Mastodon vs. Nostr: A Social Media Showdown

Alex Gleason was one of the main architects behind Donald Trump's Truth Social. Now he focuses on the intersection of nostr, ai, and bitcoin. We dive deep into how he thinks about the future of nostr and vibe coding: using ai tools to rapidly prototype and ship apps with simple text based prompts.

Alex on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsqgc0uhmxycvm5gwvn944c7yfxnnxm0nyh8tt62zhrvtd3xkj8fhggpt7fy
Stacks: https://getstacks.dev/


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(00:00:02) Alex's Presentation at the Oslo Freedom Forum

(00:01:31) Challenges and Opportunities in Decentralized Platforms

(00:02:31) The Role of AI in Decentralized Social Media

(00:05:00) Happy Bitcoin Friday

(00:06:09) Guest Introduction: Alex Gleason

(00:07:02) Truth Social

(00:10:35) Challenges of Centralized vs Decentralized Platforms

(00:14:01) Bridging Platforms

(00:19:13) Limitations and Potential of Mastodon and Bluesky

(00:24:08) The Future of AI and Vibe Coding

(00:31:08) Empowering Developers with AI

(00:38:09) The Impact of AI on Software Development

(00:47:02) Building with Getstacks.dev

(00:53:04) Impact of AI Models

(01:02:01) Monetization and Future of AI Development

(01:14:07) Open Source Development in an AI World

(01:22:17) Data Preservation Using Nostr

Video: https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs96kxmxc7mufgt6n2rxpphg8ptyx2kl47a7rj389jrwmvjy6rhuhgmfel87

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