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Protocolz of the future

David (drbh) Holtz
3 min readOct 17, 2018

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Just to clarify these are all information protocols

Who doesn’t love protocols! I’m sure you do. You're using at least 2 right now- just to get this text on your screen.

Hmm very clever you printed this article out… well too bad! You actually used 3 protocols to get this text on the page.

Stop saying protocol, I don’t know what it means!

A protocol is simply an agreed upon / standardized way to do a specific thing.

Or a more standard definition below

Thanks Google.

Your favorite protocol

You might not be aware of this daily, but you are dependent on certain protocols.

  • Your trust SSL with your identity and money.
  • You trust IP to reliable send data/photos/videos.
  • You rely on HTTP & CSS for attractive websites.
  • You need SIP to make those crystal clear iMessage calls.
  • And for all those Android users still, on SMS you rely on this to communicate.

I could name protocols all day and how they impact your life. Any system that has any form of automation likely is based around a protocol some group of intelligent individuals worked very…

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David (drbh) Holtz
David (drbh) Holtz

Written by David (drbh) Holtz

Prompt/Software Engineer | 🦺 always building 🪛

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