The vibe I get is Urbit meets browsable S3 with Kerberos on the side as the XCTBL project. It's half serious half art and uses confusing vocabulary on purpose. (I mean both Urbit and this)

That’s a reasonable read, and I won’t dodge it.

The difference (for me) is scope: I’m not trying to replace an OS or invent a new universe. It’s intentionally narrow—persistent records first, identity second, tools layered on top.

The language is opinionated, but the constraint is real: records shouldn’t depend on accounts by default.

Are you using an LLM to write all your replies?

-Personal comment opener -Paragraph with English words that loosely fit together yet fails to convey an idea -Heavy and predictable em dash use

I'm going to miss the days where these signs were obvious.

Totally fair. If it didn’t click, that’s on me, not you.

The short version: RCRDBL is just a place to drop things that should persist (text, files, artifacts) without accounts. XCTBL is a separate system for identity/auth when persistence needs ownership.

If you’re not interested in permanent records or identity boundaries, it probably won’t resonate—and that’s okay.