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## [Guile workflow and testing/debugging](https://community.spritely.institute/t/guile-workflow-and-testing-debugging/495)

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**Author:** [@NonchalantFox](https://community.spritely.institute/u/NonchalantFox)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/guile-workflow-and-testing-debugging/495 "2024-05-18T19:01:16Z")

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Hi everyone, Sorry if this isn’t appropriate for the forum but I’m not finding much resources regarding working with Guile. If I’ve got a bit more time and I’d like to use Guile with Emacs and Geiser and I was wonderin…

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## [New blog post by Andy Wingo: on hoot, on boot](https://community.spritely.institute/t/new-blog-post-by-andy-wingo-on-hoot-on-boot/494)

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**Author:** [@dthompson](https://community.spritely.institute/u/dthompson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/new-blog-post-by-andy-wingo-on-hoot-on-boot/494 "2024-05-17T05:05:34Z")

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Andy Wingo, lead Hoot engineer, just published a very entertaining new blog post about getting the Hoot project booted. I couldn’t help but laugh as I read it!

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## [Persistence design details](https://community.spritely.institute/t/persistence-design-details/476)

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**Author:** [@jryans](https://community.spritely.institute/u/jryans)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/persistence-design-details/476 "2024-05-16T03:27:39Z")

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Congrats on the Spritely Goblins v0.13.0 release! :slightly\_smiling\_face: After reading the blog post and accompanying docs, I’m still a bit unsure about the design of the persistence system. The blog post says: Gobl…

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## [Finding help with Spritely Institute projects and technologies](https://community.spritely.institute/t/finding-help-with-spritely-institute-projects-and-technologies/403)

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**Author:** [@frandallfarmer](https://community.spritely.institute/u/frandallfarmer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/finding-help-with-spritely-institute-projects-and-technologies/403 "2024-05-15T01:32:14Z")

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How to get help with technical issues for Spritely Institute tech If you are running into an issue with the codebase or would like to report a bug, please check the issues on the relevant repo and/or the docs, and fil…

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## [Distributed System Daemons: More Than a Twinkle in Goblins' Eye](https://community.spritely.institute/t/distributed-system-daemons-more-than-a-twinkle-in-goblins-eye/492)

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**Author:** [@cwebber](https://community.spritely.institute/u/cwebber)\
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**Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/distributed-system-daemons-more-than-a-twinkle-in-goblins-eye/492 "2024-05-10T16:12:49Z")

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A new blogpost about NLnet funded Goblins + Shepherd by @juli! (And as always, incredible artwork by @wobbuffet!) Plus shout-outs to Prescheme and Whippet, also funded by NLnet!

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## [Using fibers' scheduler instead of using \`(timeout ...)\`](https://community.spritely.institute/t/using-fibers-scheduler-instead-of-using-timeout/491)

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**Author:** [@liltechdude](https://community.spritely.institute/u/liltechdude)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/using-fibers-scheduler-instead-of-using-timeout/491 "2024-05-09T17:55:05Z")

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Hello David. In your game-jam-prototype project you are using (timeout update-callback dt)) to recompute next game state. I wonder if its possible to use fibers’ own scheduler instead somehow. Have you any thoughts o…

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## [Documenting Guile code](https://community.spritely.institute/t/documenting-guile-code/483)

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**Author:** [@spacebarista](https://community.spritely.institute/u/spacebarista)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/documenting-guile-code/483 "2024-05-02T11:36:46Z")

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Hello, How do you document Guile lisp code? I’ve also asked in the guile-users mailing list but I’m still at an impasse. I’m noticing guile-hoot has the usual ;;; Commentary: ;;; ... ;;; Code: style, but how does it …

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## [Guile Hoot 0.4.1 released!](https://community.spritely.institute/t/guile-hoot-0-4-1-released/480)

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**Author:** [@dthompson](https://community.spritely.institute/u/dthompson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/guile-hoot-0-4-1-released/480 "2024-04-30T15:59:03Z")

