Blog post on the Gemini protocol is up: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/the-gemini-protocol -- with links to the capsules and phlogs (remove the space before the TLD before viewing them in a Gemini browser) of @nantucketlit, @jhhl, @ghalfacree, @afb, @arkholt, @sl1200, @nivrig, @reytrace, and @ruenoak.
Also tagging @skullvalanche, @chrisod, @jbowen and @ploum - I mention Offpunk in the piece, too.
#Gemini #GeminiProtocol #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #smolweb #TheGeminiProtocol #WebProtocols

The Gemini protocol
Most people familiar with the internet know the HTTP protocol, the one that retrieves and displays our www websites. HTTP was initiated in 1989 and went from there. Gopher is another web protocol, …
space • time • techGather 'round, folks! 🤡 In a move that screams "I miss 2016," someone's resurrecting
#BrowserID like it's an ancient relic instead of a tech fossil. 🎉 Because nothing says cutting-edge like dusting off a protocol nobody asked for to impress your grandma and your cat. 🐱💻
https://wakamoleguy.com/p/reviving-browserid-in-2026 #Resurrection #Nostalgia #TechFossil #RetroInnovation #WebProtocols #HackerNews #ngated/Wakamoleguy - home of the wakamoleguy
Oh, joy! An exhilarating deep dive into HTTP caching 🤯👾 because who doesn't love reading the thrilling saga of RFC 9111? Spoiler alert: It's all about bossing around the
#CacheControl header, like the ultimate micromanager of web protocols. 📜💤
https://danburzo.ro/http-caching-refresher/ #HTTPCaching #RFC9111 #WebProtocols #TechDive #HackerNews #ngatedHTTP caching, a refresher · Dan Cătălin Burzo
Let’s relearn web caching together.
Web Protocols | Ledlights.blog
Web protocols are the secret handshakes in the digital world where the rules and conventions for data exchange are defined between the network devices.
ledlights.blogA pretty thorough take-down of Gemini that confirms all my suspicions and is far more technologically literate than I am:
https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/gemini-is-solutionism-at-its-worst/ #gemini #web #webstandards #webprotocols #redundancy #hobbies
Gemini is Solutionism at its Worst
While I don’t care too much about ideas and projects that I believe to be dead ends or maybe even doomed to fail eventually, a recent interaction on Superhighway84 got me to write down a few thoughts on why I believe Project Gemini is a really bad idea.
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