BrettPhillips
Brett Phillips

Brett I. Phillips
My initials are bip 🤔

I like to play devil’s advocate and take the contrary position.

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2025-07-13 10:36:08 UTC

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If you’re 42 then your probably were 16 or 17 years old in 2000. You probably weren’t in tune with platforms trying to sell themselves as decentralized.

2025-07-12 10:45:38 UTC

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100%. After a month or two of seriously diving into agent assisted coding, I can honestly say it’s the elusive 10x’er to productivity management has always dreamed about.

2025-07-11 18:56:27 UTC

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Everywhere I can.
Let’s say I need to build a feature, take for instance a common task of integrating with Stripe.
I’ll start by gathering a few links to api documentation and use the Claude chat to say something along the lines of “research integrating with Stripe for invoicing referencing this links. Create a detailed design spec for the features”
Then I’ll take that spec, give it a once over and save it to my code workspace.
I’ll execute Claude Code and prompt something like “Think about the design spec for integrating stripe and create a detailed implementation plan to integrate Stripe in this application staying true to the projects conventions”.
I’ll give that a once over and maybe even ask it to validate the plan against the original spec.
Once I’m satisfied with the spec I say “execute the plan”.
I then move to a different project while it’s running and repeat back and forth.
I’ve been very happy with the quality of code given enough context and guidelines.

2025-07-11 10:42:38 UTC

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Claude Code is a great agent for coding. The Claude Sonnet models are also superior to pair with your agent.

2025-07-11 10:41:00 UTC

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Claude Code

2025-07-02 19:37:04 UTC

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Kismet

2025-06-29 10:48:25 UTC

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He likes to mix and match abbreviations. A CAGR closer to 30% would get us there.

2025-06-01 10:50:50 UTC

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Which company?

2025-05-28 01:53:04 UTC

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Do shell scripts count?

2025-05-27 23:44:12 UTC

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Time to triple down and cc the high school math teacher

2025-05-27 11:00:04 UTC

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I would say that they probably have to use a third party custodian, but then again, Fidelity custodies for their own ETF.

2025-05-26 19:24:45 UTC

Happy Mem Day 🇺🇸🫡
GM & GN

2025-05-26 00:43:09 UTC

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Go for something made of ceramic. You don’t want any metal micro-shavings or plastics

2025-05-25 13:59:59 UTC

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Guinness

2025-05-17 18:23:31 UTC

Hey @nprofile…z7g5, @nprofile…l8dp
Can the Q serve as a way to backup and restore two factor authentication codes?

2025-05-16 14:59:43 UTC

@nprofile…hjqw and cashu.me ( @nprofile…ssae ) are dope!
But when multi-nut?!
This will be the tipping point, in my opinion, where I will start showing normies.

2025-05-16 09:38:03 UTC

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He actually has two preferred stock tickers, STRF and STRK, in addition to MSTR.

2025-05-15 21:34:09 UTC

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USDT is Tether yes.
They can issue on any chain they have integrated with.
The chain, L1, is called Tron and has been around for a while. Native token is TRX I believe. Probably has many “use cases” but I think most of the volume is stablecoin transfer.
Many people in Argentina for example, use it from what I’ve seen on the YouTubes.

2025-05-15 19:18:49 UTC

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Centralized layer 1 with extremely low fees used heavily for USDT

2025-05-15 09:51:27 UTC

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Wait until all these people figure out firebase and replit; no more hiring someone to build a website for your business.

2025-05-12 11:51:06 UTC

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I hope you’re a bot because if you’re a real person who is goading someone to respond to you after they’ve had such an incredibly difficult experience, you kinda suck.

2025-05-12 01:04:20 UTC

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This is the ending to “Logan Lucky”, an underrated gem of a movie.

2025-05-11 23:14:21 UTC

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Can’t wait to see this merged to cashu.me

2025-05-11 19:51:15 UTC

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Swan make brain into potato

2025-05-11 19:50:06 UTC

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It’s because this is an institutional and corporate treasury game now. Retail, who are the ones googling, are not even a blip on that radar this go round.

2025-05-11 14:01:17 UTC

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Even more better, bake them with her.
nevent1qqs2yz6224gh82vc88caa0rk5sspykfn8s0gr32n3y84yh278awqlecppemhxue69uh5qmn0wvhxcmmvckyqwm

2025-05-11 12:21:44 UTC

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Personally I think I am for the change but definitely not how the process is playing out.