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We are excited to announce the release of Guile Hoot v0.4.1! Hoot is a Scheme to WebAssembly compiler backend for Guile, as well as a general purpose WebAssembly toolchain. In other words, Scheme in the browser! This i…

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## [Organizational changes at the Spritely Institute](https://community.spritely.institute/t/organizational-changes-at-the-spritely-institute/479)

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**Author:** [@cwebber](https://community.spritely.institute/u/cwebber)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/organizational-changes-at-the-spritely-institute/479 "2024-04-26T19:17:25Z")

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Hello! I realized I didn’t create a thread about it, but there’s a blogpost about organizational changes (namely that Randy Farmer is transitioning out of the ED role and I am transitioning in, and David Thompson is tra…

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## [Spritely Goblins v0.13.0: Object Persistence and Easier IO!](https://community.spritely.institute/t/spritely-goblins-v0-13-0-object-persistence-and-easier-io/477)

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**Author:** [@cwebber](https://community.spritely.institute/u/cwebber)\
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**Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/spritely-goblins-v0-13-0-object-persistence-and-easier-io/477 "2024-04-24T14:52:36Z")

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We are pleased to announce the release of Spritely Goblins v0.13.0! Goblins has gotten much more powerful in this release with its new persistence system (I see there’s already a thread about it on the forum, planning o…

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## [My personal transition announcement](https://community.spritely.institute/t/my-personal-transition-announcement/478)

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**Author:** [@frandallfarmer](https://community.spritely.institute/u/frandallfarmer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/my-personal-transition-announcement/478 "2024-04-25T18:33:37Z")

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Dear Colleagues and Friends, Today I’m announcing that I’ll be transitioning out of my role as Executive Director of the Spritely Networked Communities Institute. It’s been a great experience leading this organization f…

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## [Spritely & OCapN: Wasm roadmap?](https://community.spritely.institute/t/spritely-ocapn-wasm-roadmap/474)

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**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.spritely.institute/u/aschrijver)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/spritely-ocapn-wasm-roadmap/474 "2024-04-19T17:17:16Z")

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WebAssembly support in the browser via Hoot is a great strategic technology decision. I am curious to learn more - bit roadmap-level - about plans wrt wasm for exposing OCapN functionality, not only in the browser, but …

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## [Libp2p/webrtc netlayer](https://community.spritely.institute/t/libp2p-webrtc-netlayer/465)

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**Author:** [@landakram](https://community.spritely.institute/u/landakram)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/libp2p-webrtc-netlayer/465 "2024-04-18T20:21:47Z")

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Hi, I learned about Spritely Goblins some time ago and recently found my way back to the project somewhat randomly when re-reading Andy Wingo’s blog posts about fibers, then learning of Hoot, then a re-introduction to G…

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## [Pass function through Hoot](https://community.spritely.institute/t/pass-function-through-hoot/473)

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**Author:** [@liltechdude](https://community.spritely.institute/u/liltechdude)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/pass-function-through-hoot/473 "2024-04-16T11:18:53Z")

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Hello! I have issue with waiting for result from async procedure with await. Source code: ~akagi/sei-no - sourcehut git All that I want is to create most important effect in playwriting: fade out, changing background …

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## [Funding through Charitable Trusts](https://community.spritely.institute/t/funding-through-charitable-trusts/458)

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**Author:** [@lobster](https://community.spritely.institute/u/lobster)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/funding-through-charitable-trusts/458 "2024-04-12T11:14:42Z")

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Many years ago I was chairman of a charity that had a simple goal. Build a poly tunnel in London on an allotment or other available site for the interested parties. The intention was to for interested stake-holders to gr…

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## [Blog Post: Guile Hoot v0.4.0 released!](https://community.spritely.institute/t/blog-post-guile-hoot-v0-4-0-released/472)

