😎 The goal is to make a programmable, motorized version of "Pin Art".
The very short-term goal is to make a real world version of the demo running at https://www.pinthing.com/
It's why the 3D-printed/electronic prototype is 3x5 pixels – just enough detail to display any integer 0 to 9. Stack a few more next to each other and, voilà: an exquisitely over-engineered clock.
A little bit more info here: https://hackaday.com/2021/06/30/pinthing-mechanizes-pin-art/
Screenshots for the click-hesitant...
On the left, the project's inspiration: a classic Pin Art desk toy.
On the right, the current clock demo at PinThing.com
😎 The goal is to make a programmable, motorized version of "Pin Art".
The very short-term goal is to make a real world version of the demo running at https://www.pinthing.com/
It's why the 3D-printed/electronic prototype is 3x5 pixels – just enough detail to display any integer 0 to 9. Stack a few more next to each other and, voilà: an exquisitely over-engineered clock.
A little bit more info here: https://hackaday.com/2021/06/30/pinthing-mechanizes-pin-art/
Really liking the new Primal app. Especially the integration of short notes and long form content. It's seamless. Now we just need to get more people to post long form notes. Nothing a zap or two can't fix?
Check the dev branches on those repos.
Need to test something? 🧐
❤️ or 🍑 ❓
#coffeestr
Yes, and no. Validated there's demand the particular idea (hosted mobile app and web testing). Plenty of SaaS offerings in this space (Sauce Labs, BrowserStack, AWS Device Farm). And plenty of people do self-hosted (Selenium Grid). I'm still trying to gauge demand for making a decentralized version, but at the point where I need to "JFDI" a minimal MVP and see what happens. I've talked with some big tech companies that already built out their own version of "in the wild" beta testing by having some number of users volunteer to beta test for free. Million sat question is whether smaller companies not at that big scale would be interested in a paid and more heavily automated version of the idea. (Basically a decentralized, automated TestFlight beta test run... powered by Nostr and paid in sats.)
I'm hoping to grow Nostr by porting B2B SaaS apps to the Nostr protocol. Having zaps and Lightning already integrated is a killer app for new projects. But, yeah, most normies don't know it exists. I think the solution is more marketing to JS, Python, and Go web devs with sample apps for building on Nostr Protocol.
I love this line graph. Succinctly sums up the last four years in tech (and everything). Do zaps count as "e-commerce"? 🤔
Made homemade guacamole for the first time today. (It's basically just a fancy word for "mashed avocado".) It's as big of an accomplishment as making toast or boiling water. Still, I'm adding it to the list of "things I know how to make now". If avocados turn out to be actually bad for you, I'm going to be so mad. It does feel like they're too good to be true, though. 🥑🧑🍳 #foodstr
Current status: Working on a new Nim library for Nostr. Fun to get into the weeds on all the little things. (And futzing around with AI image generators for a project logo...)
Avocado toast (with a dash of garlic salt) and a latte really is the perfect breakfast. It hits all the major food groups:
✅ Crunch (🍞)
✅ Fat (🥑)
✅ Salt (🧂)
✅ Sweet (☕)
#foodstr
Stay Humble, Stack Waffles
gm nostr. we have a latte do! ☕
Migration to self-hosted GitLab seems sensible.
👋🏽, nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m! Let's talk about building a Nostr & Lightning-based decentralized, automated web site testing and monitoring service!
Can someone with more clout than me in the #nostr and #bitcoin world let nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m and his team know that the main MicroStrategy site is unavailable and showing an "Access Denied" error on some browsers? (Chrome 126.0.6478.110 on Android 14 with cookies deleted. Firefox on Android seems fine.) #testr
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