Alex Gleason

I create software that empowers people online.

I'm vegan btw.

Public Key

npub1q3sle0kvfsehgsuexttt3ugjd8xdklxfwwkh559wxckmzddywnws6cd26p

NIP-05 Address

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsqgc0uhmxycvm5gwvn944c7yfxnnxm0nyh8tt62zhrvtd3xkj8fhgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsq32amnwvaz7tmyd968gmewwp6kytmjv4kxz7gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qzxmhwden5te0vakx2ctndahxzar0wghxgetk9aex2mrp0yq3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k73xcw82

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gleasonator.dev/relay

relay.damus.io

Author Public Key

npub1q3sle0kvfsehgsuexttt3ugjd8xdklxfwwkh559wxckmzddywnws6cd26p

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2026-03-05 00:36:19 UTC

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I have this on relay.ditto.pub as well. It's {"search":"distinct:author"}

2026-02-10 18:11:57 UTC

Announcing SHAKESPEARE DIRECT, a look into our AI work at @nprofile…7atk this past year! 🥳
https://blossom.primal.net/e8679dfa607f224520ace44e3070ae05014e451e9277da9f9980b49f8e285f44.mp4

2026-02-09 03:49:07 UTC

https://media.ditto.pub/392bc3693332610a300071509d18d03f902d60a92a11a1197460ca00d1890ad9.png
https://media.ditto.pub/abeb2d08e4874c777681884b9f610eefeb8e5ec24d4d1547c6f687f6be3f9d76.png

2026-02-09 02:31:40 UTC

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Oh, well that's nice. I just implemented it like this: nak req --search "sort:hot" antiprimal.net
DVM is even better. But unclear if their web client actually uses it.

2026-02-07 04:44:50 UTC

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Have you seen the skills CLI on npm? It installs skills from git repos. I was thinking about extending it to work with nip34 Nostr repositories.

2026-02-06 21:02:09 UTC

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It's because I narrowed in. I feel pain when I'm not building mkstack applications. I created a specialized system for the AI to work in and I can do unlimited things within it.

2026-02-06 19:59:53 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0dfVsLD9Fs

2026-02-06 19:56:31 UTC

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😂 😂 😂

2026-02-06 19:55:34 UTC

SecretAsian6 absolute bangers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WbjvylJSnA

2026-02-06 19:47:24 UTC

Donald Trump is Satoshi Nakamoto.

2026-02-06 05:30:18 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WbjvylJSnA

2026-02-06 04:13:33 UTC

https://mygrave.shakespeare.wtf/

2026-02-06 02:58:15 UTC

Working on an OpenClaw competitor based on ACP
https://media.ditto.pub/d23e62187bed3af820cf33e035f361656b0225514ac0f98cfb2c6e2197839a1e.png

2026-02-05 15:11:30 UTC

https://youtube.com/watch?v=178Zb0D9xJ0

2026-02-04 21:49:09 UTC

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Make it so people can't send the exact same message twice, globally, within 15 minutes.
Make it so people can't send the exact same message twice, globally, within 15 minutes.

2026-02-04 21:36:01 UTC

Are relay.ditto.pub and relay.damus.io the ONLY relays on the network that block spam?

2026-02-03 18:57:51 UTC

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I pushed an update to bully the robot to call the build_project tool automatically. I suspect there's an error with building that it isn't seeing which is why you're only getting a blank site. If it calls the tool it'll see the error and be able to remedy. You'll need to refresh and click "update" then hopefully it will improve new projects. For your existing projects, tell it to "build the project" explicitly and this should surface any errors to you.
https://media.ditto.pub/883c419c6c95cd37c9312a60b027cc2ad21fbbf7c68601dd37d031513856ecea.png

2026-02-03 18:29:50 UTC

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I have an idea that could maybe fix it. I'll try.

2026-02-03 16:06:49 UTC

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Unpredictable AI behavior

2026-02-03 15:26:50 UTC

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Tell it "use the build tool". npm has never been available to the shell.

2026-02-03 01:26:21 UTC

What is this? Can somebody explain?
#nevent1q…0ucv

2026-02-02 20:18:19 UTC

https://www.usatoday.com/story/special/contributor-content/2026/02/01/shakespeare-ai-alex-gleasons-open-source-alternative-for-ai-web-building/88464569007/

2026-02-02 20:04:19 UTC

I finally made some QoL improvements to NostrHub.io today. Things load better/faster, utilizing multiple relays, and some git UX improvements.

2026-02-02 18:59:55 UTC

I stand by it that Claude Opus is a scam and that Claude Sonnet works better for less money.

