Anyway let me take a break from complaining about complexity. I dug into the Willow protocol a bit after seeing the terrific video from @gwil@post.lurk.org: https://worm-blossom.org/#y2026w6

The protocol seems... pretty simple for what it does? This is not a complaint! Maybe I'm overestimating my understanding but the data model feels straightforward and the things you can do with it are powerful.

There IS great stuff going on in software these days but you have to know where to look.