FUCKING INSANE. I don't even know how you pulled this one off @JSKitty but 0 complaints from me. Thank you for this, this is what gaming needs. Open-Source it all and decentralize it.

Basic Error Logging Guide for Devs. Thank you, The Rest of the World View article →

Not that most of you here are probably Meta users (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp largely), but they have announced that on May 8, 2026 your private messages will no longer be encrypted. Additionally, your messages will be easier to read and scrape to train their AI for you can assume the worst purposes people can imagine. More so sharing for those who don't know and also people you care about. Strongly recommend to everyone to start pivoting from these apps and getting friends, family, co-workers, etc. introduced to Nostr and other methods where their metadata is encrypted and more secure. I would also go ahead and delete all of your messages (request a backup first, may take 1-5 days to hear back) get your data to save and then delete your messages and eventually account. There is a trick you can swap to a business account and mass delete messages faster (15 a time instead of 1). Either way, there are no guarantees your data is wiped from their servers as is (safer to assume it is not), but there's no need to keep it there and make their lives any easier.

Sharing this from X, Dystopia keeps arriving folks. Oppo (Chinese Phone Company), yes the name is literally a phonetic knockoff of how "Apple" would be said in Chinese, but that's another story. Apparently, they have implemented intrusive ads inside of their own File Manager on their phones. Incredibly out of place visually and horrendous looking. If you are going to violate people in such a way, at least make it pleasant on the eyes lol. Insane times we live in to even witness ads inside of a file manager, but that is the direction the world is headed. Never a better time than yesterday to start making software without ads. Together we will make this the standard it should've always been.

Want a deeper insight into nprofile1qqst37fwv8n363vx4eh7d9c0w0wslkufqyy43830g9a773zmhw5jergut5jp4? Check out my interview that was just republished, originally on Fileverse. Expect a couple of more perspectives and interviews with @JSKitty and Hans Koning soon™. ————————————————— [Disclaimer] None of these responses from me are AI-generated, nor will they ever be because I enjoy speaking straight from the heart and enjoy the art of writing. Yes, the em dash — existed way before AI and there are actually some writers that use it and enjoy it because we can break grammatical rules and combine two completely different trains of thought without being considered "improper" or a run-on. AI is a great tool for suggestions, ideas, and proof reading. It's unfortunate I even have to put this as a disclaimer and mention it, but relevant at this day and age. Remember to enjoy the process... View article →

⚠️PRIVACY NOT FOR COMPROMISE⚠️ // Evangelion-Inspired Art & Design I see a lot of people sharing today about Evangelion Interfaces, really some of the most inspiring and timeless designs. I still watch classic anime like Neon Genesis: Evangelion and Ghost in the Shell and pause to take stills when I see some unique design inspiration. This afternoon I just enjoyed spending some time to create a similar feeling (not necessarily the look) that I get from these classic terminal interfaces. It also allows me to be a bit more abstract and really do things I wouldn't traditionally do in design > minimalism + simplicity for one. Instead I enjoyed making this collage of the Privacy by Principle philosophy with @V E C T O R theme. Yes, this is a real app btw and now I'm thinking about making an EVA-01 theme for it. For me, one of the most classic visuals that stands out in these types of series are the "Caution" or "Warning" bars that often use a broken horizontal line with 45/60 degree diagonal cuts. It reminds me of industrial buildings or construction where they would have these bright yellow warning signs not to enter or wear a hardhat, etc. Whoever really popularized this design has silently won countless awards and well deserved, they really set the standard and feel for many generations to come. This is about as universal as you can get for design in my opinion. Anyways, hope you all enjoy it and excited to see more original work and not getting Claude or AI to design for you. Yep, I said it. Stand by everything that I say. For implementation? Great, but be creative and take time to work on your own designs and not just rely on AI to give you everything. That is where in lies the true joy of creativity and design, enjoying the process... The confusion, the clarity. The disarray, the synergy.

Playing around more with the "Vectorization" of Pixel Marmot. Privacy Mode: On (Default)

What if I told you that you could listen to both? (Click & Zoom for Details) Just having some fun with the "Self-Sovereign Mix Tapes" last night after the Marmot Community Call. Marmot + Nostr ecosystem is heatin' up! @V E C T O R @White Noise

My favorite Group Chat avatar on Vector is the Vectorized Marmot. GIF Avatars look so good.

New design concept for @V E C T O R Something about the merging of worlds between physical and digital makes the virtual experience so much more immersive and engaging. The idea is to be able to allow people to download and have an image they can share on other platforms or elsewhere on the web, as well as their digital profile on

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Vector - Private Messaging

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In the future, we will likely allow for further customization so people can make their profile "ticket stubs" exactly how they want—like if you were to purchase physical tickets, you are given templates, can changes colors, text, etc.

Thank you for your last PR to @V E C T O R 🙏

⚙️One Critical Design Step: Iterate One is not enough. Create. Fail. Learn. Grow. Do not cling on to one style or one idea you think is the best. Some of your best, unexpected work can come out through the process of iteration. I used think that I've worked so hard on one design it has to be near perfect, I'm even afraid to alter it and lose it progress. This is an illusion and will prevent you from growing. Recreate it from scratch. You did it once, now do it again and learn along the way. There are cases where you don't even have to recreate like for design you can copy + paste. Iteration has never been made easier. Repeat: Do not cling. Iterate. So many times where I thought I was a good designer and had a pretty good eye for things—visually I could imagine what would look good and what would look bad. WRONG. Not that you are wrong about some of your assumptions, but your mentality and perspective is wrong. I have had situations where random people I've worked with or 100% non-designers have suggested something and if I was close-minded I would've stuck to my guns and just said, we're not going to try that because it would be ugly, inconsistent, break the style guide, etc. and whatever other reasons I wanted to justify. Instead I ended up just trying it to literally just see... you never know. Surprisingly, it actually worked and I preferred it more. In other cases, that specific idea may not have been good, but it got me to reevaluate the design from a different point of view, which lead to new ideas and progressive updates. I think one of the biggest benefits in this mentality shift as well is that often times we can't decide from the gate which option is best, but simply using the process of elimination it helps us to build confidence in our remaining choices, which eventually leads to your main choice. You now have logical reason why this design choice is superior, at least compared to your other iterations. This took me so many years to even open up to. I was so focused on being a perfectionist with the current version I had, it stopped me from experimenting and expanding my mind. Just let it riff.

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