Yesterday I received a call from someone the development department of Dutch House of Representatives. They work a lot with Drupal and they are looking for technical people to work on several Drupal projects. At some point he asked if I work alone or have employees. I'm a soloist, I answered. His reaction was quite a surprise with a honest advice "keep it that way, it's the best way to do the work you love". He thanked me for the honest and open conversation. I ended the conversation with the insight that he hadn't asked if I would be interested to work for the Dutch government. I shared that I'm very allergic for bureaucracy and slow processes. And that I don't know how the things go there (but I have some assumptions...). I just wanted to be sure to not give false expectations. I have my own business and responsibilities to look after.

For the record: @npub176xp...5asu about Nostr in Feb 2023:

Nostr, love at first sight

My initial impressions on Nostr, a head-to-head comparison of Nostr and Mastodon/ActivityPub, and how Zaps could revolutionize social media.

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Watching #Driesnote | DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 #Drupal

I think I might know why now

NL Times

Dutch social network Hyves returns nearly 13 years after closure

The Hyves, which can be described as a Dutch version of Facebook, is making a comeback 22 years after it was founded. According to the owner, Media...

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GitHub

GitHub - dtonon/squalk: A forum + chat built on Nostr to manage your community

A forum + chat built on Nostr to manage your community - dtonon/squalk

A forum + chat built on Nostr to manage your community 🔂 cross-posted from

CCNS - Community Curated Nostr Stuff

Community Curated Nostr Stuff | CCNS - Community Curated Nostr Stuff

Also made a nostr page:

Welkom bij Nyves - breng jouw Hyves profiel terug tot leven

Nyves heeft als doel om oude Hyves-profielen opnieuw tot leven te brengen met een moderne, open webapplicatie gebaseerd op het Nostr-protocol.

with some video's. Sorted by length so you can pick one based on the time you have available right now 🙃 - A 2-minute explainer with @jack - A 25-minute documentary from 2023 by @Max DeMarco - A 40-minute presentation for beginners with @Derek Ross - A 50-minute presentation about the Past, Present and Future of Nostr with @rabble - A 60-minute presentation from FOSDEM 2025 with @Constant What other video's would you suggest to be added? More short-form ones might be a good addition.

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Welkom bij Nyves - breng jouw Hyves profiel terug tot leven

Nyves heeft als doel om oude Hyves-profielen opnieuw tot leven te brengen met een moderne, open webapplicatie gebaseerd op het Nostr-protocol.

where you can watch and read my @Nyves.nl pitch which I recorded for the @SIDN fonds grant application. Sorry for all the not yet translated content, all is Dutch by default 🇳🇱

Not only @DanConwayDev but also: -

gittr — gits announced to Nostr

Announce gits to Nostr from any forge and make them discoverable in one place — issues, pull requests, pages, apps, and bounties.

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Crazy week for @Nyves.nl, more than 8000 visitors landed on the website in the last 4 days after searching for "Hyves". Hunderds of people are subscribed to the mailing now, so I guess I have to send them a mail soon. Doing marketing, which is something I don't every day.

Goose (cli) + @routstr (deamon)

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🇳🇱 @Nyves.nl "Ook Sebastian Hagens betreurt de keuze van Mediahuis en De Telegraaf voor een gecentraliseerd platform met advertenties. ‘Jammer,’ zegt hij. Hagens is de initiatiefnemer van Nyves, een webapplicatie waarmee vroegere Hyves-gebruikers hun oude profiel ‘tot leven kunnen wekken’. Dit initiatief kwam voort uit zijn afstudeerproject: in 2010 bouwde hij een tool om Hyvesprofielen te archiveren. Begin dit jaar kreeg hij 10.000 euro subsidie van het SIDN fonds om het platform te ontwikkelen en Nyves op termijn uit te bouwen tot een echt sociaal netwerk, maar dan decentraal en ‘niet gecontroleerd door een bedrijf of overheid’. Hagens: ‘Ik had graag gezien dat Hyves op een andere, decentrale manier terug zou komen. En dat het niet weer bij een groot bedrijf als Mediahuis zou draaien. Dit is weer meer van hetzelfde. Gebruikers worden hier niet beter van, alleen Mediahuis zelf.’"

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Hyves draait wél op Amerikaanse tech, in tegenstelling tot wat eigenaar De Telegraaf beweert

Deze week kondigde De Telegraaf aan Hyves nieuw leven in te blazen. Volgens de hoofdredacteur draait de socialenetwerksite ‘voor de veiligheid, v...

https://nsite-clay.cypherpunk.today/ nsite-clay: a self-editable nsite Source:

GitHub

GitHub - jooray/nsite-clay: A self-editable nsite. One HTML file that edits and republishes itself, hosted on Nostr.

A self-editable nsite. One HTML file that edits and republishes itself, hosted on Nostr. - jooray/nsite-clay

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First impression of this new @Jumble feature: It just works! Made this post with it: View article → Love it @Cody 🤙

Just had my first (Dutch) mainstream media interview about @Nyves.nl. Let's see if #NostrIsMentioned will happen. #growNostr #nostrMarketing