Chris

Working on nostr stuff

- notestack.com
- transmit.fm
- notebin.io
- relayrunner.org
- relaywizard.com
- comet.md

NIP-C0 author

Public Key

npub1ygzj9skr9val9yqxkf67yf9jshtyhvvl0x76jp5er09nsc0p3j6qr260k2

NIP-05 Address

chris@nostrings.news

NIP-57 Address

chrisatmachine@getalby.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqszypfzctpjkwljjqrtya0zyjegt4jtkx0hn0dfq6v3hjecv8scedqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq32amnwvaz7tmwdaehgun9d35hgetn9ehhyecpnc7kg

Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nostrelites.org

Author Public Key

npub1ygzj9skr9val9yqxkf67yf9jshtyhvvl0x76jp5er09nsc0p3j6qr260k2

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2026-02-08 20:24:37

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yep, here it is: https://github.com/nodetec/notestack

2026-02-08 20:02:59

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shift+enter should break out of tables and codeblocks now

2026-02-08 19:48:25

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yep, if you see anything else feel free to call it out and i'lll try to get around to it on the weekends.

2026-02-08 19:46:50

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1. NED was the code name for the editor it was meant to stand for Nostr EDitor since you can paste nevents, npubs etc.. in and they should have a rich text representation. I was developing the editor to be standalone so that it could be used in other apps but I think i'm just going to make it work really well in the context of notestack before i abstract it.
But to fix the issue, it should say notestack instead of ned now on the sign in page.
2. i'm not sure if the create account it a great idea since it might encourage spam but i'm still thinking about this one.

2026-02-08 19:35:34

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scroll to highlight should be working, right now i only show the users their own highlights so performance should be fine i think.

2026-02-08 19:33:52

Scroll to highlight on notestack.com
https://v.nostr.build/txTxgGimfgs0OMBs.mp4

2026-02-08 01:14:13

If anyone has time to try out the wysiwyg editor at notestack.com and give feedback i would appreciate it: https://notestack.com/

2026-01-29 20:49:48

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no they should be in the normal event range, look into how this is handled in couchdb as an example. Each revision is meant to be atomic and immutable. So a replaceable event wouldn't work in this case.

2026-01-27 20:35:35

notestack.com supports playing audio attached to longform audio now, which apparently a lot of people are doing.
https://i.nostr.build/6AvhP139sF6Bopy1.png

2026-01-26 00:46:44

Save your articles to a stack on notestack.com
https://v.nostr.build/aCz8CudpW9W5Fh6f.mp4

2026-01-23 14:24:17

If you see some code you like on notestack.com you can post it as a codesnippet and read it later on notebin.io
https://v.nostr.build/JDg2U2mARWsuYj7k.mp4
#nostr #grownostr

2026-01-22 12:36:48

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yep but they're different:
NIP-77: what events do you have that i don't?
NIP-CD: Given all these revision events, what's the current state of each document and are there conflicts?
let's say you have an offline note taking app on you phone and desktop and you want them to sync.
they are both offline and you make an edit to the same document on each device.
now the user can choose which revision wins or the relay can lexicographically choose a winner in a deterministic way.

2026-01-22 10:53:46

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comet is meant to be local first an synced across devices but before that can work i need something like this nip: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2192 to make that happen
until then comet is paused and i'm building out the rich text wysiwyg editor in notestack that i can use across both apps.
rich text is also a pretty niche topic so it takes some time to get it right.
a few things to test:
- click in the gutters/margins or bottom of the editor and realize the cursor goes where you expect
- press enter near the bottom of the viewport and realize the editor auto centers
- paste in an npub or nevent and try out the embedded features

2026-01-22 10:38:31

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interesting i swapped it to my alby one i didn't know strike had a minimum

2026-01-22 09:55:54

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Thanks!
The highlights are an event: https://nips.nostr.com/84
They should also be visible on habla.news and highlighter.com

2026-01-22 09:49:20

Folding for the editor and reader on Notestack
https://v.nostr.build/KnKEGXXb1EIcgzKp.mp4
https://notestack.com

2026-01-21 21:54:16

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Your nsec is stored in a JWT token that’s kept in an encrypted cookie in the browser and made available to the session for signing. When you sign out the cookie is deleted. I wouldn’t recommend logging in with your nsec directly for most sites but i give users the option for testing and if they’re on mobile.

