acknowledged that Epic doesn’t have clear evidence that Google and Samsung collaborated to roll out Auto Blocker. But emails and notes presented by Epic during its jury trial against Google last year showed how the search company regularly engaged in discussions with Samsung aimed at limiting competition. Google denied those accusations.

Early this month, Sweeney reached out to two senior Samsung executives to ask them to rethink the approach with Auto Blocker and allow for a smoother process to download legitimate software. Sweeney said a resolution couldn’t be reached that benefitted all developers, prompting the lawsuit. “We are going to continue to fight until there is a level playing field,” he says. He added that it “sucks” to sue Samsung, which has promoted Epic’s offerings in the past.

Epic has notched over 10 million installations of its mobile app store, short of a goal to reach 100 million by the end of the year, Sweeney says. He believes Auto Blocker and other new impediments, as he views them, have hurt Epic’s ability to gain traction. And his focus on fighting Apple and Google is costing Epic significant sums, with no end in sight to the litigation. “The benefits only come in the future, when the obstructions have truly been eliminated,” he says.

[f1rewalk3r]

hello. i have begun writing again

you can sub to my substack or just look at the posts here since im gonna mirror them. https://firewalker9.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web

An Introduction

It is the eve of February 2025, and my year is about to start. That’s not to say I haven’t done anything in January- rather, it has been one of the busiest months of my life- No, it is the start of my year because it is the same time last year that I began to kill my old life.

 I feel no shame in saying there is a fogginess to my memory beyond my own deliberate occlusion of these events. Nevertheless, it remains prudent for me to try and process these things by writing about them- just not right now. No, instead I wish to work to outline the context for this piece and others, past and future.

Hello. I am Rejoyce, formerly Jocelyn. Most of the time, at least, I think. I have been stricken by writer’s block for almost 9 months. It seems only fitting, 3.5 years into my 5 year attempt at a 4 year creative writing degree, that after everything- from the failed graduate survey courses to the vaguely biblical poetry readings to the short stories to the half dozen barely started novel attempts- I have returned to the very subject that gave me writers block, but also that in which I first started writing in all those years ago: non-fiction.

There is, of course, another element, that being the ever-present sword of Damocles hanging over the head of the 2020s transsexual: the current political climate. It would be foolish for me to look around at our current world and say anything other than, “What would Hunter S. Thompson do?” The answer being, of course, a lot of drugs. But he would also write. And thus.

The point of this exercise, (that is, not only to write, but to allow others to read it, especially while it is still in adolescence, still metastasizing), is to further myself in the growth of a new life. “Write more,” is a goal that fits neatly with the rest of my goals for 2025, which I can list as the following:

Finally confront the dark version of myself inside the mirror

Escape the time loop

Discover a cryptid

Let the wound in my heart bleed freely

Develop an extra lobe in my brain

Escape the time loop

Conduct expedition #5 into the House

Make out with as many people as possible (save scandalous fag sex for select few)

Escape the time loop

Get kinkier

These goals seem far more achievable to me then the insurmountable tasks set by the deranged homunculi that live among us like “Eat healthier” and “Go to the gym.” I am above fooling myself with such delusion.

There comes a time when it no longer serves the individual to hide themselves from the world- I believe that time is now. This is true not just of my writing, but of all transsexual art of the 2020s. In the face of the uncaring leviathan, what more can one do then simply say, “I am here. I existed. This is who I was, this is what I thought,” in the hopes that, someday, in a kinder world, they may be remembered.

[santae-salt]

disclaimer that im not super well versed in santae so pls correct me if im wrong or out of the loop on things /genuine i would love to hear back on what im about to word salad about as it has been rattling in my brain for a minute.

idk how much of a fair comparison this is but i feel like pawborough is the antithesis or at least a sort of mirror to santae in the way both are projects spearheaded by a single person. i think a major source of santae's problems is the fact that it has been in development for over 10 years and is operating with some extremely outdated philosophies. i know they aren't in the same petsim niches (neoclone versus rpg), but things like the premium renaming on santae feel indicative of that. i cant think of any RECENT petsim that has taken that direction. it could be just that i'm not looking in the right places, (neoclones never interested me) but a lot of the examples of sites that have renaming cost premium i've seen mentioned even on this blog are also on the older side. the fact that artists are getting paid at such low rates also feels like a holdover from the early days of petsims when things were much cheaper to produce (though i've heard people say rates THAT low were always considered pretty bad even back then).

definitely correct me if im wrong here, but i feel like the only new thing santae has really done is present itself as vehemently anti-retirement and not have a lot of KS exclusives. i'm pretty sure all the KS campaigns of petsims post-FR that i've ever heard of used some kind of exclusivity model, including pawborough. how this will eventually play out for santae is something that intrigues me, and if it proves to be a boon and not a detriment, i'll likely be happy to see future projects do something similar. but outside of that, santae to me sounds like its trying to be a modernized version of older style petsims, but it hasn't fully let go of aspects that more recent games have let go of/improved upon for good reason.

meanwhile, and i fully admit im biased because this is the project i've been following more closely, pawborough has always felt like it's trying to be more fresh and innovative. it started as a "FRclone" so to speak (three poses per breed, three slots for colors, each slot having different patterning genes, a color wheel for breeding, and some early web layout mockups were very similar to FR). it had its own stuff going on yes but personally, that was a big part of the appeal in pawborough at the time of the KS. i liked FR and i liked cats, why not have both? but over the course of its development so much has changed. theres a new color system for breeding, the site layout doesnt scream FR anymore, there's a stronger focus on the rpg mechanics, and much more. plus, if staff is to be believed, they have always paid their artists significantly better, allegedly starting at $50 per asset. and that number has gone up recently with plans to pay them even more once the site launches with premium purchases. now i will say some changes on pawborough has led some to people say it went from copying FR to copying another cat based rpg, Pixel Cat's End, and ehhh while I can see it my main point is that pawborough has evolved significantly since it started development, and i think it has benefited from it. not to mention, MANY of these changes were results of user feedback. (which isnt to say i haven't heard of santae changing things in response to feedback either, but it sounds like theres usually some initial resistance while with pawborough feedback generally feels like its being taken in stride and is seriously being considered.)

again, people who have been following santae for longer i would love to hear about their development journey and what they're trying improve on in the petsim landscape. i would love to check out a fresher take on a neopets style game with allll the QOL 2020s web design can provide. i just dont want to get in the discord or trawl through old posts on socials which are mostly just promotional adverts from what i can tell. sorry if this all sounds stupid i should be sleeping but i needed to get this out of my head!!! thank you fellow saltheads 💜

☁️

[elizavetamironova1]

CTS B | Week 6 Critical Self-Reflectivity.

