Nostr notes by shantaram

testing a new project from my dear friend @npub1yzf…fxu5 my ...

2026-10-18T11:34:53Z

testing a new project from my dear friend Sam (npub1yzf…fxu5)

my seatbelt is on, i recommend you all get excited too

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2026-05-17T22:02:57Z

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indeed! we have a draft implementation over at ...

2026-03-28T19:40:19Z

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indeed! we have a draft implementation over at https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/nostr-lora

so cool. i should get a potted plant

2026-03-20T17:39:33Z

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so cool. i should get a potted plant

what about the nostriches not on Bitcoin?

2025-12-21T07:01:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…fhvk
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what about the nostriches not on Bitcoin?

hey everyone, let's welcome my new friend @nprofile…lc8w to ...

2025-12-19T10:22:30Z

hey everyone, let's welcome my new friend Joseph (nprofile…lc8w) to Nostr!

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2025-10-14T15:59:44Z

POTATO

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2025-10-14T07:39:07Z

something big is coming 👀

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2025-08-11T05:26:36Z

omg welcome to my feed new people :0000000

Honestly when he said "http client" I immediately thought ...

2024-10-12T05:10:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…nkhm
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Honestly when he said "http client" I immediately thought he wrote something that talks raw http and not a client in the sense of axios etc

...why?

2024-10-11T16:00:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…5d76
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...why?

Well you could set up an nginx forwarding rule to forward ...

2024-10-02T05:08:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…d4zj
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Well you could set up an nginx forwarding rule to forward relay.notes.yoursite.org to notes.yoursite.org/relay

Proton Drive doesn't have a public API yet, apparently. It ...

2024-09-27T17:04:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…a6u5
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Proton Drive doesn't have a public API yet, apparently. It could be interesting to allow another (say, self-hosted) cloud service but then it's kind of an xkcd Standards type problem where we have to pick one or two cloud services and have people be content with that. Great suggestion though, thank you, we'll look into it.

Hi! 502 Bad Gateway is actually a good sign regarding your nginx ...

2024-09-24T15:44:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…07h5
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Hi! 502 Bad Gateway is actually a good sign regarding your nginx conf, your original nginx conf with 127.0.0.1:4036 looks correct to me. It seems that the ditto process is unable to start - could you cd to /opt/ditto and then run ditto there directly with `deno task start` and let me know what happens?

Also, if you wouldn't mind we can get on a Jitsi Meet or something at some point to figure this out, it would be much faster. Please let me know your availability (you can email me at me@shantaram.xyz) if that is acceptable.

wow i never thought a world leader would be taking notes from ...

2024-09-22T23:14:10Z

wow i never thought a world leader would be taking notes from Modi but who else than Netanyahu

quoting
note1zeu…adwq
• Israel’s is promoting an initiative to abolish the 200 shekel bank notes as a first step to narrow use of & abolishing cash. Same as in India in 2016.

• Physical gold & silver may be forbidden to hold. 🪙💰

• Gaza’s population suffering from financial oppression via lower cash deliveries & bank notes physical erosion.

All explained in this video, please share! 🙏🏻

Can also use `deno task nostr:pull` in the ditto repo, ...

2024-09-17T22:21:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…luym
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Can also use `deno task nostr:pull` in the ditto repo, doesn't need nak

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2024-09-17T11:11:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…t220
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https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/ditto/-/merge_requests/492
password issue fixed, btw, thanks again

As for the final error you are getting where Ditto is refusing to ...

2024-09-16T00:20:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…mqwf
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As for the final error you are getting where Ditto is refusing to start, the error message seems to be truncated to the right. Could you pipe the result of `systemctl status ditto.service` on your VPS into `curl -i -F 'file=@-' https://0x0.st` and paste the link here?

The final command you would run is:

```
sudo systemctl status ditto.service | curl -i -F 'file=@-' https://0x0.st
```
It should spit out a link in response.

> if changing the access port for the server makes it more ...

2024-09-16T00:13:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…mqwf
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> if changing the access port for the server makes it more secure, could the database port be customized too? would it improve security or could it block some connections?

Well, changing the port does improve security, but only marginally in my opinion. It's better to do the other things you did, like disabling root and password login (in the case of ssh) or setting up a firewall.

> Since the program, the user, and the database are all named ditto, I had a hard time distinguishing them to learn more about the commands in this process.

Yeah, it does get super confusing. I like to call the db `postgres` (if it's a server only being used for one thing) or `dittodb` to help a tiny bit.

