Because most web pages take years to load one would think it would be a good idea to launch them and switch to doing something else while they load, right? But no, you are wrong. You can't do that because browsers have decided that they won't run the JavaScript of these pages if they are not focused. So you are forced to stare at the loading screen of every web page while they load.

I think Nostr would be probably 200% better if we had someone to test apps reliably. I'm not talking about a "QA engineer" whatever, just someone that isn't a programmer but can install things, click buttons and report bugs. I have the impression that this is a role that died in the industry of software development, but it is much needed now, and much more in the age of AI code.

I just wanted proof that NIP-17 could work reliably, and now I got it. View quoted note → However the two clients cited above are nsec-only. This tells me that we definitely need some NIP-4E juice in order to allow bunker-powered clients to have good and fast DMs. Another thing we definitely need are that clients are ready to perform AUTH with the user main key to relays when publishing, that allows relays to filter out spam.

the fiatjaf pyramid

is an example of a relay that filters out blocked people and people not in the relay unified WoT.

nospeak

is the first NIP-17 chat app that I saw that works very reliably since

Wisp

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It is amazing, if you don't have a problem with pasting your nsec you should definitely try it. By the way, two people can chat one using Wisp and the other Nospeak. Mindblowing!, a slap in the face of everybody who said Nostr DMs would never work As @Gigi said recently: "if you know what you're doing NIP-17 works really well". (I also don't know who makes it, so don't trust it with your nsec!)

I've seen a video here some weeks ago and now I can't find it. It was a dramatic voice reading something like a big tweet, the phrases were being shown as they were read. The entire tweet was a list of complaints about the current state of the internet, how annoying is to make logins on websites, do phone verification, KYC, and then everything is full of spam and so on. I think it was an old video that someone reposted, something like that. If you know what I'm talking about please help.

Of all the dystopian things in the current world, this is probably the one that causes me most direct pain: View quoted note →

Sparrow should have a "publish note from address" feature, right? View quoted note →

@Laeserin where was that NIP-29 group you had for high-level Nostr discussions?

Some generations ago I wrote this:

Spotify Nostr Scrobbler

It requires a live bunker that it uses to sign scrobbles on behalf of the users. Disregard the fact that its usefulness is severely limited by Spotify and that we don't have live bunkers. What other similar use cases would fit this same server-side Nostr service paradigm? View quoted note →

This is good. Clients should make different choices and be opinionated instead of trying to please everybody. View quoted note → As long as they all talk the same protocol.

Some technologies are good, others are bad, most are somewhat in the middle. Being enthusiastic about every new technological development without realizing that it comes with negative effects is like being a sports fan who is happy that the goalposts are getting wider so it will be easier for your team to score.

https://coracle.social/ only has the "like" hearts. I had forgotten that even though it was my favorite client for years (I only stopped using it because it didn't have a good relay feed interface and @hodlbod is too opinionated to accept suggestions). That is the correct approach. View quoted note →

If we had server-side Nostr services that could seamlessly and safely sign stuff on behalf of users what are some useful things that could be built?

What on Earth is this "nym" client spamming relays with many hundreds of subscriptions that are never closed?