today in things I don't want to do: writing a portable C version of chacha20 because apparently libsodium doesn't compile on android

github is failing all day today. maybe time to switch over to nostr tools soon. would be fun to start building clients for that

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intelligence is decentralized

so cool. going to see if i can open a channel for 0 fee deposits

people on the AMA asked me what I think of AI so far. here's my current view: It's a quantum state of simulatenous being overhyped, underhyped and oppropriately hyped. I find I can't use it for low level C stuff without it messing everything up and slowing me down, while simulateneously producing really good code for fixing bugs and writing tests. I hate it and love it. I hate fixing the slop but I like that it is getting the code written that I don't want to write. One things for sure, it's not going away, and it's only going to get better.

AMA is up!

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Hey ya'll, I'm jb55, bitcoin core/lightning/nostr dev. Creator of Damus. AMA \ stacker news

I've been working on nostr a lot recently. specifically a new damus client that works on all platforms called notedeck, powered by a sqlite-like re...

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currently can't use signal desktop because it stops working after a few weeks and my nixos machine is very strict on self updating software... can't wait to switch over to nostr dms

Shakepay has lightning deposits now 🤯 this means i can take my nostr zaps and use them immediately in an apple pay wallet. So cool.

back from africa, decided to spend some time today merging the 1000s of PRs @elsat has vibe coded on damus iOS. now that we have nostrdb fully integrated in iOS, it was only a small tweak to make notifications load instantly! lots more improvements in the pipeline. stay tuned.