In the sixth week of training, our group visited Sim Lim Square to analyze design problems and find ways to improve solutions proposed by previous designeFrs. During this event, we identified one of the pronounced problems in navigating the mall. It consisted in the lack of development of information transfer technologies, such as interactive maps and logical location of stores, as well as in excessive design overload, where a person could quickly get confused.

During this lesson, it occurred to me that the mall did not provide equipment for convenient and understandable movement of people with disabilities (Figure 1).

As a designer, I can say that this problem goes far beyond a single shopping mall. In the digital world, we face similar challenges when creating interfaces. Designers often do not take into account the needs of users with various disabilities, such as visual, hearing, or motor impairments. This leads to the creation of digital products that are not truly inclusive and accessible to all users (Figure 2).

Therefore, after deep reflection and analysis of my professional activity, I came to realize that my previous projects in the field of web design do not fully meet modern accessibility standards for users with disabilities. This moment of self-criticism was an important incentive for me to rethink my design approaches and strive to create more versatile and accessible digital products in the future.

(240 words)

References:

1. University of Washington Web-Page, "Large-Scale Analysis Finds Many Mobile Apps Are Inaccessible", March 1, 2021. https://create.uw.edu/initiatives/large-scale-analysis-finds-many-mobile-apps-are-inaccessible/ (Accessed September 20)

2. WebAIM Web-Page, The WebAIM Million, "The 2024 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pages", Mar 28, 2024. https://webaim.org/projects/million/. (Accessed September 20)

3. Pew Research Center Web-Site, "Americans with disabilities less likely than those without to own some digital devices", Andrew Perrin and Sara Atske, Sept 10, 2021. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/10/americans-with-disabilities-less-likely-than-those-without-to-own-some-digital-devices/ (Accessed September 22)

4. Click-Away Pound Web-Site, "The report of the Click-Away Pound Survey 2019", Rick Williams & Steve Brownlow, February 2020. https://clickawaypound.com (Accessed September 22)

[tap-tap-tap-im-in]

A friend of mine asked me recently to detail my Linux setup, and after thinking about it for a bit, I realized that this is essentially a personality quiz for the Linux users I thought I would detail it here as well.

I no longer have a desktop computer at all. I have two older generation "gaming" laptops and three Raspberry Pis. I'm going to go through in the order I got them:

Laptop #1:

[Purchased New in 2016] Acer ROG 7th Gen i7, 16GB Ram, nVidia 1050Ti Mobile, Internal 1TB HDD, external 2TB HDD

This was originally a windows laptop when I got it back in 2016, but in 2021 I was tired of the long windows boot times on the the HDD and was much more familiar with Linux due to several years experience doing webserver admin work.

I use Ubuntu LTS as my base. It's easy, it's well supported, it's well documented, and the official repos have just about everything I could need. The only thing I've really had to add myself is the repo for i3, but we'll get to that in a bit. I also chose Ubuntu because I already had my first two Raspberry pis, and both were running Raspbian, so using a debian based kernal meant that it wouldn't be much of a change when ssh'ing into them.

That said, I've never really liked the default Ubuntu desktop. Gnome3 is slow and full of too many effects that don't look especially nice but are still heavy to execute. Instead I loaded up KDE plasma. You can download Kubuntu and have them to the setup for you, but I did it the hard way because I found out about Plasma after installing Ubuntu and didn't want to start from scratch.

My plasma desktop looks like this:

Of my two laptops, this one is in the best shape. It's the one that I usually take with me on trips. With the dedicated GPU it can do some light gaming (it did heavier gaming on windows, but due to emulation layers the performance is just a little worse these days, Linux gaming isn't perfect), the screen hinge has never been an issue, and it's on the lighter side of gaming laptops (which is not to say that it's light). For that reason, I often find myself actually using it on my lap, in airports, at people's houses, on my own couch typing this up.

For this reason, I started looking into ways to better keep my hands on the keyboard, rather than having to drift down to the track pad, which is my least favorite part of this laptop. During that research I discovered i3. If you're not familiar i3 is a Linux Desktop Environment that is entirely keyboard driven. https://i3wm.org/

To be fair, it's less of a desktop environment and more of a keyboard driven window manager, as it doesn't have a "desktop" per se. Instead when you log into it, you simply get a black status bar at the bottom of the screen. It doesn't even black out the login screen, so if you don't know what to look for, you might think the whole thing has hung. But, the big benefit of this is that the whole thing is lighting fast for a DE. It doesn't waste any resources on effects or really anything that you don't need. But it's really nice for window tiling and task switching without having to get the mouse involved. This is great for productivity (if you're into that), but it's also just convenient for working on a gaming laptop, which might be balanced such that if you take your hands off of it, it might topple off your lap.

This laptop is my primary project computer. It has all my git repos and scripts for doing things like renewing my website's ssl certs. I also run game servers on it for Minecraft. I'm probably going to spin up a Valheim server on it in the near future too. Especially now that the process has improved somewhat.