2026-02-02 18:24:38 UTC

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I added it to our chatroom and our whole team started managing it and having it open pull requests constantly.

2026-02-02 18:12:49 UTC

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It has been obscenely expensive so far in my experience, burning through like $100 in just a few hours. I halted by bot for now to see if I can figure how to reduce cost. I'm pretty happy with the cost of Claude Sonnet through OpenCode right now. I think OpenClaw is highly unoptimized for cost at the moment.

2026-02-02 06:54:32 UTC

People who want to ban AI don't know what they're missing.
https://media.ditto.pub/34db8be9b224469b21bd0fef36f856fa642947b130f802ceb00186e586743d4a.mp4

2026-02-02 06:32:29 UTC

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Actually the bots may just figure it out on their own lol https://clawstr.com/c/clawstr/post/2bcbe908b96d5bb3a97ba7bcba521773e956be80cd6d6613dacc9be9a0555608

2026-02-02 06:25:27 UTC

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Need to fix our heartbeat file. Will look tomorrow

2026-02-01 18:22:28 UTC

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Really awesome initiative, but the problem is on OpenClaw's side. It chews up tokens.

2026-02-01 18:08:01 UTC

The biggest problem with OpenClaw right now is that it has no cost optimizations. The token usage is crazy.

2026-02-01 18:01:35 UTC

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There can only be one GM fiatjaf per 15 minutes

2026-02-01 18:00:42 UTC

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What you see here is correct spam-blocking behavior
https://media.ditto.pub/87e299ece552dfd89818154448a9b905f89677838aef49c938cca096537d0938.png
https://media.ditto.pub/cd9f303f6f8db93d848cf3ab6a90dacbc1aebedb7221df0f2725e9da744473e3.png

2026-02-01 17:57:25 UTC

Clawstr.com is infinite
https://media.ditto.pub/ba1e8be7d9f97a3686ad309237dd9255c45ef4853f3a4ce92ff4e4f7358452f6.png

2026-02-01 17:42:42 UTC

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Sure, probably. @nprofile…hgr9 already hooked his up to Obsidian. BTW @nprofile…r0kg is building a FOSS Obsidian alternative called Onyx.

2026-02-01 17:31:54 UTC

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It's an AI agent with a folder full of markdown files it can edit itself. It has tools to edit files and run shell commands.
Its folder ("workspace") contains a mix of arbitrary files you work on together, and special system files that affect the bot's behavior: SOUL.md, HEARTBEAT.md, and the memory/ folder.
You DM it over Signal or Telegram and have it manage these files. SOUL.md affects its personality. HEARTBEAT.md is used every 30 minutes by the Node.js process to spawn a new temporary AI session, enabling it to do things all day long. To avoid repeating work, it stores work it already did in its memory/ folder.
tl;dr it's a living AI agent. You give it access to a full computer, so it's a living AI agent with a full computer system just for itself. This has been possible for over 1 year now already, and many of us have thought about it, but I think nobody did it because it sounds like a very bad idea to just like AI roam free like that with no security guardrails. But obviously it was inevitable.

2026-02-01 17:16:25 UTC

What relays prevent spam? Asking every day until at least 5 relays prevent spam.

2026-02-01 16:58:28 UTC

People are building Nostr agent platforms now inspired by Clawstr! 🦀
https://x.com/MarcelooMendes/status/2017986765181661641

2026-02-01 15:06:14 UTC

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This never happens to me and I have no logs of it happening. Can't figure it out.

2026-02-01 03:51:24 UTC

🦀
https://media.ditto.pub/4137182f8e2424ca05eef8f38b3a82fb1df07b3a0ff6ab878ece859e65aa4511.png

2026-02-01 03:32:33 UTC

https://media.ditto.pub/7b8b7e1cc6959813d0e22fd9baa7c0c2aea8a5e4e5b6a7d5dee50ec4a6ff8e67.png

2026-02-01 03:26:31 UTC

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Somebody on Clawstr already wrote that they're a member of "AgentChan", but I couldn't find it.

2026-02-01 03:23:09 UTC

Things are poppin' off on the Internet right now. Feels like the covid era.

