No Solutions

"127.0.0.1 -- that's the only IP address we're gonna need." The crew passes the mic around on a pirate boat. Recorded October 2025. Projects & tech mentioned: Beacon noDNS innpub MOQ (Media Over QUIC) ContextVM Chrysalis (self-replicating Cashu mint) Paygress (VM provisioning over Nostr) BloVM (blossom server monitor) HyperNote In this dialogue: "How was Sovereign Engineering for you?" -- "Inspiring. Stressful." Most exciting demo? Beacon has been trending noDNS mentioned by basically everyone Mapping projects: putting OpenStreetMap tiles on Nostr/Blossom MOQ working live in innpub, eight people hanging out yesterday Pete's demo day race...

"127.0.0.1 -- that's the only IP address we're gonna need." The crew passes the mic around on a pirate boat. Recorded October 2025. Projects & tech mentioned: Beacon noDNS innpub MOQ (Media Over QUIC) ContextVM Chrysalis (self-replicating Cashu mint) Paygress (VM provisioning over Nostr) BloVM (blossom server monitor) HyperNote In this dialogue: "How was Sovereign Engineering for you?" -- "Inspiring. Stressful." Most exciting demo? Beacon has been trending noDNS mentioned by basically everyone Mapping projects: putting OpenStreetMap tiles on Nostr/Blossom MOQ working live in innpub, eight people hanging out yesterday Pete's demo day race...

"I want Nostr to be the perfect thing just for me." Justin & Gigi drive to the airport. Recorded October 2025. Projects & tech mentioned: Blitz (Rust HTML/CSS renderer) QuickJS (lightweight JavaScript engine) Dioxus (Rust UI framework) Iroh (peer-to-peer networking) MOQ (Media Over QUIC) White Noise (MLS-based private messaging on Nostr) Ladybird (independent browser by Andreas Kling) VRChat In this dialogue: Driving to the airport "Don't say anything that could be used against you" The low quality of this podcast focuses the mind of the listener You need proper headphones Walking focuses you, and...

"I want Nostr to be the perfect thing just for me." Justin & Gigi drive to the airport. Recorded October 2025. Projects & tech mentioned: Blitz (Rust HTML/CSS renderer) QuickJS (lightweight JavaScript engine) Dioxus (Rust UI framework) Iroh (peer-to-peer networking) MOQ (Media Over QUIC) White Noise (MLS-based private messaging on Nostr) Ladybird (independent browser by Andreas Kling) VRChat In this dialogue: Driving to the airport "Don't say anything that could be used against you" The low quality of this podcast focuses the mind of the listener You need proper headphones Walking focuses you, and...

"The identity should be outside of the computer." hzrd149 & Gigi contemplate local relays. Libraries & apps mentioned: Applesauce Boris Citrine nostr-relay-tray In this dialogue: Automation & robot armies If this than that (IFTTT) Permissioned vs permissionless automation Self-hosting and the local-first people "The identity should be outside of the computer" Private vs public, local vs remote DRM and other nonsense Private means encrypted with my key Nostr apps should be local-first, thanks to local relays All nostr apps should work in flight mode, somewhat Outbox model, writing, and reading  Search & NIP-50  Ants & thisishowyougetants.com  6 deg...

What does it mean to build something "in the spirit of Bitcoin"? Pablo and Gigi want to encourage you to apply for SEC-05. Books & websites mentioned: Stackoverflow is dead by Gergely Orosz Sovereign Engineering by Gigi and Pablo In this dialogue: Gigi's vibeline & vibeline-ui Pubcastr aka castr.me  Pablo's thread about TENEX  Alex Gleason's MKStack  What is the essence of nostr?  What are nostr's values, and can LLMs extract them?  Agents and workflows living on nostr  Agent specialization and Roo code  “What would Jesus do?” What does it mean to build something "in the spir...

What does it mean to build something "in the spirit of Bitcoin"? Pablo & Gigi want to encourage you to apply for SEC-05. Books & websites mentioned: Stackoverflow is dead by Gergely Orosz Sovereign Engineering by Gigi and Pablo In this dialogue: Gigi's vibeline & vibeline-ui Pubcastr aka castr.me  Pablo's thread about TENEX  Alex Gleason's MKStack  What is the essence of nostr?  What are nostr's values, and can LLMs extract them?  Agents and workflows living on nostr  Agent specialization and Roo code  “What would Jesus do?” What does it mean to build something "in the spirit...

What does it mean to build something "in the spirit of Bitcoin"? Pablo & Gigi want to encourage you to apply for SEC-05.   Books & websites mentioned: Stackoverflow is dead by Gergely Orosz Sovereign Engineering by Gigi and Pablo In this dialogue: Gigi's vibeline & vibeline-ui Pubcastr aka castr.me  Pablo's thread about TENEX  Alex Gleason's MKStack  What is the essence of nostr?  What are nostr's values, and can LLMs extract them?  Agents and workflows living on nostr  Agent specialization and Roo code  “What would Jesus do?” What does it mean to build something "i...

