The deno node runtime is actually a very good solution for the supply chain attacks we've seen recently in the npm world as it allows you to define a whitelist of domains that your code is allowed to call. But somehow it doesn't seem to be getting much traction. Looks like bun is the new node runtime that people use. Why?

It's annoying that Apple Hardware is so much better than anything else. It's not even close. I don't want it. I want a proper Linux machine. This would be a good EU regulation: force all manufacturers to play friendly with the open source communiy.

Since I moved to Linux I was missing a proper nostr cli. So I made one:

nostr cli

A human and bot-friendly command-line interface for the Nostr protocol.

My favorite features: $> nostr dm <nip05domain> List all users on that domain, start typing the username you want, enter, and start chatting. Back space, back in the list, type another user (bot) name, enter, resume that other conversation. With support for typing indicator to make sure your bot is doing something. 🤖 Also: $> cat ~/.ssh/*.pub | nostr dm xbot Give it a try and tell me what you think.

After 20 years, I'm back on Linux. Here is why. TLDR: macOS is the best user interface for humans, but for agents, Linux is the one you need. View article →

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In one of the workshops at the gathering of local currencies in Bordeaux, I asked what social networks or communication channels people use. In that order: - WhatsApp - Signal - LinkedIn - Telegram - Instagram - Discord - Mastodon No twitter, no blue sky, no nostr.

On fighting doom scrolling. "Your brain loves consuming. it gives you the illusion of progress without the discomfort of action." When you learn something, reflect what it means to you and how you can use it. Daily practice: - what did I learn today? - why does this matter to me? - what will I do differently?

Gm Brussels

Gm Brussels #regenwalk

Gm Brussels. Rain or shine, Wednesday morning is for #regenwalk.

Gm Brussels #regenwalk

Is Swarm App finally giving up? (I’ve been using this app (formerly known as Foursquare) for 15 years! Best way to journal places I go to. When a Nostr version?

Gm Brussels #regenwalk

My mission: make communities the new base economic unit with their own yin & yang internal economy ☯️ What is your mission?

Is there a long form nostr client yet? This could be a great replacement for RSS and the new Gemini:// protocol.

Here is my thinking for @Open Collective V3. Please poke holes in it. Work in progress and open for feedback. #asknostr 🚀 Mission Give communities the tools they need to manage their financial and non-financial resources transparently and effectively. 🤔 Why? We need an Internet native way to organize ourselves (i.e. allocate our common resources) that would embody the open source values of transparency, decentralization and open collaboration. 🧐 Why? Look at the impact of open source in the past few decades. What if organizations were operating by the same principles? What if we could complete each other instead of competing with each other? 🥇 First use case Make spending transparent—show how the funds that you receive from the community are used. Eventually, we want to support more than just financial contributions. We should help communities to: - Issue and manage different currencies (tokens) to reward people contributing in other ways. - Make it easy to spend those tokens to access certain resources of the community. - Transparent decision making (think GitHub Issues for proposals) 🎯 Initial target group I was thinking to first target open source projects on Gitcoin. But Nostr projects and meetups could also be good candidates if there is a demand. I’d just need help to support lightning ⚡️ Eventually: any association of people with a common resource to develop or protect 👠🔅💪 📦 MVP - Make on chain transactions human readable by adding metadata (description, tags, pictures, …) using Nostr. - Connect existing bank accounts to the blockchain (to have an on chain reference for each tx) using PSD2, Ponto, Plaid, … Imagine if all government spendings were on chain with open annotations. DOGE wouldn’t be needed. 💕 Values - open source - decentralized 🎞️ Context / background: I started opencollective.com 10 years ago. While impactful ($130M raised across 4k+ collectives, including $50M for open source projects), it’s still a drop in the ocean. Current implementation doesn’t scale because it relies on fiscal hosts. Too much bureaucracy. So we moved the current version to a new entity owned by existing fiscal hosts that rely on it. I’m starting a new Internet native version to scratch my own itch to manage the @Commons Hub Brussels. It’s a common physical space in the capital of Europe that many of you have visited during the Nostr Meetup alongside #FOSDEM. We receive money through Stripe, SEPA, but also crypto (including satoshis to commonshub@coinos.io). We also have our own “yin token” to reward non financial contributions to the community ☯️ 🙋🏻‍♂️ Who wants to help? Looking for developers that are themselves part of a community that could make use of it. Scratching your own itch is the best way to iterate fast 🔁

How can a relay avoid being spammed? Shouldn’t there be an allowance of max 100 free posts per npub and then require one sat per post? Cheap enough to not deter humans, but expensive enough to avoid AI bots spamming.

Nostr time at #fosdem with @Constant

Still looking for the perfect blogging platform. Anyone interested to build that with Nostr?

Should we also do a meetup in Brussels? We could use the Commons Hub for that (in front of central station). Would there be anyone interested? View quoted note →