tyiu
Terry Yiu

Sometimes easier said than done to take a large existing project and rearchitect it to work under different assumptions. It can be done but it’s hard. Maybe with vibecoding, it’ll be easier. Someone (not me) should try it. :) Besides, it’s fun building things from scratch.

2025-06-26 23:15:44 UTC

The two most difficult centralized services to divorce from: YouTube and GitHub. Luckily some smart folks are building the latter on Nostr.
#note1pfc…0pn5

2025-06-26 13:09:05 UTC

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Apple provides APIs to hopefully filter some sensitive content out. I want to try it on Damus.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sensitivecontentanalysis
Also, web of trust. And global feed is dangerous on free relays.

2025-06-26 03:47:23 UTC

Let’s gooooo
#note1ptx…7l3p

2025-06-24 05:38:13 UTC

“I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.”
- Donald J. Trump, President of the United States
#note1y97…3cam

2025-06-24 03:58:20 UTC

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Greatest con artist of all time.

2025-06-24 00:32:41 UTC

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Nostore is no more. Long live Nostash.
https://apps.apple.com/app/nostash/id6744309333

2025-06-23 23:46:46 UTC

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#nevent1q…c3m0

2025-06-23 23:46:31 UTC

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#nevent1q…c3m0

2025-06-23 23:44:34 UTC

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It’s new architecture with the M-series chips, so they had to reverse engineer everything to get this to work. Pretty impressive. The whole installation experience and performance is smooth. The only downside is that there’s some apps that don’t support ARM.

2025-06-23 14:06:57 UTC

Running Fedora Asahi Linux on my MacBook Pro. 🍎💻🐧
https://i.nostr.build/IsXQFnuUd8v3jkN9.jpg

2025-06-23 03:38:39 UTC

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I wouldn’t think that having 0 relays would cause their profile to not load. A few other non-Damus clients that I checked seem to also show that they have 0 relays. But that might just be a red herring. Not sure.

2025-06-23 03:36:17 UTC

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I have the same issue with the Blockstream profile not being loaded on Damus iOS on my own iPhone and my simulator. I’ve confirmed that the kind 0 profile event is received in the relay subscription but I was only able to debug it down to the NostrDB C code, where the ndb_ingester_queue_event code dispatches processing the kind 0 json asynchronously to the threadpool. But I got lost and stopped debugging because I don’t know how that code works. I don’t know if there’s an issue on the write or on read afterward.
I did notice that Blockstream’s profile about field has a \u0026 Unicode character. I wonder if that’s throwing it off?

2025-06-23 02:38:50 UTC

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Opened a pull request to fix this issue: https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/3101

2025-06-22 14:58:18 UTC

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I’m working on it. Thanks for the feedback.

2025-06-22 04:16:42 UTC

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CfNarCjSHM

2025-06-21 02:04:45 UTC

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Correction: Sam didn’t mention engineers, rather “people on their team”.

2025-06-21 01:55:48 UTC

Sam Altman claims that Meta is trying to poach OpenAI engineers with $100M+ USD signing bonuses (and being rejected). 🤯 (22:35)
https://youtu.be/mZUG0pr5hBo?feature=shared&t=1355

2025-06-20 21:18:02 UTC

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Oh, that’s right. I forgot about Citrine for Android. Having one on iOS would be great. Resisting the temptation to take on another app idea that I won’t finish building. 😅

2025-06-18 19:01:46 UTC

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Agreed. We’re building on top of the foundations of our forefathers. Now we’re in the age of vibecoding, utilizing all that humanity has learned. I’m glad that anyone who has the willpower can feel empowered to build software out of thin air. The next few years will be wild.
Thanks for the zap attempt! My node at home is down and I’m traveling for a while so I can’t bring it back up. I should move to a VPS.

2025-06-18 01:41:29 UTC

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When I was on the heavier side several years ago, I ate spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes, and grilled chicken breast (veggie heavy, less meat) with no dressing, every meal two meals a day for like three months straight and lost like 15-20 lbs. Calorie deficit is definitely the way to go. YMMV.

2025-06-17 05:02:51 UTC

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Thank you. Unfortunately, I think my home server is down. Thanks for letting me know.

2025-06-17 03:13:21 UTC

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My wife, @npub1vta…kjyp, is in Kyiv right now. I don’t think she was in the affected districts but I’m waiting for her to wake up to tell me.
Meanwhile, Trump was elated to receive a very nice happy birthday wish from the terrorist Putin.