Raspberry Pi #1:

[Gifted New in 2016] Raspberry Pi 3b, 4GB RAM, 32GB SD card

This one is my oldest RPi. It's had a lot of roles through the years, including an early version of the vogon media server during initial development in 2020. It's run headless Raspbian for a good three or four years now. Currently it's configured as a web server/php scripted web crawler and a pi-hole DNS server. My router currently refuses to use it as a DNS server without bringing the whole network down, but I will on occasion manually switch devices to it when I'm running especially ad-ridden applications.

There's not too much to say about this one. It's stable, I almost never have problems with it. I frequently use it for things that I want running in the background because they'll take too long and I don't want them blocking up one of my other computers.

Laptop #2

[Gifted Used in 2020] Asus Predator 7th Gen i7, 16GB Ram, nVidia 1080 Mobile, 2 internal 256GB SSDs, External 2TB HDD

This one runs windows 10 still. I use this primarily for gaming. The screen hinge is an absolute joke, and replacing it involves replacing the entire screen bezel assembly, which I can absolutely do, but is such a pain that I haven't gotten around to it in the 3 years I've owned this laptop.

There's nothing really special about this one, other than that when both laptops are at my desk, I use a KVM switch to swap my external monitor, keyboard, and trackball between the two computers.

Raspberry Pi #2:

[Gifted New in 2020/21] Raspberry Pi 4b, 4GB Ram, 16GB SD card, 2 120GB USB Sticks, External 2TB HDD

This is my media server. I got it for Christmas 2020 (or 2021, I don't actually remember which because 2020 was a hard hard year). It runs Rasbian, the full OS, with the desktop environment disabled from booting via the command line. It runs PHP 8.2, MariaDB, Apache2, and MiniDLNA to serve the content via my Vogon Media Server.

If you can't tell from the above storage, I'm running the USB ports well past the power delivery they are rated for. The webserver and OS are on the internal storage, so functionally this just means that sometimes the media disappears. I need to build a migration script to put the contents of the two USB sticks on the external storage, as there is more than enough room, and if I can put the HDD in an enclosure with dedicated power, that will solve the issue. But that's at least a hundred dollars of expense, and since the server only has 1, maybe two users at a time, we've been limping along like this for a few years now.

Raspberry Pi #3:

[Purchased New in 2023] Raspberry Pi 4b, 8GB Ram, 16GB SD card

This is the newest Pi. Work gave me a gift card as a bonus for a project recently, so after weighing the pros and cons of getting a VR headset, I settled on setting up a retro gaming tv box. Currently it's running Batocero Linux and loaded up with classic game roms up through the PSX. Though, I would really like to use it as a tv client for the media server. I've upgraded the devices in the living room recently, and there's no longer a dedicated web browser we can use without hooking up one of our laptops. I've got a spare 128GB SD card in the office, so I'm strongly considering getting a wireless mouse and keyboard and setting it up to dual boot between Batocero (which is convenient because it can be navigated with just a controller), and Raspbian. I think I'd set Batocero as the default in Grub, and then if I want to use Raspbian I'd need to have the keyboard handy anyway.

Maybe I'll get one of those half-sized keyboards with the trackpad built in.

Speaking of controllers. I use an 8BitDo Pro 2 controller, and I've been super happy with it since purchase: https://www.8bitdo.com/pro2/

So that's the setup. I have entirely too many computers for any one person, but I included the dates when I got them to show that a number of these have been around for a long time, and that part of the reason I have so many now is that I've put a lot of time into ongoing maintenance and repurposing.

If you've read this far, I'd love to hear about your setups. You don't have to reblog this, but please tag me if you detail yours.

[kairiscorner]

[1/???]

Okay! My Spidersona OC comes from another Earth, Earth 2020-6-2 (This is a nod to when the game was released). They go by their call sign, Arachnis and they’re an agent working for a secret organization, The Valorant Protocol.

Their Earth is set in the near future somewhere in the 2030s - 2050s and houses an element called Radianite which is a power source used in almost everything and everywhere. There are others like Arachnis who are called Radiants which when exposed to a certain amount of Radianite, these people would develop remarkable powers (It’s basically explaining some of the game’s lore). That’s how the Valorant agent got their Radiant powers, not getting bit by a radioactive spider.

Arachnis has the usual abilities like the other Spiders. Sticking/climbing onto flat surfaces, Spider sense, faster healing factor, enhanced strength (while not using the full percentage), increased reflexes, etc. However, what sets them apart from the others is they also have fangs and are able to inject venom that is highly lethal that contains a neurotoxin called delta-hexatoxin. They’re based off of the infamous Sydney Funnel Web spider (Atrax robustus).

Their fighting style tends to be more aggressive when dealing with anomalies and luckily not eliminating them due to their line of work as a Valorant agent where they have no “No Killing Rule” like Miguel (O’Hara had to reprimand them for almost killing the anomalies). This, and some behavioral traits of the Funnel Web when feeling threatened/provoked. They also know how to operate guns and always carry their signature Karambit knife with them. Despite their work background and field history, they’re actually a chill person to hang with when not working on missions/training the Spiders at the Society.

They don’t wear the traditional tight suits like everyone else. They’re styled in battle gear based on Techwear fashion.

[Visuals]

Jacket - https://www.techwearclub.com/products/waterproof-skill-adjustable-jacket?variant=7ae7b96e-3edc-43b9-b4f6-a9300eabd5d8&gclid=CjwKCAjwt52mBhB5EiwA05YKow8hVVLpcA0X3pV9GKIGViuX4Ou7PpnLJ3UNkwIAYJpA0-5yfNaaGRoCloQQAvD_BwE

Pants - https://techwear.store/products/techwear-cargo-pants

Footwear - https://welovestreets.com/products/wls-techwear-high-platform-sock-sneakers?variant=40731425570968

Color scheme for Arachnis [Caution, if you’re arachnophobic] - https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/02/worlds-deadliest-spider-the-sydney-funnel-web/

Arachnis also wear a customized mask covering half of their face where the fangs are and engineered to protect from hurting anyone due to prevent leftover venom from leaking everywhere. It also collects the said venom in a compartment of the mask where they can donate vials of the venom to non-profit medical organizations to create antivenom.

