shawn
Shawn

From product to pipeline—GTM advisory for frontier tech
Bitcoin · AI · Distributed Systems · Open Source

Podcast: trustrevolution.co
Substack: sideband.pub

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Last Notes

2026-03-26 02:24:52 UTC

Nostr's CEO could not be reached for comment.
#nevent1q…u8pw

2026-03-25 20:26:30 UTC

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You are correct on all counts.

2026-03-25 13:45:10 UTC

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My first computer. 🧡

2026-03-25 13:44:52 UTC

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Evergreen.
#nevent1q…haae

2026-03-25 03:28:31 UTC

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Still Stripe underneath. Captured. Bummer.

2026-03-24 23:29:19 UTC

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This is why we can't have nice things.

2026-03-24 23:11:14 UTC

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Regrettably, no.

2026-03-24 21:12:43 UTC

I am once again asking GitHub to stop failing.

2026-03-24 12:48:19 UTC

🤔
https://blossom.primal.net/37c9f3ced0e2693c121fbbb1940b053b6eae4ddc0b2576d3959b98829b7d631f.png

2026-03-24 00:26:51 UTC

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Sadly.

2026-03-23 22:54:18 UTC

It's a certain kind of curse to be old enough to remember when things cost a small fraction of what they do now.

2026-03-21 16:40:28 UTC

https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing

2026-03-21 15:25:05 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/8b3a0cedae45939e78bd99760f972d38f6eee2f7cc2ab027cdf4c1740462a71e.jpg

2026-03-21 13:40:30 UTC

"… it was argued that the state—following coercive taxation and monopolization or competition suppression—can intervene through doing 'nothing,' that is, paid non-delivery of promised and monopolized service."
https://mises.org/mises-wire/its-not-anarcho-tyranny-its-interventionist-non-intervention

2026-03-21 00:50:16 UTC

What a timeline.
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/20/ai-data-centers-military-targets-iran-war/

2026-03-20 21:06:46 UTC

lol
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c624330lg1ko

2026-03-20 20:39:42 UTC

The world's reserve currency is backed by forever wars. Soon may it die.

2026-03-19 20:54:22 UTC

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In. End? Either way.

2026-03-19 20:53:17 UTC

If you have to keep asking if the bottom is in, it's not.

2026-03-19 14:09:32 UTC

The banks got too big to fail, then got regulated into staying that way. Is AI next?
https://www.sideband.pub/p/too-big-to-fail-again

2026-03-17 21:58:33 UTC

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I'll just leave this here.
https://nostr-ux.com/

2026-03-17 16:48:39 UTC

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̶N̶o̶G̶o̶o̶d̶ SoGood

2026-03-17 16:42:44 UTC

Fifteen years of cloud infrastructure abstracted away the machine. Functions, not file systems. Stateless, ephemeral, and billed by the invocation. That model was right for web requests. It was never designed for agents.
https://www.sideband.pub/p/agents-need-computers-not-compute

2026-03-16 11:38:39 UTC

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I think Plausible strikes the right balance, and with their custom events you can wire up a privacy-respecting version of Mixpanel telemetry.

2026-03-15 14:00:25 UTC

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https://media1.tenor.com/m/pOfUpPxwgHEAAAAC/is-it.gif

2026-03-15 13:43:48 UTC

Hypothesis: AI tools compound faster for solo builders than teams can restructure to match.

2026-03-15 10:06:43 UTC

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Not yet. I need to spring for RAID. You?

2026-03-15 00:38:14 UTC

Proof of Work vs Proof of War
https://xcancel.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2032977830234214487?s=20

2026-03-15 00:19:08 UTC

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A humble cluster of three.

2026-03-14 23:10:27 UTC

I've been meaning to sort out my homelab Proxmox cluster for over a year. Better disk config, mounts, cross-machine backup, etc. I YOLO'd Claude code onto the primary host and knocked it out in 90 minutes.

2026-03-14 13:46:35 UTC

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Thanks for the feedback and video. Try this branch, please.
https://github.com/shawnyeager/flora-extension/tree/fix/camera-selection-and-tab-permissions

2026-03-14 04:54:08 UTC

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Fun fact: though apparently misattributed to Chinese culture, it's a curse, not a blessing.

2026-03-13 23:55:23 UTC

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My read was that it was a troll. Have you seen otherwise?

2026-03-13 23:07:14 UTC

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Highly unlikely I'll take it there. Trying to keep it multi-platform. PRs welcome!

2026-03-13 23:06:33 UTC

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Definitely considering this. nanoid slug naming may be a solid interim step.

2026-03-13 22:48:30 UTC

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Odd. Works just fine for me on Omarchy and Chromium.

