Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 03/10/2026Curious if this is in reference to something more specific :) 100
Reposted by Mircea NistorLaurie Voss @seldo.com · 13/09/2026I have been writing this post about the economics of open source, on and off, for 13 years. I wasn't expecting to end up at "Microsoft should send corporations a huge bill" but nothing else we've tried has worked. seldo.com/posts/nobody-pays-for-ope…seldo.comNobody pays for open source. We can force them to. | Seldo.comThirty years of voluntary funding schemes haven't paid open source maintainers because asking doesn't scale. The real money already flows — to JFrog, Docker, Sonatype — at the registry layer. The fix: registries charge companies for supply (they already do), then route a slice automatically to the maintainers who make that supply worth having. 2016757
Reposted by Mircea NistorPatrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 06/08/2026Aaron Swartz deserves more justice and reconsideration than almost anybody in this century 142213661
Reposted by Mircea NistorProbeLab @probelab.io · 10/06/2026So, you want to use a DHT and glancing @libp2p.bsky.social kad DHT? Check ProbeLab's comprehensive guide on how to set things up, what to use and what not to use, what to avoid and what to pay special attention to: probelab.io/blog/libp2p-...probelab.ioSo, you want to use a DHT? Let us help you configure it correctly.From public servers to private clusters: a practical configuration walkthrough for every libp2p DHT deployment pattern. 155
Reposted by Mircea NistorRobin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 20/07/2026I gave pigeons.computer a spin and I have to say: those n0 kids have nailed it _again_. There really aren't many teams that can so consistently deliver.pigeons.computerPigeonsSSH to any machine without an IP address, behind a NAT or firewall, with no port forwarding or VPN setup. Carrier pigeons always find their way home. 2534
Reposted by Mircea NistorEileen (╹◡╹) @bumble.blue · 13/07/20262026 @localfirstconf.com is truly one of the few places that unite disparate communities—open source, LLMs, p2p, interface design, standards—behind a shared value: user agency and empowerment. How refreshing to witness the openness and curiosity everyone brings to the discussion. 0536
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 06/07/2026huggingbay.xyz looks like The Pirate Bay, but it's for open LLMs. Not about piracy at all, just a well structured catalog that uses torrents for model weight downloads.huggingbay.xyzHugging Bay | Verified Open AI Artifact RegistryHugging Bay is a verified open-source AI artifact registry with broad catalog metadata, source provenance, license clarity, community trust signals, answer packs, and selective hosted mirrors with has... 0210
Reposted by Mircea Nistorbusiness goose🪿 @goose.art · 01/07/2026holy fuck the open printer lives. i repeat. THE OPEN PRINTER LIVES!!!crowdsupply.comProgress Update & Details About Our Nomination for a French Design Award!We are working tirelessly on the finishing touches before we launch our Crowd Supply campaign at some point in the next few months. Here is a look at where we stand and what we are refining right now. 929244
Reposted by Mircea NistorSam Rose @samwho.dev · 28/06/2026This looks cool as heck. makerspet.com/blog/buildin...makerspet.comBuilding an Open-Source Robot Vacuum — Meet oomwoo - Makers PetI’m starting a new build-in-public project: oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself. Raspberry Pi, ROS 2, 2D LiDAR, Home Assistant, 3D printed, local-first — and open from the first com... 511411
Reposted by Mircea NistorAfri @l5y.tech · 04/06/2026My parental leave is coming to an end and I'm for hire starting September. Hit me up. 121
Reposted by Mircea NistorCarmen Huidobro @hola-soy-milk.online · 26/05/2026I'm available for consulting from June. Dev work, DevRel, Dev Education, Content Creation, and helping teams make sensible decisions about automation without betraying their users. 17 years exp, Vienna-based, remote across Europe and beyond. Boosts massively appreciated 💜 06449
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 23/05/2026Doesn't feel against the discourse at all. Maybe I'm in a different bubble 🤷 110
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 06/05/2026Use pi.dev it won't upsell. And if it ever does, you can edit that out of its behaviorpi.devPi Coding AgentA terminal-based coding agent 000
Reposted by Mircea Nistorvoboda @voboda.com · 01/05/2026Quick mitigation: docs.hpc.ut.ee/public/cve-2...docs.hpc.ut.eeCVE-2026-31431 Mitigation - HPC Public Documentation 011
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 23/04/2026Enjoy the freedom! Take care of yourself and loved ones. I'm sure you'll still be curious so see you around the d-space! 010
Reposted by Mircea NistorAdrian Bowyer @adrianbowyer.bsky.social · 18/04/2026This. The whole point of engineering is to make everyone's life better, not 0.001% of lives better. We need universal basic income funded by taxation. 073
Reposted by Mircea NistorNick Gerakines @ngerakines.me · 28/06/2025Been experimenting with did-method-webvh in the atproto-identity crate, and it's got me thinking: we urgently need to extend did-method-plc to support multiple registries. This is critical infrastructure and is long overdue. 🧵 2609
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 14/04/2026I'm not afraid of the screen itself, but of the fact that too many apps require dangerous capabilities. I know the ux of permissions is still an unsolved problem. 110
