nostr

Nostr is trending and I bet you already read about it somewhere. What is nostr? Nostr stands for “Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”. “The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global “social” network once and for all. It doesn’t rely on any trusted central server, hence it is resilient; it is based on cryptographic keys and signatures, so it is tamperproof; it does not rely on P2P techniques, therefore it works....

February 5, 2023 · 2 min · 392 words

(awesome) tech research

How do you figure out what’s hot or not? How can you develop a gut feeling about trends and technologies (as a private person) without having to spend huge amounts for research agencies like Gartner, Forrester, g2 or IDC? Here’s my approach when it comes to tech research. Technology Radar Honestly, I love the concept of Tech Radar. Initially established as the Thoughtworks Technology Radar in the context of technology consulting, Zalando’s Tech Radar extended the concept to support their engineering teams (sharing knowledge in a scalable, asynchronous way)....

January 31, 2023 · 3 min · 464 words