Reaction has arrived to Blowater

The engineering energy spent in web frameworks for the last 10 years can easily produce a better foundation than the browser. Even if a web framework takes zero time to render, browser is still just a slow platform. The browser itself still takes up 90% of the time. Immediate mode GUI is amazing and we don’t need any of the state management bullshit

Unpopular take: Revolutionary applications can and will only be built upon revolutionary infrastructures. I seriously doubt the possibilities of building a flourishing Nostr client ecosystem with Web as it is currently defined by the browser.

Here is my learning: when I start to aimlessly wonder around the computer screen, just stop and go outside.

Using cutting edge software feels awesome, you discover bugs and report to authors.

GitHub

`using` keyword generate various errors · Issue #22392 · denoland/deno

Version: Deno 1.40.4 Summary Declarations of an instance of a local Disposable class generate the following errors: LSP is broken (code completions...

Blowater renders reactions now

When the new JavaScript keyword “using” first came out, I was not a fan. Now, it comes in handy.

I always had this ego that because I had a CS degree, I needed to prove myself in the software industry, without even defining what was a proof. The life in the past few weeks, stronger and stronger, let me realize this mindset, this ego, prevents me from growing out of the burden of the past and drags me down from fulfilling a more meaningful life. Programming is just a skill I have, it does not define me. It is not my identity.

A new tutorial for running Relayed, for those who are curious

Discovered another design flaw of Nostr’s authentication scheme over WebSocket, especially for clients that want to have robust networking.

We are a week away from a robust authentication implementation for Blowater

RFC 6455: The WebSocket Protocol

WebSocket is just a hack

GitHub

Release Mac Desktop Release 0.0.0 · waterblower/blowater

What's Changed render 30023 in public feed by @BlowaterNostr in #447 Make replyee clickable by @bob2402 in #450 Fix nav width by @bob2402 in #451 ...

A Mac native desktop release, very small, only 7.2MB

The problem of cash is that it can be easily stolen

One problem of all gift wrapped approach for metadata hiding is that it assumes most relays are public & free and needs no authentication on write. It’s is true that most relays are at the moment. But for Discord/Slack style applications, we need relays that have authentication on write which makes gift wrapping not doable. For this reason, I still don’t intend to implement gift wrapping in Blowater. Am I missing something here?

One thing that shocked me deeply in Europe was I saw no young people in high end restaurants and hotels. Not even like 5 stars, but just moderately good ones. I only saw old people there. Younger people were either from America or Asia. Every time I stepped into a good restaurant in Europe, everybody was like dressed up. I was like: WTF, I am just wearing a T shirt and look totally cheap. But this place is not even expensive, am I living in alternative reality? Young people in Europe must dislike good places. Or, the economy has failed them so that they couldn’t afford shit.