#+title: Project Urbs
- tags :: [[file:20210518131815-my_projects.org][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 [[file:20210519104116-tumblr.org][Tumblr]] clone of sorts, except that each post is
essentially its own application, similar to [[file:20210519104136-hypercard.org][HyperCard]].+

This is no longer true, the above has been split into [[file:20210604161739-poastr.org][Poastr]]. 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:
- [[https://solidjs.com/][SolidJS]]
- Parcel 2 for bundling
**** Client library
TypeScript REST and WebSocket API
*** [[file:20210520131557-urbstalk.org][UrbsTalk]] interpreter
- Rust-compiled WASM (perhaps use Parsel to import to front-end)
*** Drag and drop interface
- Research will be done with [[file:20210604161858-webtools.org][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"