Abject: the first self-aware object runtime
I've felt Agents are the wrong abstraction. This is a project I've been working on that takes what I call the Ask Protocol and tries to build a system with it from the ground up.
Abject: the first self-aware object runtime launched on April 2, 2026 with 10 votes, #1,251 of 21,248 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
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Abject is an object runtime system designed as an alternative to agent-based architectures. It implements what its creator calls the Ask Protocol, built from the ground up around this different computational model. The project targets developers working with distributed systems or autonomous software who are looking for alternatives to conventional agent abstractions. It represents an experimental approach to how objects and systems might communicate and operate independently.
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Abject: A self-aware object runtime using the Ask Protocol I May Have Created Something Horrible I may have solved a long standing problem with Object Oriented systems. Today I'm announcing the world's first self-aware object runtime called Abject and a new protocol called the Ask Protocol
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