2026-01-21 19:10:21

Notestack now supports NIP-84 highlights.
https://v.nostr.build/o3uzK0oRVx1NWI0d.mp4
Check it out at https://notestack.com
#nostr #grownostr

2026-01-20 14:58:56

I'm working on a rich text editor for nostr try it out here: https://notestack.com/
try pasting in npubs and nvents to test out nostr features

2025-06-29 23:18:47

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- on notebin.io you can only sign in with nostr
- the snippets are only saved on a nostr relay that i spun up using relaywizard
- the mcp server uses nostr to get your snippets
- it's completely open source if you want to verify any of this:
https://github.com/nodetec/notebin
i guess you could make the argument that the mcp server being made available via http but that's the only remote interface available at the moment
if you'd like to use it locally and just connect to a relay i have a standalone MCP server for that as well:
https://github.com/nodetec/nostr-code-snippet-mcp
this is pretty much as nostr as it gets

2025-06-29 23:07:52

notebin.io now has a remote mcp server at https://notebin.io/mcp that you can use with your Coding agent to fetch your NIP-C0 code snippets.
Example MCP config:
"mcp": {
"servers": {
"notebin.io": {
"url": "https://notebin.io/mcp"
}
}
}
The minimum you need to provide is your npub, but you can also provide a limit, a programming language and tags
Make sure to create a few code snippets first at https://notebin.io
#grownostr

2025-06-29 00:56:42

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https://notebin.io/user/npub1ygzj9skr9val9yqxkf67yf9jshtyhvvl0x76jp5er09nsc0p3j6qr260k2
link to profile page, idk why primal ate this earlier and just linked my npub

2025-06-29 00:55:22

notebin.io (a site and relay for code snippets) supports profile pages for users now, you can also update your profile information by clicking on the user dropdown and selecting "account"
https://notebin.io/user/npub1ygzj9skr9val9yqxkf67yf9jshtyhvvl0x76jp5er09nsc0p3j6qr260k2
profiles are also now batched and shown on the archive page so you can see the name and image for the user who created the NIP-C0 code snippet.

2025-05-04 23:54:38

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Here are a couple reasons off the top of my head:
- moderation
i don't want to moderate kind 1's, but i want it to be public
- resources
i can run this relay on a very cheap server since it won't have to scale past the niche use case of code snippets (which could actually get pretty difficult if MCP servers start using this relay for agents, but at least i will only need to deal with increasing resources in that case)

2025-05-04 22:29:35

Running a new relay for just kind 1337 code snippets at relay.notebin.io.
#grownostr

2025-04-27 10:39:32

We're planning to change the recommended hosting provider on relayrunner.org soon, currently planning to use https://1984.hosting . Any other suggestions?

2025-04-27 10:23:08

You probably shouldn’t be running a public relay if you don’t have the time to moderate it.

2025-04-14 04:54:27

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Ok I think i understand now after finding these: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/data-vending-machines/tree/master/kinds
I'll adapt this nip to a job request.

2025-04-14 04:42:20

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If I understand DVMs correctly I would have to pay a relay for this data though right?

2025-04-14 04:21:33

Zap Reducer NIP: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1877/files
It's like NIP-45 Counts but allows you to reduce filtered zap amounts to based on some function like:
- sum
- avg
- min
- max
- count
relays that implement this nip will allow the client to just ask for the sum of all zaps rather than streaming all of the zaps and summing on the client.
#grownostr

2025-04-09 23:20:22

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it should already publish to all of your NIP-65 write relays, assuming it can find your 10002. I'm not sure about drafts yet.

2025-04-09 23:08:17

How do you think relays should be handled on https://notebin.io?

2025-04-09 22:20:45

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Some really cool stuff happening with NIP-C0 code snippets, might be a good way to get more developers into nostr.

2025-04-09 02:58:39

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yes, the hardest part was finding a good rich text editor to integrate well with react native but with dom components this editor should translate pretty nicely to mobile. i'll work on a mobile client once cross platform encrypted sync is implemented on the desktop.

2025-04-08 23:54:34

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fair point

2025-04-08 23:50:40

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An information junkie that buys ram so he doesn't have to close any tabs.
I still see this as an experimental project overall, one of my biggest issues has been trying to decide what to do with relays, with multiple columns you can just have the user decide what relays they want to read from per column.

2025-04-08 23:19:21

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yea but there are already mobile clients with single feeds that are doing that task well.