Moving on to your notes on `deno task setup`:

> Is the 4036 an independent port, like the database port, or should it be the custom port used to access the server?

The 4036 is the default port Ditto listens on. You can configure it by setting the PORT environment variable in the .env file.

> Should the IP be left as is, or exchanged for the server's IP?

It shouldn't be an IP at all -- it should be the _external_-facing address from which you want to access your instance. For example, if you were hosting it on ditto.freedomweaver.tech then you should enter `https://ditto.freedomweaver.tech`. The port number should be left out unless you are listening on some nonstandard port.

> I left it as localhost, but since it is a VPS I don't know if I need to try * or something else , nor where to modify it after leaving it as is.

This is fine.

> If I enter a real password here, it shows in plain text, so I don't know if that's what it's requesting. I am guessing it is the name of the user that we need to enter (ditto). Is it?

That was an oversight in our setup code, thanks for pointing it out! It'll be fixed in the next release of Ditto.

> I'm guessing there should only be one database listed above, and that ditto should point to it in a database config file somewhere.

It doesn't matter if there are multiple, Ditto only uses the one you enter when it asks you "Postgres database [ditto]:" during setup.

> I entered the existing ditto user password, should it have been a password for a second ditto user?

`createuser` handles _Postgres_ user creation -- different from the `UNIX` user ditto you created earlier. You can use the same or different passwords, it does not matter. Just be sure to use this same password when Ditto asks you for the postgres password in `deno task setup`.

> Unsure on this one, as the docs point out to use a previously entered password, so it could be the one for the second ditto user, or maybe it is to fill in the database password where I just left the word ditto previously. Or perhaps the second ditto user and the database password are the same. I added what I'd like the database password to be.

The `ALTER USER WITH PASSWORD` statement updates the password the db will accept when you try to connect as the ditto user. If you make this change you have to update the DATABASE_URL string in your ditto .env file.

> chose to redirect all traffic to https, not sure if all traffic to ditto arrives so

This is the correct thing to do.

Hope this clears up your doubts!

Hey @npub1a7n…vfnu I've been on vacation this past week, ...

2024-09-15T23:54:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…mqwf
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Hey elidy (npub1a7n…vfnu) I've been on vacation this past week, back at work now. I'll be responding to your questions in a couple of follow-up notes. Sorry for the delay!

Just confirming, but is Ditto itself running? That's what a ...

2024-08-31T03:33:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…p5pm
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Just confirming, but is Ditto itself running? That's what a 502 Bad Gateway typically indicates, that the service being proxied to isn't active, and your triage list didn't actually mention that. Please don't mistake me, just eliminating the obvious.

Next up, if you have some sort of firewall set up it may be blocking nginx's ability to communicate with Ditto.

Also, if you've configured ditto to listen on a different port other than 4036, please check that your nginx config is updated to reflect that.

There have been some issues with nginx configs in the past but as of latest ditto, nothing. Could you also confirm if you're on latest `main`?

There are only two kinds of Nostr clients, the ones people ...

2024-08-27T21:39:20Z

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There are only two kinds of Nostr clients, the ones people complain about, and the ones they don't use :P

Thanks for the bug report! We'll keep fixing them as they come <3

select [...] where exists (select 1 from blah where cond);

2024-07-02T06:17:41Z

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select [...] where exists (select 1 from blah where cond);

So I've been using time-tracker-cli ...

2024-06-24T15:55:00Z

So I've been using time-tracker-cli (https://pypi.org/project/time-tracker-cli/) to track my hours for freelance work. It's great but it has a lot of rough edges, the UX is a bit ugly, it just feels unfinished and incomplete. I have some kludged together shell aliases to handle billing and stuff and the result is not super great but it's ...manageable.

Well I finally had enough and channelled my inner Bender (except I didn't follow up with "ah, screw the whole thing...").

Presenting etu, the cool new time tracker on the block.
https://github.com/xyzshantaram/etu

You can't edit notes unfortunately, I just realised. When I ...

2024-06-19T12:04:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…3u57
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You can't edit notes unfortunately, I just realised. When I was talking about edits I meant replaceable events on Nostr, which is a concept somewhat analogous to editing.
Ditto has an option to "Delete and re-post", though.

technically they can be, you just can't be sure other people ...

2024-06-19T04:23:03Z

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technically they can be, you just can't be sure other people will respect it :P

haha, you should see campfirejs components

2024-05-06T04:47:21Z

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haha, you should see campfirejs components