Ink & Switch
@inkandswitch.com
An independent research lab exploring the future of tools for thought.
We envision a new computer that amplifies human intelligence. A system that helps you think more clearly, collaborate more effectively, and is available anywhere and anytime.
We envision a new computer that amplifies human intelligence. A system that helps you think more clearly, collaborate more effectively, and is available anywhere and anytime.
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Ink & Switch
@inkandswitch.com
· Jun 10
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
The original promise of personal computing was a new kind of clay. Instead, we got appliances: built far away, sealed, unchangeable. In this essay, we envision malleable software: tools that users can...
www.inkandswitch.com
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
www.inkandswitch.com/essay/mallea...
www.inkandswitch.com/essay/mallea...
We’re hosting @syncconf.bsky.social Community Day and have an open space to drop in, hack, do demos, and connect with others working on sync and related systems.
Feel free to drop in during the day, we’ll do a few group discussions in the afternoon.
luma.com/l28n75qt
Feel free to drop in during the day, we’ll do a few group discussions in the afternoon.
luma.com/l28n75qt
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We’re hosting @syncconf.bsky.social Community Day and have an open space to drop in, hack, do demos, and connect with others working on sync and related systems.
Feel free to drop in during the day, we’ll do a few group discussions in the afternoon.
luma.com/l28n75qt
Feel free to drop in during the day, we’ll do a few group discussions in the afternoon.
luma.com/l28n75qt
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Myself and @seaofclouds.com will be packing new @inkandswitch.com and @automerge.org stickers at @syncconf.bsky.social tomorrow
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Myself and @seaofclouds.com will be packing new @inkandswitch.com and @automerge.org stickers at @syncconf.bsky.social tomorrow
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
And one more final lightning talk. @gregdetre.bsky.social is going to share his living articles prototype.
Thanks for joining us Greg!
P.S. yes, the event is pretty much full up.
Thanks for joining us Greg!
P.S. yes, the event is pretty much full up.
We've got two lightning talks confirmed for next weeks London event: Building new tools for Science
* Agnes Cameron will tell us about Malleable Knitting Software
* Adewale Oshineye will share GeistFabrik, a Python-based divergence engine for Obsidian vaults.
~10 spots left if you want to join
* Agnes Cameron will tell us about Malleable Knitting Software
* Adewale Oshineye will share GeistFabrik, a Python-based divergence engine for Obsidian vaults.
~10 spots left if you want to join
Ink & Switch London: Building new tools for Science · Luma
Ink & Switch's mission is to help computers become better tools for thought. We believe that the promise of computers as "intelligence amplifiers" or "bicycles…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
And one more final lightning talk. @gregdetre.bsky.social is going to share his living articles prototype.
Thanks for joining us Greg!
P.S. yes, the event is pretty much full up.
Thanks for joining us Greg!
P.S. yes, the event is pretty much full up.
We've got two lightning talks confirmed for next weeks London event: Building new tools for Science
* Agnes Cameron will tell us about Malleable Knitting Software
* Adewale Oshineye will share GeistFabrik, a Python-based divergence engine for Obsidian vaults.
~10 spots left if you want to join
* Agnes Cameron will tell us about Malleable Knitting Software
* Adewale Oshineye will share GeistFabrik, a Python-based divergence engine for Obsidian vaults.
~10 spots left if you want to join
Ink & Switch London: Building new tools for Science · Luma
Ink & Switch's mission is to help computers become better tools for thought. We believe that the promise of computers as "intelligence amplifiers" or "bicycles…
luma.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We've got two lightning talks confirmed for next weeks London event: Building new tools for Science
* Agnes Cameron will tell us about Malleable Knitting Software
* Adewale Oshineye will share GeistFabrik, a Python-based divergence engine for Obsidian vaults.
~10 spots left if you want to join
* Agnes Cameron will tell us about Malleable Knitting Software
* Adewale Oshineye will share GeistFabrik, a Python-based divergence engine for Obsidian vaults.
~10 spots left if you want to join
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🎟️Tickets!
Normal bird nearly sold out, get them now before they're gone: sync-conf-2025.eventbrite.com
Normal bird nearly sold out, get them now before they're gone: sync-conf-2025.eventbrite.com
Sync Conf 2025
Sync Conf is a boutique conference on the future of real-time, collaborative, agentic software development. Happening Nov 12, 2025 in SF.
sync-conf-2025.eventbrite.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
🎟️Tickets!
Normal bird nearly sold out, get them now before they're gone: sync-conf-2025.eventbrite.com
Normal bird nearly sold out, get them now before they're gone: sync-conf-2025.eventbrite.com
See you in London, Nov 11th.
Room for a couple of lightning talks if you have something to share.