2025-04-08 23:09:56

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it seems like a good fit for nostr, you can mix and match all kinds of feeds

2025-04-08 23:02:36

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ok i'm just realizing now that this is based on tweetdeck/xpro which i've never seen until now. Maybe i should take notestack in this direction 🤔

2025-04-08 22:54:53

Are clients with multiple column feeds the future?

2025-04-08 08:05:22

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Never heard of freenet tbh

2025-04-08 08:04:24

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I haven’t thought about dms but I do plan to build in encrypted sync cross platform for your notes.

2025-04-08 08:01:59

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🤝 A simple desktop note taking app that allows you to write markdown in rich text and publish articles to nostr. Still in alpha tho so if you test it make sure to save your notes outside of the app until 1.0.

2025-04-08 07:58:38

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I’ll consider it out of alpha once encrypted sync is working, and when that’s done I should be able to put together a mobile client but that’s a little further out.
In the meantime let me know what features you’d like to see!

2025-04-08 07:53:25

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I’ll give it a shot for the next release.

2025-04-08 07:11:07

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yea it's a desktop note taking app you can use to publish long form content. I'm planning to add regular notes and code snippets soon. It's still in alpha so if you test it out make sure to back up the notes somewhere else until 1.0.
you can download it at https://comet.md

2025-04-08 05:36:45

You can now sort by last edited, created at and title in Comet.
Title is particularly useful if you're writing a book or course where you can number the titles.
Each notebook should have it's own sort state.
https://v.nostr.build/UYI1ZMXp3FfKlwsL.mp4

2025-04-08 04:58:06

You can now tag your code snippets on notebin.io, this will allow for enhanced lookup with MCP serviers:
https://v.nostr.build/aQ0sJT93wQh6HCZx.mp4

2025-04-08 00:28:41

I refactored the code snippet MCP code to use typescript and be simpler to understand, if you're just learning how to integrate nostr with MCP I recommend checking out the tools directory:
https://github.com/nodetec/nostr-code-snippet-mcp/tree/master/src/tools

2025-04-07 17:49:37

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It’s back.

2025-04-07 17:34:33

The domain for Tauri (the rust desktop application framework) has expired. Reminder that if you have a good domain to put it on auto-renew. Hopefully they’re able to get it back.
https://tauri.app

2025-04-07 09:19:00

NIP-C0 supported landed in rust-nostr: https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr/pull/830
#grownostr

2025-04-07 06:29:34

If anyone is looking to:
- show x results per page (not infinite scroll feed)
- save paginated state when navigating to a post and back
- reduce number of calls that need to be made to relays
checkout how I'm doing pagination for notebin snippets:
https://notebin.io/archive
I think this is about as good as you can do when you only have the created_at timestamp to work with.

2025-04-06 20:44:29

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MCP and UDS signer code: https://github.com/nodetec/nostr-code-snippet-mcp (make sure to spin up the UDS signer first if you wanna test publishing)

2025-04-06 20:26:35

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also just realized I put and @ and not a # 🤦‍♂️

2025-04-06 20:24:57

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Here is the nip to sign via Unix Domain Sockets: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1862

2025-04-06 20:22:10

In this demo we ask Claude to post a simple python code snippet. The MCP server reaches out via unix domain socket to have the event signed so Claude nor the MCP server needs to know the private key. This will allow you to have Claude post code snippets that you like on your behalf without needed to expose your private key/nsec.
@grownostr
https://v.nostr.build/VyJH6QCH6Q5RgAV8.mp4

2025-04-06 02:28:43

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Yea I don't artifacts support this atm. Seems like doing something like this could be risky tho.
https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/9487310-what-are-artifacts-and-how-do-i-use-them

2025-04-06 02:22:06

I just realized that an MCP server is another good place to test out a remote signer via UDS on the desktop, I’ll try to get a demo out for it soon.
The basic idea is that you could have the agent post notes on your behalf without giving it or the MCP server your nsec.
Or you could give the agent/MCP server an npub and it could have it’s own identity.

2025-04-06 02:09:00

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I don’t think you can give an agent some JS code for instance and have it execute it in node. At least afaik. Maybe just write a good tool for an MCP server with all the params it might need for the complex query?