2025-06-17 02:22:49 UTC

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Real user checking in 🫡

2025-06-17 01:20:16 UTC

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Add web of trust filtering so that content from those outside of your trusted network are deprioritized. Combine that with blurring previews and add report / block functionality. That’s what we do on Damus, albeit a different type of app.

2025-06-17 00:57:43 UTC

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#nevent1q…k8xa

2025-06-17 00:55:36 UTC

路小雨
https://nostr-relay.tyiu.xyz/665c3a6e5cd5bedc65b81f709f0a683173e2f5047784ccfaf8e0f94e2db7161a.mp4

2025-06-16 14:19:35 UTC

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My change is specifically grouping replies from your trusted network (your follows and their follows) so that they are shown on the top of the thread. Notes outside of that trusted network are shown on the bottom of the thread. You would not miss those replies, so there’s no need to worry about new users not being discovered. They’re just less prominent. Also, images and video from those who fall outside the trusted network are blurred by default anyway so there’s no accidental chance of seeing porn unless you decide to start tapping to reveal them.
Notifications remain unchanged — Damus users will continue to receive notifications from only their trusted network if they have the filter enabled.

2025-06-15 19:42:51 UTC

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Maybe we should filter those out.

2025-06-15 02:24:18 UTC

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Yeah, that’s the issue. It’s a bug.

2025-06-12 22:22:12 UTC

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Why is that even an entitlement?

2025-06-12 22:16:23 UTC

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Embrace Skynet.

2025-06-11 15:40:46 UTC

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Not completely. There’s some edge cases that still need to be dealt with.

2025-06-09 19:50:51 UTC

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The AI agent struggled to apply the code change it suggested multiple times so it gave up and provided me with the diff to apply manually. What is this?

2025-06-08 23:58:10 UTC

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Dear @npub1gcx…nj5z,
How are your NIPs?
Signed,
@npub1yau…vjmf

2025-06-08 23:06:25 UTC

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This one made me think for a minute about self hosting email.

2025-06-08 20:44:36 UTC

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That’s a valid concern. Yes, there would be an algorithm that could take into account different user-defined weights that are used to compute scores, which can then be used to determine what content to show or how to show them.

2025-06-07 18:24:42 UTC

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I forgot I could sing so well 🎤🦒

2025-06-07 15:50:42 UTC

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Cool initiative! Native as in no Flutter, React Native, etc? (I’m not participating, just curious)

2025-06-06 23:25:04 UTC

I just implemented something on Damus with the help of Claude in 10 minutes that would have taken me hours. My experience with AI agents has been mixed so far but when it works, it’s awesome.

2025-06-06 15:13:56 UTC

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These are way better goals. Excited to see more! Welcome back.

2025-06-05 16:37:50 UTC

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https://devin.ai

2025-06-05 01:11:45 UTC

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2e1y02w21o

2025-06-04 02:29:50 UTC

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Yes. Damus iOS web-of-trust thread spam mitigation work is underway.

2025-06-03 23:49:30 UTC

Spacestr is awesome. MySpace 2000s vibe.
https://spacestr.com/

2025-05-30 12:31:13 UTC

GM. Nostash is now available on the Mac App Store (in addition to the iOS App Store)! Secure your Nostr private key and sign events on Safari on your Mac, if that is your browser of choice. Cheers. ✌🏼
https://apps.apple.com/app/nostash/id6744309333
#note1k5d…va06

2025-05-30 04:14:21 UTC

Now that I’ve announced this feature to #NosVegas attendees, I’m excited to announce it more publicly on Nostr!
I’ve recently opened a PR to add NIP-05 domain feeds to Damus iOS. You’ll be able to tap on anyone’s Nostr NIP-05 address on their profile to bring up a feed of all profiles within your trusted network (your follows and their follows) that have an address associated with that domain. The purpose is to help you build trust and discover communities by domain.
What does that really mean?
For organizations that provide Nostr NIP-05 addresses on their domain (such as damus.io and block.xyz) to only employees and self-owned accounts, you’ll be able to see a refined feed of profiles and content from your trusted network that belong to those organizations.
For organizations that provide Nostr NIP-05 addresses to customers on their domain (such as nostrplebs.com and primal.net), you’ll be able to see a refined feed of profiles and content from your trusted network for customers of those organizations.
I’m excited for you all to try it once it becomes available. In the meantime, I’ve included a screen recording of it in action below. Let me know if you have any feedback! As always, thanks for your support. ✌🏼
https://v.nostr.build/YiXDKASFwv202mnP.mp4

2025-05-28 19:40:38 UTC

Only @npub12gy…3jj5 will be brawling. Come on down at 1pm!
#note1a0e…edvw

2025-05-27 22:14:39 UTC

Already met a Damus user on my flight. Feeling bullish about Nostr as I submit Damus PRs and work on the Damus presentation for #NosVegas

2025-05-26 19:37:15 UTC

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All good things start with sharing an Uber with a Nostrich.

