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  • happyborghappyborg@indieweb.social
    Nov 3, 2026, 5:50 PM

    Louis Pouzin

    How the hell can I have lived and breathed tech since before the invention of the internet and not heard of the man who invented and implemented its key end-to-end networking design, and even invented and coined the term 'shell' for the command interpreter that became ubiquitous on every computer with a human interface?

    How the hell does that happen? I remain an idiot.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Po

    H/t @hipsterelectron 🙏

    #LouisPouzin

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  • d@nny disc@hipsterelectron@circumstances.run
    Nov 7, 2026, 3:23 AM

    @fractalolivia @happyborg pouzin is literally my fucking hero and i am extremely glad to have finally convinced someone to help spread the word about someone i deeply admire. i have so many papers from him and a physical book he wrote, he foresaw so much of what went wrong with the internet that can be directly traced back to the actions that formed the ARPANET by vint cerf and bob kahn

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  • d@nny disc@hipsterelectron@circumstances.run
    Nov 7, 2026, 3:24 AM

    @fractalolivia @happyborg pouzin's synthesis of political factors into network and later software design is truly remarkable to see. this is the kind of analysis that unsettles the monopolists (he frequently called out "monopolists") and it's why his papers are so damn hard to find

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