frames

I love the premise of /frames and I don't want to poopoo but I can't remember the last time I interacted with a frame and didn't get an error/timeout. :( Relying on rando third party stateful servers is probably a mistake, wish more decentralized frames were viable.

A doodler and computerer. I like permissive/permissionless open source, smart contracts, p2p systems, room-scale VR, and NixOS.

shazow.net

Currently: WhatsABI

I agree it's a bummer. But the whole internet relies on rando third party stateful servers, too. I think (hope) it's a sign of immaturity more than anything.

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terminally.online

Btw when I say server-agnostic frames, I mean some way to distribute the code separately from where it gets rendered, so that if the centralized host goes down then other hosts can continue to provide it (like farcaster clients), but state would need to be onchain then rather than serverside.

Maybe a hot take: At least 1+ year domain registrations anchor commitment to a year of operation. I don't know if this is a good approach (I rather see server-agnostic frames) but could create somekind of registration anchor (maybe a bond with uptime refunds?).

Yea but the whole internet is not intended to be ephemeral with misaligned timeline expectations. There's fairly strong permanence expectation (at least multi-year timescale). I feel like most frames are built with the creator's commitment of operating for just a few days, then they move on, but casts stick around.