2025-04-06 02:01:40

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I recently got a Levoit core 100s, mostly for allergies and stuff. It’s pretty interesting watching the light change from blue to orange when i open a window or cook something.
I went with this one since there’s a lot of controversy around ozone and stuff with a lot of the popular air purifiers, and since i don’t understand any of that I just opted for one without plasma wave tech.
I don’t recommend any of the round ones from Levoit though.

2025-04-05 20:40:25

Does anyone know of a good search relay implementation?

2025-04-05 13:19:22

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beginning work on one for code snippets: https://github.com/nodetec/nostr-code-snippet-mcp

2025-04-05 11:26:22

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🤔

2025-04-05 11:19:52

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I don't think I understand custodial in this context.

2025-04-05 11:15:17

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you can zap code snippets on https://notebin.io

2025-04-05 11:09:52

How does Primal show reply count, zap sums, like counts and repost counts so fast?

2025-04-04 23:41:25

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MCP typescript-sdk with since it works with fiatjaf’s nostr-tools lib
typescript-sdk: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk
nostr example for kind 1337: https://github.com/nodetec/nostr-code-snippet-mcp

2025-04-04 21:59:07

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I would recommend building something simple with nostr-tools to get started then (my first project was notebin.io). Maybe checkout ndk later. You might also consider spinning up your own relay for testing or personal notes so that you can see how it all works together, for that I'd recommend relayrunner.org. And for cli and local relay purposes I'd recommend nak.
https://github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-tools
https://github.com/nostr-dev-kit/ndk
https://relayrunner.org/
https://github.com/fiatjaf/nak
I would say the things that I have found the hardest to get right on nostr are:
- caching
- batching
- relay UI/UX
- pagination
- counting
I can go into more detail if you wanna drill down on anything in particular.

2025-04-04 21:18:45

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I can point you to some libraries, open source projects and patterns i have found helpful. What are you looking to build?

2025-04-04 17:53:55

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you could probably give it an nsec and just have it post every time it generates some code. But yea it could definitely write and post code snippets, just change the input to the snippet content and change the function to publish with a nsec from an env var or an external config file (or just hardcode it)

2025-04-04 05:54:30

Simple example for NIP-C0 code snippet Mode Context Protocol Server:
https://github.com/nodetec/nostr-code-snippet-mcp

2025-04-03 23:32:24

I wrote a simple MCP server for fetching recent code snippets, this one just gets recent ones but you can imagine how useful this could be if you're running your own relay with a curated list of composable code snippets that already work.
This would be even cooler if you were using a search relay and could have claude search for public code snippets that match what you're trying to do by filetype and function name.
This is just scratching the surface.
https://v.nostr.build/RSMqDK9pwTIm6bxu.mp4

2025-04-03 08:50:50

I pretty much only find new people on here when accounts I already follow repost content. So we should probably be abusing reposts.

2025-04-03 06:04:23

The pagination on the archive page for notebin has been improved, feedback is welcome, let me know if it doesn’t behave how you’d expect:
https://notebin.io/archive

2025-04-03 02:52:35

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Are you aware of an implementation/currently running relay that supports nip-45?
stryfry for instance has an issue out for it but it doesn’t seem like it’s priority: https://github.com/hoytech/strfry/issues/77
also this doesn’t seem to address the other issue for reducing zap events to a total amount, is there some way to do this yet?
also i’m aware of nip-45 but i’ve also seen that it has been a controversial subject in the past, apparently the original author deprecated it but i guess it was un-deprecated in a more recent PR: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/842

2025-04-03 02:21:31

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I don’t think DVMs will scale for my use case, I essentially want to show counts for comments, likes and amounts for zaps (taking each zap event for an event and reducing it to an amount) for posts.
Streaming each event in and counting on the client seems wrong but there is no way to ask a relay for counts (leaving aside zap amounts for now, which would be slightly more complex).
I don’t think paying a relay every time I want a comment count for a post is a good solution. Unless I’m misunderstanding something.

2025-04-02 12:30:10

Any good algo relay implementations yet?

2025-04-01 05:08:54

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You shouldn’t let the desktop apps that exist today sour your opinion on the platform as a whole. I haven’t tried gossip, but maybe i’ll give making a kind 1 desktop client a shot.
Also can you try comet and let me know what you think?
https://comet.md

2025-04-01 04:17:23

The desktop application is the most sovereign platform available and is mostly uncontested territory.

