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1. the reconvening · ink-switch-eras · 2015–2017 (approximate)

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     "summary": "the three heroku co-founders reconvene to study industrial research labs — parc, bell labs, menlo park — and the lab takes shape: an llc, a github org, a website, and the first version of automerge.",
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2. the manifesto years · ink-switch-eras · 2018–2019 (approximate)

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     "summary": "the early lab publishes its program in public — pixelpusher, slow software, capstone, end-user programming — then the two essays that defined it: local-first software and muse.",
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3. the prototype years · ink-switch-eras · 2020–2023 (approximate)

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     "summary": "pushpin, cambria, backchannel, peritext, crosscut, potluck, inkbase, untangle, upwelling — a run of research prototypes, automerge's production rewrite, and the muse restructuring that was never the lab's.",
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4. the track era · ink-switch-eras · 2023–2025 (approximate)

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     "summary": "the lab formalizes: the dispatch, three named research tracks, patchwork and keyhive notebooks, the first local-first conf, a public supporters page, and the malleable software essay.",
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5. the tenth year · ink-switch-eras · 2025– (approximate)

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     "summary": "the tenth year — the aria safeguarded ai programme, gaios, a wave of new researchers, backstitch at godotcon, tenfold itself, and a lab day at local-first conf 2026.",
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6. the heroku founders reconvene · ink-switch-timeline · 2015 (year) · reported (original editorial confidence)

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7. the github org appears · ink-switch-timeline · 2015-08-19 (day) · reported (original editorial confidence)

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8. the json crdt paper · ink-switch-timeline · 2017-04 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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     "detail": "martin kleppmann and alastair beresford publish 'a conflict-free replicated json datatype' in ieee transactions on parallel and distributed systems — the cambridge research automerge is built on. kleppmann is a collaborator and co-author, never an employee.",
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9. inkandswitch.com exists · ink-switch-timeline · 2017-05-27 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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10. automerge created · ink-switch-timeline · 2017 (year) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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11. pixelpusher · ink-switch-timeline · 2018-02-01 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "the pixelpusher essay — real-time peer-to-peer collaboration with react, an early automerge-based prototype written by van hardenberg. the lab's research-in-public pattern starts here.",
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12. mcgranaghan joins as pi · ink-switch-timeline · 2018-02 (month) · reported (original editorial confidence)

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13. 'privately-funded industrial research lab' · ink-switch-timeline · 2018-03-30 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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14. slow software · ink-switch-timeline · 2018-11-01 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "'slow software' — mcgranaghan and wiggins on why software feels slow and what latency does to thought — plus the tablet platform showdown. the latency essay becomes the lab's first big hacker news artifact (438 points).",
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15. capstone: a tablet for thinking · ink-switch-timeline · 2018-12-11 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "capstone — 'a tablet for thinking': mixed-media cards and freeform inking on an infinite canvas. the source later lands on github; the project is discontinued by design, a research artifact rather than a product.",
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16. the end-user programming essay · ink-switch-timeline · 2019-03-01 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "the end-user programming essay reaches 'back forty years' — the memex-to-dynabook canon — to ask why empowering users to shape their own tools has stayed so hard. the question never leaves the lab.",
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17. the local-first essay · ink-switch-timeline · 2019-04-01 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "'local-first software: you own your data, in spite of the cloud' — kleppmann, wiggins, van hardenberg, mcgranaghan. seven ideals (fast, multi-device, offline, collaborative, longevity, privacy, user control); crdts positioned as 'a foundation for a new generation of software.' presented at onward! '19 that october; 137 semantic scholar citations by 2026-09.",
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18. the muse essay · ink-switch-timeline · 2019-04-04 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "'muse: designing a studio for ideas' — mcgranaghan, keskin, wiggins, roggatz. a physical-workspace-inspired ipad tool for thinking; the prototype that becomes the spinout.",
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19. muse spins out · ink-switch-timeline · 2019 (year) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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20. pushpin · ink-switch-timeline · 2020-04-14 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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21. cambria · ink-switch-timeline · 2020-10-06 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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22. pvh becomes lab director · ink-switch-timeline · 2020-10 (month) · reported (original editorial confidence)

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23. backchannel · ink-switch-timeline · 2021-09-01 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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24. goethals joins · ink-switch-timeline · 2021-10 (month) · reported (original editorial confidence)

