So @phonetoroam is probably the @RoamResearch js extension that has had the biggest impact on my workflow so far.
Uses a simple and elegant "hack" to do things I had not imagined possible
If you've been waiting for our backend API, you'll want to know about this
Quick thread
The problem:
Roam is still running off the local first architecture I developed in 2017 to optimize for rapid iteration and a snappy editing experience
The backend is an event stream of edits, all logic of the graphs is on the frontend
There isn't a server in traditional sense
This is one of the reasons large graphs in Roam can be slow to load initially, but consistently have snappy editing -- we optimized for the writing and collaboration experience at the expense of being a great tool for publishing your ideas (at this stage)
We listened to 8 hour podcast about an actual cult on this drive... and it could not be MORE different from the values of @RoamResearch and our community
I love tongue in cheek humor and the history of #roamcult, but believe it’s time we set an example [[Taking Words Seriously]]
They seek to control and manipulate members, break bonds, isolate people from friends and family, destroy the individuals faith in themselves, and to be an unchallengeable fountain of “truth” that their adherents never question.
In every way, Roam seeks to do and be the opposite of all those things.
But the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves matter - and jokes are often most funny when they are half true
And sometimes the things that are fun in your youth and just plain irresponsible as you grow
It’s true, we don’t have flying cars, or handheld nuclear reactors, and string theory might be a dead end... but that doesn’t mean science has stagnated.
Last few decades we saw major paradigm shifts in “Coordination Studies” and the scholars leading the field are very well paid