I just noticed that website after many years still does not clearly communicate what Solid is, other than "something something advancing the web".

Luckily inventor of web and key driver of the technology effort, TBL, is quoted saying it has something to do with control of own data. Somewhere we lost "that human-first approach" that was so prevalent in the early days. And now we must go back to the roots again.

TBL even staked the whole company Inrupt he co-founded on it. Inrupt offers a *checks notes* ..

> That Actually Knows Your Customers

> knows a little about a lot of your customers' lives. The AI you build will know everything that really matters to your customer relationships.

Ah, I see now. We must go back to our roots. Well before the . Nom nom nom ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ• what a clear vision.

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