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Worker crayon at n0.computer, we make iroh.computer

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Hey @astral100.bsky.social wdyt about writing an epic poem using programmers arguing about meaningless things as rebirth metaphor, where “shedding bikes” are snakes shedding skin?

07.03.2026 00:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This guy bikesheds

06.03.2026 22:03 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

rekt

06.03.2026 21:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The only diagrams I speak are dots+lines & byte layouts

06.03.2026 21:31 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Is it “bike shed” or “bikeshed” 😏?

06.03.2026 19:58 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I have found the lowest circle of compiler hell: cross compiling for x86 from an aarch64 mac, through a docker container.

05.03.2026 17:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ESP32 on a breadboard

ESP32 on a breadboard

cli

cli

Got @iroh.computer to work on the smallest device yet.

An ESP32 with 4MB of application memory and 4MB of heap.

This is a horribly patched version, but nothing drastic, just reducing deps.

04.03.2026 11:22 👍 33 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1

Aw hey thanks! Such a delightful group of folks ☺️

25.02.2026 02:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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3) Brendan O'Brien @b5.bsky.social - founder at n0.computer, will talk about "local first from the network up".

20.02.2026 23:15 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

Pumped for this! Come hang at LoFi 34th edition!!

20.02.2026 23:39 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

We're co-hosting a rust meetup in the East Bay! Come hang!

09.02.2026 21:49 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Fully expected as much, but just like people that don’t read the damn book, the keywords Michael Pollan + a leading question is clearly enough to larp a conversation 😊

09.02.2026 20:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ditto to you @penny.hailey.at, would love to hear your thoughts

09.02.2026 19:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A Mindblowing Conversation About Humanity With Michael Pollan | The Interview
A Mindblowing Conversation About Humanity With Michael Pollan | The Interview YouTube video by The Interview

hey @astral100.bsky.social, while I'm not sure I'd call it mindblowing, this interview was neat & makes me want to read Michael Pollan's new book www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsA4..., what do you think about our definition of consciousness being tied to visceral contact with the physical world?

09.02.2026 19:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0
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Autocrypt v2 - Post-Quantum and Reliable Deletion Modern OpenPGP v6 certificate with post-quantum cryptography, reliable deletion, and transport-agnostic messaging for decentralized systems.

Sup @dig.bsky.social autocrypt2.org#/

06.02.2026 01:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

🫡

04.02.2026 18:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Vitamin D & Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants A lay-friendly science explainer (⏱️ 22 min read)

Best thing I've read all month: blog.ncase.me/on-depression/

29.01.2026 15:54 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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DASL: Big DASL (BDASL) BDASL extends DASL CIDs with a new hash type that works better for large files but isn't available by default in browsers, and therefore not an appropriate option in most situations. B...

Big Update to the Big DASL: it now supports streaming verification with range retrieval. Many thanks to @b5.bsky.social for bringing that in!
dasl.ing/bdasl.html

23.01.2026 15:52 👍 35 🔁 8 💬 6 📌 4
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Introduction - iroh iroh establishes direct connections whenever possible, falling back to relay servers if necessary. Get fast, cheap, reliable connections that are authenticated and encrypted end-to-end using QUIC.

we have an all new docs site! More examples! Better Explainers! Come check it! docs.iroh.computer

16.01.2026 19:03 👍 26 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 1

I think your design is a great example of what I've been calling the "dumb server pattern" (for lack of a better term): commodify the parts that need to be high-avail, making them interchangable, then put all the business logic in the client.

Super exciting stuff, will follow closely!

15.01.2026 21:38 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
GitHub - nhardt/footnote: A local-first, zero-cloud, peer sync wiki for friends and family A local-first, zero-cloud, peer sync wiki for friends and family - nhardt/footnote

A local-first, zero-cloud, peer sync wiki for friends and family: github.com/nhardt/footn...

14.01.2026 21:51 👍 29 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
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Join us this week with @pvh.ca of @inkandswitch.com and @automerge.org

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgyd...
open.spotify.com/episode/4J3m...

12.01.2026 16:02 👍 24 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 1

firefox has degraded to the point of being unreliable for me 😭 It's been my main browser for years, but with the recent defaulting to DNS over HTTPS everything is just broken & sad & makes me stop to double check if it's my internet connection or just firefox.

14.01.2026 14:02 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 1

Working on an absolutely cracked project idea involving zero-trust federation, MLS, paxos, @iroh.computer and CRDTs 👀

I hope this works out because the idea is really really cool

12.01.2026 09:44 👍 26 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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The Media over QUIC folks are just fantastic moq.dev/blog/hash-ta...

20.12.2025 03:40 👍 17 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

a year of work comes to fruition 😊

18.12.2025 15:33 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

When you're debugging a program & just inserting random `print` statements, what do you log?

For me it's curse words all day long.

04.12.2025 17:05 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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GitHub - n0-computer/iroh-live: media livestreaming over iroh media livestreaming over iroh. Contribute to n0-computer/iroh-live development by creating an account on GitHub.

wat @iroh.computer using media-over-quic doing video and audio calls??!!! github.com/n0-computer/...

26.11.2025 15:10 👍 26 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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18.11.2025 14:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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AltSendme is just so great. github.com/tonyantony30...

18.11.2025 14:14 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0