2026-03-13 22:47:51 UTC

Flora v0.2.0 released. Now with more Loom'ness.
https://github.com/shawnyeager/flora-extension/releases/tag/v0.2.0
https://blossom.primal.net/9ef784be48a99ae6713f395de4c2ca9bb22ed57aa9906de43a7759d0d83744de.png

2026-03-13 22:26:02 UTC

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One has value; the other has none.

2026-03-13 22:25:26 UTC

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You didn't watch the video. ;)

2026-03-13 21:46:40 UTC

Not even a dunk, I genuinely forgot about Ethereum.

2026-03-13 21:20:35 UTC

The Commonwealth is cooked.
https://reclaimthenet.org/canada-bill-c22-lawful-access-act-metadata-retention-surveillance

2026-03-12 22:56:39 UTC

Flora—the screen recorder I started building yesterday—now has a proper release.
Chrome extension. Record your screen, upload to your Blossom server, publish a note with NIP-07. Pick your own servers and relays.
Very early. Lots to do. Grab the zip from releases and load it as an unpacked extension—no build tools needed.
https://github.com/shawnyeager/flora-extension
PRs and contributions of all kinds welcome.
https://relay.shawnyeager.com/49d061f00c39fe61d8e7ba58d481229dd878b3860d9bc752638947954a527766.mp4

2026-03-12 19:11:02 UTC

I will squeeze out every token. https://blossom.primal.net/b85a166cf34251b7f48098c1ace6ecb096f6c96507370ca58927caecef0a850f.png

2026-03-12 18:43:48 UTC

Europe gets a win.
https://xcancel.com/ProtonPrivacy/status/2032131005671186753

2026-03-12 00:29:57 UTC

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Dark patterns everywhere.

2026-03-11 20:12:24 UTC

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I am pumped.

2026-03-11 19:59:15 UTC

This is not The Onion. California is addicted to losing.
https://relay.shawnyeager.com/100b16830c03be7a4c3ae8936dffbfe770a8ba20278b8a0d01cf0709bb01f6d3.png

2026-03-11 19:54:34 UTC

The Mouse is back.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/look-how-far/1878492416?i=1878492417&ls

2026-03-11 12:51:36 UTC

Can I build a nostr-based Loom? Let's find out.

2026-03-11 12:28:51 UTC

Wen Wisp Web @nprofile…jejf

2026-03-11 02:21:11 UTC

Forward Deployed 🦞

2026-03-11 00:48:40 UTC

Aww, hell. Wisp has Catppuccin.

2026-03-10 12:56:45 UTC

You don't hate SDNY enough.

2026-03-10 12:55:54 UTC

In 1960, shipping a truckload of medicine from Chicago to an interior city in Europe cost $2,400—about $25,000 today. Half of that was spent covering ten miles on each end. Eight days to load. Eight days to unload.
A dozen vendors touching every piece of cargo: truckers, railroads, port warehouses, steamship companies, customs, insurers, and freight forwarders. The distance wasn’t the expensive part. Every port, crane, warehouse, and customs form assumed a human had to handle every crate.
The shipping container didn’t fix any of those systems. It made them obsolete. Once the unit moving through the infrastructure changed—from individual cargo handled by longshoremen to sealed boxes handled by machines—every layer had to be rebuilt. Ports, cranes, trucks, railcars, insurance, customs, and labor contracts.
The container was just a steel box. The rebuild took twenty years.
The assumption starting to break now is the same kind: the user is a person.
https://www.sideband.pub/p/agent-era-infrastructure

2026-03-09 21:29:33 UTC

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🔥

2026-03-08 20:07:33 UTC

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Very cool. Somewhat ironically, I could not zap you 😉

2026-03-08 19:55:26 UTC

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Or maybe you're just projecting.

2026-03-08 19:54:35 UTC

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Much work still to do, but that's what I'm trying to call out here.
https://lab.sideband.pub/map/

2026-03-08 19:37:39 UTC

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Very interesting. Any rubrics for that so far or is everybody doing their own thing?

2026-03-08 19:30:24 UTC

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High praise from you, Leo. Feedback and PRs welcome if I missed something.

2026-03-08 19:22:31 UTC

Less Well Ackchyually.
More earnest collaboration.

2026-03-08 19:10:44 UTC

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So, instead of, say, asking a question, issue, or PR, you go directly to You're lying.
I'll be more generous with you than you are in almost every instance.
How would you write the copy?

2026-03-08 19:01:40 UTC

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"claim" is taking creative license. In other words, it would appear to be a two-horse race.

