In a world of AI coding it seems like we can create or copy almost anything. So after some denial I’m thinking let’s embrace that and bring back “view source”.

qip lets you write tiny WebAssembly modules in Zig or C and compose them together. The modules have a simple input -> output interface and cannot access anything else, no file system, no network, no env vars, not even the time. You chain modules together so the output of one becomes the input of another e.g. there’s a CommonMark module that converts to markdown-to-html. There’s a file-based router that lets you serve a website with these same modules.

I want these modules to be open and shared, so you can decide to have a `/view-source` page that lists all the wasm modules and all the source content (markdown, images, etc) and source code (zig, c). So you can choose to fork the ingredients of the qip website if you like: https://qip.dev/view-source

I chose wasm because it’s fast, runs anywhere (browser/server/native), and has a strong yet lightweight sandbox. I’m working on collaborative web hosting that I hope will bring back web 1.0 vibes.

https://github.com/royalicing/qip