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2025-11-08 02:06:49 UTC

ben on Nostr: I had ai write me a CLI called `nostrfriends`. it lets me easily swap between ...

I had ai write me a CLI called `nostrfriends`. it lets me easily swap between multiple following lists. It seems to be working and feels like magic moving across clients. workflow is basically:

- create a kind 30000 list of a few npubs. I've been using listr.lol for this
- `nostrfriends set <name>` to swap my kind 3 contact list with one of these other lists.

that's it. now I'm using a different contact list across all clients. the original kind 3 is backed up as another 30000 automatically. `nostrfriends restore` swaps it back.

I'll probably end up blowing up my followlist doing this. but for now, all is peaceful.
i only follow a little more than 200 people. i was thinking that too re: lists. i might just write a script that backs up my following list in some other list kind, then build a few different following lists, and finally have the ability to swap between them