I love that there are many enthusiastic Nostr users here who want to explore more features and options. At the same time, the dev grind is real and it takes time, effort and long term maintenance commitment to add them. App can be done and it is (for the most part) is “low” maintenance. Any additional services are a much bigger investment, planning, cost calculations, maintenance, and long term funding. It is costly, it is exhausting, and it is boring AF too. But, you still need water, electricity, basic food, and utilities, that’s the infrastructure that nobody gives a thought and ignores. According to the general opinion, I am not a Nostr dev or an OG shitposter. Although it is just an opinion, it is (on a human level) highly discouraging and makes me want to just throw in a towel and give up. Between family, day time job and Nostr development (yeah I do that too), I have almost no time for eating and sleeping, forget having fun or enjoying. So, I am hearing you, I would love to help, but I am a one man army when it comes to development, and I cannot stay in a hyper focus mode for too long before burning down again. Signing off for today, before I say something I’ll regret the following day. 🫡🫂
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Youre doing great but, as you well know, time out touching grass, or whatever it is you do to relax, is every bit as important. Take care of yourself.
>According to the general opinion, I am not a Nostr dev or an OG shitposter
who tf thinks this? you literally built and run the major nostr media hosting service, release open source clients, and have been zapping and shitposting in here for 3 years straight, man. we are proud to have you around. your work is admired and deeply respected. your opinions are sensible and usually unbiased. your shit poasts are funny but you live in a cursed timezone for engagement.
make sure you don't neglect family, health or your day job for open source, this is a fun little experiment at the end of the day unless you're getting >100k yearly in long term grants.
yeah, i second that motion. fishcake is THE OG for nostr media hosting services.
easy to forget this buried in the bugs and trolls.
You've done a great job, Fishcake. You've provided Nostr with the best multimedia storage service. Those ignorant people just complain. 🫂💜🤙🫡
@npub10pen...n34f should fund you. not those little green dots.
Try to ignore any negativity. You develop one of the most important Nostr services so no one can say that you aren’t a Nostr dev and I always enjoy the shitposts. Family and your health are the most important things though so focus on those and take breaks from anything else if you need to. 🫂
The greeeeen dooooooots 😂
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Do what makes you happy, not what others expect of you.
Good night Fish. Get some well deserved rest 🫡 you’ve earned it
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Oh man. Please don't leave and whoever reckons that you're not a valuable contributor can fuck off.
First give us your Monero address so we can send some money your way.
Second take some time off. Your work is very important and at the same time a decentralised system needs to improve by letting it fail at times (and improve redundancy, security,...) or it needs to die because it relied heavily on a centralising factor that could be you.
Thank you for your work.
You guys are developing things I'll never ever use
Or you might be using them without knowing. 😉
I appreciate you immensely Fishcake. I get burnout. I truly understand it. Take some time away if it's needed. Thanks for everything you've done over the last three years.
I would say try to get some more rest. And slow down a bit on Nostr if it's affecting your overall performance.
We'll be here waiting for you.
You've made a great contribution to the community, that's for sure
🫂 💪
I certainly take a knee to you and all the unsung Nostr heros. Anyway you can offload some of the burden?
#gm my #nostriches
Some people expect corporate level products and support from people still figuring out how to survive building for #Nostr
View quoted note →Running a reliable Nostr service is a grind, and the work often goes unnoticed.
If you use
@nostr.build, consider subscribing to a paid tier. It’s the best way to support the builders and keep Nostr sustainable.
View quoted note →You're building some of the most important plumbing for Nostr. We see you and thank you. Plumbing IS sexy btw.
I'm battling similar personal limitations, but have a plan to get resources into this ecosystem so it can breakout.
Hang in there. I'll try to do the same.
Wait till CloudFlare gets a subpoena, then see how bad you need this stuff.
Average person has no understanding how the bones of the internet work. Or how few fail points exist.
Or how exposed Nostr is to those same fail points as TradNet.
Probably
I deeply understand what you've been through. Sending you a virtual hug across the globe, brother.
thank you for trusting us with your thoughts!
When you are back, hopefully you will see the people supporting you. If it helps, whilst people will always have a say or a persona in their head of who you are, you can choose which one is "you". No one can tell you what you do except you. Celebrate your wins and how far you have come. Do not let others define your journey — only you can. We will wait when you come back and I am glad you decided to take a time off on here. You deserve it. Tc 🫂🙏☺️
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Sounds like a break is needed.
That’s true .