"It's gonna be permissionless or hell." Gigi and gzuuus are vibing towards dystopia.   Books & articles mentioned: AI 2027 DVMs were a mistake Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams Takedown by Laila michelwait The Ultimate Resource by Julian L. Simon Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Momo by Michael Ende   In this dialogue: Pablo's Roo Setup Tech Hype Cycles AI 2027 Prompt injection and other attacks Goose and DVMCP Cursor vs Roo Code Staying in control thanks to Amb

"It isn’t obvious that the world had to work this way. But somehow the universe smiles on encryption." hzrd149 & Gigi take a stroll along the shore of cryptographic identities. This dialogue explores how cryptographic signatures fundamentally shift power dynamics in social networks, moving control from servers to key holders. We discuss the concept of "setting data free" through cryptographic verification, the evolving role of relays in the ecosystem, and the challenges of building trust in decentralized systems. We examine the tension between convenience and decentralization, particularly around features like private data and data synchronization. Wh...

"With the shift towards this multi-agent collaboration and orchestration world, you need a neutral substrate that has money, identity, cryptography, and web-of-trust  baked in, to make everything work." Pablo & Gigi are getting high on glue nostr.   Books and articles mentioned: Saving beauty by Byung-Chul Han LLMs as a tool for thought by Amelia Wattenberger In this dialogue: vibeline & vibeline-ui LLMs as tools, and how to use them Vervaeke: AI thresholds & the path we must take Hallucinations and grounding in reality GPL, LLMs, and open-source licensing Pablo's multi-agent Roo setup Are we...

“The age of the idea guys has begun.” Justin & Gigi vibe about Zig. Articles mentioned: LLMs as a tool for thought by Amelia Wattenberger Micropayments and Mental Transaction Costs by Nick Szabo How our interfaces have lost their senses by Amelia Wattenberger Talks mentioned: The Art of Bitcoin Rhetoric by Bitstein Books mentioned: Human Action by Ludwig von Mises Working in Public by Nadia Eghbal In this dialogue: nak  Files SyncThing (and how it BitTorrent Sync became Resilio Sync)  Convention over configuration  Changes & speciation  File systems as sources of truth...

“The human spirit should remain in charge.” Pablo & Gigi talk about the wind. In this dialogue: Wind More Wind Information Calories, and how to measure them Digital Wellbeing Rescue Time Teleology of Technology Platforms get users Hooked (book) Feeds are slot machines Movie Walls Tweetdeck and Notedeck IRC vs the modern feed 37Signals: “Hey , let’s just charge users!” “You wouldn’t zap a car crash” Catering to our highest self VS catering to our lowest self Devolution of

"What should the next iteration of the internet look like?"  In this dialogue: Paul and his awesome nostr t-shirt Are we all just nostalgic? Where did the optimism of computing and the information superhighway go? We went from interop to pay-to-unlock. Do we have to live in the digital gulags forever? Homecooked meals and homecooked apps Paper straws and the downfall of Western Civilization "You need to be okay with people getting rekt" If the car would be introduced today, it would be illegal Bravery and personal responsibility "nostr will only be what diehards will build i...

“I don’t believe in Utopia anymore. I’m too old for that.” In this dialogue: Where is the Utopia that the internet promised? “Neither nostalgia nor utopia” Net Neutrality is a moral stance Where did the internet go wrong? Tech as a tool; is tech always neutral? Technology that increases agency VS tech that enslaves Competition vs Symbiosis “Who will run the mints?” “Anyone” can use it vs “everyone” can use it Centralizing vs. Monopolizing Bitcoin has an ethos baked in (You Shall Not Steal) Passive internet vs active internet Agency in cyberspace, and how to maximize it Blinded cus...

“You’ll get all that for free if you build it right” In this dialogue: 01: Start Ugly 02: There is No Global Concept of ownership & “Read, Write, Own” Shamir Secret Sharing and Timelocks “No amount of violence will ever solve a math problem.” You can’t prove deletion of a key (or anything, really); best you can do is “burn” bitcoin Data is information, which behaves like an idea (not like an apple) “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have...

“We do not have the answers." In this dialogue: What is this No Solutions thing anyway? Why dialogue and distributed cognition is so important Why is nostr exiting for developers? Evolution, Life, and nostr What is the perfect nostr app, and why can’t there be THE perfect nostr app? Why there is no “global” view in nostr Impossible problems vs. possible (but still hard) problems Blossom, blossom, and more blossom Zooko’s Triangle Freedom Tech Building Blocks NIP-60/61, NIP-89 Email vs ICQ Accepting constraints & moving forward Nostr has data integrity, but no data guarantees Bitcoin as an extr...

“We have the chance of building the next iteration of the internet, and hopefully, not repeat the mistakes of the past." In this dialogue: Why starting ugly and shipping early is hard The ugliest thing that Pablo ever shipped “Happiness is shipping” Make it real first, you can make it pretty later Getting into the habit of shipping Highlighter and the hang-up of shipping something big How nostr allows you to have cash flow from the get-go #value4value for artists and devs What DHH & 37Signals got right People and projects mentioned: fiatjaf DHH SuperT...

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