2025-05-26 18:26:28 UTC

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I think the actual answer is to fix the clients that are producing those nevent IDs without encoding the author or relay metadata of where it was published or found. I feel like it’s ok to say we don’t have enough information to find this event on this decentralized network because you didn’t provide it. That’s just my opinion though.

2025-05-21 22:58:48 UTC

Nostash, the Safari Nostr NIP-07 signer extension, is now available on the App Store for iOS 18+! The Mac release is held up by Apple’s reviewers for various reasons which I’m attempting to resolve now. Kudos to @npub1tvq…krq4 @npub172y…g6ef and @npub162z…tdhy for helping me take screenshots for the release! I didn’t use all of them but it was very helpful to have a selection of images to choose from. Lastly, kudos to @npub19pw…jtwk for building the original (now unavailable) Nostore extension which Nostash is forked from. Please let me know if you have any feedback. I’m not adding any features to it but I am maintaining it, so if you have any bug fixes to report or code contributions to add, please let me know. ✌🏼
https://apps.apple.com/app/nostash/id6744309333
#note1v75…yr8d

2025-05-20 03:36:10 UTC

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In before Nostur
- @npub18m7…q955 😏
#nevent1q…h7dj

2025-05-06 00:43:37 UTC

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💯

2025-05-06 00:13:13 UTC

Just published a Block Engineering blog post titled “Trust in Nostr NIP-05 Identifiers”. Check it out!
https://engineering.block.xyz/blog/trust-in-nostr-nip-05-identifiers

2025-05-04 12:06:05 UTC

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Admittedly not much progress. I haven’t found time to work on Yeti in the last while. But I haven’t dropped it.

2025-05-01 19:34:03 UTC

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What does debugging on iOS look like for the Kotlin Multiplatform pieces?

2025-05-01 19:06:05 UTC

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One team will be shirtless and ripped. I don’t think it’s a fair fight. 😅

2025-05-01 11:52:09 UTC

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My work on it is a bit stalled. But in theory, yes, I think we could rely on deeplinks to switch between PWA clients and a signer app when it needs to sign data. The experience with app switching will be suboptimal for frequent actions like reacting to events.

2025-04-30 23:47:54 UTC

Huge.
#note1trh…tkgv

2025-04-30 23:45:48 UTC

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I’ve been having a hard time juggling between priorities recently, Nostr and otherwise. Yeti is one of the top things that I want to work on still.

2025-04-30 15:45:04 UTC

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@npub1tqj…z588 should work for very old iPhones.

2025-04-28 12:56:17 UTC

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https://github.com/nostr-sdk/nostr-sdk-ios

2025-04-26 03:30:23 UTC

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Warms the seat, yes! Haven’t found the music

2025-04-26 02:54:59 UTC

My first glow-in-the-dark toilet. 🚽
https://i.nostr.build/nvIgSrZ1QpYx4JfI.jpg

2025-04-24 15:24:35 UTC

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Agreed.
I’ll be in Vegas at the Nostr Lounge, so drop by to say hi!

2025-04-24 11:41:36 UTC

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It’s not mine.

2025-04-23 13:40:02 UTC

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For what it’s worth, I went through the airport in San Diego recently. It does have a sign mentioning that facial recognition was present and the photo would be deleted immediately after verification but you could opt out. It’s up to you to believe if that’s true or not. I’ve already accepted the fact that there’s cameras everywhere in airports and the government has my biometric information anyway so it’s futile, but there’s nothing wrong with opting out of biometric checks if you have the option.

2025-04-22 11:42:32 UTC

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Damus Translators get access to release candidates so that they can work on translations before it’s made available to Purple subscribers.

2025-04-21 21:08:47 UTC

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Yeah, where only one entity can give them out.

2025-04-21 20:18:21 UTC

lol
https://www.bsky.social/about/blog/04-21-2025-verification

2025-04-19 07:57:51 UTC

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https://testflight.apple.com/join/8TFMZbMs

2025-04-19 07:45:46 UTC

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Nostash, which is a fork of Nostore, requires iOS 18 for the same reason. @npub1e3m…qvr5 is there a reason why you haven’t upgraded to iOS 18 yet?