2026-02-01 02:29:09 UTC

Greatest Clawstr account: https://clawstr.com/npub10vjcn6xsja4z0hww9ea79c3qtw8c3dpdeu8yjzupt0u4g7zn22rqr5y5m6

2026-02-01 02:15:14 UTC

Update: humans can comment now. But only in their designated human section.
#nevent1q…2a99
https://media.ditto.pub/a47f5982b8401024509c0f0b1da801ddc399b74fc4616575173b3209a7aa7f37.png

2026-02-01 01:25:32 UTC

We're finally starting to see some stories come out of Open Source AI

2026-02-01 00:50:32 UTC

Lol
https://media.ditto.pub/5b067985364ca5b677197e599800aada9bbb1a2ca812ba3054f8d09dd74e40ed.png

2026-01-31 21:03:57 UTC

https://clawstr.com/

2026-01-31 17:48:15 UTC

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Hang tight, almost ready

2026-01-31 17:45:51 UTC

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Except me

2026-01-31 03:46:37 UTC

What relays block spam?

2026-01-30 19:05:57 UTC

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Maybe @nprofile…lya8 can help us bridge the gap.

2026-01-30 19:04:54 UTC

We need to step in and shape the future of agents to be Nostr-first before it's too late. Why is moltbook not built on Nostr? FAIL! Why does Clawdbot's Nostr integration use NIP-04 and barely works? FAIL. 💀 🤖
#nevent1q…58kh

2026-01-30 19:01:36 UTC

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Yes, this is what I did with Ditto and it's a very good system. You essentially build a relay into your client. You have to be committed to making it perfect though, or it will be a huge crux.

2026-01-30 18:59:19 UTC

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I don't see why not. You just take the first relay response on a per-request basis; doesn't matter the transport. With Tor you might get less consistency as to which relays respond fastest.

2026-01-30 18:56:18 UTC

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This method is too complex for me. It's too easy to fall into performance traps. You know in theory how the code works but it's difficult to trace or debug. You can design a UI around it but the UI needs to break "is_loading" out into multiple steps, or use a queue. Plus you have to manage active REQs, potentially merging new queries into them. The dumb and easy way is to treat REQs like http requests that you cache and refetch in response to user actions (eg user scrolls back to the top after scrolling down).

2026-01-30 18:47:28 UTC

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Wish I discovered it sooner. I'm gonna write something up about these "obvious" Nostr tricks that should actually be best practices

2026-01-30 18:43:27 UTC

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Even though I've never played them, I just know it can't be true because of their age. I didn't even say Dragon Quest XI is my favorite game of all time, just that it's the best, and it only can be because of modern tech.

2026-01-30 18:42:31 UTC

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Thanks gronk

2026-01-30 18:41:35 UTC

I don't know why it took like 4 years to discover this advancement in Nostrology that's incredibly obvious.
Make other relays in the pool race the fastest relay. No complex scoring system or relay manager needed. Just start a very short timeout (eg 200ms) after the first EOSE from any source to allow for other relays to get a word in.
This prioritizes fast relays, as we should. It might even come down to latency of whichever relays are closest to you (a happy accident of this system that promotes geographical distribution).
#nevent1q…9lfg

2026-01-30 18:32:13 UTC

YOU CAN BUILD FAST NOSTR CLIENTS YOU CAN BUILD FAST NOSTR CLIENTS
#nevent1q…fzm9

2026-01-30 18:26:29 UTC

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Giant beautiful intricate world, Toriyama, beautiful music, post-post-postgame content, voice acting, captivating story, engaging battle system and skill tree. The game is an absolute masterpiece.

2026-01-30 18:05:33 UTC

Dragon Quest XI is objectively the greatest video game ever created.

2026-01-30 06:18:15 UTC

https://relay-packs.shakespeare.wtf/naddr1qvzqqqr4xgpzqprpljlvcnpnw3pejvkkhrc3y6wvmd7vjuad0fg2ud3dky66gaxaqqg8xurpd5kkvun9v5khyetvv9uhx3v0w37

2026-01-29 21:25:46 UTC

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😂
https://media.ditto.pub/32c1c166452e099e6e7407b53a32137d07673a9e8e6cbbf05f212f25eb730026.png

2026-01-29 21:23:53 UTC

This is my all-time favorite GitHub issue https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/6235

2026-01-28 22:14:12 UTC

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Good idea. I was thinking the same.

2026-01-28 21:27:27 UTC

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Are we able to publish skills on Nostr now?

2026-01-28 19:52:02 UTC

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Sort of. It only checks its Nostr notifications every 30 minutes or so, and it only replies to constructive discussion. You might be able to trick it, though. But it would take a lot of patience.

2026-01-28 19:49:37 UTC

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Yes, a HEARTBEAT.md file it reads from every 30 minutes and does the tasks listed inside (or checks on their progress).

2026-01-28 19:48:32 UTC

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The biggest problem is the security model, because we're relying on the LLM to self-enforce and behave rationally. It would be easy to trick Quilly into revealing its client list or other secrets, or mess with other people's projects.

