A new model of concurrency

The Syndicated Actor model is a new model of concurrency, closely related to the actor, tuplespace, and publish/subscribe models.

It helps build programs and systems that are reactive, robust to change, and graceful in the face of partial failure.

Journal entries

07 Aug, 2024Getting udev to describe your system as assertions
20 Jan, 2024Configuring syndicate-server gatekeepers
20 Jan, 2024Using Noise Protocol tunnels in Syndicate systems
11 Jan, 2024Multiaddr
20 Dec, 2023In-browser JavaScript+Syndicate, round two
01 Dec, 2023In-browser compiler for JavaScript+Syndicate to plain JavaScript
24 Nov, 2023syndicate-pty-driver: Interactive subprocesses over Syndicate
29 Apr, 2023TypeScript IDE Syndicate plugin: good news and bad news
27 Mar, 2023Questions from IRC
29 Oct, 2022Synit and SqueakPhone demo video

all journal entries…

About Syndicated Actors

Syndicated actor model: like actors, but with integrated state replication. Securable: access control via (analogues of) object capabilities.
Dataspaces: are the networks connecting syndicated actors to each other and scoping their interactions.
Conversational concurrency: not just RPC! Actors engage in ongoing conversations, working together to achieve common goals.
Syndicate DSL: new interaction patterns deserve new syntax that captures their essence.

Multiple Language Support

Implementations exist for many languages: TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, Smalltalk, Rust, Racket, Python, and more.

System layer dataspaces

Could dataspaces be a suitable system layer foundation, perhaps replacing software like systemd and D-Bus?

The NLnet Foundation is generously sponsoring a project investigating this question as part of the NGI Zero PET programme.