Urbit OS is a completely new, open-source, carefully architected software stack: a VM, programming language, and kernel designed to run software for an individual. It is computing with a human face, a world designed from the ground up to allow for the natural formation of communities that might as well be curated. Perhaps you have heard of it? Urbit OS is a program that runs on almost any cloud server, most laptops and many phones: anything with Unix and an internet connection. The main thing to understand about our ‘overlay OS’, as we call it, is that the foundation is a single, simple function. This function is the Urbit OS virtual machine. We call it ‘Nock’. The entire Urbit OS system compiles down to Nock, and Nock is just 33 lines of code. You can control and understand your entire stack!
ACXers, rationalists in general, and MIT students/alums/faculty interested in the frontier of computing-as-civilization, web3, full stack development, and functional programming are welcome to attend this open-ended and casual meeting. Conversation will cover programming, happenings in the Urbit community, and wider cultural interests.
If necessary, there will be on-boarding assistance to help newcomers join the Urbit network, so feel free to bring a device and/or a friend! The host will have packets that explain the Urbit OS and network in detail. Plus, there will be tacos and chocolate for sale next to our meeting
A social opportunity never to be forgotten
Urbit OS is a completely new, open-source, carefully architected software stack: a VM, programming language, and kernel designed to run software for an individual. It is computing with a human face, a world designed from the ground up to allow for the natural formation of communities that might as well be curated. Perhaps you have heard of it? Urbit OS is a program that runs on almost any cloud server, most laptops and many phones: anything with Unix and an internet connection. The main thing to understand about our ‘overlay OS’, as we call it, is that the foundation is a single, simple function. This function is the Urbit OS virtual machine. We call it ‘Nock’. The entire Urbit OS system compiles down to Nock, and Nock is just 33 lines of code. You can control and understand your entire stack!
ACXers, rationalists in general, and MIT students/alums/faculty interested in the frontier of computing-as-civilization, web3, full stack development, and functional programming are welcome to attend this open-ended and casual meeting. Conversation will cover programming, happenings in the Urbit community, and wider cultural interests.
If necessary, there will be on-boarding assistance to help newcomers join the Urbit network, so feel free to bring a device and/or a friend! The host will have packets that explain the Urbit OS and network in detail. Plus, there will be tacos and chocolate for sale next to our meeting
Learn more about Urbit: https://urbit.org
Urbit blog: https://urbit.org/blog
Obtain an Urbit ID: https://urbit.org/get-started
Github: https://github.com/urbit
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