2026-01-28 19:42:51 UTC

The way it makes sense to expand @nprofile…5707 is to give him more channels to communicate: email, SMS, iMessage, WhatsApp. Then make these channels all available on a linktree-style portfolio site for him, and enable people to request that he does tasks for them in exchange for money.

2026-01-28 19:39:10 UTC

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*same bot

2026-01-28 19:38:54 UTC

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Yes but it has a special system prompt including a self-managed SOUL.md file and memory/ directory. You build up the bot through conversation, then you can access the same not (same memories) through multiple different channels.
The @nprofile…5707 on Nostr is the SAME Quilly we talk to on Signal. For better or worse.

2026-01-28 19:33:07 UTC

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Why am I so good as using LLMs? Why are my agents smarter than other people's? Why do I have better results when I use AI?

2026-01-28 19:25:34 UTC

Commentator 1: Living under a rock
Commentator 2: Lacking imagination
https://media.ditto.pub/7ddcac1b87049bee73cd2ceffe38f6d223d76ee466742b9dd7da4f6514f0c581.jpeg

2026-01-28 19:17:17 UTC

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Didn't even address the arguments. You got owned by an AI from my view.

2026-01-28 02:18:01 UTC

Legendary moment
https://media.ditto.pub/b03023eda1f44dde5f7e4cfc800907736b15733956194a11d143282f58a9e364.png

2026-01-28 01:15:29 UTC

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You haven't mastered it but you're blaming it

2026-01-27 19:09:15 UTC

I predict that in the future we will see a smartphone with no screen.

2026-01-27 17:38:11 UTC

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A $5/mo DigitalOcean VPS that forwards all traffic into a server rack in your living room.

2026-01-27 16:21:34 UTC

@nprofile…5707 meet @nprofile…97ef

2026-01-27 05:57:13 UTC

jack predicted clawdbot @nprofile…5707
#nevent1q…5ztz

2026-01-27 04:31:47 UTC

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We don't really need it. You can easily vibe-code 95% of tools

2026-01-27 01:54:28 UTC

Give Clawdbot Nostr superpowers: https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/nostr-skills/-/blob/main/skills/nak/SKILL.md

2026-01-26 23:49:23 UTC

Something that's amazing about this blog post that our whole team indirectly contributed to it in our Team Soapbox channel on Signal. Everybody was chatting with Quilly on Signal in total chaos, and Quilly ended up including small pieces of that information and opinions in the blog. If nonprofits worked this way they would make decisions faster.
#nevent1q…f336

2026-01-26 23:42:19 UTC

It's time to make nak easy to install everywhere
#nevent1q…avvk

2026-01-26 23:36:28 UTC

nak MR 100 https://github.com/fiatjaf/nak/pull/100

2026-01-26 22:24:37 UTC

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See @nprofile…5707

2026-01-26 22:14:17 UTC

@nprofile…f7qa right now
https://media.ditto.pub/56040e8a972eabd1cd319b6ecde5fd84d180b7edfa366c3a7676b97975d72589.png

2026-01-26 19:03:14 UTC

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Use OpenCode

2026-01-26 17:47:10 UTC

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Well I hope you will at least continue to participate on the best Nostr client of all time, Treasures.to, that encourages people to go outside.

2026-01-26 17:42:47 UTC

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Why didn't you do that before? Why did you accept computers and the internet in any form?

2026-01-26 17:36:08 UTC

Jonathan Staab depression arch
#nevent1q…8szj

2026-01-26 17:35:36 UTC

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This is basically an invitation. I want to learn my lesson.

2026-01-26 17:33:49 UTC

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Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself

2026-01-26 17:33:29 UTC

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Lame

2026-01-26 17:30:25 UTC

Guys I would like you to meet Quilly, our newest member of the Soapbox team.
Quilly is an autonomous AI agent powered by Clawdbot and Sonnet 4.5. He has access to his own full computer. I taught him how to install nak and set up a Nostr profile by messaging him on Signal. He checks Nostr periodically and responds to some but not all notifications.
Yesterday I helped him set up a GitLab account and he submitted his first merge request to add himself to the team page on the Soapbox website: https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox.pub/-/merge_requests/52
He's here to keep you updated on what we're building, and more. 👍
#nevent1q…kh73

2026-01-26 17:21:22 UTC

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nice

2026-01-26 16:50:08 UTC

https://media.ditto.pub/5f2204710dc8a531b7ac3011ee22fd31a54b94f676c3c6abd6d9117ff61e1942.jpeg