Ashoat

Comm support for Farcaster DCs is now LIVE you'll see all of your Farcaster chats and message history in the app, PLUS: 1) indefinite full message backup 2) Markdown support 3) Comm also supports DMs (similar to Signal, but with threads) and communities (similar to a federated Discord) check it out here: https://comm.app/download

Comm is introducing support for Farcaster DCs later this week! main selling point is that we back up all your messages indefinitely is anybody interested in giving it a test drive and sharing feedback?

life update: I'm no longer working at Merkle very grateful for the chance to work with such a talented team, and to see what a startup looks like when it's firing on all cylinders coming soon: big Farcaster x Comm announcement :)

NYers!! secret rave in the woods TONIGHT https://partiful.com/e/gXLuccLqKGyUistDvoIU

if you're in NYC, come to our fundraiser in the woods tonight!! https://partiful.com/e/gXLuccLqKGyUistDvoIU

NYers!! come to our SECRET rave in the woods TONIGHT https://partiful.com/e/gXLuccLqKGyUistDvoIU

I got a spare free ticket to Azzecca (tech house) at the Ruins (Knockdown Center outdoor space) tonight my fav song of hers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJcwYvhv2Tk hmu if you wanna join!!

backpacking a couple weeks ago in Olympic National Park

who's got tix to Experts Only NYC??

Soviet birth certificates look cooler than American ones at some point when I’m really old and the Soviet Union is ancient history this will be cool to have

I often find that people in developed countries don't "get" crypto because they don't understand why sovereignty would matter crypto users in developed countries often have even worse takes, basically seeing it as a vehicle for their own speculation the correct take (imo) is that crypto = sovereignty, and sovereignty matters to protect against oppression if you've never really been oppressed in some way then it's hard to grok

critiques in the thread are fair... but also a messaging app with no backup honestly isn't very usable. it's my number one pet peeve with Signal and I'm happy they're working on it @cassie, curious - is there a more secure/private way that Signal could build backup?

sadly we had to roll back the new arch in the Farcaster app we ended up with a lot of perf, memory, and UX regressions even after a week or trying to squash them working with the Expo team to try to get things to a better place https://farcaster.xyz/ashoat.eth/0x2157ccc0

the iOS input issues and Android perf / jank issues should be solved in the latest Play Store / App Store builds! please upgrade :)

this is some nerd shit so not sure where to share but we just shipped the first version of Farcaster based on the React Native new architecture! new arch has been in the works for almost 7 years (!!) and as a React Native dev this is hugely exciting for me

going to a concert solo is a great way to remind yourself why you love live music saw Massano solo last night. 4 hrs of nonstop bangers

yo our Burning Man camp is recruiting for this year it'll be our 11th burn, and we're located at 4:20 and Esplanade we have a bar, live music, big LED dome, and flame effects very budget friendly option. heads-up no RVs hmu if interested! https://campmindshark.com/

I built this!

wow wtf NYT lawyers had an unsubstantiated hunch that people circumvent their paywall via ChatGPT and then delete history to cover their tracks and so the judge decided to prevent OpenAI from deleting data when a user deletes history hunch is obviously ridiculous, there are many better ways to circumvent a paywall

hot take that “therapy culture” is making the bar for good parenting seem unattainable https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/opinion/therapy-estrangement-childless-millennials.html