This is our updated strategy for Vibe Code the Future: an incremental, layered approach to building a federated, Web Component–based social network using the existing Federated Wiki ecosystem as a foundation.
# Vibe Coding the Home Pages Each federated wiki instance begins with its own custom home page, vibe-coded using Web Components. This gives each community a playful, experimental front-end without altering the existing FedWiki back end. It offers a blank canvas for creative expression and user-specific storytelling.
# Vibe Coding Interactive Widgets Using the existing frame plugin, we embed small Web Component–based widgets directly into FedWiki pages. These widgets can communicate with the wiki via simple APIs, enabling dynamic content and interactivity within pages—without needing to modify core FedWiki behavior.
## Vibe Coding Plugins We are launching an experimental track for developing FedWiki plugins as NPM packages. These plugins may include advanced features such as WebAssembly or custom rendering logic. Over time, this track will help standardize a richer, more interoperable ecosystem built around modular, Web Component–based architecture.
# Strengths of This Approach - **Layered Incrementation**: Each stage builds atop the existing FedWiki infrastructure. We begin with vibe-coded front-ends and gradually move toward a robust plugin system, avoiding the need for a full rewrite. - **Community and Ecosystem Growth**: Publishing plugins and widgets as open-source packages invites broad collaboration. This encourages creative forking, remixing, and experimentation across the network.
# Challenges and Considerations - **Maintaining Consistency**: As new home pages, widgets, and plugins proliferate, we’ll need light-touch coordination to ensure they interoperate cleanly and share design sensibilities. - **Future Integration**: Over time, we may unify around a Web Component–native framework. The plugin track prepares us for this longer-term evolution, while letting us iterate freely in the present.
# Summary By focusing on vibe-coding home pages, widgets, and plugins, we create a flexible, incremental path to a federated, visual-first social platform. This approach honors and extends the FedWiki tradition while opening space for aesthetic innovation and community-led evolution.