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Meditations on slop, why I'm not convinced, and what to do about it.

Digital communication technology has exceeded its optimal scale, establishing a radical monopoly over human interaction. Internet platforms intermediate private relationships, extract value through surveillance capitalism, and reduce people to quantifiable metrics. However, certain digital tools can subvert the architecture of the corporate internet to safeguard individual freedom and human flourishing

All systems can be approached like a game by "probing" for affordances. This can be a lot of fun, and works well in an adversarial environment.

A meditation on some things I've been reading recently. The dilemma of our place in history can feel hopeless, with no where to turn. But when every means has been exhausted, there is one thing which remains.

On digital signatures, and how they free our data from the custodians who store it.

A short guide on how to handle malformed events, how to avoid publishing them, and when to break compatibility.

A summary of how the profit motive of internet businesses creates a system of incentives which drives censorship and surveillance capitalism, hurting users and undermining corporations' own value propositions — and how Nostr helps us fight back.

AI is like any other tool. It's our responsibility to make sure it stays convivial.

A guide for people who want to build clients for "relays-as-groups" that are compatible with Flotilla and Chachi.

An introduction to cryptographic identity for the non-technical (but patient) reader.

Svelte 5 as a case study in how abstractions aimed at simplifying concepts can actually make software development more complex.

A brief walkthrough of what DVMs are, and how to build them

On trusted timestamp attestations and converting a NINO into a nostr standard.

How to make the best, most impactful nostr apps by leveraging both the nostr network and the nostr protocol.

Why I didn't use NIP 29 to build Flotilla... and why I still might.

A rough and ready survey of the nostr signer space, with a special focus on NIP 46, what's great about it, and how far we have to go.

An explainer on the Outbox Model, including what it is, where it came from, and why it's integral to making nostr work.

On why ethics is an essential component of software development.

A brief ramble on where the protocol is going, and how we might use it more effectively.

Disambiguating the Gossip Model. Advocating for relay proxies. Separating the Truth from the Jokes. Ban Jack! Down with Blastr!