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 14/04/2026We really really really need a better auth model here. Most apps request this kind of access. Even with the best of intentions, it is scary. How about @ucan.xyz instead (or as well) ? 282
Reposted by Mircea NistorMartin Kleppmann @martin.kleppmann.com · 13/04/2026An IEEE conference has published a plagiarised version of a paper I wrote with @seph.bsky.social. I already reported it to the conference chairs and the IEEE Ethics Reporting Line 3 months ago, and nothing happened. Original: arxiv.org/abs/2409.14252 Plagiarised: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...arxiv.orgCollaborative Text Editing with Eg-walker: Better, Faster, SmallerCollaborative text editing algorithms allow several users to concurrently modify a text file, and automatically merge concurrent edits into a consistent state. Existing algorithms fall in two categori... 67923
Reposted by Mircea Nistormaxine ⎔ @mfzx.net · 12/04/2026re: atproto oauth we should be able to review active permission grants and revoke them. i feel like that's a pretty sane feature and obviously the UI is there but... 2355
Reposted by Mircea Nistorvoboda @voboda.com · 05/04/2026Working on zkal, I realised I was tackling a general problem: returning to the benefits of open data for communities, but with modern privacy protection for the individual. Came up with a pattern that might be useful (or flawed!) blog.voboda.com/proof-projec...blog.voboda.comProof ProjectorsEveryone's focused on what ZK proofs hide. We're missing what they can usefully reveal. Reputation, attendance, commitment, these used to require surveill... 121
Reposted by Mircea Nistortierney cyren @bnb.im · 02/04/2026the weird thing about companies and open source is that it's incredibly easy to make a fucking huge impact and almost no companies do so many companies could just bankroll the IBB as a write off, and yet... we've lost it. there's so many easy wins and instead you're worried about AI SEO instead 🙄nodejs.orgNode.js — Security Bug Bounty Program Paused Due to Loss of FundingNode.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts. 0143
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 01/04/2026The folks at index.network are working toward the same idea of like-minds finding each other without trying, but from a way less crypto, more AI angle. A lovely idea that deserves more approaches.index.networkIndex NetworkYou know that moment when the right person unlocks your next move? Index makes that magic repeatable, and helps your others find you. 110
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 01/04/2026Maybe I'm in the wrong bubble but I've never heard of other applications for quantum computers. Are there any applications other than breaking discrete logs? It seems like a huge waste of brains if not. 220
Reposted by Mircea NistorChad Fowler @chadfowler.com · 26/03/2026In 2026, manually ssh’ing to a production server and changing its configuration is a clear anti-pattern. Let’s do the same for software changes. Humans don’t change software. Only their agents do. Sounds irresponsible until you examine the ramifications of that constraint.aicoding.leaflet.pubThe Conversation Is the Commit 262
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 29/03/2026At this point in time ZKal needs more awareness. Tomorrow it'll be the norm, as long as we don't stop thinking of privacy as normal. 010
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 29/03/2026Keep at it! I believe that ideas like ZKal need extra effort to be internalized, to be considered "natural". Anything privacy related requires deep thought until it clicks. For some, it never does. 220
Reposted by Mircea NistorEdmund Edgar @goat.navy · 29/03/2026Links and notes for my talk at #AtmosphereConf about did:plc, how it could break, how we might be able to recover if it did and so forth edochan.com/talks/did/ 5pm today (Sunday), room 2301 Will also mention did:cow if I have time cow.watchedochan.comDID:PLC War Games 1306
Reposted by Mircea Nistorvoboda @voboda.com · 29/03/2026blog.voboda.com/the-third-fl... A kinda hacker love story for Berlin.blog.voboda.comThe Third Floor at ethBerlinethBerlin is full of rooms you have to find yourself. At the back of the third floor there's a big, quiet room with good light and big windows. You can ge... 121
Reposted by Mircea NistorHelen Damnation @helendamnation.bsky.social · 28/03/2026there are still good things in the world 033
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 26/03/2026media.tenor.coma cartoon character with a bald head is standing in a room with a sign that says i .Alt: The Neutralness cartoon character from Futurama saying "I have no strong feeling one way or the other" 000
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 26/03/2026Statisticians, assemble! Does this refer to the mean, median, or mode? 110
Reposted by Mircea NistorSimon Willison @simonwillison.net · 24/03/2026Given today's LiteLLM supply chain attack, what are people's preferred development environment sandboxes on MacOS these days? I think it's time I started running my development environments somewhere where rogue code can't steal all my ~/... credential files 331069
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 18/03/2026I did: a thing! I'm learning more about ATproto, so I prompted a sort of explainer tool into existence: mirceanis.xyz/atproto-trus... It's supposed to walk you through the process of verifying the origin of a post.mirceanis.xyzATProto Trust Explorer 021
Mircea Nistor @mirceanis.xyz · 17/03/2026Hey, I'm actually already working on that.. I was planning on did-method-agnostic PDS. did:cow would fit right in. I could use fresh eyes on it since it's my first atproto related play :) Will make it public as soon as I can sit down at a laptop 250