Room for a couple of lightning talks if you have something to share.
Ink & Switch is hosting another Social in London on Nov. 11th at the Alan Turing Institute. I'll share some early scientific work in Patchwork, & Marcel will give a peek at the Playbook programmable ink system. Also, lightning talks about "surprises in software".
RSVP here: luma.com/71g0lhgo
RSVP here: luma.com/71g0lhgo
Ink & Switch London: Building new tools for Science · Luma
Ink & Switch's mission is to help computers become better tools for thought. We believe that the promise of computers as "intelligence amplifiers" or "bicycles…
luma.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
See you in London, Nov 11th.
Room for a couple of lightning talks if you have something to share.
Room for a couple of lightning talks if you have something to share.
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Pre-conf and post-conf 🛰️ events!
Meetup the evening before (Nov 11) by
@expo.dev & Instant - luma.com/9ufhvv38
Community day after (Nov 13) organised by
@inkandswitch.com - luma.com/l28n75qt
Both already waitlist / invite only but there's priority slots for @syncconf.bsky.social attendees.
Meetup the evening before (Nov 11) by
@expo.dev & Instant - luma.com/9ufhvv38
Community day after (Nov 13) organised by
@inkandswitch.com - luma.com/l28n75qt
Both already waitlist / invite only but there's priority slots for @syncconf.bsky.social attendees.
Local-first mobile app meetup with Expo and InstantDB · Luma
Before SyncConf kicks off on November 12th, join a lot of the speakers and attendees at 752 Harrison for demos, drinks, and food hosted by Expo.dev and…
luma.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Pre-conf and post-conf 🛰️ events!
Meetup the evening before (Nov 11) by
@expo.dev & Instant - luma.com/9ufhvv38
Community day after (Nov 13) organised by
@inkandswitch.com - luma.com/l28n75qt
Both already waitlist / invite only but there's priority slots for @syncconf.bsky.social attendees.
Meetup the evening before (Nov 11) by
@expo.dev & Instant - luma.com/9ufhvv38
Community day after (Nov 13) organised by
@inkandswitch.com - luma.com/l28n75qt
Both already waitlist / invite only but there's priority slots for @syncconf.bsky.social attendees.
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Thanks to everyone that attended the community call today!
🍿 For those that couldn't make it, here's the recording featuring @patternist.xyz, @nikgraf.bsky.social, @daffl.xyz, @spiralganglion.com, and @seaofclouds.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwOw...
🍿 For those that couldn't make it, here's the recording featuring @patternist.xyz, @nikgraf.bsky.social, @daffl.xyz, @spiralganglion.com, and @seaofclouds.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwOw...
October 2025 Automerge Community Call
YouTube video by Automerge
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Thanks to everyone that attended the community call today!
🍿 For those that couldn't make it, here's the recording featuring @patternist.xyz, @nikgraf.bsky.social, @daffl.xyz, @spiralganglion.com, and @seaofclouds.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwOw...
🍿 For those that couldn't make it, here's the recording featuring @patternist.xyz, @nikgraf.bsky.social, @daffl.xyz, @spiralganglion.com, and @seaofclouds.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwOw...
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We have a shiny new website courtesy of @spiralganglion.com and @seaofclouds.com 🙌
🚀 Check it out: automerge.org
🚀 Check it out: automerge.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We have a shiny new website courtesy of @spiralganglion.com and @seaofclouds.com 🙌
🚀 Check it out: automerge.org
🚀 Check it out: automerge.org
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So excited to share that I'm a Researcher-in-Residence @inkandswitch.com! I'll be hanging out with the amazing people there in my free time - can't wait to share what I've been working on 🥳
October 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
So excited to share that I'm a Researcher-in-Residence @inkandswitch.com! I'll be hanging out with the amazing people there in my free time - can't wait to share what I've been working on 🥳
It's that time again: ✨we’re hiring✨
We're looking for a @godotengine.org IDE Engineer to help us build the next generation of collaboration tools inside the engine itself! More detail here: inkandswitch.com/jobs/godot-ide-engineer
(Remote role 🌍🌎🌏)
We're looking for a @godotengine.org IDE Engineer to help us build the next generation of collaboration tools inside the engine itself! More detail here: inkandswitch.com/jobs/godot-ide-engineer
(Remote role 🌍🌎🌏)
Godot IDE Engineer
Help build native, visual version control for collaborative game development in Godot
inkandswitch.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It's that time again: ✨we’re hiring✨
We're looking for a @godotengine.org IDE Engineer to help us build the next generation of collaboration tools inside the engine itself! More detail here: inkandswitch.com/jobs/godot-ide-engineer
(Remote role 🌍🌎🌏)
We're looking for a @godotengine.org IDE Engineer to help us build the next generation of collaboration tools inside the engine itself! More detail here: inkandswitch.com/jobs/godot-ide-engineer
(Remote role 🌍🌎🌏)
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It's pretty cool that Ink & Switch is contributing to this big ARIA programme now. We get two big things out of it: funding (obviously) but also a community of fascinating creators and problems to connect with. I'm learning all about the UK power grid this week.
www.inkandswitch.com/newsletter/d...
www.inkandswitch.com/newsletter/d...