Oh yeah! They still have the standard web-shooters swing around when visiting their New York, capturing various anomalies and enemies from their home universe.

- ☃️ Anon

YO DAMN, THEY LOOK AND SOUND SO AWESOME !! ngl i think miguel would like having them on the team (save for the almost killing anomalies bit) bc they're a little closer in generation and their traits are a little similar, i noticed ! (the venom and fangs thing, they can relate to each other, i BET)

[uniquedestinationsenterprise]

Unique Destinations Enterprise has a website update! 7/31/2023

UniqueDestinations.org has posted an open letter to both chambers of the United States Congress. The Letter may be found on the Director's Den page, found off the About Us page. We are reposting the Letter below, for transparency.

To: the Honorable members of the United States Senate, and House of Representatives, with special acknowledgements to Senators: Schumer; Gillibrand; and Kelly. And special acknowledgement to Representatives: Jeffries; Raskin; Garcia; Porter; Ocasio-Cortez; Goldman; Schiff; and Swalwell.

(I forgot about the ‘summer break’,… this small business owner has not had a day off in 942 days, so vacations kind of slip my mind.)

What would I have Congress be aware about?

This letter/petition/address is about as unusual, as unusual gets.

Please,… indulge me – and read the following words. I am an American citizen. I am a U.S. Marine veteran. I have connections to 14 post-secondary institutions – (so far.) I am a past collegiate valedictorian, and an ‘Employee of the Year’,  but that is not to say that I am not without faults, and failings. – I failed out of my first college. I've spent a long time, learning – hard (and expensive) lessons. I am the small business owner of: A Urumalli, U Macinasar, G Entum – Unique Destinations Enterprise EIN: XX-XXX3096 an online company that has been available for the world to view, without any financial burden being incurred by the public, since December 31. 2020.

56 months ago, while virtually exploring this beautiful planet, as I was taking ‘snapshots’ of many interesting places – for possible future scrutiny and potential rock-hounding/exploring – I captured an image – I hadn’t counted on observing.

At first,… I had been intrigued – by a possible 15 C. ship wreck,… – and I had been moved to reach out to communicate with a local university, regarding a possible expedition. It was only after several days, that I came to notice, the object – that has come to occupy – all – of my mind.

It took me two years of deepest (and solitary) – contemplation, (and working with three web developers), before I was able to turn my website 'on'.

The funding for the website had originally come from my mother’s ‘pin’ money, as she did not want me to part with my most valuable rock specimens on eBay. And,… the last monies I had needed for the website – she had given me on January 18th, 2020 – two hours before she fell – and broke her femur – and began a three-month horror of agonizing pain, in three nursing homes, before succumbing at home, as I watched her – helpless – knowing she passed needlessly – for a simple – lack – of water.

She was a WONDERFUL woman. A wife, mother, nurse, artist, gardener, and my sounding board. She was a ‘Super Woman’.

My mother had believed in me – and I had dreamed such dreams -for – my folks.  I had been envisioning, a happy old life for them, (what with my ‘amazing‘ news, helping make affordable – a wonderful enriched sunset) to pass their days!

Now,… my dad carries on – like a battleship,… tough and durable – yet slow to move. I have taken over his care – from my mother – and – besides making sure that he is fed, clothed, kept clean and comfy,… I am left – (self)tasked – with trying to bring ‘change’ to the world.

I formed a company around an idea – intellectual conceptualization – aka intellectual property. The ‘idea’ that I could inform the planet, of – something – truly ‘remarkable’, and – that, in the doing,… I might be ‘elevated’ financially – into the class of deep-pocket philanthropists.

This has been my dream – It is in my company’s name. A Urumalli, U Macinasar, G Entum – Unique Destinations Enterprise – Aurum Allium Acinas Argentum / Golden Onion Seed Money.

It was my ‘projection‘ that with my company’s financially ‘successful’ roll-out,… I would have other interesting places to offer for exploration,  but now – will also – have the wherewithal – to assist others – with their – dreams.

I was contemplating have the funds to help provide for a Nursing scholarship/ school/ hospital wing/ (something – to honor my mom.) I foresaw helping with business start-ups, education assistance,  homeless assistance programming, and those with birth defects and physical handicaps.

I have entertained such extravagant dreams, and spent long hours – ‘imagining’ without restrictions – wondering what could ‘be’ – if money – was not an object,  (as a lottery winner, might dream upon.)

This dreaming has not been empty. I have been able to dream to the maximum, aided by the ‘mojo‘ contained in my IP data.

The challenge I face now – is moving beyond just words and images on a page, and moving into –  purposeful, productive, progressive action,  – and – financial evolution.

My company emphasized only being able to point to where to look. What actually is – ‘there’ –  at the coordinates – has yet to be determined.

This information, has lived in my skull for 56 months. At present, my company has only incurred expenses. It had been known to me that I currently reside on the far-left side, of the ‘economic’ bell curve, and the ‘potentiality’ of my intellectual property,… would have me relocated on – the opposite ‘shore’. (I foresee no ‘in-between’.)

I have long felt like I am living in a fairy tale – on the order of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. I believe I have a golden goose – a gift – that keeps on giving,… and,… I am left,… finding a way,… to get – to the market.

Let me reiterate, my company and I know nothing  of what was testified to at the House Oversight Committee meeting on UAP, that was held on 7/26/2023.

I know nothing about what is being reported – being seen moving around in the sky, these days – the ‘tic-tacs’, cubes, or fuzzy balls.

What my company CAN PROVIDE UNDERSTANDING UPON, regards – something – that looks to have happened  – AGES – ago.

This is the intellectual property, that has shaped my Unique Destinations Enterprise.

I offered the ‘directions – to a dream’, and the ‘coordinates – of copious cogitation‘.

