montzstar
Montzstar

Christian, Husband, Dad, iOS dev, freedom maximalist

Damus contributor

Public Key

npub1qlk0nqupxmlyxravg0aqscxmcc4q4tq898z6x003rykwwh3npj0syvyayc

NIP-05 Address

[email protected]

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsq0m8eswqndljrp7ky87sgvrduv2s24srjn3dr8hc3jt88tcese8cmte656

Publishing to

nos.lol

relay.damus.io

Author Public Key

npub1qlk0nqupxmlyxravg0aqscxmcc4q4tq898z6x003rykwwh3npj0syvyayc

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2024-06-06 04:24:08

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Congrats, friend!

2024-04-19 03:32:42

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Have you read Thank God for Bitcoin? It contains some ideas connecting Bitcoin and God. I particularly liked the idea it presents about Bitcoin solving some of the “moral hazard” that fiat money is susceptible to.

2024-04-17 05:24:58

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Great to meet you! Enjoyed talking with you.

2024-02-16 02:08:16

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Ugh. How frustrating.

2023-10-05 02:06:41

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Weird. Those are the system controls. We must not have disabled them in some cases?

2023-09-20 21:14:23

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wen uikit? lol

2023-09-14 15:19:34

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Nope.

2023-09-08 05:19:16

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Thanks so much!

2023-09-07 21:48:27

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Thanks! Nothing like a little motivation to get the work done! 🙂

2023-09-03 03:03:10

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Lol yeah I was able to add “wss:” but I could also remove it. Need some unit tests for url validation.

2023-09-03 02:59:01

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Hmm, I was able to swipe it away on the Relays view. It did not come back after a force quit. What are steps to reproduce?

2023-09-02 21:53:05

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I reproduced the issue in the simulator. I’ll give it a try.

2023-08-26 00:43:12

My new favorite pronunciation of Nostr is Ben Arc’s “noss-star”.

2023-08-13 02:50:54

Reason to work on or invest in freedom tech: #note1gyn…75qc

2023-08-10 01:43:48

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Happens to me all the time too, just scrolling along and I see that I liked something.

2023-07-26 02:10:03

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Not sure how it could be. It just caches the url to the image, not the image itself. Happy to add a cache clearing button somewhere if you think it’s worth a shot though.

2023-07-09 17:43:39

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Not exposed to the user, but would be trivial to add.

2023-06-28 13:03:18

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Which device do you have? When does that happen? Just while scrolling the feed?

2023-06-28 03:48:08

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That used to work fine, then I never got it working with Xcode 14 for some reason. Glad to hear it’s back.

2023-06-20 19:22:27

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No, because we only get the link to the gif from the relay. After that we’re using Kingfisher (third-party image view SDK) to load it. I hate using third-party SDKs for UI, but I haven’t spent the time to see if there’s a better way or not. Kingfisher is pretty popular with iOS devs though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2023-06-16 01:02:54

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Can also side-load on Mac. You don’t have to distribute your app through the store.

2023-06-11 15:08:23

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Made the requested changes to this PR. A new object called RelayModel now owns the log and the RelayMetadata. The log is now an ObservedObject of the view rather than a StateObject.

2023-06-11 03:55:12

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Yeah that presentation is wrong.

2023-06-08 16:48:48

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Here’s how that will look:
https://nostr.build/i/58cdb1c42c50bad87874d1a4946525f0749e0d6638ddc61aee7ff56e0512019d.gif

2023-06-07 00:59:26

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Sorry about that! It’s a known issue, and it’s on the roadmap to fix.

2023-06-05 12:55:48

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Code is beautiful. What editor is that?

2023-05-23 12:32:17

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#[2]

2023-05-15 13:15:29

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Did you try using the Time Profiler Instrument to find out specifically what was slow about it? Might be optimizable. Is this parsing being done on the main queue?

2023-05-15 04:20:37

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Maybe Apple’s Natural Language framework could help here. It can tokenize text in many languages and determine word boundaries.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/naturallanguage

2023-05-15 04:16:05

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Lol maybe. I work for a non-profit and we had to register and provide proof for Apple to let us take donations without them taking a cut.

2023-05-15 02:06:26

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Apple may require you to register as a non-profit in order to accept donations.

2023-05-14 19:31:07

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Hmm. I just tried it twice on the latest build and it worked for me. Prompts to save into iCloud Keychain immediately after finishing sign up flow.

2023-05-12 04:17:09

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You dislike both black and green? I like black but can’t stand green.

2023-05-11 12:02:10

The Texas State Legislature is trying to constitutionally protect the use of digital currencies.
https://twitter.com/tomgglass/status/1656469212938878977

2023-05-08 15:42:43

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👋

2023-05-06 14:56:07

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I believe this is fixed now in this PR, after some testing I did. See new comment in GitHub for steps to reproduce.
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/1064

2023-05-06 14:19:27

#[0] Found another issue while working on the events loading issue. Fix here:
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/1101

2023-05-06 05:13:41

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Here’s a PR to fix this, with an explanation:
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/1100

2023-05-06 04:36:43

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Yep, I’m looking into this.

