Tim Bouma | Independent Thinker | Pug Owner | Published Author | #SovEng Alum | #Cashu OG | #OpenSats Grantee https://tim-bouma.npub.pro/ 3000 posts
burnout My spider-sense is that this is a symptom of a more fundamental problem: an institution that believes it is always right and the wisest despite indications to the contrary. When you’re forced to do things you no longer believe in, it leads to #burnout.… Tim Bouma Jul 9, 2024, 10:29 PM
nostr You know an architecture is right when it begins to use higher order components of itself. Case in point: my website in my profile is now: which is composed of my #nostr events.… Tim Bouma Jul 9, 2024, 4:57 PM
nostr Depend on the internet for availability. Don’t depend on the internet for confidentiality or integrity. Use #nostr… Tim Bouma Jul 9, 2024, 2:55 PM
Blast Radius protocol attack - affecting pretty much every network router and switch… Tim Bouma Jul 9, 2024, 2:52 PM
Most applications and platforms try to do too much, most of which is done badly. Then they try to lock you in with the badly done stuff.… Tim Bouma Jul 9, 2024, 1:58 PM
nostr Another great example of a good faith effort at solving a problem that the existing web architecture has made intractable. Today, every app is its own walled garden for identity so you have go prove yourself from scratch every time. Identity verification is a great business to be in because… Tim Bouma Jul 9, 2024, 12:39 PM
nostr Ironically, the best way to solve the problem of massive data breaches is to have the data out in the open to begin with. Relays can do this job. How you protect the data is to not view the data as being in a single container protected by a single… Tim Bouma Jul 8, 2024, 7:57 PM
nostr I am still coming to term with #nostr having a radically different architecture that requires a radically different thinking mode on how you build apps. The latest radical insight is that the network becomes the database. Any database record you generate can be a #nostr event that is signed, relayed, Tim Bouma Jul 8, 2024, 3:20 PM
nostr You know how a flat-earther feels when they finally realize the world is round? That’s how I felt when I realized with #nostr that data can be stored everywhere.… Tim Bouma Jul 7, 2024, 5:51 PM
nip04 With apologies to those who think #nip04 should be unrecommended.… Tim Bouma Jul 7, 2024, 11:54 AM
nostr The #nostr core requirement for 1:♾️ capability is sovereignty. For existing capabilities, the sovereignty requirement was never really understood or swept under the rug for more immediate opportunities. My belief is that the sovereignty requirement is equally crucial for an individual as it is for a nation state or any… Tim Bouma Jul 7, 2024, 11:46 AM
