# Uqbar Weekly Rollup (202303

By [Uqbar Network](https://paragraph.com/@uqbar-network) · 2023-03-13

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_Aloha, welcome to Uqbar’s weekly rollup. Every Monday we’ll provide you with exciting updates on everything Uqbar: dev reports, media mentions, and general happenings around the Urbit ecosystem._

Media and News
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[The Network Age is back](https://rss.com/podcasts/thenetworkage/858056/)! On this extra special episode, the boys are joined by Uqbar developer, Urbit explorer, and Network Age frontiersman ~dachus-tiprel to discuss the joys of peer-to-peer programming with a Web 1 aesthetic. We also touch on a few of ~dachus' recent projects, including %blog, a p2p publishing platform you can host from your own server, and %pyro, a testing script that has transformed into one of Urbit's most promising methods for low-cost hosting. All this plus "exiting", the instantiation of an IRL Party DAO, and whether programmers are more like artists or plumbers. Don't miss it.

Urbit at Large
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[Assembly Capital introduced Wigwam](https://twitter.com/AssemblyCap/status/1635052544111308800), an attempt to reimagine “how one joins the Urbit network and the value that the Urbit OS provides”. Since any software that implements Ames and has a valid signing key is an Urbit ship from the network perspective, Wigwam can potentially open up Urbit to running microcontrollers, “languages beyond Hoon, or zero-config onboarding to Urbit from mobile.” Check out this [video from ~hosryc-matbel](https://twitter.com/hmatbel/status/1633610132289380352) of the first ever Ames packet sent from an iOS device to the Urbit network in Swift.

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[Native Planet now supports Groundseg on ARM64](https://www.nativeplanet.io/software), so you have additional ways to get on the network. If you have a Raspberry Pi with at least 6GB of RAM lying around, now’s your moment.

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How about [real-time collaborative note-taking with minimal JS](https://twitter.com/HoliumCorp/status/1634251157089443841) (via Holium)?

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Were you at the Volcano Summit? The [running commentary by Sigilante](https://twitter.com/sigilante/status/1633150120970579971) is required reading.

![Image shamelessly stolen from @thecombinedao](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/d17e367315875ec57d5ab2801ae3b9705046c0939f9a2bf8bf2465f23b2f4feb.png)

Image shamelessly stolen from @thecombinedao

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It’s not new, but we haven’t previously mentioned the Portal app here. Portal’s a one-stop app for finding groups, games, podcasts, and Urbit tweeters. Install at ~worpet-bildet/portal.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e7481adfda27f34c7816a8eb4ac247534cbd1a542c8ac67ad786d2d3166792cb.png)

Recommended Reading & Listening
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Check out this [writeup about trust and reputation](https://twitter.com/_dalten/status/1634237266909593600) on Urbit by ~sogrum-savluc.

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We’ll just point to [all of fearless leader Basile Sportif’s timeline](https://twitter.com/basileSportif) about the ongoing banking crisis.

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Fin
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That’s it for this week. Be sure to follow everyone and everything listed in this week’s rollup.

Also, drop by our Twitter to learn when [Uqbar’s Office Hours](https://twitter.com/uqbarnetwork) will be. And remember that Urbit’s On-nomi (Happy Hour) every Thursday at 1830 Eastern at the [Urbit Hacker House on Gather Town](https://app.gather.town/app/xAYeiPI2XDYhRM9t/urbit-hacker-house).

If you’re on Urbit, join our group at:

~hocwyn-tipwex/uqbar-event-horizon-forever

If you’re NOT on Urbit, amend your living. We can help you with that: find us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/eCqJ8Rf87H) (preferred) or [Telegram](https://t.me/uqbarnetwork).

Until next time!

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*Originally published on [Uqbar Network](https://paragraph.com/@uqbar-network/uqbar-weekly-rollup-202303)*