Since 2020, I have made more than 1000 open-source contributions a year. I got into open-source in 2012. Last year was obviously boosted by the ability to use AI, which is incredible.
Though AI is not healthy to use. It's an addiction, you get a productivity boost that is just too much. I probably should be spending more time posting on social media as oppose to building Nostria, to get more adoption and exposure. Up late every night to add yet another feature, is not sustainable.
The rat-race is real, spending extremely late nights churning and building is not healthy in the long run. Especially when all of this effort goes towards value for others, with little value in return. I do appreciate and love every sats I've received, though much more has been given away than ever received. ❤️
Before Nostria, I built Ariton - Community Super App, months of hard effort that was dead when jack (nprofile…3r3l)'s Block shut down TBD.
I had to pivot, started building some small apps, then went back to my Blockcore Notes - a Nostr client I built way back in the day. Not maintained over the years, so decided to build a new one, and then Nostria was born.
I had a hope that people would be willing to pay for premium app and services, and maybe they are, but I'm delusional to think I can be successful by simply building something great without proper marketing resources.
No other Nostr client comes close to Nostria in rich features and capabilities, that doesn't help when nobody knows about it. There are so many minute details that you don't notice, which makes it delightful to use. People who start using it, love it, which in turn I love to please by getting feedback and improving. I'm so grateful for those who have been early adopters and given incredible feedback that has for most part been integrated into the app, and the services that Nostria provide.
Last two years I've worked exclusively on open-source, mostly by burning my own savings. First building Ariton, and now building Nostria.
Most of you might not know this, but I founded liberstad (nprofile…6hgp), a free city in Norway, together with my friend John. I'm also active in Montelibero (nprofile…5v05), which is similar free city project in Montenegro. That is where my true passion lays, yet I have not been able to do as much as I really wanted to. My goal is that Nostria will be an important tool for all free cities, because these places is where something like Nostr and Nostria is truly needed. We're building new societies where government services must be replaced with voluntary solutions.
"in a crypto-anarchy the government is not temporarily destroyed but permanently forbidden and permanently unnecessary." - Wei Dai
Very few people can predict what the future holds. I have made many predictions in my life and many of those have come true, yet with AI, the consequences and changes is very hard to see. Even when you know what is coming, most people will ignore it because the realization of the potential consequences is hard to bear.
I took this photo today, such incredible beauty just around the corner, yet as the nerd I am, I don't get out enough. It's because I'm caught in this race to have success, to create something that matters more than the electricity cost of executing an AI model.
I don't think I can participate much more in this race against the machine.
My CV was impressive, my experience in the field of software engineering is very deep and broad, yet all of that is worth much less today. 28 years of professional experience, combined with years of computer skills, programming and graphics design before that as a young kid, reduce to the cost of electricity and accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
I hope I have brought some true innovation to Nostr, there is a lot of true innovation within Nostria, many unique experiences to be had by those who dare to venture deep into it.
Go out, touch some grass. Thanks! ❤️