I usually don’t share personal things online, but this year has been one of the hardest of my life. I lost my dad. He was the person I respected the most, feared the most, & always looked up to. It’s hard to put into words how big that loss has been for me. Most of what I’ve done in life was to make him proud. He had so many dreams for me, & I’ll keep chasing them as if he’s still with me.

The journey man

Convert documents into “human-like” audio using fully on-device VITS inference. No cloud, no tracking, no subscriptions. Fully open-source with unlimited usage. Play Store release may take around a month due to closed testing & review. APK available now on GitHub:

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GitHub - iefanx/readout: Offline Flutter text-to-speech reader

Offline Flutter text-to-speech reader. Contribute to iefanx/readout development by creating an account on GitHub.

Nostr-based, Lightning-powered marketplace for digital content, where creators & buyers truly own what they sell and purchase. Install it as a PWA, we’ve got some really exciting things coming soon: Fanfares.io It features Prism (split payments) & a referral system that rewards mutual support, with major improvements coming soon. Next update introduces lossless FLAC streaming for music, matching, if not surpassing, Tidal’s quality. & it all works offline, powered by FFmpeg packaged directly into the PWA, which runs locally.

I have something neat to share with you. Over the past year, I’ve had the privilege of working with an amazing team on something I can fully take responsibility for, & I’m genuinely proud of how it all came together. Some of you are really going to like it, I think.

Sleep is underrated. Every time I rest well, I feel more at peace with myself, everything feels easier.

Bitcoin haters when they’re not hating Bitcoin:

Popular game Borderlands 2 is free on Steam right now. But it’s basically spyware now. It asks for root access, which means full access to your passwords, internet logs, all private data. Lots of games collect data, but not all go this deep. Also, the new EULA bans virtualization, even VPNs. It’s wild.

damus ⚡️

Stop using Claude. It’s basically spyware. It could report you to the authorities, media outlets might even share your personal data from your device. God knows what else it’s doing. Anthropic researcher: