Noel_August24_Solid

B2C Solid POD. If I really want to help the ecosystem, this is what I should do. I’d love to make a POD provider that acts as a proxy for different cloud providers (Google Drive, Dropbox, Nextcloud, etc.) using custom domains. That way, it’d be possible to migrate to a “real POD” later on. Also, the familiarity of these providers would remove the barriers to entry for many people, and help them understand how Solid works. I’d certainly focus on the UX, which is the biggest problem most PODs have nowadays. And because it’d be a proxy, I wouldn’t be storing anyone’s sensitive data (besides their credentials). Finally, this seems the easiest idea to monetize.

There is just one slight problem… I would be starting from scratch 😅. Yes, I’ve been working with Solid for a while, but it’s always been as an app developer. If anything, I’ve made a point to ignore the server-side stuff leaving it to “the protocol”.

But it also means that I’d finally get back to work with Laravel, so it’s not completely off the table.

I could provide one established and one experimental pod provider for a research B2C solution.
only I am overloaded with a 9to5 and am just autodidact (as you all know).

But I can accelerate that with enthusiasm.

the positive is, that all our (estimated 16) pod providers are interoperable so far.
as timbl, our director and captain put it, the change of the web will not come overnight, but slowly, steadily and drop for drop and pod for pod.

some details from teamid.live:

• Debian 11
• underlying nginx
• CSS 7.1.0
• suffix configuration
• reliable letsencrypt
• data center in Strasbourg
• established organization (Open Collective) as backing entity
• together with solidweb.me > 700 accounts

let’s consider building further synergies.
I have core worktime between 17:00 and 0:00 CEST and 20.000 EUR in the backhand.

this document: https://hackmd.io/wbYEDcQXQfmE4S304v_QAw?view