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I've tried to explain the difference between #smolweb and #smallweb in this blog post:
https://adele.pages.casa/md/blog/smolweb_vs_smallweb.md
So, how do you see things?
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@adele Interesting question. Maybe it is more a chicken and egg situation. BOTH are true but what came first?
Did the overcomplication come from the interference and 'grip' of big tech or did big tech get a chance because 'we' overcomplicated things?
I like smolweb for roughly the same reasons as I like Linux: small components, relatively simple (and therefore sometimes genious) components that work together. Gives a sense of simplicity and ownership.
And: works on simple systems.
Although the need for strong encryption really hampers even the smolweb. I can not build/run a Gemini browser on my old 68030 based Atari TT because of the encryption needs....:-(((
@renekint I should write a post about the difference between smolweb and smolnet ^^
smolweb is style http/https (because web), for gemini it is more precise to use smolnet (gemini is a different network protocol).
But I agree, all these concepts are very close (similar). And they often correspond to the same community.
@adele I stand corrected on the smolnet/web semantics!