2023-05-05 15:51:29

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Will do, tho it’ll have to be later. I glanced at it already, if it’s the one I’m remembering. In general fixing a bug with a short delay indicates that the problem is not fully understood.

2023-05-05 14:40:14

#[0] Damus PR for caching user profiles in a CoreData database:
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/1082

2023-05-04 13:45:05

#[0] Now this one was just fun.
Damus PR for replacing the Vault dependency with a custom @KeychainStorage property wrapper:
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/1076

2023-05-04 03:37:27

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🤦‍♂️

2023-05-03 06:54:48

#[0] Damus PR to fix broken test
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/1068

2023-05-03 06:54:05

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Looks nice! The “go to” in this case should be hyphenated “go-to”.

2023-05-02 06:05:37

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An unfortunate aspect of SwiftUI. 😐

2023-05-02 06:04:27

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Thanks! Okay I saw it too and just changing the main tabs made it instantly update too. So maybe it’s just in the onAppear of the view.

2023-05-02 04:06:12

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Next time you see that, can you try tapping a profile picture to load a profile instead of restarting? I think it’s not that the relays are not connecting. I think it has to do with the UI not knowing when to update with new content.

2023-05-02 02:16:48

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I’ve seen that a few times recently. But instead of restarting if I tap on any user, it will try to show their profile and then instantly go back to the main feed with new content loaded. I’ll have to try to recreate it in the sim.

2023-04-30 00:11:32

#[0] Damus PR to fix Copy Link action does not dismiss ShareAction view
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/1049

2023-04-29 14:29:30

#[0] Damus PR for fixing issue where image links sometimes don’t render, updated with master
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/792

2023-04-29 13:56:12

#[0] Damus PR for adding top-level tab state restoration. Updated with master and added support for the NotificationsView:
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/634

2023-04-28 23:01:10

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I used SecAddSharedWebCredential and ASAuthorizationController. I didn’t see those in use anywhere in the app yet. What was your approach?

2023-04-28 21:48:35

#[0] Damus PR for saving keys to iCloud keychain:
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/1042

2023-04-28 20:03:59

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Such a fun and meaningful project to contribute to. Thanks, #[1]!

2023-04-06 15:11:14

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Yep, on it.

2023-04-03 05:09:38

Testing damus.io links:
https://damus.io/note1ls5lx08h3f78rkhnsv3jvdjlyhr22jcu8qa3jss4cf8m0smk6r4sptv2h9

2023-04-01 06:18:21

Testing a Damus issue:
https://nostr.build/av/nostr.build_cea16c23c205249786590460d4422b993c0f2d45dbb8631d59327fa5bc03c315.mov

2023-03-19 23:33:48

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Both apps must be registering the same URL scheme: “nostr”. So the OS decides which will get it. Maybe it’s always the latest installed one.

2023-03-19 19:56:34

#[0] Fixed the image not loading issue in a much better way (no individual hard-coded hosts):
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/792

2023-03-18 13:41:50

Testing an image issue in Damus:
https://pasteboard.co/bDoBqPiAlBDO.png
https://pasteboard.co/EW8GgDH3JvAj.jpg

2023-03-16 23:30:52

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Because to get the better user experience, the dev has to update to the newer permission request API.

2023-03-16 22:20:57

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No, Apple enforces privacy settings at the OS level. If you can see all images and have not given the app you’re in permission, then it probably Apple’s image picker view, which runs in a separate process from the app you’re in. Then you select specific images to allow for the app.

2023-03-16 15:01:40

#[0] PR to fix issue where pasteboard.co links don’t render properly:
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/784

2023-03-16 14:39:34

Testing an issue with pasteboard.co links:
https://pasteboard.co/bDoBqPiAlBDO.png

2023-03-16 14:33:14

Testing an image issue with pasteboard.co image URLs:
https://pasteboard.co/EW8GgDH3JvAj.jpg

2023-03-16 00:07:30

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That’s me. 🙂

2023-03-14 18:39:24

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Here’s a blog post about the different APIs. Seems like it should be either UIImpactFeedbackGenerator in any of the three levels, or a UINotificationFeedbackGenerator with the success type:
https://www.hackingwithswift.com/example-code/uikit/how-to-generate-haptic-feedback-with-uifeedbackgenerator

2023-03-14 18:16:07

#[0] Here’s a PR that fixes two different issues with the “Replying to…” string:
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/777

2023-03-10 02:30:16

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Need to have your own Apple dev account and change the app’s bundle id. That’s what I do when testing a change.

