I got tired or waiting to find out what Urbit actually does, so I checked Wikipedia:
Urbit is a decentralized personal server platform. The platform seeks to deconstruct the client-server model in favor of a federated network of personal servers in a peer-to-peer network with a consistent digital identity.
I think every comment I've read so far contains an objection to being called "Normies," so I won't belabor that here. I will say that if the HN audience (highly interested, highly competent) tunes out before you can make your pitch you are doing marketing wrong.
As far as I can ascertain, Urbit consists of a sensible, worthwhile goal, and many man-years of work building bizarre, contrarian executable artifacts that have nothing to do with that goal.
Urbit is a decentralized personal server platform. The platform seeks to deconstruct the client-server model in favor of a federated network of personal servers in a peer-to-peer network with a consistent digital identity.
I think every comment I've read so far contains an objection to being called "Normies," so I won't belabor that here. I will say that if the HN audience (highly interested, highly competent) tunes out before you can make your pitch you are doing marketing wrong.