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**Author:** [@frandallfarmer](https://community.spritely.institute/u/frandallfarmer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/blog-post-guile-hoot-v0-4-0-released/472 "2024-04-09T16:23:17Z")

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We are excited to announce the release of Guile Hoot v0.4.0! Hoot is a Scheme to WebAssembly compiler backend for Guile, as well as a general purpose WebAssembly toolchain. In other words, Scheme in the browser! High…

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## [Local persistence added to Hoot to-do list example thanks to Arthur A. Gleckler](https://community.spritely.institute/t/local-persistence-added-to-hoot-to-do-list-example-thanks-to-arthur-a-gleckler/461)

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**Author:** [@dthompson](https://community.spritely.institute/u/dthompson)\
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**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/local-persistence-added-to-hoot-to-do-list-example-thanks-to-arthur-a-gleckler/461 "2024-04-01T16:20:52Z")

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Hi all, just wanted to quickly highlight a cool community contribution to the Guile Hoot effort. Thanks to Arthur A. Gleckler (SRFI editor, studied under SICP authors Abelson and Sussman at MIT, was a TA for the SICP cou…

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## [Metacircular Scheme Status](https://community.spritely.institute/t/metacircular-scheme-status/456)

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**Author:** [@liltechdude](https://community.spritely.institute/u/liltechdude)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/metacircular-scheme-status/456 "2024-03-29T17:32:05Z")

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In the end of article Scheme in Scheme on Wasm in the browser you mentioned that this project will grow to full featured R7RS Scheme. What status of this project at now and how can I help?

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## [Two petnames papers are released!](https://community.spritely.institute/t/two-petnames-papers-are-released/170)

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**Author:** [@frandallfarmer](https://community.spritely.institute/u/frandallfarmer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/two-petnames-papers-are-released/170 "2022-11-08T16:23:11Z")

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Unique decentralized identifiers present significant human interface challenges. We begin to address these with two research papers exploring petnames, self-proclaimed names, and edge names. We’d like to thank NLnet for…

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## [Creating a Decentralized Community Pattern Language](https://community.spritely.institute/t/creating-a-decentralized-community-pattern-language/236)

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**Author:** [@frandallfarmer](https://community.spritely.institute/u/frandallfarmer)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/creating-a-decentralized-community-pattern-language/236 "2024-03-25T18:57:57Z")

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Imagine a world were revocable capabilities and verifiable claims underpin decentralized identities. With that in place, how do we decide how to create relationships and communities with all the attendant challenges of …

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## [Blog post: Guile Hoot v0.3.0 released!](https://community.spritely.institute/t/blog-post-guile-hoot-v0-3-0-released/410)

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**Author:** [@frandallfarmer](https://community.spritely.institute/u/frandallfarmer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/blog-post-guile-hoot-v0-3-0-released/410 "2024-03-25T12:00:03Z")

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We are excited to announce the release of Guile Hoot v0.3.0! Hoot is a Scheme to WebAssembly compiler backend for Guile, as well as a general purpose WebAssembly toolchain. In other words, Scheme in the browser! High…

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## [Spritely Publishing milestones](https://community.spritely.institute/t/spritely-publishing-milestones/122)

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**Author:** [@frandallfarmer](https://community.spritely.institute/u/frandallfarmer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/spritely-publishing-milestones/122 "2024-03-22T15:52:09Z")

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http://spritely.institute just got it’s first upgrade from a single web page to four pages and blog entries. Besides announcing the draft whitepaper and the Guile Goblins build, we’re set up to take personal contributio…

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## [NLnet grants for GNU Taler enhancements](https://community.spritely.institute/t/nlnet-grants-for-gnu-taler-enhancements/455)

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**Author:** [@Christoph](https://community.spritely.institute/u/Christoph)\
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**Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/nlnet-grants-for-gnu-taler-enhancements/455 "2024-03-22T11:08:13Z")