2023-03-10 01:53:31

#[0] #[1] Look who got on Nostr:
#[2]

2023-03-08 14:53:41

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Bounty? 😉🤔

2023-03-05 14:39:16

#[0] PR to clear the EventCache whenever iOS sends a memory warning to the app:
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/736

2023-03-04 11:46:21

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Sorry to hear that. What are the symptoms you’re seeing that you’d like to be improved? Have you submitted issues on the GitHub page? Is it mainly that things stop working after the app has been running for a long time?

2023-03-03 05:37:13

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Nice work!

2023-03-02 02:40:29

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Settings app -> Accessibility -> Display & Text Size -> Button Shapes. You have that turned on.

2023-02-28 13:27:59

Does tapping a Damus link in Damus do the right thing?
https://damus.io/note1ls5lx08h3f78rkhnsv3jvdjlyhr22jcu8qa3jss4cf8m0smk6r4sptv2h9

2023-02-28 03:13:18

Top-level state restoration for tabs in Damus:
https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/634

2023-02-27 05:28:09

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You could pass a callback url as part of the link that opens the wallet app. Something like:
walletofsatoshi:lightning:<invoice>?callback=nostr or damus or whatever the format is. The other app would need to implement calling it obvs.

2023-02-26 19:07:08

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Censorship attempts. I expect that there will eventually be a very few “best relays” to be on and that those might eventually be blocked somehow in some jurisdictions. But it’s not so hard to create another relay and serve all the same events.

2023-02-26 04:27:15

https://babylonbee.com/news/ohio-area-turtles-develop-sudden-interest-in-pizza-martial-arts

2023-02-24 12:48:18

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Love this, Jimmy!
I would argue that while coding is primarily explaining to a computer, it is also explaining to other coders. If you neglect to keep it understandable to other humans, you’ll be the only person who can read and maintain your code, and nobody will want to work with it.

2023-02-23 12:49:52

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This would be OS dependent, but on iOS when clients launch WoS with a url, that url could include a callback url or scheme parameter, which you could then open from WoS when the transaction is done. It might look like:
walletofsatoshi:lightning:<invoice>?callback=nostr
So WoS would read that parameter and open the url “nostr://“ at the end, which would launch the initiating app.

2023-02-23 12:25:14

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https://www.kodeco.com has tons of great tutorials you can step through, but some are part of their paid subscription.

2023-02-21 02:21:38

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I’m Bryan!

2023-02-18 17:34:26

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Yes!

2023-02-18 06:26:48

Testing a code change…

2023-02-18 00:33:16

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Really enjoyed this episode. I don’t think you mentioned how to find Jon. Do you have his nostr pubkey or a Twitter handle?

2023-02-16 03:02:45

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-study-billionaires-the-investors-podcast-network/id928933489?i=1000599636600

2023-02-15 03:18:58

Testing lightning invoice payment on nostr. Wanna pay it for me? ⚡️
lnbc1u1p37csx6pp5m8r78p2vvxatz8uywqf4779lcw5z785hep3xss8vrsxpjpgk25sqdqqcqzzgxqyz5vqrzjqwnvuc0u4txn35cafc7w94gxvq5p3cu9dd95f7hlrh0fvs46wpvhdrlma6ddsssqzsqqqqryqqqqthqqpyrzjqw8c7yfutqqy3kz8662fxutjvef7q2ujsxtt45csu0k688lkzu3ldrlma6ddsssqzsqqqqryqqqqthqqpysp555aacm2qwur62ugmgqkh8xpgpez82nwmc7cztjcmartw99wa0u8s9qypqsq87as4x3v0jq6x5dnfkf50469y4m38yh54090lt2z857xvrhss6q58w7aa8fmk99klt8vrxwlsyqn8nf4jt2533nukn5elk9c495mchsprefcx3

2023-02-15 02:04:47

How did we let this happen in the US? 😢
https://twitter.com/drsimonegold/status/1625555234926825477?s=46&t=EIa5NwLZIJ-cQZgClsy5rQ

2023-02-15 00:32:32

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I submitted a couple PRs to Damus in the last couple days. One was merged and then had to be reverted, and then I fixed it so it can be merged again. Think I can still apply?

2023-02-14 20:26:41

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Have you looked here for crash logs?
Xcode -> Window -> Organizer, then Crashes on the left menu, then filter to the app and version you care about at the top. In many cases you can click “Open in Project” and it will show you the line of code causing the issue.

2023-02-11 19:34:03

#[0] Is there a way to select only specific relays when you’re posting? The use-case I’m thinking of would be: I could host a relay and only allow my family members to post to it. But I wouldn’t want to send the same posts to public relays. Is that already possible?

2023-02-11 19:31:51

@jb55 Is there a way to select only specific relays when you’re posting? The use-case I’m thinking of would be: I could host a relay and only allow my family members to post to it. But I wouldn’t want to send the same posts to public relays. Is that already possible?

2023-02-11 19:27:46

Excited to try out nostr and Damus on iOS!