2025-03-31 22:10:37

NIP-5F: Remote Signing via Unix Domain Sockets
This NIP will allow desktop applications to communicate offline with a signing application running locally on the users machine.
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1862

2025-03-31 07:05:32

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how do i install this chat app btw?

2025-03-31 07:02:38

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what lists would be featured on the site/app tho? even if the lists are created by users someone would need to also curate that list.
maybe i’m just not thinking about it right.

2025-03-31 06:53:45

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seems like it would need a manual curation process which sounds like tedious work.

2025-03-31 06:50:16

I’m setting up a project for comet so can keep track of what i’m working on bugs/features etc..
https://github.com/orgs/nodetec/projects/7/views/2
if there’s something you’d like to see in comet notes add an issue to the repo and it will automatically show up in the backlog
https://github.com/orgs/nodetec/projects/7/views/1

2025-03-30 00:59:47

There must be something interesting we can do with this code snippet kind and the new MCP stuff but I have no idea how it works yet.

2025-03-29 21:49:32

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Well I wanted to name it C0DE which is all hex but i figured it would be too long, if I can I'll give you C0 😅

2025-03-29 21:40:18

NIP-C0: Code Snippets is merged
NIP: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/C0.md
Reference implementation: https://notebin.io
Repo: https://github.com/nodetec/notebin

2025-03-29 06:32:22

https://notebin.io now has an archive of snippets you can page through: https://notebin.io/archive

2025-03-27 21:57:35

My vim setup for zed:
settings.json file: https://notebin.io/nevent1qvzqqqq98ypzqgs9ytpvx2em72gqdvn4ugjt9pwkfwce77da4yrfjx7t8ps7rr95qy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hsz8nhwden5te0wfjkccte9e3ksunfwdshgmtpvd5xjmn99e3k7mgqyrd70y63v4vy0g4xgndfk3dcxam06hapemmv0sl8clmdwr3uppsvvzkm5am
keymap.json file: https://notebin.io/nevent1qvzqqqq98ypzqgs9ytpvx2em72gqdvn4ugjt9pwkfwce77da4yrfjx7t8ps7rr95qy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hsz8nhwden5te0wfjkccte9e3ksunfwdshgmtpvd5xjmn99e3k7mgqypmaapys64xc0lt48vwthffh923e2ttygrzcmwsgxwd2na0re4ntkp8t9mx

2025-03-26 04:13:05

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then maybe on the root site users can create a community similar to how reddit works, only you’ll spin up an entire relay and have moderation capabilities when you create the community. if the main site decides they don’t like you anymore and shuts down your subrelay you can just make sure to back up all notes to an external relay on your own domain. and users can just add that domain to their list while preserving all of their data.

2025-03-26 04:05:29

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maybe one domain could also have multiple relays and use the subdomain to advertise what kind of content a user could expect to see there.
baking.damus.io
webdev.damus.io

2025-03-26 03:58:33

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You would also ideally only read from one relay at a time and just swap them out when you want to see differently themed content.

2025-03-26 03:53:47

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i’ll work on that next, since it shares the editor with comet right now the title is chosen based on the first line with a single hashtag markdown title. I think that fits the ui for comet, but I’ll likely need a separate text input for the title on notestack in the future to avoid this confusion.

2025-03-26 03:51:22

relays should implement some sort of algorithm chosen by the relay runner rather than just spewing the most recent events or making the client come up with some sort of hacky global/main filter.
It would be cool to see different feeds from the perspective of a programmer, designer, baker, gardener etc… rather than some algo that has overfit what it thinks i want to see.
Once you get stuck with a bad algo on twitter/x for example you’re kinda stuck with it and you have to artificially interact with posts that are similar to the kind of content you want to see again even tho you’re not necessarily interested in that post.

2025-03-26 03:44:17

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Ok publishing when logged in with an nsec should work now. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

2025-03-26 03:22:26

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Well it’s hard for initial discovery, but I think the main feed from relays should be curated at the relay level. Instead of just spewing the latest events.

2025-03-26 03:11:50

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hmm, i tested it recently I’ll fix it and let you know when it’s done.

2025-03-26 03:07:15

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Yup notestack is mine as well, it’s using basically the same editor as comet. i need to tweak the publish step on notestack (to make sure the title doesn’t show twice on other sites) but it works. Also on notestack try pasting an npub into the editor and hovering it. I’m working on some rich text nostr editor components.

2025-03-26 02:52:13

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i think you can do that on jumble.social