ARIA Safeguarded AI Programme, new faces, and a splattering of ink lab notes
Peter, our lab director, will announce a major new initiative. You’ll hear about two researchers who have recently joined our staff. Finally, we’ve got a collection of lab notes about Programmable Ink...
www.inkandswitch.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It's pretty cool that Ink & Switch is contributing to this big ARIA programme now. We get two big things out of it: funding (obviously) but also a community of fascinating creators and problems to connect with. I'm learning all about the UK power grid this week.
www.inkandswitch.com/newsletter/d...
www.inkandswitch.com/newsletter/d...
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✨🤝 Thanks to everyone that joined us this week for the Automerge Community Call! If you weren't able to make it, here's the recording, including talks by @patternist.xyz and @matheus23.com
🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhV4...
📆 Call calendar: lu.ma/automerge
🍂 Next call is September 24!
🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhV4...
📆 Call calendar: lu.ma/automerge
🍂 Next call is September 24!
August 2025 Automerge Community Call
YouTube video by Automerge
www.youtube.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
✨🤝 Thanks to everyone that joined us this week for the Automerge Community Call! If you weren't able to make it, here's the recording, including talks by @patternist.xyz and @matheus23.com
🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhV4...
📆 Call calendar: lu.ma/automerge
🍂 Next call is September 24!
🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhV4...
📆 Call calendar: lu.ma/automerge
🍂 Next call is September 24!
On August 27th, @expede.wtf is talking local first at the next @getdweb.net meetup, The State of the DWeb: P2P, Local-First & Where to go from here
Register to join the virtual presentation
www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetu...
Register to join the virtual presentation
www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetu...
DWeb Meetup—The State of the DWeb: P2P, Local-First & Where to go from here
Join us for a virtual meetup on the state of the decentralized web, through a specific lens of local-first and P2P approaches.
www.eventbrite.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
On August 27th, @expede.wtf is talking local first at the next @getdweb.net meetup, The State of the DWeb: P2P, Local-First & Where to go from here
Register to join the virtual presentation
www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetu...
Register to join the virtual presentation
www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetu...
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Notion's new offline support is based on our rich text CRDT research x.com/ivanhzhao/st...
Ivan Zhao on X: "For those of local first nerds and @inkandswitch fans: This is the paper co-authored by @sliminality @geoffreylitt @pvh Martin Kleppmann https://t.co/FMhf4olmg4 Thank you for laying the technical foundation for block-based, rich text CRDT for the world." / X
For those of local first nerds and @inkandswitch fans: This is the paper co-authored by @sliminality @geoffreylitt @pvh Martin Kleppmann https://t.co/FMhf4olmg4 Thank you for laying the technical foundation for block-based, rich text CRDT for the world.
x.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Notion's new offline support is based on our rich text CRDT research x.com/ivanhzhao/st...
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I bought my ticket already and will be there!
Figuring out which of my colleagues at @inkandswitch.com might join us, and maybe a little community hacking alongside.
Figuring out which of my colleagues at @inkandswitch.com might join us, and maybe a little community hacking alongside.
August 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I bought my ticket already and will be there!
Figuring out which of my colleagues at @inkandswitch.com might join us, and maybe a little community hacking alongside.
Figuring out which of my colleagues at @inkandswitch.com might join us, and maybe a little community hacking alongside.
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The ✨very first✨ of the monthly Automerge Community Call series is happening THIS WEDNESDAY at 9am PT!
Talks 🎤😲
∙ @patternist.xyz: Insights about Automerge 3 internals
∙ @matheus23.com: P2P Automerge Repo with @iroh.computer
Come hang out, learn, and ask questions!
👉 Sign up at lu.ma/zv6tpuu4
Talks 🎤😲
∙ @patternist.xyz: Insights about Automerge 3 internals
∙ @matheus23.com: P2P Automerge Repo with @iroh.computer
Come hang out, learn, and ask questions!
👉 Sign up at lu.ma/zv6tpuu4
Automerge Community Call · Luma
☀️ Automerge Community Call Kickoff! 🌿🍉
Celebrate the season and kick off something new with our new Automerge Community Call! We’re gathering for a relaxed,…
lu.ma
August 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The ✨very first✨ of the monthly Automerge Community Call series is happening THIS WEDNESDAY at 9am PT!