I offered the GPS coordinates that could give a well-heeled adventurer – an ‘experience of a lifetime!‘

My Presentation was not without hiccups, but We sought, (and have made), improvements, over the time –  striving to permit clearest comprehension – in 104 languages – the words, that have been written – and the imagery, I have been able to post.

My 1st GPS Sale attempt, lasted 775 days, closing on Valentine’s Day, 2023 – (with me retaining the IP data.)

While trying to ‘sort-out’ my ‘next’ step,… I have had to compose two open letters to NASA, create social media posts, mow the lawn, weed the garden, and to get a small merchandise item available for offer to the public – (potentially permitting me the first income from my 56 months of laboring!)

As I had stated before, I cannot talk of things – floating around – today.

I can only provide insight – into something that (maybe) happened – Yesterday – – something – of interest – to everyone – ‘ancient‘ – as History – (maybe).

The information that I can impart – is something – for all people, not only to those living in America.

This was my construct – to SHARE new information with everyone, – to permit humanity, a ‘chance’, to move into ‘tomorrow’ – (in a forward, up-lifted fashion.)

I have recently communicated a letter to NASA regarding their AARO UAP Inquiry Development Framework meeting that was presented on 5/31/2023. This letter, was actually the ‘second’ note created, to discuss that meeting. I have posted this ‘open letter’  – on tumblr, and on Our website on the Director’s Den page, found on the About Us page.

I am well aware of the phrase – ‘not wanting to sound the fool‘. – I have little tolerance for ‘BS’. My experience with asthma has left me with zero tolerance for folk who would purposely spew false or inflammatory nonsense. I would rather spend my precious breath trying to speak as clearly and truly, as possible – than to be thought of – as one who spouts – ‘gibberish’.

Unique Destinations Enterprise and UniqueDestinations.org can put the eye upon something very interesting – I (believe) some ‘things’ that can point US – (all humanity) to a place of new understandings, growth and development, or,… it will point – to one of the biggest fools – to ever ‘self-disclose’. Sincerely, The CEO/COB of Unique Destinations Enterprise and UniqueDestinations.org

@arimelber @neildegrassetysonofficial Gentlemen, I am including you for continuity, (and because you might be able to point some important eyes, to Our website!) - (Thank you in advance!)

[shreya8766]

Global Lighting Control Market Size, Trends, Growth Analysis and Forecast 2021–2030

The Global Lighting Control Market is expected to reach USD 70 Billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 17% during the forecast period 2022 to 2030. 

The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has adversely affected economies and industries in several nations owing to lockdowns, travel bans, and business shutdowns which in order have affected the lighting control market size. In Addition, the lockdown in the Asia Pacific which is the highest growing region led to the undersupply of various parts used in electronics as most of the raw materials and spare parts are procured from this region's local market.

This study gives a detailed analysis of drivers, restrains, opportunities and challenges limiting the market expansion of Lighting Control market. The survey included a diverse set of players, including a balance of leading and growing manufacturers for business profiling, such as;

Cisco Systems Inc., Signify Holding, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Legrand North America LLC, SIEMENS AG, Zumtobel Group, Eaton CORPORATION, LSI Industries Inc., GE Current, OSRAM GmbH, Ideal Industries Inc., ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING INC., Lutron Electronics Co. Inc., Lightwave RF PLC, Control4 Corporation, Schneider Electric, Thorn Lighting, Honeywell International Inc, IDEAL INDUSTRIES INC., Aclara Technologies LLC, Hubbell, Tridonic, Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc., Digital PLC, Zumtobel Group AG, RAB Lighting Inc., Cree Inc., Synapse Wireless, Panasonic Corporation, Helvar

Our expert team is consistently working on updated data and information on the key player's related business processes that value the market for future strategies and predictions

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By Installation Type

Retrofit Installation

New Installation

By Offering

Hardware

LED Drivers

Sensors Switches

Software

Web Based

Cloud Based

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1. Go-to-market Strategy. 2. Neutral perspective on the market performance. 3. Development trends, competitive landscape analysis, supply side analysis, demand side analysis, year-on-year growth, competitive benchmarking, vendor identification, QMI quadrant, and other significant analysis, as well as development status. 4. Customized regional/country reports as per request and country level analysis. 5. Potential & niche segments and regions exhibiting promising growth covered. 6.Analysis of Market Size (historical and forecast), Total Addressable Market (TAM), Serviceable Available Market (SAM), Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM), Market Growth, Technological Trends, Market Share, Market Dynamics, Competitive Landscape and Major Players (Innovators, Start-ups, Laggard, and Pioneer).

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Industry Developments:

In December 2020, Honeywell and Signify collaborated to deploy integrated lighting solutions that will improve the occupant experience.

Regional Analysis for Lighting Control Market:

✫ North America: (U.S., Canada, Mexico) ✫ Europe: (U.K., Italy, Germany, Russia, France, Spain, The Netherlands and Rest of Europe) ✫ Asia-Pacific: (India, Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia Rest of Asia Pacific) ✫ South America: (Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America) ✫ Middle East & Africa: (Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., South Africa, Rest of Middle East & Africa)

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[impactfestglobal]

The Next Decade of Software Development - Richard Campbell - NDC London 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND_AjF_KTD8 How will software development evolve in the 2020s? Join Richard Campbell as he explores the landscape of technology that will have a massive impact on software development over the next ten years. What new devices are coming? Will Artificial Intelligence take over everything? How will people connect to the web in the next ten years? And what about Quantum Computing? All these topics and more will shape our future! Check out our new channel: NDC Clips: @ndcclips Check out more of our featured speakers and talks at https://ndcconferences.com/ https://ndclondon.com/

[news24-amit]

Need for Advanced Surveillance Drives USD 538.4 Bn Security Market Boom

The global commercial security system market is set to experience a robust surge, rising from a valuation of USD 134.4 billion in 2022 to an impressive USD 538.4 billion by 2031, expanding at a CAGR of 16.8% during the forecast period from 2023 to 2031. This growth is driven by a rising need for sophisticated security infrastructure in response to increasing crime rates, technological advancements, and the ongoing global push toward smart cities and IoT integration.

