The latest articles on DEV Community by HormigasAIS (@hormigasais). https://dev.to/hormigasais https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4015970%2F7a44acf6-d7fd-4841-b6ff-eb22961cecac.png https://dev.to/hormigasais en HormigasAIS Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:07:09 +0000 https://dev.to/hormigasais/introducing-lbh-an-open-binary-protocol-for-edge-computing-automation-and-ai-2l3h https://dev.to/hormigasais/introducing-lbh-an-open-binary-protocol-for-edge-computing-automation-and-ai-2l3h <p>Over the past months, I have been working on an open protocol designed to explore a simple question:</p> <p>Can a lightweight binary protocol become a reusable foundation for distributed automation and intelligent systems?</p> <p>That idea became LBH (Lenguaje Binario HormigasAIS).</p> <p>LBH is an open binary communication protocol with a public specification and official SDKs for both Python and JavaScript.</p> <p>The project has been designed with simplicity, interoperability, and reproducibility in mind.</p> <p>What is currently available?</p> <p>The LBH ecosystem already includes:</p> <ul> <li>📜 A public protocol specification (LBH_SPEC_v2.0)</li> <li>🐍 Official Python SDK</li> <li>⬡ Official JavaScript / Node.js SDK</li> <li>✅ Automated conformance tests</li> <li>📦 Python package published on PyPI</li> <li>🐙 Public GitHub repositories</li> <li>🌐 Public documentation</li> <li>📄 Open-source licensing and contribution guidelines</li> </ul> <p>Why build LBH?</p> <p>Many communication protocols are optimized for very specific environments.</p> <p>LBH explores a different approach:</p> <ul> <li>Lightweight binary packets</li> <li>Clear protocol specification</li> <li>Easy implementation</li> <li>Minimal external dependencies</li> <li>Cross-language compatibility</li> </ul> <p>The goal is to provide a protocol that developers can study, extend, and integrate into their own projects.</p> <p>Potential applications include:</p> <ul> <li>Distributed automation</li> <li>Edge Computing</li> <li>Machine-to-Machine communication</li> <li>IoT systems</li> <li>Intelligent agents</li> <li>Microservices</li> <li>Experimental AI infrastructures</li> </ul> <p>Public ecosystem</p> <p>The project is intentionally organized into independent components:</p> <ul> <li>Protocol specification</li> <li>Python SDK</li> <li>JavaScript SDK</li> <li>Documentation portal</li> <li>GitHub repositories</li> <li>Package distribution</li> </ul> <p>This separation allows the public SDKs to evolve with community feedback while keeping the internal production infrastructure of HormigasAIS independent.</p> <p>Documentation</p> <p>The documentation portal is becoming the central entry point for the ecosystem:</p> <p>[<a href="https://docs.hormigasais.com/sdk.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://docs.hormigasais.com/sdk.html</a>]</p> <p>From there, developers will be able to access:</p> <ul> <li>Protocol specification</li> <li>Python SDK</li> <li>JavaScript SDK</li> <li>Installation guides</li> <li>Examples</li> <li>API documentation</li> </ul> <p>Feedback is welcome</p> <p>LBH is an open project.</p> <p>If you enjoy exploring binary protocols, distributed systems, automation, or edge computing, I would love to hear your thoughts.</p> <p>Suggestions, issues, discussions, and contributions are always welcome.</p> <p>Thank you for reading.</p> javascript python opensource security