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Data composability: what it is + why it matters
Composable apps are far more likely to be complementary - delivering new services and interfaces to fill an unfilled niche— and far less likely to try to outcompete incumbents on a brand new (heavy, expensive) proprietary stack.
Danny Zuckerman • Data composability: what it is + why it matters
If Medium were built on open data, Substack wouldn't have to build an editor, interface, and CMS from scratch. They'd build a subscription module that operates on top of the Medium editor and content. You could continue writing in Medium (or elsewhere) and publishing there while using Substack's subscription feature to build an audience and deliver... See more
Danny Zuckerman • Data composability: what it is + why it matters
Censorship is the removal of things already created and triggers massive uproar. But the hidden and the much larger impact of siloed control is the gatekeeping on innovation: the suppression of things that could never be created in the first place.
Danny Zuckerman • Data composability: what it is + why it matters
The need for "10x" improvements on products falls away because there's so little switching cost between applications - the underlying data stays the same. Every experience can be constantly improving, with iterations coming from anyone rather than only the original creator or company. The web becomes more composable, with more builders.
Danny Zuckerman • Data composability: what it is + why it matters
One core piece of the Web3 vision is "composable data" - the idea that the information that powers our online experiences can be shared, used, and 'composed on' by applications across the web. This is in contrast to today's model, where data are primarily trapped in application-specific siloes.
Danny Zuckerman • Data composability: what it is + why it matters
Applications no longer need to build an entire stack and compete for the best underlying data. Instead, anyone with an idea for improving the features, services, or interfaces of a use case can plug into the existing ecosystem and its data and start offering their improvement. Builders can build faster, users get more choice, and the Web as a whole... See more
Danny Zuckerman • Data composability: what it is + why it matters
If Medium were built on open data, Substack wouldn't have to build an editor, interface, and CMS from scratch. They'd build a subscription module that operates on top of the Medium editor and content.
Danny Zuckerman • Data composability: what it is + why it matters
Applications are basically interfaces + some business logic + databases. That's true of the vast majority of products online. The interface is what you see and interact with. The business logic defines and delivers the core functionality. Databases store the information presented, the events that occur, and the record of everything that has happene... See more
Danny Zuckerman • Data composability: what it is + why it matters
This enables 'permissionless innovation' - anyone can build any new service (logic) or any new interface (app) on the same data layer.
Danny Zuckerman • Data composability: what it is + why it matters
When database functionality is not siloed but open, this all changes. Any app can build on the same data. No app is a gatekeeper to it. And not every app needs to build an entire siloed stack.