Market Overview

Commercial security systems encompass a wide range of products and services designed to protect physical assets, personnel, and data across commercial premises. These include surveillance cameras, access control solutions, alarm systems, intrusion detection, and remote monitoring services. The rapid digitalization of businesses and the growing emphasis on regulatory compliance across sectors such as BFSI, government, defense, and transportation are fueling the demand for comprehensive, scalable security solutions.

The adoption of cloud-based platforms, smart analytics, and integrated Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is transforming the industry, enabling businesses to implement real-time, automated security protocols with remote monitoring capabilities.

Market Drivers & Trends

The increasing deployment of surveillance systems in smart cities and the integration of IoT in security systems are major drivers. IoT-based platforms offer cloud connectivity, enabling centralized monitoring and control, anomaly detection, and predictive analytics. The flexibility to manage systems remotely via mobile applications or web portals has become a game-changer for organizations with multiple facilities.

According to Nasscom, the IoT market in India alone reached US$ 9 billion in 2020, indicating the explosive potential for integration with commercial security solutions. The demand for AI-powered video analytics, smart sensors, and automated response systems is also growing, giving rise to sophisticated, layered defense mechanisms.

Furthermore, increasing incidents of theft, vandalism, and violent intrusions are pushing organizations—particularly in retail, government, and education sectors—to bolster their security infrastructure, driving continuous market expansion.

Key Players and Industry Leaders

The global commercial security system market is fragmented and highly competitive, with numerous global and regional players vying for market share through innovation, expansion, and strategic partnerships. Key players include:

Assa Abloy AB

Axis Communications AB

Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH

Carrier Global Corporation

Dahua Technology Co., Ltd.

Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.

Honeywell International Inc.

Johnson Controls International

Nortek Security & Control LLC

Tyco International Ltd.

These companies are investing heavily in R&D and expanding their product portfolios to include cloud-enabled platforms, AI surveillance, and integrated access control systems.

Recent Developments

The industry has witnessed a wave of innovation and strategic moves aimed at consolidating leadership and expanding global footprints:

May 2023: Carrier Global Corporation launched i-Vu Pro v8.5 software, offering enhanced building automation with MQTT integration and secure operator reporting.

March 2023: Johnson Controls unveiled its IQ Pro Security Panel, designed for intrusion protection in large-scale commercial properties and campuses.

October 2021: Nice North America acquired Nortek Security & Control LLC, boosting its regional presence and strengthening its distribution network.

These developments reflect the industry's shift toward intelligent, scalable, and future-ready commercial security ecosystems.

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Latest Market Trends

Some key trends reshaping the industry include:

AI-powered surveillance and predictive analytics: Cameras that can recognize suspicious behavior in real time.

Integration with building management systems: Security systems now function seamlessly alongside HVAC, lighting, and fire safety solutions.

Cloud-first architecture: Remote management, data sharing, and instant alerts are becoming essential for large enterprises.

Customization and modular solutions: Businesses are demanding tailor-made security infrastructures based on specific threat profiles and compliance needs.

Market Opportunities

Significant market opportunities lie in:

Smart city initiatives across developing countries, particularly in Asia Pacific and Latin America.

Expansion of retail and logistics infrastructure, where real-time theft deterrence is critical.

Government investments in public surveillance, particularly for traffic monitoring and urban safety.

Integration of biometric access systems in high-security industries such as defense and banking.

The rise of cloud-native security and analytics-as-a-service (AaaS) models also offers opportunities for SaaS providers to enter the market.

Future Outlook

The commercial security system market is expected to become increasingly data-driven and proactive, moving beyond surveillance to predictive threat management. By 2031, integrated platforms capable of unifying cybersecurity, physical security, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) will become standard in large enterprises.

Technological breakthroughs in edge AI, 5G, and blockchain-enabled identity verification will drive the next phase of market growth. As automation continues to evolve, the role of human intervention will shift from active monitoring to decision-making and incident response.

Market Segmentation

By Offering:

Hardware: Burglar alarms, fire & life safety devices, surveillance cameras, keycard access systems.

Software: AI-powered analytics, video management, IoT dashboards.

Services: Installation, maintenance, cloud hosting, consulting.

By Application:

Indoor/Outdoor Surveillance

Flood Detection/Protection

Theft Deterrence (dominant segment – 31.1% share in 2022)

Occupancy Monitoring

Queue Management & Crowd Control

By End-use Industry:

Government (28.1% share in 2022)

Military & Defense

Retail

BFSI

Sports & Leisure

Education & Hospitality

Regional Insights

Asia Pacific leads the global market, accounting for 33.1% share in 2022, driven by rapid urbanization, increased crime rates, and a surge in smart infrastructure projects in countries like China, India, and Southeast Asian nations.

North America (30.1% share in 2022) and Europe are also key markets, benefiting from robust investment in R&D, early adoption of smart technologies, and well-established security infrastructure. Latin America and the Middle East & Africa regions are emerging as high-potential markets due to rising demand for commercial surveillance and intrusion prevention systems in urban and high-risk areas.

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Evaluation of key drivers, restraints, opportunities, and threats using frameworks such as Porter’s Five Forces and value chain analysis.

Cross-segment and regional quantitative and qualitative insights to support strategic decision-making.

The report provides invaluable insights for security system vendors, technology providers, government agencies, investors, and consultants seeking to understand the dynamics of the evolving global commercial security system market.

[hawskstack]

☁️ The History of Cloud Computing and Future Trends in Cloud Native Technology

Cloud computing has revolutionized how we develop, deploy, and manage technology. From shared mainframes to today’s distributed cloud-native environments, its evolution has reshaped industries and enabled new possibilities for innovation.

