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Nov 7, 2020 at 23:49
Design differences for small websites designed for specific, geographically focused communities: https://web.archive.org/web/20040411202042/http://www.shirky.com/writings/situated_software.html (article is from 2004, a basic server is even cheaper now!)
Shirky: Situated Software
Clay Shirky

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