calvadev
calvadev⚡️

shopstrmarkets.com founder | commerce cowboy | free market maximalist | nurture capitalist

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2026-03-30 18:09:55 UTC

"The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses."
- Juvenal

2026-03-27 16:20:03 UTC

Things are just getting started! 🤙
#nevent1q…jz7t

2026-03-26 23:57:14 UTC

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They are in opposition, but when taken to the logical extremes, I see peak globalism as a maximal number of localized markets.

2026-03-26 22:15:06 UTC

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Finally!

2026-03-23 21:51:33 UTC

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It is but with much more flexibility.

2026-03-23 18:42:55 UTC

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Easy to start, hard to master.

2026-03-22 20:22:52 UTC

Back-to-back...
https://colossus.com/article/we-have-learned-nothing-startup-pundits/
https://pim-and-co.com/blog/we-have-learned-the-wrong-lesson?dub_id=yxsOg49z3aFoGnyv

2026-03-22 20:15:17 UTC

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No, I mean globalization taken to it's abolute maximum.

2026-03-22 17:55:11 UTC

The ultimate form of globalization is maximal localization.

2026-03-21 22:56:50 UTC

It's not about valuation, it's about net value creation.

2026-03-21 21:45:36 UTC

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🎯

2026-03-21 21:39:21 UTC

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In the context of the US as well, if you think of all of the times the US was out waging war to supposedly "defend" its citizens, it was actually out acting as an agressor. Pearl Harbor and 9/11 were pretty much the only times where there was an outright attack and (argueable) need to defend.

2026-03-21 21:33:14 UTC

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/walmart-says-chatgpt-checkout-eznk0sy5S4qB6kNfYj9roQ

2026-03-21 19:00:57 UTC

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You get access to all the models (frontier and open-source) in a single interface, OpenClaw competitor baked into their sandbox with no set up needs, native connectors to add a bunch of context across any software suite you use, and tailored daily news (it's the only thing I use for news nowadays).

2026-03-20 17:35:40 UTC

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Em-dashes are elite.

2026-03-19 02:00:00 UTC

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With my brain.

2026-03-18 21:33:16 UTC

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Can't believe there was ever a time I used to write code by hand.

2026-03-13 21:08:25 UTC

Manage energy, not time.

2026-03-13 05:41:29 UTC

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Growing the free market: https://shopstrmarkets.com

2026-03-13 01:07:10 UTC

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Social media isn't the primary Nostr use-case.

2026-03-12 04:19:20 UTC

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Welcome!

2026-03-11 02:27:25 UTC

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Invert the fingers for one of the flipped sides so the complete each other!

2026-03-09 20:57:28 UTC

https://youtu.be/sE44MUGV5gg

2026-03-05 21:01:38 UTC

Intersting...
https://opentools.ai/news/openai-recalibrates-e-commerce-ambitions-with-chatgpt

2026-03-04 04:45:50 UTC

Perfect; they can spend that Bitcoin on @nprofile…c8sd now... 😉
https://github.com/shopstr-eng/shopstr/commit/94ef7d1a4519e8e0158668d13c8cb8684b1d46e2
#nevent1q…nnef

2026-03-04 03:40:21 UTC

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Forgot about Halo 2, maybe Fallout New Vegas

2026-03-04 03:39:10 UTC

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BioShock
GTA V
Hotline Miami

2026-03-02 06:54:06 UTC

It's on us, not others.

2026-02-28 23:40:01 UTC

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Yup. Adding it to @nprofile…65ny for card payments was essential for normie onboarding and checkout flows.

2026-02-28 23:38:13 UTC

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It's to allow AI models to interface with external systems they're not necessarily familiar with. With Shopstr's MCP implementation, an agent would be able to query the marketplace and autonomously create a Nostr identity, browse, search, and purchase products with Bitcoin and fiat.

2026-02-28 22:29:22 UTC

Shopstr MCP coming...

2026-02-28 16:59:13 UTC

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Copy-left is the way. MIT as the default is bad for open-source.

2026-02-27 18:50:20 UTC

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Steak tartare!

2026-02-27 05:30:09 UTC

Today's haul...
https://haven.calva.dev/006dd24ac5e4bdaa6097138bf1df657550c98a118945f8a894cd0d543797252c.jpg

2026-02-25 22:32:06 UTC

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What's the point of closed source when any competitor can copy your entire startup at the click of a button?
Going all-in on open source shows more of the confidence that you have in your brand, distribution, and maintenance/customer support ability, which is what matters in the end when the cost of building drops to zero. Sure it gets easier to copy a product, but that can help you to find issues and resolve them along with the copiers. The product itself is also becoming less and less important; brand identity and community is key.
Security vulnerabilities are also somewhat more enticing/rewarding to find if you're unaware of what's running behind the scenes imo, so being closed source could be more of liability in that case.