Talks 🎤😲
∙ @patternist.xyz: Insights about Automerge 3 internals
∙ @matheus23.com: P2P Automerge Repo with @iroh.computer
Come hang out, learn, and ask questions!
👉 Sign up at lu.ma/zv6tpuu4
Talks 🎤😲
∙ @patternist.xyz: Insights about Automerge 3 internals
∙ @matheus23.com: P2P Automerge Repo with @iroh.computer
Come hang out, learn, and ask questions!
👉 Sign up at lu.ma/zv6tpuu4
The Ink & Switch team is coming through London and we're having a social to share some recent news and research from the lab, and catch up with people in London interested in local first, malleable software, and other similar areas of making better computing.
Aug 16th, 6pm in London
Aug 16th, 6pm in London
Ink & Switch London Social · Luma
The Ink & Switch team is coming through London and we're having a social to share some recent news and research from the lab, and catch up with people in…
lu.ma
August 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The Ink & Switch team is coming through London and we're having a social to share some recent news and research from the lab, and catch up with people in London interested in local first, malleable software, and other similar areas of making better computing.
Aug 16th, 6pm in London
Aug 16th, 6pm in London
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Want to hear about the latest in Automerge? Come join the Community Call Kickoff on August 20 (and sign up for the calendar while you're at it!) lu.ma/zv6tpuu4
Automerge Community Call · Luma
☀️ Automerge Community Call Kickoff! 🌿🍉
Celebrate the season and kick off something new with our new Automerge Community Call! We’re gathering for a relaxed,…
lu.ma
July 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Want to hear about the latest in Automerge? Come join the Community Call Kickoff on August 20 (and sign up for the calendar while you're at it!) lu.ma/zv6tpuu4
Do you write TypeScript? Enjoy Automerge? Love building both tools and community? You might be a great fit for our ✨new✨ Automerge TypeScript Maintainer role!
www.inkandswitch.com/jobs/automer...
(Remote role, 🇬🇧 UK-based preferred but not required)
www.inkandswitch.com/jobs/automer...
(Remote role, 🇬🇧 UK-based preferred but not required)
Automerge TypeScript Maintainer
Industrial research lab working on digital tools for creativity and productivity
www.inkandswitch.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Do you write TypeScript? Enjoy Automerge? Love building both tools and community? You might be a great fit for our ✨new✨ Automerge TypeScript Maintainer role!
www.inkandswitch.com/jobs/automer...
(Remote role, 🇬🇧 UK-based preferred but not required)
www.inkandswitch.com/jobs/automer...
(Remote role, 🇬🇧 UK-based preferred but not required)
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
www.inkandswitch.com/essay/mallea...
www.inkandswitch.com/essay/mallea...
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
The original promise of personal computing was a new kind of clay. Instead, we got appliances: built far away, sealed, unchangeable. In this essay, we envision malleable software: tools that users can...
www.inkandswitch.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
www.inkandswitch.com/essay/mallea...
www.inkandswitch.com/essay/mallea...
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What if a spreadsheet cell could hold multiple values at the same time?
That's the idea behind Ambsheets, a project I've been working on w/ @geoffreylitt.com at @inkandswitch.com. It's a new spreadsheet that makes it easier for you to explore many possibilities simultaneously.
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That's the idea behind Ambsheets, a project I've been working on w/ @geoffreylitt.com at @inkandswitch.com. It's a new spreadsheet that makes it easier for you to explore many possibilities simultaneously.
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February 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
What if a spreadsheet cell could hold multiple values at the same time?
That's the idea behind Ambsheets, a project I've been working on w/ @geoffreylitt.com at @inkandswitch.com. It's a new spreadsheet that makes it easier for you to explore many possibilities simultaneously.
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That's the idea behind Ambsheets, a project I've been working on w/ @geoffreylitt.com at @inkandswitch.com. It's a new spreadsheet that makes it easier for you to explore many possibilities simultaneously.
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Added @alexwarth.bsky.social to the Ink & Switch starter pack: bsky.app/starter-pack...
January 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Added @alexwarth.bsky.social to the Ink & Switch starter pack: bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Sketchpad: a truss bridge made out of fixed length constraints. (Note that instantiation followed by dismembering gives you the equivalent of a "paste" in more modern systems.)
January 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Sketchpad: a truss bridge made out of fixed length constraints. (Note that instantiation followed by dismembering gives you the equivalent of a "paste" in more modern systems.)
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Sketchpad: an interactive model of vanishing points made out of point-on-line and horizontal/vertical constraints!
January 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Sketchpad: an interactive model of vanishing points made out of point-on-line and horizontal/vertical constraints!