OrchardNest

Thanks! Platform conventions are there for a reason… but when that reason is built for consumers rather than creators, we end up with devices/apps/OSes increasingly maladapted to the needs of creativity and productivity.

No, just a research prototype for now.

Fair point, but swapping in another algorithm (including something with machine learning) is entirely possible within this model — agree?

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