these apps are standalone and isolated code wise, the only IPC mechanism is the local relay. so they are more like standalone, interoperable apps.
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Ooooo. interesting. and JSON locally would be sufficiently fast and maintain interop with online
indeed. but it's not even json locally. it's an optimized, memory-aligned binary format that is always cached in virtual memory, and accessible by every app without any serialization needed. its fast.