Taylor: My Personal Web Site Will Now be Gemini Capsule

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2021-04-06 00:53:43 UTC
Modified: 2021-04-06 00:53:43 UTC

Published hours ago

Summary: Derek Taylor (better known as "DistroTube") is cutting down the (Web) fats by moving everything to Gemini, treating the World Wide Web as merely a mirror of his Gemini capsule

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Taylor: My Personal Web Site Will Now be Gemini Capsule

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