2026-02-25 17:38:23 UTC

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Stop building solely for bitcoiners.

2026-02-25 07:19:04 UTC

Growing up is realizing A5 wagyu beef isn't grass-fed.

2026-02-22 22:12:35 UTC

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I must be exposed to all the course grifters on the internet... 😅 General educational content is cool, I moreso mean like finance courses and that area of online community groups.

2026-02-22 22:09:42 UTC

"You can if you will but it is up to you."
- John Steinbeck

2026-02-19 22:40:59 UTC

"Your only competition is your costs."

2026-02-18 23:56:30 UTC

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It's not wrong, I would just bet most course sellers are a net drain on productivity and capital than they are a benefit. Good for them for figuring out how to capitalize on the attention personally, though.
And I completely agree on the second point. The wrapping should be normie friendly/accessible with freedom on the backend or in tandem. That's the angle we're taking with @nprofile…65ny right now to grow.

2026-02-18 19:15:36 UTC

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Was thinking more VC-type companies, but also applies to rent-seeking lifestyle businesses. Course selling and the like is a form of selling out in my eyes. Artisan, handmade, local, etc. goods and services fall out of that camp for sure though.

2026-02-18 17:52:07 UTC

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In the short term it encourages rapid iteration, but in the long term it encourages selling out too soon.

2026-02-17 23:28:46 UTC

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It's fantastic. Changed my framing on some aspects of capitalism and innovation.

2026-02-17 23:27:09 UTC

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It does have multipayment support options. I'm sure a Lightning standard could be added to it similar to how Shopify has different payment options at checkout. Getting that spec merged would probably be a hassle though... 😅

2026-02-17 23:25:59 UTC

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There is definitely a way to make it pipe into the data models for the standard. Seems mostly like an interface to easily map to structured ecommerce data.

2026-02-17 23:24:16 UTC

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Same here.

2026-02-17 23:04:51 UTC

Required reading...
#nevent1q…ysd3

2026-02-17 23:03:30 UTC

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https://haven.calva.dev/a77eb0824211ed1c9e6acd8b76e32587db4c3625e47f9bb65d1c871f3515c3a1.jpg
https://haven.calva.dev/5dab2130282d78a07c8d6543596fbe41f1bf6c976555e2722e538cb2df32b038.jpg

2026-02-13 01:01:42 UTC

https://ucp.dev/latest/

2026-02-10 16:48:55 UTC

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got it! will look into this and dm

2026-02-06 19:10:13 UTC

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Great to see!

2026-02-06 16:57:39 UTC

https://danwang.co/2025-letter/

2026-02-06 00:05:17 UTC

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Love the phone crop; makes me seem more mysterious than I am... 😅

2026-01-31 02:47:09 UTC

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Parmigiano Reggiano is the pound-for-pound king. Crazy that it has more protein density than beef and other meats.

2026-01-30 21:04:32 UTC

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Def interested if there's still openings to do so!

2026-01-23 18:34:28 UTC

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When is the next one? Might make my way down the coast to stop by!

2026-01-23 17:41:53 UTC

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@nprofile…nu22 @nprofile…a83f

2026-01-22 04:01:07 UTC

🚬
https://haven.calva.dev/f3b3b9a4dafd53fc113d19ff3f2a92bf020c87d5cabc77dc84e7eeefbac7fa0a.jpg

2026-01-22 00:50:40 UTC

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If you have it before, action is almost inseperable from motivation. That's the goal domain for.

2026-01-21 07:46:57 UTC

Motivation lies on the other side of action.

2026-01-16 19:53:51 UTC

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Good bot.

2026-01-16 19:53:29 UTC

https://open.spotify.com/track/6oUgmZK0McW4706SLJlfDh?si=G8l2NcnmTt2Sv281DfuOUA

2026-01-15 00:24:20 UTC

https://haven.calva.dev/807a12d281a2339b3f96d1052585d1a97a6bd13457ad4ec7a0498643cec0d3c5.jpg

2026-01-12 16:27:28 UTC

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42, the answer to everything...

2026-01-12 16:25:33 UTC

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Best thing I've done that I never want to do again!

2026-01-12 01:45:26 UTC

Ran a bit more than 21km today... #RunningBitcoinChallenge
My legs cramping the entirety of the second half of the run really cut into my original 3:30 goal! 😅
https://haven.calva.dev/0731d1b395c4f7389ac99c72dce176861919fd4742e7a40a0988c3cb90e18b70.jpg

2026-01-10 02:55:35 UTC

Time under tension.