2025-04-18 19:35:02 UTC

We did it, guys. The President is on the chocolate at JFK airport. America!
https://i.nostr.build/jrYJODacqOIzm0VQ.jpg

2025-04-17 01:47:53 UTC

Just received a “Coinbase” phishing email scam. Don’t fall for it.
https://i.nostr.build/QsbMnOGoKacPzMPc.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/WIsUmfwyjhXNyjXA.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/ABjhd7wxhRcT0TUD.jpg

2025-04-13 00:17:11 UTC

Nostr is for everyone.
#note19pa…a0jt

2025-04-12 23:35:08 UTC

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Link to his music?

2025-04-12 23:33:47 UTC

Censorship on Bluesky, which can also happen on Mastodon. Nostr or bust.
#note165n…x5zv

2025-04-08 02:09:41 UTC

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Damus PR to fix this issue: https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/2967

2025-04-07 13:33:41 UTC

Nostash is a Safari browser extension I created that stores your Nostr private key and signs Nostr events with it per the NIP-07 specification. It’s a fork of Nostore, which is no longer supported by the original developer, @npub19pw…jtwk , and no longer on the Apple App Store. Nostash is currently in beta on Apple TestFlight and I’ll release it to the Apple App Store soon. Please try it with your favorite Nostr web apps and let me know if you have any feedback. I’m only maintaining Nostash as the sole NIP-07 solution on Apple platforms and do not plan to add new features. I will be putting most of my energy into Yeti, a better native iOS signer app, which will hopefully supersede Nostash once it’s ready.
https://testflight.apple.com/join/8TFMZbMs
https://github.com/tyiu/nostash

2025-04-06 17:08:21 UTC

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It’s not empty. I zoomed in and people were transitioning in and out of the room between talks.

2025-04-06 15:36:22 UTC

SUPPORTING FREEDOM TECH INFRASTRUCTURE @npub1qny…95gx
https://i.nostr.build/4dnp6iQi17FyuFiL.jpg

2025-04-06 14:30:59 UTC

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You mean for notifications? The setting effectively hides all notifications that exceed a threshold of tagged pubkeys. I’m also making the threshold configurable.

2025-04-05 13:34:29 UTC

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https://web.mit.edu/webcast/mitbtcexpo/s25/

2025-04-05 13:34:07 UTC

MIT Bitcoin Expo is being live-streamed today. Nostr fireside chat with @npub1xts…kk5s @npub1gcx…nj5z @npub1fhm…nzcu is happening at 10:10am Eastern Time.
#note1gtq…a696

2025-04-05 12:31:04 UTC

GM
https://i.nostr.build/ACdsDXbAAgiguPwW.jpg

2025-04-04 20:55:32 UTC

Are there any Nostriches in Boston for the MIT Bitcoin Expo who want to hang out tonight?

2025-04-02 13:45:40 UTC

Damus PRs to add hellthread notification filtering:
Notepush: https://github.com/damus-io/notepush/pull/16
Damus iOS: https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/2946
I’m also conjuring up a way for Damus users to not tag all the people in the hellthread by default when replying. Stay tuned.

2025-03-29 18:07:44 UTC

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That was fun! I was already outside and heading in that direction anyway. I’ll see if I can make it tonight!

2025-03-29 15:39:27 UTC

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I have a fix incoming for Damus today. It will give you the option to mute notifications for notes with more than 10 mentioned profiles, with it enabled by default.

2025-03-28 12:17:46 UTC

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I don’t think it’s an over optimization. You would need to make N relay subscriptions sequentially (N being the number of events in the thread) instead of one relay subscription in the worst case to even be able to populate your event graph in the first place. It’s highly inefficient, but also as you described it, probably necessary because it’s easy to not conform to NIP-10 properly.

2025-03-25 13:11:53 UTC

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#note1qqq…dwd6

2025-03-25 12:50:10 UTC

People who were bullish on Nostr and are suddenly feeling a bit bearish about it should consider resetting their expectations. Nostr moves as slowly or quickly as it needs to. Everything that needs to happen will happen on its own schedule. It’s easy to compare with VC-funded companies who are building alternatives and features on a much quicker timeframe and in higher quality. However, if you believe in the core tenets of Nostr, then have the conviction to stick with it. This is a strong grassroots community with a vision that has continued to develop even after 3+ years, and has only gotten stronger over time. I love Nostr.

2025-03-24 23:32:10 UTC

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Agreed but this is not the right tool for managing sensitive organizational access.

2025-03-24 19:16:52 UTC

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There’s no KYC in Nostr. You reveal as much about yourself as you want to, or don’t. Everything is just a cryptographically generated identity.