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25. peritext and the notion partnership · ink-switch-timeline · 2021-11-23 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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26. crosscut · ink-switch-timeline · 2022-03-29 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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27. the berlin unconference · ink-switch-timeline · 2022-06 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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28. potluck · ink-switch-timeline · 2022-10-31 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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29. inkbase: programmable ink · ink-switch-timeline · 2022-11-20 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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30. automerge 2.0 · ink-switch-timeline · 2023-01 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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31. litt joins; untangle · ink-switch-timeline · 2023-01 (month) · reported (original editorial confidence)

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32. upwelling · ink-switch-timeline · 2023-03-08 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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33. muse's 'end of an era' — not the lab's · ink-switch-timeline · 2023-09 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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34. the unconference season · ink-switch-timeline · 2023-10 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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35. dispatch launches; embark · ink-switch-timeline · 2023-11-21 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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36. the patchwork notebook opens · ink-switch-timeline · 2024-02 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "patchwork — 'project 030,' the universal version control track — begins publishing public lab notes (litt, sonnentag, schoening, van hardenberg, and wiggins back on research). alexander obenauer is active as researcher-in-residence; lu wilson joins the program.",
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37. the hollywood model, on record · ink-switch-timeline · 2024-02-10 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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38. the first local-first conf · ink-switch-timeline · 2024-05-30 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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39. keyhive and jacquard · ink-switch-timeline · 2024-08 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "two new notebooks open: keyhive ('project 035' — access control for local-first apps; zelenka, mumm, good) and jacquard (versioning and provenance for empirical science papers). zelenka leads keyhive as her fission cto tenure winds down the following month.",
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40. the la unconference · ink-switch-timeline · 2024-10-26 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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41. the year-end letter · ink-switch-timeline · 2024-12-23 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "dispatch 008, the year-end letter: 'a decade into our research…' — droste's lair (rir elliott evans with josh horowitz) and the first backstitch sneak preview.",
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42. ambsheets · ink-switch-timeline · 2025-02 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "the ambsheets notebook opens — a spreadsheet for exploring scenarios and uncertainty (warth, litt, bryant; later a live 2025 paper).",
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43. repo 2.0, the 3.0 beta, and the supporters page · ink-switch-timeline · 2025-05-23 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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44. the malleable software essay · ink-switch-timeline · 2025-06-05 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "'malleable software: restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps' — litt, horowitz, van hardenberg, matthews. the lab's second flagship essay: 'a software ecosystem where anyone can adapt their tools to their needs with minimal friction.'",
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45. automerge 3.0 · ink-switch-timeline · 2025-07 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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46. the aria programme · ink-switch-timeline · 2025-09-22 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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47. gaios and the staff wave · ink-switch-timeline · 2025-11-27 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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48. backstitch goes public · ink-switch-timeline · 2025-11 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "backstitch — formerly codenamed beckett, the endless os foundation-funded version control and collaboration tool for students learning godot — publishes its first lab note; lilith duncan (ex-unity) joins and the team demos at godotfest munich.",
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49. tenfold — the lab turns ten · ink-switch-timeline · 2026-04-23 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "tenfold and dispatch 016: 'ink & switch turns ten this year.' a tenth-anniversary interactive piece built inside patchwork — letters-as-tools by staff, alums, and friends; story by todd matthews; playground engineered by ivy reese. lab day at local-first conf announced.",
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50. backstitch at godotcon · ink-switch-timeline · 2026-04 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "lilith duncan presents backstitch at godotcon — 'beyond git: real-time version control for godot' — to what dispatch 018 calls a 'euphoric response'; the discord fills and a shipping game is already built with it.",
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51. wiggins returns for a residency · ink-switch-timeline · 2026-05-28 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "dispatch 017: patchwork progress notes; adam wiggins returns to the lab for a research residency — firehose, a personal algorithm for triaging the stream of email and messages; local-first conf 2026 announced for july 12–14 in berlin.",
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52. the 2026 staff wave · ink-switch-timeline · 2026-06-30 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "dispatch 018: mimi reyburn's residency converts to staff; rir derek yen (nyu cryptography) formalizes beekem; leo stewen joins for coln, a local-first proof-checking database for the aria work; livelymerge — dan ingalls and alex warth building 'a smalltalk / lively kernel-like system that rides on top of automerge.'",
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53. lab day at local-first conf 2026 · ink-switch-timeline · 2026-07-12 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "local-first conf 2026 runs july 12–14 at festsaal kreuzberg, berlin, with an ink & switch 'lab day' sharing patchwork, playbook, and automerge. monthly 'this month in automerge' posts continue through at least august.",
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