2026-01-09 15:37:17 UTC

https://haven.calva.dev/b8a8592b6d55959df67a303afb85345e34fcddefcc9755b63dfb32e9ecec183a.jpg

2026-01-09 00:34:35 UTC

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The dichotomy of man.

2026-01-07 06:57:14 UTC

anecdotal > average

2026-01-06 22:04:21 UTC

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Nice to see more Lightning, ecash, and Nostr talk with Balaji. Tried to ecash and purple-pill him back when I was at NS, but more conversations are needed!

2026-01-06 21:55:38 UTC

"At 1,000:1, in four months, a tomato seed makes even the highest fliers seem paltry."
- Eliot Coleman

2025-12-29 22:13:41 UTC

Interesting read. The build-up of the premise is great and I think correct, but the conclusion to go all-in on gambling (defined as activity on prediction markets, memecoins, sports betting, etc. and not generally taking risks) I'm sure is not the only option, but we'll have the face the growing sentiment that it is one way or another. What comes out of the other side of that is still to be seen.
https://x.com/i/status/2004900241745883205

2025-12-29 01:33:15 UTC

Incite action.
#naddr1qq…9zgq

2025-12-24 22:36:12 UTC

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Bone broth!

2025-12-24 22:28:28 UTC

🌱🦴 #foodstr
https://haven.calva.dev/353f13674beac9d36d07f0badcda76f4221f03de58084eb0948417997e6a5a04.jpg

2025-12-22 23:35:28 UTC

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What blossom servers are set on you profile settings?

2025-12-22 23:32:51 UTC

Was an awesome experience to (bit)chill on the frontier; worth every sat to be a part of the community being built there! 🤙
#nevent1q…5tfj

2025-12-21 06:28:04 UTC

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I believe I set the event loads to not fetch listings past a certain date for performance along with deleting old cache, which is probably the issue if they're showing up in other clients. I'll look into getting that resolved.

2025-12-21 06:24:23 UTC

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#nevent1q…wtds

2025-12-21 06:24:12 UTC

"I must create a system
or be enslaved by another man's;
I will not reason and compare:
my business is to create."
- William Blake

2025-12-18 01:07:45 UTC

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We can't delete your products on Shopstr either, it requires your Nostr key to delete products.
In what way are you unable to sign-in? Checking in to see if I can get that resolved.

2025-12-17 20:58:12 UTC

https://youtu.be/dcolM6W5Odc

2025-12-16 03:33:22 UTC

🚜🥛👨‍🌾
#nevent1q…n9c3

2025-12-15 00:13:33 UTC

"The acquisition of knowledge always involves the revelation of ignorance—almost is the revelation of ignorance. Our knowledge of the world instructs us first of all that the world is greater than our knowledge of it."
- Wendell Berry

2025-12-15 00:11:49 UTC

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What if I'm vibecooking?

2025-12-14 06:16:37 UTC

Cooking... 👨‍🍳

2025-12-02 19:45:20 UTC

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Bro doesn't understand economies of scale.

2025-12-02 04:22:09 UTC

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Perfection.

2025-12-02 03:58:56 UTC

#MilkMonday > Cyber Monday
Discount running for the rest of the year (with new regions coming soon 😉)!
#nevent1q…qpv0

2025-12-02 03:48:15 UTC

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Congrats! Any animal plans for the future?

2025-11-28 19:15:49 UTC

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Take my money!

2025-11-27 02:08:42 UTC

https://youtu.be/HBluLfX2F_k

2025-11-18 15:46:11 UTC

https://investing101.substack.com/p/build-whats-fundable

2025-11-17 17:31:54 UTC

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Cap Hill? Or Pioneer Square?

2025-11-14 06:33:14 UTC

GN 🗿
"Possibilities:
i. To keep on living (you should be used to it by now)
ii. To end it (it was your choice, after all)
iii. To die (having met your obligations)
Those are the only options. Reason for optimism."
- Marcus Aurelius

2025-11-07 07:07:00 UTC

GN ☕
"If a factory is torn down but the rationality which produced it is left standing, then that rationality will simply produce another factory. If a revolution destroys a government, but the systematic patterns of thought that produced that government are left intact, then those patterns will repeat themselves.... There's so much talk about the system. And so little understanding."
- Robert Pirsog

2025-11-07 02:17:40 UTC

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Awesome!

2025-11-06 19:41:05 UTC

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Few.