2025-05-11 12:18:12 UTC

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I like seeing it at all levels but maybe you create a second bot which is only massive losses. @rektbotmaxpain

2025-05-11 12:15:56 UTC

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A key point that I think is being overlooked in the debate it the difference between developers and maintainers of the project.
Developers are free to do as they please, write whatever code they want, and to submit whatever pull request they want.
Maintainers are supposed to only be stewards. They should not merge code that is has mot gained general consensus among users of the codebase.
If developers really really want to remove the OP_RETURN filters, they should be the ones forking bitcoin-core and pushing for its use. Only then after sufficient acceptance should it be considered for merging back into core.
tl;dr bitcoin-core should not be the bleeding edge of development but should be the slower, hardened and measured approach to change.

2025-05-09 23:22:47 UTC

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I thought bitcoin-core maintainers were supposed to be stewards of the protocol, not working for some patron who pays their salary.
So no, not an excellent take at all.

2025-05-06 01:55:45 UTC

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“…focused on preparing students for practical careers…”
“…knowledge necessary to safeguard their rights and prevent tyranny”

2025-05-05 23:07:19 UTC

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Must be the 90’s

2025-05-05 19:12:41 UTC

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New Zealand?

2025-05-05 16:55:53 UTC

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@nprofile…hv7r when do you think this will be available in the PWA?
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2025-05-03 13:23:29 UTC

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Honestly, if she had just stayed in the chair listening, I would have let it slide.

2025-05-02 15:00:48 UTC

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Do pruned nodes really play a role in maintaining decentralization?

2025-04-29 19:15:24 UTC

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True. I suspect it will be tougher to maintain and also functional participate with older versions over the next decade without a fork of the respository…or some hero who starts back-porting features.

2025-04-29 19:12:01 UTC

Can I zap a Pull Request?! #asknostr

2025-04-28 02:27:03 UTC

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XRP is a great medium of exchange

2025-04-28 02:26:01 UTC

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Cashu > Lightning > Bitcoin.
XRP can fade into the ether. Why why why do people want that hugely premined turd to succeed?!

2025-04-25 22:59:15 UTC

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…or Work Visa, Student Visa, Permanent Resident Permit?

2025-04-25 22:25:47 UTC

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Absolutely

2025-04-25 19:56:58 UTC

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https://m.primal.net/QdKd.jpg

2025-04-25 16:04:32 UTC

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Very much coupled to global liquidity still albeit with some delay as the money moves through the system.

2025-04-25 13:36:35 UTC

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If your name is Jack, you must run (at least) two companies at once. This is known.

2025-04-23 20:28:46 UTC

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It’s a Jack thing

2025-04-19 22:25:37 UTC

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What’s that flavor called and where can I get it?

2025-04-19 22:11:41 UTC

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Thanks @nprofile…7re4 as always. I’m happy to take a look and give some feedback. You should consider the GET side of this using range requests. This would assist in downloading larger files.

2025-04-18 19:19:15 UTC

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Nag too

2025-04-18 19:18:42 UTC

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Nog as in egg nog

2025-04-17 16:09:34 UTC

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What I’m trying to say is that I didn’t understand how one article meant the entire community was going downhill.

2025-04-17 13:52:12 UTC

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This is not representative of the “bitcoin community” in my opinion. Real bitcoiners knew, know and carry-on.

2025-04-13 20:58:34 UTC

My wife just said she now thinks there should be no income tax. She’s never better hotter.

2025-04-13 20:56:19 UTC

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I was almost falling asleep when I heard the discussion on @npub1qdc…zclt and was roused from my slumber

2025-04-13 17:48:57 UTC

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Other threads say Airalo. I haven’t tried either so I’m unsure of its affordability.

2025-04-13 17:41:45 UTC

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https://silent.link/

2025-04-13 17:41:29 UTC

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https://silent.link/

2025-04-13 01:48:06 UTC

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5yrs ago : git commit -am “added some stuff”
Today: git blame
FML 🤦‍♂️

2025-04-12 02:31:08 UTC

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Property of the Beast…for-ev-er!

2025-04-11 22:37:52 UTC

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I started programming in Assembly, then C, C++, then Java and C#, now Typescript. I don’t think that type of progression exists anymore.

2025-04-11 22:35:36 UTC

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Etiquette on the golf course

2025-04-11 19:18:56 UTC

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I have the tools in my day job to vectorize a jpg or png. I’d help if that makes sense.

2025-04-11 13:35:17 UTC

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Most important takeaways: own hard assets and a gun

2025-04-11 01:12:10 UTC

PSA: Right now is a great time to add liquidity to your Phoenix wallet or splice in more funds.