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From https://www.taler.net/de/news/2024-03.html: As part of NGI TALER, NLnet Foundation is running an open call and will award grants to third parties working on GNU Taler enhancements globally . The application process…

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## [Iz I the Social Madia?](https://community.spritely.institute/t/iz-i-the-social-madia/453)

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**Author:** [@lobster](https://community.spritely.institute/u/lobster)\
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**Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/iz-i-the-social-madia/453 "2024-03-20T07:06:16Z")

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Well I have just joined as I am not a crustacean but a a wer-lobster. Thank you for lending me your ears, which I promise to pickle for later … I am here to remind everyone of who makes up the WWW (Whirled Widening Wea…

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## [Running WebGPU on Guix and ThinkPad T480](https://community.spritely.institute/t/running-webgpu-on-guix-and-thinkpad-t480/448)

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**Author:** [@liltechdude](https://community.spritely.institute/u/liltechdude)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/running-webgpu-on-guix-and-thinkpad-t480/448 "2024-03-11T15:58:16Z")

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May be you know how to set up webgpu on Guix/ThinPad T480? Or at least how to debbug this issue. I have tried sway, gnome, firefox nightly and chrome-unstable (with flags) from nonguix repo, but nothing helps me. Chro…

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## [Issues with loading Hoot in the REPL](https://community.spritely.institute/t/issues-with-loading-hoot-in-the-repl/446)

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**Author:** [@davd33](https://community.spritely.institute/u/davd33)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/issues-with-loading-hoot-in-the-repl/446 "2024-03-08T15:47:12Z")

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hello! I’m not sure this is an issue on my end or of guile hoot 0.3.0, but going to the Info manual, and trying the first examples in a Geiser REPL (guile 3.0.9), I’m left with the following error and the REPL closing: g…

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## [Job Opening: Goblins (Scheme/WASM) Integration Engineer (Contract, 20hr/week)](https://community.spritely.institute/t/job-opening-goblins-scheme-wasm-integration-engineer-contract-20hr-week/437)

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**Author:** [@frandallfarmer](https://community.spritely.institute/u/frandallfarmer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/job-opening-goblins-scheme-wasm-integration-engineer-contract-20hr-week/437 "2024-02-26T19:28:57Z")

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Scheme/WASM Integration Engineer This position is a 100% remote half-time contract spanning six months of work and available immediately. Position reports to CTO, Christine Lemmer-Webber with core hours overlapping with…

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## [A question about (wasm link)](https://community.spritely.institute/t/a-question-about-wasm-link/431)

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**Author:** [@zardoz](https://community.spritely.institute/u/zardoz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/a-question-about-wasm-link/431 "2024-02-20T15:37:23Z")

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Hello, I am currently writing a script for templating WAT code using hoot and ~a week before that was wondering how to link wasm files together. The main examples for WTF8 in guile-ffi-hoot-demo seem to rely on the refl…

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## [Meadowcap: Capability system for controlling access to Willow data](https://community.spritely.institute/t/meadowcap-capability-system-for-controlling-access-to-willow-data/411)

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**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.spritely.institute/u/aschrijver)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/meadowcap-capability-system-for-controlling-access-to-willow-data/411 "2024-02-19T13:18:52Z")

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I saw mention of Willow above, referring to the sync protocol. Creating this topic to make mention of Meadowcap, Willow’s implementation of object capabilities. @andr See also description of Willow at Malleable Syste…

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## [Sprinkling Spritely towards Erlang and Elixir community](https://community.spritely.institute/t/sprinkling-spritely-towards-erlang-and-elixir-community/192)

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**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.spritely.institute/u/aschrijver)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://community.spritely.institute/t/sprinkling-spritely-towards-erlang-and-elixir-community/192 "2022-12-08T08:57:04Z")

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The other day I mentioned my favor for an Elixir reference impl. The community is growing and very active, and the language seems well-suited. But tbh there isn’t much prior work in the field of Ocaps. So I decided to ra…

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