AppEngine is the new HyperCard

“It feels like the web has been trying to claw its way back to the simple utility of Hypercard ever since Mosaic. GeoCities was the first massive-uptake anyone-can-build-here website haven. But it was all static html…” Rich Skrenta: AppEngine – Web HyperCard,  finally

HyperCard is how I learned scripting. Much has happened since, but I will never forget how easy it was for me as an 8-year old to get started with that brilliant tool. The web, and even AppEngine, still has ways to go.

 April 12th, 2008 | No Comments »

Open Wins, note on App Engine

With recent cool announcements from Google (Amazon? Nah, too expensive!), I hear a lot of people bursting out in great enthusiasm “Ah, fab, let’s move to App Engine!”. But I think it’s always good to step back and think twice… even though it is *darn cool stuff*. Here’s something to keep in mind:

“The bottom line is that if you build your application on App Engine, Force or EC2/S3, you are locked into those platforms. Moving off will require a substantial re-engineering effort.”

Although Joyent aren’t exactly neutral in this matter, they do have a point. Here’s the full post.

 April 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment »