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David A. Harding
@David A. Harding

Former co-author of the Bitcoin Optech weekly newsletter (2018-2025) and the third edition of Mastering Bitcoin (2023). Brink.dev grant committee member (2022-) and former board member (2020-22). Lives in Hilo, Hawaii. All opinions are my own.

Relays (4)
  • wss://nos.lol/ – read & write
  • wss://nostr.mom/ – read & write
  • wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social/ – write
  • wss://nostr.bitcoin.social/ – read

Recent Notes

sudocarlos · 1w
another pod trying to nerd snipe me into openclaw. although i agree with most stuff discussed in this pod, im just not ready. not today. today i went deep with opencode web and now i just want a pro...
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Haven't heard the pod but I tried OpenClaw and was pretty disappointed. It wasn't that useful without giving it access to all my data and accounts, and I didn't want to do that for privacy, security, and trust reasons. I'm also sticking with my desktop ai tool for now and accessing it from my phone to poke projects along (I'm using tailscale, mosh, and tmux for that).
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sudocarlos · 1w
mosh sounds cool. if youre using opencode, try opencode web. the interface is pretty nice and makes it easy to switch between sessions and projects.
Justin Moon · 2w
Vibecoding idea I don't have time for: Take SQLite's version control system Fossil (where all the code history and issue tracking and a bunch of other stuff live in one sqlite file) and figure out how...
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I've used fossil for my personal projects in the past, it's actually really nice for solo projects or small teams. I can't imagine an agent would have any difficulty even if they had to figure it out entirely from its built in help text.
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Justin Moon · 2w
Or even just directly manipulating the SQLite db!
sedited · 6w
Maybe file an issue? I've looked at it on amethyst and primal. Amethyst also renders it a bit weirdly, but primal gets it right. To calm your nerves "driebuffelsmeteenskotmorsdoodgeskietfontein" is ...
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Yeah, after the surprise, I realized it was probably just a link preview issue and I clicked the link. I'm not sure where to file an issue. I was using Amethyst but I assume it was just fairhfully rendering maps dot google dot com. Google was just displaying its default, which is my current location. I'm guessing its just a quirk that I'll have to get used to.
sedited · 6w
Maybe file an issue? I've looked at it on amethyst and primal. Amethyst also renders it a bit weirdly, but primal gets it right. To calm your nerves "driebuffelsmeteenskotmorsdoodgeskietfontein" is an afrikaans hyperbole sometimes used to refer to the middle of nowhere, or some outlandish place. I...
sedited · 9w
It served me well so far, but sometimes it does feel like gpg makes it hard on purpose.
Vitor Pamplona · 13w
True, but constantly rewriting pages of a 60GB file is better than inserting new files that won't change, no?
dangershony · 13w
Wait what?
Vitor Pamplona · 15w
Since the invention of coding AIs, I discovered 15 new levels of anger I didn't know I had. https://image.nostr.build/85a3dd78359d2c13b508294470c3d5b7a559ea61aef3cec412a5726d15e2e2c8.jpg
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What's the name for the emotion when you ask it to do something and then come back later to discover it wrecked things and you forgot to git commit the previous improvements?

(That makes me wonder if I could set up an every minute cronjob to create btrfs snapshots or something.)
bitcoinlimit · 16w
more like a real time price signal for the marginal cost of capital across the entire global financial system. in other words when systemwide liquidity expands, bitcoinn is usually the first asset to reprice because it has no cash flows no valuation anchors no regulatory capital constraints and extr...
Constant · 16w
No one knows what it means, but it's provocative....It gets the people going!
Chicken Legs · 16w
If you want it simplified then yeah, pretty much! But it’s less about people with cash. Global liquidity valve just means that bitcoin reacts first and fastest when money becomes easier or harder to get in the world. When money is easy, BTC jumps early. When money is tight, BTC drops early. So ...