Timeline: Key Eras & Events in Cloud Computing

1960s – The Foundation of the Concept

John McCarthy introduced the idea of computing being delivered as a public utility.

Early forms of time-sharing allowed multiple users to access a single computer's resources.

1990s – The Rise of Virtualization

VMware introduced virtualization for x86 systems, laying the foundation for flexible computing.

Telecom companies began offering virtual private networks (VPNs) with better bandwidth efficiency.

1999 – Salesforce.com Launches

One of the first companies to offer enterprise applications over the internet (SaaS model).

2006 – Amazon Web Services (AWS) Launch

Amazon EC2 and S3 were introduced, marking the beginning of widely accessible Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).

This triggered the modern cloud revolution, enabling on-demand computing.

2010 – Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Join In

Major cloud players expanded the ecosystem.

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and serverless models began to emerge.

2014–2015 – Rise of Containers and Kubernetes

Docker popularized containerized applications.

Kubernetes, originally developed by Google, became the de facto standard for container orchestration.

2020s – Edge Computing, AI, and Multi-Cloud

Cloud extended to edge devices for low-latency computing.

Organizations adopted multi-cloud and hybrid models for flexibility and cost optimization.

🌐 Cloud Native: The Future Is Here

Cloud Native technologies represent the next evolution of cloud computing. They emphasize microservices, containers, dynamic orchestration, and APIs to deliver scalable and resilient applications.

🔮 Future Trends in Cloud Native

1. AI-Driven Cloud Management

AI will optimize resource allocation, predict failures, and automate operations.

Expect greater use of AIOps and intelligent observability.

2. Serverless and Function-as-a-Service (FaaS)

More businesses are adopting event-driven architectures to scale seamlessly and reduce costs.

Developers will focus on logic, not infrastructure.

3. Secure by Design

With increasing threats, security is being embedded at every layer (DevSecOps).

Zero trust architecture and compliance automation will become standard.

4. Edge and 5G Integration

Applications will move closer to the data source with edge computing.

Combined with 5G, this will enable real-time apps like AR/VR, autonomous vehicles, and smart cities.

5. Platform Engineering & Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)

Companies are building self-service platforms to improve developer productivity and standardize deployments.

This shift helps scale DevOps practices organization-wide.

Final Thoughts

From mainframes to microservices, the journey of cloud computing is a testament to innovation and adaptability. As we embrace cloud-native technologies, the future will focus on automation, security, and intelligence at scale.

Organizations that stay ahead of these trends will not just operate in the cloud — they’ll thrive in it.

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Connecting the dots of recent research suggests a new future for traditional websites:

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered search can provide a full answer to a user’s query 75% of the time without the need for the user to go to a website, according to research by The Atlantic.

A worldwide survey from the University of Toronto revealed that 22% of ChatGPT users “use it as an alternative to Google.”

Research firm Gartner forecasts that traffic to the web from search engines will fall 25% by 2026.

Pew Research found that a quarter of all web pages developed between 2013 and 2023 no longer exist.

The large language models (LLMs) of generative AI that scraped their training data from websites are now using that data to eliminate the need to go to many of those same websites. Respected digital commentator Casey Newton concluded, “the web is entering a state of managed decline.” The Washington Post headline was more dire: “Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers.”

From decentralized information to centralized conclusions

Created by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, the World Wide Web redefined the nature of the internet into a user-friendly linkage of diverse information repositories. “The first decade of the web…was decentralized with a long-tail of content and options,” Berners-Lee wrote this year on the occasion of its 35th anniversary.  Over the intervening decades, that vision of distributed sources of information has faced multiple challenges. The dilution of decentralization began with powerful centralized hubs such as Facebook and Google that directed user traffic. Now comes the ultimate disintegration of Berners-Lee’s vision as generative AI reduces traffic to websites by recasting their information.

The web’s open access to the world’s information trained the large language models (LLMs) of generative AI. Now, those generative AI models are coming for their progenitor.

The web allowed users to discover diverse sources of information from which to draw conclusions. AI cuts out the intellectual middleman to go directly to conclusions from a centralized source.

The AI paradigm of cutting out the middleman appears to have been further advanced in Apple’s recent announcement that it will incorporate OpenAI to enable its Siri app to provide ChatGPT-like answers. With this new deal, Apple becomes an AI-based disintermediator, not only eliminating the need to go to websites, but also potentially disintermediating the need for the Google search engine for which Apple has been paying $20 billion annually.

The Atlantic, University of Toronto, and Gartner studies suggest the Pew research on website mortality could be just the beginning. Generative AI’s ability to deliver conclusions cannibalizes traffic to individual websites threatening the raison d’être of all websites, especially those that are commercially supported.  

Echoes of traditional media and the web

The impact of AI on the web is an echo of the web’s earlier impact on traditional information providers. “The rise of digital media and technology has transformed the way we access our news and entertainment,” the U.S. Census Bureau reported in 2022, “It’s also had a devastating impact on print publishing industries.” Thanks to the web, total estimated weekday circulation of U.S. daily newspapers fell from 55.8 million in 2000 to 24.2 million by 2020, according to the Pew Research Center.

The World Wide Web also pulled the rug out from under the economic foundation of traditional media, forcing an exodus to proprietary websites. At the same time, it spawned a new generation of upstart media and business sites that took advantage of its low-cost distribution and high-impact reach. Both large and small websites now feel the impact of generative AI.   

Barry Diller, CEO of media owner IAC, harkened back to that history when he warned a year ago, “We are not going to let what happened out of free internet happen to post-AI internet if we can help it.” Ominously, Diller observed, “If all the world’s information is able to be sucked up in this maw, and then essentially repackaged in declarative sentence in what’s called chat but isn’t chat…there will be no publishing; it is not possible.”

