I create Fediverse software that empowers people online. I'm vegan btw. Note: If you have a question for me, please tag me publicly. This gives the opportunity for others to chime in, and bystanders to learn.
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Then some guy got up and started shouting, "it's veal! these are baby cows! This is highly unethical!" And I started shouting back, "what is the difference between a baby cow and an adult cow?! Huh?! Huh?!" npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Nostrify Full-Text-Search for Postgres and SQLite just dropped: https://nostrify.dev/store/sql#full-text-search npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason https://media.gleasonator.com/dc0d10750ac95c6ea2529e7802fbfd68795d60c8723d6a113d18af3bc98b1155.jpeg npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason I miss the city. https://media.gleasonator.com/596ba8ca2dbc589b9f7de33169f7f2d69bc46b95477170d0a5462da10352a89a.mp4 npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Telegram: banned me Matrix: followed me on Twitter https://media.gleasonator.com/205227b74b5c5bb416f7a6441edb74ab992daf2d9d10a5d817a5ca48c2296b88.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason I don't know. I think I just get banned more than most people. 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See: https://soapbox.pub/blog/mostr-zaps/ npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Guys, the Google Drive Relay is real. https://nosdrive.app/ https://media.gleasonator.com/1e5993e0a62d25ce9a44fcddb83f0ae85ef069614b19c3bafc0a6a7442926107.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Build step? Who needs a build step? https://media.gleasonator.com/d54fb03f28b66ffe0ae7d84f955393871f9d5081f13e7b97ecbcdde1403dd22c.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Groundbreaking. https://media.gleasonator.com/c1c9f83044b363d885c583743a9d8c998a18b56612876616a2e2a76bc7455dfb.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Do you have Telegram? 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We exist. https://media.gleasonator.com/13b507219e5226f6a2761c8929611176b1167cf92841dfb5137a9f77e8d496e4.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason People of Nostr, I have created a bad ass new Nostr library in TypeScript. It's built around carefully designed interfaces so the parts can be swapped in and out. It's documented extensively. Check it out here! https://nostrify.dev/ npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Nostr database benchmark SQLite vs Postgres. https://media.gleasonator.com/6a8bbea6b81bf01ebede81d8f4e5953a9b925f55ebc6ece65438c98c36456d91.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason This is wild. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40028338 https://media.gleasonator.com/8cb38b4bb01cd9b2045bbd9137a70481a3802a52154e470f2ec3edb07f9e728f.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason https://media.gleasonator.com/fccd39c0587dced8d9e8c36a99b13ad184606c8b359dbe74ca406754b30507ba.jpeg npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Every few years when I hear this song it brings a tear to my eye. 🥲 https://youtube.com/watch?v=F9ohCKS_LUM npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Good idea. npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason I'm having a problem with 10 minute long SQLite queries after rebooting the operating system, but then it gets fast after everything is loaded the first time. Rebooting the application is also fine, just not the OS. npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Wrote a script to migrate ActivityPub follows to Nostr. Now just needs a web UI. https://media.gleasonator.com/49f24ad27b2b1c88da1ab5145bd0ebfffab9217fcb0696357f12ffbf11efbb9d.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason It gives you a feeling that we exist in the universe. npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason I'm at the point in my path where this is everything. You have to create the solutions. https://media.gleasonator.com/da80d24619895ea8c935069b237975fa4bb4bbf9852b0f2449c2ca04c8866066.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason This is epic... https://media.gleasonator.com/68d76bd719e24c21a81d46438ca37b9ff1e098f5cd9c0bfc414b57c9ef54f07a.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason https://media.gleasonator.com/d8b753570100d1365431eb62b2d4a123b6215c4b049d58f5db9166d16728e14c.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason As a kid I thought World War II was so long ago. Now I wonder if it ever ended. npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason I believe in The Buddha. Except when he drank milk and honey, I think he was a hypocrite for that. npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Fasting today for our lord Jesus Christ. npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason What the hell is he talking about? Zuckerbucks?? https://media.gleasonator.com/1396b755c7f9c96f0bf5b7b9d7f60fd2c7cd2f6f5c1c995cdb8174d5dd6e67de.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Lightning is bad, but you're not supposed to say that. npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason This is literally the greatest thing I have ever eaten, and I'm trying to figure out what I've gotten myself in to. https://thecoconutcult.com/ npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason https://media.gleasonator.com/4d2d566945c1dc6a719dc29a00c1e7c78856682f5ad313f5df1ccb9811a70001.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason https://media.gleasonator.com/d8a65570c38485d6a329378a07e62f4fa35d4cebbb69d9e827172aca1d6d2886.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason https://media.gleasonator.com/3a709e96ac4a2004a918029f55a1990e4b60b982ddec133033799e61c1051ae9.jpeg npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Google Captcha is dystopian. It's genuinely dehumanizing. I can't tell you the number of captchas I've failed in the past few days. A robot would have an easier time solving it. npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Truly inspiring. https://media.gleasonator.com/f9a2b653ee6f4076c4763a3b3074d1d84a75062bf9ceabbe4b45a119e0a490eb.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason >In 2013, this dude on YouTube begged everyone to buy just $1 worth of bitcoin https://media.gleasonator.com/a92b38e45938882270e1f3bcdbfd50688a2f7fb44bab7b44ada041e60c4ecd75.mp4 npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Stunning and brave. But I can't accept ever owning Funko Pops in the first place. https://media.gleasonator.com/6fb56bee8b9244a8444aa94c6cce886f27d7021f2d35fa1bbb6160bfc43df778.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Nostr Outbox tracker data structure first pass. 🤔 https://media.gleasonator.com/161a4146a081b7826511365fac9534cecd6a6e5ac0cd5fe2e054cf3c1c7d0c4e.png npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 Alex Gleason Tryna decide whether to vote for the rapist team or the pedophile team. #vote