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[jj](https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj),\n[Crabbox](https://crabbox.sh), [Depot](https://depot.dev), and\n[Blacksmith](https://www.blacksmith.sh) are all making the same promise — *zero\ndistance between changing your code and knowing if it works, on compute that\nisn't yours and isn't precious.* The edit-save-run loop is unbundling into\nnetworked parts, and **the diff is becoming the thing that moves.**\n\n🔗 **Read it:** [zozo123.github.io/loop-coming-apart](https://zozo123.github.io/loop-coming-apart/)\n\n## The argument in one table\n\n| Concern    | Used to be                  | Becoming                       | Who's building it              |\n|------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|\n| Edit       | local file                  | local file (still)             | you                            |\n| Version    | freeze the diff first       | the diff is already an object  | jj                             |\n| Transport  | n/a — it's right here       | sync the diff to compute       | Crabbox                        |\n| Compute    | your laptop                 | leased ephemeral runner        | Depot, Blacksmith              |\n| Warmth     | whatever your disk had      | engineered cache strategy      | Depot, Blacksmith, field guide |\n| Isolation  | none — same OS              | a fresh sandbox per run        | islo.dev, Testbox, E2B         |\n\n## The tell\n\nTwo companies — Depot and Blacksmith — independently *reverse-engineered the\nGitHub Actions cache protocol* and each wrote a blog post about it. When cache\nrestore is the long pole of every fresh-runner build, **warmth becomes the\nproduct.** That's the [field guide's](https://github.com/zozo123/gha-cache-field-guide)\nwhole point: CI caching is not one cache.\n\n## Build\n\nNo build step. A single self-contained `index.html` published via GitHub Pages.\nProse source lives in [`POST.md`](./POST.md).\n\n```bash\npython3 -m http.server 8000   # then open http://localhost:8000\n```\n\n## License\n\nMIT — words and code.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fzozo123%2Floop-coming-apart","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fzozo123%2Floop-coming-apart","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fzozo123%2Floop-coming-apart/lists"}