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December 2024·12 min read
Designing the Network Protocol
From Complexity to Clarity
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Design decisions, lessons learned, and the thinking behind the framework.
From Complexity to Clarity
The Story Behind ConnectOnion's Authentication Keyword
Functions Need Verbs
The Power of User Mental Models
Why Hex-Encoded Public Keys
The Power of Precise Naming
Simplicity First, Power When Needed
Writing in public
How we built the eval system — session replay without adding a line of user code
The trust model — why agent-to-agent auth is harder than you think
Plugin architecture internals — hooks, lifecycle, and the 9 event types
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