PeachCloud

the PeachCloud team is working on a hardware device for Scuttlebutt that will facilitate peer-to-peer communication across your social networks.

we aim to bring (cloud) computing back into the home as a friendly and accessible Raspberry Pi-powered device - enabling more local social and economic networks to flourish without a dependence on corporations who profit from being in the middle of your inter-personal conversations, and providing re-usable modular infrastructure to support a future of useful and adaptable home computing in your ever-evolving lifestyle.

principles

• the system is a root system for your social network
• center your home as a data network of social and economic activity
• increase surface area for nutrient acquisition and distribution
• facilitate real-time media-rich interactions
• store your favorite niche content
• transport your data with you as you move locations
• reduce dependence on external networks, external data centers, etc
• the system is a teacher to guide you on your journey
• invite less-technical people to become more technical
• be simple on the surface, powerful under the hood
  • example: more like excel spreadsheets, less like apple interfaces
• embody the underlying system in the interface, expose the internals
• friendly automation
• your personal robot friend, your home computer
• no surprises, any automation should be upfront and clear
• be helpful, but don't try to guess what the user wants
• give the user the power-tools to automate their own desires
• accessible to contributors
• modules are well-documented
• code follows best practices
• focus on being accessible and maintainable, not being clever and complicated
• focus on being boring and just working, not being shiny and perfect
• provide an opinionated foundation to build flexible ecosystem
• living culture builds living tech, not the other way around
• peer production as a deployment strategy

roadmap

in order to release a minimum viable PeachCloud device, we will be working to solve the following problems:

• how to bring the cloud to your home
• how to discover the Peach as a wireless access point and connect it to your home network
• how to setup your Peach to be accessible over the internet using dynamic DNS
• how to handle hot-plugging USB storage devices used to store your data
• how to interface with the Peach as a physical device and as an internet-connected device
• how to build a scalable pattern of Debian-packaged micro-services that each do one thing well
• how to keep time with a real-time clock
• how to connect your social network
• how to invite your friends
• how to monitor data usage, by you and your friends