{
  "id": 9756254,
  "title": "Presentation: Spritely: Infrastructure for the Future of the Internet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/presentation-spritely-infrastructure-for-the-future-of-the-internet",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "InfoQ",
    "slug": "infoq",
    "url": "https://www.infoq.com/presentations/spritely-decentralized-architecture/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Spritely is an innovative infrastructure project aimed at shaping the future of the internet. Executed by Christine Lemmer-Webber, Executive Director of the Spritely Institute, and David Thompson, CTO, this research-based organization focuses on user freedom and human-oriented technologies. Spritely's charm lies in its approach, employing cute, adorable monsters to represent various projects, highlighting its commitment to building resilient applications.\n\nThe conference, QCon London, presents a platform for technical team leads, architects, engineering directors, and project managers to share knowledge and innovation. Lemmer-Webber and Thompson emphasize the importance of decentralization, capable of solving core challenges and offering secure, peer-to-peer applications without central servers.\n\nThey discuss capability-based access control through Goblins, actor-model communication via OCapN, and petname systems. These advancements are facilitated by Scheme, WebAssembly (Hoot), and local-first CRDTs. Spritely's projects are designed to address potential pitfalls, such as centralized technology's vulnerabilities, legislative moats, and the risk of enshitification.\n\nDiscord serves as a relevant example, highlighting the need for resilient applications that can withstand legislative threats, backdoors, and enshitification. By empowering users with secure, decentralized alternatives, Spritely seeks to create a healthier, more user-friendly internet landscape.",
  "summary": "Christine Lemmer-Webber and David Thompson explain how Spritely's architecture solves core decentralization challenges. They share insights on capability-based access control with Goblins, actor-model communication via OCapN, and petname systems. Discover how Spritely leverages Scheme, WebAssembly (Hoot), and local-first CRDTs to build secure, peer-to-peer applications without central servers. By…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}