The Boring Internet
Summary
An essay arguing that the internet is not dying but its commercial veneer is. It outlines a layered view of the internet—platforms, services, and protocols—and argues that the core, protocol-driven layer remains resilient because it is federated, ownerless, and slow-moving. The piece highlights examples like email, IRC, Usenet, RSS, NTP, and other older technologies, and presents Current, Sourcefeed, and Byline as modern projects supporting a survivable, user-controlled web.