2026-03-08 19:00:45 UTC

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How goes it so far?
And did I muck anything up? 😅

2026-03-08 18:25:22 UTC

HTTP 402 has been “reserved for future use” since 1997.
Two protocols now claim it. x402 routes every payment through Coinbase. L402 needs nobody's permission.
Interactive breakdown:
https://lab.sideband.pub/http-402/

2026-03-07 19:07:57 UTC

Call to the Void — Go Go Penguin
https://relay.shawnyeager.com/76a82f45054ba659150e99e0622ec590383bd5a81e6e3f3b60bee89810b8c003.mp4

2026-03-07 18:12:10 UTC

https://relay.shawnyeager.com/3442b28143c64ea71f4b7ac33ac8920d07900ab8d33eaac8fa81f59354c5678b.jpg

2026-03-07 16:28:05 UTC

https://www.sideband.pub/p/the-mcp-ecosystem-by-the-numbers

2026-03-07 14:30:43 UTC

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I tried. Sticks here.
@nprofile…xqkm
https://relay.shawnyeager.com/fc77e0a11d6f892c2d209edd3ca33d8da250200b31e2153eea06bc0f69803529.png

2026-03-07 02:52:17 UTC

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https://media1.tenor.com/m/Br2vetOwUisAAAAC/top-gun-tom-cruise.gif

2026-03-07 01:55:30 UTC

Over dinner tonight…
My son: Daddy, when were you born?
Me: [redacted]
My son, with zero hesitation: Were you the first person on Earth?
☠️

2026-03-07 00:12:48 UTC

We're in the Proof of Work vs Proof of Destruction stage.
Always has been? Nah. But it's becoming more stark every day.

2026-03-06 23:28:32 UTC

Claude is that Hollywood agent who insists on producer credits.
#nevent1q…n484

2026-03-06 21:15:39 UTC

TIL people still talk about “Web3”.

2026-03-06 01:23:15 UTC

Woke bottom signal?
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/starbucks-plans-corporate-office-in-nashville-impacting-some-seattle-based-supply-chain-workers/

2026-03-06 01:19:15 UTC

To have the courage of one's convictions… priceless.

2026-03-06 01:17:11 UTC

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What does its replacement look like?

2026-03-05 23:19:15 UTC

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LXCs, but can confirm.

2026-03-05 22:22:20 UTC

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For a while, yes. At some point it just becomes cope.

2026-03-05 20:55:28 UTC

There are days when if feels as if nostr is resigned to and even most comfortable with mediocrity. Took 10 tries on 3 clients to get that last post out. I hope I'm wrong.

2026-03-05 20:51:55 UTC

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Gobs of slop, friend.

2026-03-05 20:49:24 UTC

Production glitches slowed us down, but the wait was worth it.
New episode of @nprofile…5jf9 tomorrow.
@nprofile…70ey and I discuss @nprofile…5jyy's ongoing mission to mainstream Bitcoin payments for humans and agents alike.
Thanks, Roland. This was a fun one.
https://blossom.primal.net/97eaff4e775b48d4b407d99d216618446ed9cfe9e1af55376e3cf459d9c3ef1f.mp4

2026-03-05 18:33:20 UTC

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If you don't get the reference, you're not on LinkedIn. God bless you.

2026-03-05 18:20:41 UTC

This might be the most dangerous tool I've ever built.
Reply with the word "SLOP" to have utter nonsense sent directly to your inbox.

2026-03-05 18:01:59 UTC

Feels like being in the penalty box.
https://relay.shawnyeager.com/4edd831583e3b540a49c452e1de773b93aef75202c03b4ecdd5eec66d71411e4.png

2026-03-05 17:38:03 UTC

Some will call it serendipity.
h/t @nprofile…cd8v for the spot.
https://blossom.primal.net/afc4318f495a576562fb596760bb62dbba9ae1e2c28748ac09a6e00cb761a2d3.png

2026-03-05 17:16:22 UTC

It is a time of brilliance. It is a time of retardation.

2026-03-05 17:14:46 UTC

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lazyvim is the goat.

2026-03-02 20:44:13 UTC

Balajji predicts the end of the West almost as often as China bans Bitcoin.

2026-03-02 20:40:50 UTC

Who controls agent payments? A force simulation of the three-way gravitational fight between state regulators, card networks, and open protocols.
https://lab.sideband.pub/three-body-problem/

2026-03-02 17:41:56 UTC

🟠 GDP is experiencing degraded performance
https://lab.sideband.pub/status/

2026-03-01 20:53:09 UTC

If I ever make a shock face YouTube cover card, take me out back and shoot me.

2026-02-28 20:52:22 UTC

The political class is cultural enshittification.

2026-02-28 20:50:18 UTC

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https://shawnyeager.com/notes/i-know-kung-fu/

2026-02-28 20:25:10 UTC

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Autocorrect robbed me of my "fast af".