Nostr Web Client

I’ve been working on nostr projects / designs for a while now and love it! I do it in my spare time pretty much as a hobby.

My main work is freelance design. It’s flexible and I go from project to project and occasionally have some longer term “upkeep” arrangements.

Naturally, when I see that there is funding available for Nostr project, I am intrigued. It would be amazing to work on Nostr in a more serious capacity besides night/ weekend tinkering.

The challenge is that grants are for individuals and prioritize development just by the nature of needing to “get things done”. I totally get it. However, as a designer, I am not sure how I would fit into that requirement because my work requires cooperation. Specifically, cooperation with developers. So, I am unsure if I can even contribute in that capacity. Do I bother applying for one? I don’t know…

While I understand that it needs to be built to even have a chance, I also believe design is required for some products to take foothold. More often than not, good products are burdened by bad design. I see a few of such products / clients out there right now, but it is not my business to explain it to them.

The startup model has an advantage in my opinion as it funds the team working on a startup and not just one or 2 developers. Teams consist of product people, developers, designers, and a jack of all trades founder who typically fills multiple roles.

Anyway, I am just putting this thought out there, to see if anyone has any thoughts about it.

Ben Weeks ⚡ 2y ago

I think the way forward is cross-functional teams (around 6 to 8 people with a scrum master) to get from Idea to Production going through Prep > Design > Engineer > Test > Operate.

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The Satokespeare 2y ago

Why would I attend a scrum when I don’t get paid to do it?

Ben Weeks ⚡ 2y ago

Figure out a way to get paid to do it if that’s what you want.

The Satokespeare 2y ago

But that’s the whole conversation right? Nostr projects are open source, nobody pays anybody to do anything on open source. Except for bounties (which are grant money). Grant money also doesn’t come with an expectation of returns.

Startups and open source function very differently because the expectations from them are very different.

Cyphernomad 2y ago

You can be on salary to work in open source. And I don't think that is the whole discussion. My part of the conversation is recognizing the need for cross-functional teams as not everything can be build only by one or a very small group of developers. The discussions about the need for better design should be eyeopening for everyone. Design should not be an afterthought of a product as data protection or it security should not be after thoughts in development. There is a need and we should think about solutions. Saying that's just how open source works, limits the conversation.

Cyphernomad 2y ago

Nice to see someone bringing this up.