The API is dead. Long live the protocol!

Speech at JSConf.eu

Transcript

1. The API is dead, long live the protocol or  how  we  reinvent  messaging
2. buddycloud
4. your client your API
5. your client your API
6. your client your API
7. API: standalone protocol: very useful when you want to interconnect
8. today the age of the quadrant once upon a time back to the future
9. The ice cream of the internet Robert Scoble credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/labyrinthx-2/
10. we solved this with email
11. user@instagram.com friend@flickr.com friend@tumblr.com let me count the brokenness
12. so let’s build the future - requirements
13. so let’s build the future - requirements 1. structured messages
14. so let’s build the future - requirements 1. structured messages 2. anyone can host it
15. so let’s build the future - requirements 1. structured messages 2. anyone can host it 3. reliable
16. so let’s build the future - requirements 1. structured messages 2. anyone can host it 3. reliable 4. easy to implement
17. problem 1: addressing user@example.com
18. user@example.com friend@remote.org
19. query: _your-app-name._tcp.EXAMPLE.COM. result: IN SRV 5 0 443 server.EXAMPLE.COM. Problem 2: discovering remote servers
20. problem 3: discovering the API
21. problem 3: discovering the API https://buddycloud.example.com:443/api
22. webfinger: http://example.com/.well-known/API-server IANA service registry: http://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names- port-numbers
23. Problem 4: fast server resync
24. Problem 5: fast client resync
25. Problem 5: fast client resync
26. Problem 6: We still believe in privacy
27. • Diaspora • Freedom box • pump.io • buddycloud • Mozilla persona • webRTC • &Yet personal cloud related projects
28. •W3C incubator •IANA •IETF •XMPP Standards Foundation your next steps
30. once upon a time v1.0 (31 Oct): full messaging/web/Android v1.1 WebRTC + channels v1.2 end-to-end encryption v1.3 Mozilla Persona integration used everywhere next
31. let’s redesign messaging for the next 30 years