jeffg
JeffG

Secure messaging on Nostr. Creator of Marmot Protocol, MDK, and White Noise. Other stuff connoisseur. Also built Listr, Ostrich.work, Ontolo, Nostr.how.

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npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc

NIP-05 Address

jeffg.fyi

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2026-09-10 21:25:36 UTC

https://youtu.be/QFgcqB8-AxE?is=8Lcwyx3_4CWegbkG

2026-09-10 07:24:03 UTC

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My childhood. :)

2026-09-10 05:31:30 UTC

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it’s anything but sad! i’m over the moon. anyone who can accurately articulate what they want (and yes, that’s still a hard skill to be good at) can build anything. it’s a beautiful time to be alive.

2026-09-10 05:28:56 UTC

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the difference between a few months ago and now is significant. i wouldn’t have said this same thing even 6 months ago.

2026-09-10 05:26:17 UTC

gm. be careful out there folks.
https://blossom.primal.net/4846a7f7f13694d6ac55669831136ac079191b1912ce4f71c6f4c6229959c82d.jpg

2026-09-09 13:44:55 UTC

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that's true actually. we're fickle. it's hard to know what will land and what won't.

2026-09-09 13:44:28 UTC

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yes. i fully expect it to get better at finding problems and deciding what to work on too.

2026-09-09 11:49:28 UTC

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post-syntax 😂 i like that

2026-09-09 10:52:07 UTC

gm. software engineering in the classic sense is dead.
before you dismiss that as obvious, consider the following:
1. agents have reached a critical level where they're better than almost all human programmers. even when it comes to planning complex architectures.
2. we don't need to drive things on machines we have with us any more. in fact, sitting in front of a screen all day is now an anti-pattern. a powerful laptop can't beat a good desktop (and is less upgradable). you can also leave your iOS, Android, browser, and other hardware attached to your desktop for agents to use.
3. the judgement of what to build (vision) and how to build it (the values that drive decisions while pursuing that vision) has become THE critical skill.
a lot of engineers and builders (myself included) are still holding on to vestiges of a bygone era, mostly because we enjoy the process, but if we're serious about building something impactful, we have to learn to get out of the way.
The Way™
1. Define the problem to solve (vision)
2. Define the constraints (values)
3. Deliver feedback (your own to start, from users as soon as possible)

2026-09-08 18:51:08 UTC

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real businesses, providing real value.
the way we grow.
#nevent1q…c54l

2026-09-05 20:29:11 UTC

god, i love new model days. ✨

2026-09-05 06:00:19 UTC

ad astra

2026-09-04 17:36:34 UTC

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such a good one.

2026-09-03 16:23:52 UTC

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that's sort of true. but it then means that you have to do the work to curate what data your relay is allowing in.
this is the rub of "spam". there really isn't a solution, just varying activities with varying amounts of work and tradeoffs.

2026-09-03 07:56:44 UTC

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Hopefully soon 🫂

2026-09-03 07:19:36 UTC

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pow doesn’t work for spam prevention. the delta between the pow that a phone can generate and what a server can is enormous. the logical end is spammers (who use servers) will end up being the only content on the network.

2026-09-03 07:14:11 UTC

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if the data is there, it will be leaked.
#nevent1q…q7uv

2026-09-01 09:37:59 UTC

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please don't push nip-04. it's bullshit and we all know it.
I'd love to get you on the new version of @npub1wht…r3ec if you're interested.

2026-09-01 08:04:17 UTC

GM 🌞
It's eternal september and I'm tingling with excitement!
Today is also our monthly Marmot community call. Join us at 16:00 UTC https://meet.fulmo.org/marmot

2026-08-31 16:25:45 UTC

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poor take.
interoperable e2ee messaging is an intensely difficult problem. signal didn't solve it. matrix couldn't either. simplex hasn't managed either.
i'm biased of course, but I believe what we're doing with Marmot is the way forward. it's already proven it's interoperable and it's now stable enough to be a daily driver.
#nevent1q…hdcd

2026-08-31 09:38:23 UTC

@nprofile…j774 was always right. nostr shitposting was always just the bootloader for everything else.

2026-08-30 21:13:13 UTC

so cool: https://paulmillr.com/noble/

2026-08-29 17:15:02 UTC

thanks madeira. ❤️ it’s been amazing.
https://blossom.primal.net/aefaecebbcb55ba5d18cb5ef19f8053d926f1e4c6e15698431b324f77c3fcad5.jpg

2026-08-24 08:24:03 UTC

gm.
what’s the highest performance, most reliable relay on nostr right now? not a codebase, an actual relay that’s running.
most strfry instances i know of are running old versions (that still have the 502 issue that was fixed a few weeks ago). many other relays are slow or go down regularly.

2026-08-23 07:45:04 UTC

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nothing built in but I'm sure an agent could write a quick script to do it for you.

2026-08-19 11:38:12 UTC

another day, another company announces a data breach.

2026-08-19 07:31:12 UTC

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we are all rare lambos.

2026-08-19 07:25:09 UTC

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don’t think so. @nprofile…8fnw ?

2026-08-19 07:24:09 UTC

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is it using hashtree’s zero nonce encryption?

2026-08-19 07:23:19 UTC

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i’d love to know your methodology for counting / classifying.

2026-08-19 07:07:27 UTC

gm. 🌞
build something new today.

2026-08-18 15:20:56 UTC

Never underestimate compounding. Some ideas take time. Some problems require other ideas to come to fruition before they are tractable.
My experience at @nprofile…lvze has really driven this home. Ideas from several cohorts ago are now unlocking solutions that seem like magic.

2026-08-17 19:16:25 UTC

Dinner with the CEO
https://blossom.primal.net/6cea594988fc1de7390d3d63134092c4b6d9cb00b8271c7e5c7a594df0efe63b.jpg

2026-08-17 07:04:01 UTC

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We’re releasing the new app really soon. That’s the old app.

2026-08-17 07:03:41 UTC

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That’s the old app. We haven’t released the new app yet.

2026-08-17 06:59:56 UTC

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Nearly none. The admin dash is really only showing you connection and a few other counts. It’s very cheap.

2026-08-17 06:59:07 UTC

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Yeah. It supports auth.

2026-08-15 13:06:38 UTC

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No - it doesn't

2026-08-15 10:19:46 UTC

https://github.com/erskingardner/wok
I built something new this week.
Wok started as a port of srtfry to Rust because, as @nprofile…wh3a says, humans shouldn't write C.
It's progressed beyond strfry now but it still shares the same super fast LMDB database under the hood. https://github.com/erskingardner/wok/tree/master#benchmarks
It supports more NIPs and has a handy admin dashboard for managing config and seeing basic connection stats.
Feedback and contributions welcome!

2026-08-12 19:48:12 UTC

grateful.
https://blossom.primal.net/537f08c68ac09f42ca36f4d83d9e8ed94d5cf2c12c4d1f0e219384c6bb99c60c.jpg

2026-08-11 17:15:43 UTC

sic semper tyrannis

2026-03-10 20:59:10 UTC

Building high quality software on decentralized protocols is the hardest of hard modes.
If you’re out there building on hard mode I want to follow you.
Tell me about your project. 👇