Project Urbs

tags : [[my projects]]

Project Urbs is the codename for a personal project I’d like to work on. This is the space to work out the details of Urbs.

Urbs is Latin for “city.”

Project Urbs will be a [[Tumblr]] clone of sorts, except that each post is essentially its own application, similar to [[HyperCard]].

This is no longer true, the above has been split into [[postwave]]. Urbs will be purely about application development, like a cross between Glitch and Itch.io.

Design

Desired features

• All posts are cards
• Cards can be as simple as rich text and as complicated as an application
• Cards are programmable with UrbsTalk
• Cards need to be interactive
• Must allow for drag-and-drop interface

Tech stack

Server

Written in Rust, using:

• Sqlx
• Actix-web

Front-end

Written in TypeScript:

• SolidJS
• Parcel 2 for bundling

Client library

TypeScript REST and WebSocket API

[[UrbsTalk]] interpreter

• Rust-compiled WASM (perhaps use Parsel to import to front-end)

Drag and drop interface

• Research will be done with [[webtools]]

Database

• PostgreSQL

Devops

• Ansible to set up server
• Docker for every part of application

Possible names

“vcity”

Pronounced like “vee-sity” or “vis-it-ee”.

“blogic”

Seems to already be a minor brand. I like the use of “logic” though.

“udana” or some variation

Take “Xanadu”, reverse it, and nix the “X”