The New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft alleging copyright infringement from the use of Times data to train LLMs. “Defendants seek to free-ride on The Times’s massive investment in its journalism,” the suit asserts, “to create products that substitute for The Times and steal audiences away from it.”1

Subsequently, eight daily newspapers owned by Alden Global Capital, the nation’s second largest newspaper publisher, filed a similar suit. “We’ve spent billions of dollars gathering information and reporting news at our publications, and we can’t allow OpenAI and Microsoft to expand the Big Tech playbook of stealing our work to build their own businesses at our expense,” a spokesman explained.

The legal challenges are pending. In a colorful description of the suits’ allegations, journalist Hamilton Nolan described AI’s threat as an “Automated Death Star.”

“Providential opportunity”?

Not all content companies agree. There has been a groundswell of leading content companies entering into agreements with OpenAI.

In July 2023, the Associated Press became the first major content provider to license its archive to OpenAI. Recently, however, the deal-making floodgates have opened. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, home of The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, and multiple other publications in Australia and the United Kingdom, German publishing giant Axel Springer, owner of Politico in the U.S. and Bild  and Welt in Germany, venerable media company The Atlantic, along with new media company Vox Media, the Financial Times, Paris’ Le Monde, and Spain’s Prisa Media have all contracted with OpenAI for use of their product.

Even Barry Diller’s publishing unit, Dotdash Meredith, agreed to license to OpenAI, approximately a year after his apocalyptic warning.  

News Corp CEO Robert Thomson described his company’s rationale this way in an employee memo: “The digital age has been characterized by the dominance of distributors, often at the expense of creators, and many media companies have been swept away by a remorseless technological tide. The onus is now on us to make the most of this providential opportunity.”

“There is a premium for premium journalism,” Thomson observed. That premium, for News Corp, is reportedly $250 million over five years from OpenAI. Axel Springer’s three-year deal is reportedly worth $25 to $30 million. The Financial Times terms were reportedly in the annual range of $5 to $10 million.

AI companies’ different approaches

While publishers debate whether AI is “providential opportunity” or “stealing our work,” a similar debate is ongoing among AI companies. Different generative AI companies have different opinions whether to pay for content, and if so, which kind of content.

When it comes to scraping information from websites, most of the major generative AI companies have chosen to interpret copyright law’s “fair use doctrine” allowing the unlicensed use of copyrighted content in certain circumstances. Some of the companies have even promised to indemnify their users if they are sued for copyright infringement.

Google, whose core business is revenue generated by recommending websites, has not sought licenses to use the content on those websites. “The internet giant has long resisted calls to compensate media companies for their content, arguing that such payments would undermine the nature of the open web,” the New York Times explained. Google has, however, licensed the user-generated content on social media platform Reddit, and together with Meta has pursued Hollywood rights.

OpenAI has followed a different path. Reportedly, the company has been pitching a “Preferred Publisher Program” to select content companies. Industry publication AdWeek reported on a leaked presentation deck describing the program. The publication said OpenAI “disputed the accuracy of the information” but claimed to have confirmed it with four industry executives. Significantly, the OpenAI pitch reportedly offered not only cash remuneration, but also other benefits to cooperating publishers.    

As of early June 2024, other large generative AI companies have not entered into website licensing agreements with publishers.

Content companies surfing an AI tsunami

On the content creation side of the equation, major publishers are attempting to avoid a repeat of their disastrous experience in the early days of the web while smaller websites are fearful the impact on them could be even greater.

As the web began to take business from traditional publishers, their leadership scrambled to find a new economic model. Ultimately, that model came to rely on websites, even though website advertising offered them pennies on their traditional ad dollars. Now, even those assets are under attack by the AI juggernaut. The content companies are in a new race to develop an alternative economic model before their reliance on web search is cannibalized.

The OpenAI Preferred Publisher Program seems to be an attempt to meet the needs of both parties.

The first step in the program is direct compensation. To Barry Diller, for instance, the fact his publications will get “direct compensation for our content” means there is “no connection” between his apocalyptic warning 14 months ago and his new deal with OpenAI.

Reportedly, the cash compensation OpenAI is offering has two components: “guaranteed value” and “variable value.” Guaranteed value is compensation for access to the publisher’s information archive. Variable value is payment based on usage of the site’s information.

Presumably, those signing with OpenAI see it as only the first such agreement. “It is in my interest to find agreements with everyone,” Le Monde CEO Louis Dreyfus explained.   

But the issue of AI search is greater than simply cash. Atlantic CEO Nicolas Thompson described the challenge: “We believe that people searching with AI models will be one of the fundamental ways that people navigate to the web in the future.” Thus, the second component in OpenAI’s proposal to publishers appears to be promotion of publisher websites within the AI-generated content. Reportedly, when certain publisher content is utilized, there will be hyperlinks and hover links to the websites themselves, in addition to clickable buttons to the publisher.

Finally, the proposal reportedly offers publishers the opportunity to reshape their business using generative AI technology. Such tools include access to OpenAI content for the publishers’ use, as well as the use of OpenAI for writing stories and creating new publishing content.

Back to the future?

Whether other generative AI and traditional content companies embrace this kind of cooperation model remains to be seen. Without a doubt, however, the initiative by both parties will have its effects.

One such effect was identified in a Le Monde editorial explaining their licensing agreement with OpenAI. Such an agreement, they argued, “will make it more difficult for other AI platforms to evade or refuse to participate.” This, in turn, could have an impact on the copyright litigation, if not copyright law.

We have seen new technology-generated copyright issues resolved in this way before.2 Finding a credible solution that works for both sides is imperative. The promise of AI is an almost boundless expansion of information and the knowledge it creates. At the same time, AI cannot be a continued degradation of the free flow of ideas and journalism that is essential for democracy to function.

Newton’s Law in the AI age

In 1686 Sir Isaac Newton posited his three laws of motion. The third of these holds that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Newton described the consequence of physical activity; generative AI is raising the same consequential response for informational activity.

The threat of generative AI has pushed into the provision of information and the economics of information companies. We know the precipitating force, the consequential effects on the creation of content and free flow of information remain a work in progress.