2025-04-10 19:30:38 UTC

Heading to Nashville, TN in a couple weeks. What are some good places I can spend some corn? #asknostr

2025-04-10 14:26:09 UTC

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Why you spamming this heart felt post with your hot take?

2025-04-08 21:06:36 UTC

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I see you’re able…awesome work!

2025-04-08 21:05:48 UTC

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Got kids? Got a job? It’s tough to juggle both these days. We should praise those who can do it but don’t judge…you don’t know their struggle.

2025-04-07 22:17:20 UTC

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Most are good are spitting out mermaid formatted diagrams.

2025-04-07 01:21:44 UTC

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I think that’s one of those things where if you do, you do, and if you don’t you don’t.

2025-04-06 10:57:03 UTC

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Starting the same journey

2025-04-05 18:15:01 UTC

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How do you post your own note?…you did it right here.

2025-04-03 18:14:58 UTC

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He really is.

2025-04-01 00:56:41 UTC

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Never mind. I was looking at the wrong place. Looks like three consecutive blocks were found very quickly and didn’t fill up with transactions. However, I’m not that well versed in the different scenarios that could result in this pattern of blocks.

2025-04-01 00:22:51 UTC

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Are you looking at mempool.space or your own instance? While not all blocks have been full, there have been far more transactions than shown here.

2025-03-31 01:24:05 UTC

“…blocks were becoming larger as the system became more popular, and the blocksize limit was close to being reached, which would result in full blocks.”
Every time I reread “The Blocksize War” I take a note on page one of the state of the mempool.
Last read, block height 795727, there were over 300k unconfirmed transactions on mempool.space and the low priority fee was 15 sat/vB.
BTC/USD: $30700
Tonight, as I read, block height 890179, Bitcoin trades around $81000. There have been quite a few blocks that were not full and the low priority fee is 1 sat/vB.
Tick tock…next block.

2025-03-29 15:26:35 UTC

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In practice, have you found that there are multiple “owners” of the same blob/hashes?

2025-03-27 10:58:10 UTC

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Run-on sentences really grind my gears.

2025-03-26 10:55:23 UTC

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What another great side feature of nostr. No more status of being logged in or read receipts. Did I leave if I still have my nsec?
Did I leave if I just used a different client? The uncertainty is great.

2025-03-24 16:08:57 UTC

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Kids are not learning how to learn currently, just how to pass standardized tests.

2025-03-23 18:07:27 UTC

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It would be great if you could get zapped everytime your code package was downloaded/included.

2025-03-23 11:09:20 UTC

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That’s some broad strokes and generalizations

2025-03-22 13:30:05 UTC

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Originally this then it changed when a new kid came to school who was better than everyone at it and called it something different.

2025-03-22 13:29:09 UTC

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“Splat the Rat”

2025-03-22 13:27:27 UTC

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What about Bitcoin Fog?

2025-03-15 11:39:16 UTC

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Let us know how it goes

2025-03-14 16:14:05 UTC

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Target shooting is fun and great competition.

2025-03-10 10:35:21 UTC

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Good on you Doc.

2025-03-08 20:13:16 UTC

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Low barrier of entry and relatively interesting problem space…?

2025-03-08 01:28:40 UTC

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Your boss will always expect more; some things never change.

2025-03-08 00:19:03 UTC

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Yes, but just as gross as always. 💩

2025-03-07 16:38:18 UTC

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Mid-90’s…but yeah.

2025-03-07 02:07:11 UTC

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Jerry: (to George) If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.
Quote from S05E22 - The Opposite

2025-03-07 01:50:42 UTC

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Same idea using the front visors

2025-03-07 00:50:11 UTC

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And this risk of forfeiture by executive order just increased

2025-03-01 14:27:40 UTC

@nprofile…9a9l - question about blossom: If the unique identifier to a blob is the hash of the blob, does this mean only one npub can upload a specific blob/hash? Meaning only one npub could have ownership over the blob storage for say the Bitcoin Whitepaper. Is there a way for copies of the same file to be attributed to multiple npubs?

2025-03-01 14:17:51 UTC

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2025-03-01 12:17:58 UTC

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Old enough to know who Dade Murphy is! 🤣

2025-02-28 02:37:48 UTC

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Good Evening ✨

2025-02-27 21:08:28 UTC

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Sorry for you and your family.
Let your kids ask questions and explore their feelings of sadness; remind them it’s ok to be sad and can be happy to remember those we loved.