Force her to read this. https://discord.com/blog/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to-rust
I kid of course. If you don't need the raw performance rust development absolutely will slow you down. It is hard.
But I don't actually understand your vitriol. I would understand if we were back in the days when Ruby was all the rage among people who couldn't program. Near as I can tell it had no redeeming qualities. I hated it with a fiery passion. But now all the rubyists had gone to either python or... Rust. While the people who think this or that one language is the be and end of all are still annoying, rust at least does have a use case. Secure, performant, and predictable. But if you don't need edge case performance then prioritizing coding speed and readability might favor something else.
I also find go a funny hill to die on. I am sure it is great and I should probably have given it a try for prototyping my project. Maybe if you preferred c or zig or something.
Lol yes! The sooner we don't trust anything other than people in person the better.
Speed of transactions absolutely needs to be fixed. What the technology wants and what the user wants are two very different things. Hour long settling times are absolutely fine for bill payments but not great for getting groceries (unless you open a tab I guess)
The problem will hopefully get worse with space colonization. I have been wracking my brain for a system of payment that is location invariant. I think it can be done but it won't be quite as trustless as Bitcoin.
Discovery
Privacy
Lack of data control (for non-tech users who don't run a relay)
Spam
Filtering
Granted most of these are non-problems currently, because the community is small. But if a critical mass of attention comes to nostr, so will attention seekers of all sorts and the signal to noise will plummet. This will force relays to employ increasingly sophisticated filters, which will make it ever harder to run your own. This will create a centralizing forcing function.
This exactly what happened to email. Nothing prevents nostr from the same fate especially if it gains a wider audience who cares more about security than freedom.
The issues are solvable and Nostr is well-positioned to solve them but it isn't guaranteed. The only absolutely solid thing nostr has is users owning their own keys. The rest needs work.
I would think admitting Bitcoin and nostr have massive flaws would be the starting point. If we can't see the flaws, then we don't really understand the problems they were created to solve. If we don't understand the problem then neither do we understand how they are a solution. We are just lucky idiots.
Since no one is going to want a selfie of me, here is a pullout cutting board I made last weekend to replace an old cheap one. The veneer was starting to come off. This one is solid maple. 
Sweet pickle relish with cinnamon.
I am not responsible any abject confusion brought on by trying this.
/me wants to write a snarky note
1. Sign in to Habla
1.1 Sign into alby extension
1.1.1 Fix alby wallet issue
1.1.1.1 Install Ably Hub
1.1.1.1.1 create new lxd VM
1.1.1.1.1.1 update lxd host
1.1.1.1.1.2 update all VMs
A. Resolve all other household technical debt
A.1 Yeah not going to finish that - write different snarky note on amethyst instead.
Don't know about the chonky calves and sweaty feet, but a good pair of Sorels are hard to beat for tromp'n
I share hate for wasted resources, but still like rust for the output it gives. The binaries could be smaller but they are respectable and performant.
Also while I like 0 cost abstractions in theory they seem to encourage library writers to include the kitchen sink. It makes knowing what is going into your project difficult.
Cargo is better than npm but probably only because it doesn't have as many libraries yet.
Ok. I actually wasn't aware that you need 8GB of RAM minimum. You are correct, that is awful.
I only need like 100 of them to convince my wife to retire so I can work on freedom tech full time. I'm an unknown quantity but it's a risk I'm willing to take.
Please don't. That would be irritating.
Are you sure you don't want to be that person? It's Satoshi's address.
Hmm, I thought we were the silly philosophers. I've been backwards to be known before.
Currency allows us to transmute one resource into another. The aim of Bitcoin is whatever useful thing we can obtain with it. Rocks have their own value. Though I have to admit that I don't know if they have value apart from being useful or beautiful to rational souls. If not I guess there isn't much difference to Bitcoin. Any real philosophers in the house?
I don't disagree, but I also don't think any monetary system can claim God's endorsement. It is all just a tool. No currency can correct intention. You can still use Bitcoin as a weapon. Bitcoin can still become an idol. It does not point to God (anymore than anything else), it is just a thing. A thing ontologically lower than rocks.
We have an answer to that! "Show me a coin" Jesus was ok using the government currency for worldy affairs. He just didn't seem to think worldy affairs were the important thing.
I am pretty sure Jesus would only care about Bitcoin insofar as we could use it in service to the kingdom of God. Can you use it to "go sell all you have and give the money to the poor"? Or what would he think of stacking sats? "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
"🎵 I left my heart in 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa 🎶"
