Max

Max

Praxeologist ~ Cryptoanarchist ~ Cypherpunk

max@towardsliberty.com

We replaced a single constrained cross-platform codebase with native implementations for Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux by delegating the raw coding labor to autonomous agents. This radical shift removes humans from rote syntax production, proving that a small team can orchestrate machines to build software while retaining responsibility for the final outcome.

We Stopped Writing the Codeby Max
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The speech to text transcription workflow in @White Noise android is the most incredible I've seen. I cannot wait until we get this release out. Hopefully very soon. This is the best chat app I've ever used.
19h ago
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Liquid promises private transfers backed one-for-one by bitcoin held behind a federated threshold. An incomplete cache key let forged L-BTC pass validation, then ordinary peg-out machinery moved nearly the entire real reserve, exposing failures in cryptographic context, operational release discipline, withdrawal controls, and the claim that seizing $320 million first was the least harmful path.

When White Hats Take the Reserveby Max
2d ago
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/goal doge rain, but with cashu
3d ago
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Work with people who's hype cycle is phase shifted with yours.
We all need someone else to pull us out of the rud sometimes.
3d ago
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The next version of @Zapstore will be insane.
The most private app store ever.
I'm so bullish!
3d ago
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The largest @White Noise simulation group on a single computer with many virtual machines is at around 200 members, without a fork!

Things are getting slow at that scale, so we're working on speed improvements and it's not a real test in production on different phones, but quite encouraging numbers.
1w ago
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GitHub api rate limits are insufferable.
#ngit is 100x better, you can just get ALL git metadata locally and browse through instantly and without constant network access.
1w ago
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It's been a good month for marmot, the spec is maturing, the libraries are getting more performant, and the UIs are looking sweat!
Come join us for the monthly Marmot community call to hear the latest and show of your demos!
1st September, 16 UTC:
https://meet.fulmo.org/marmot
1w ago
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The text to speech in the new @White Noise is so good!
We'll hold the release a bit longer, groups are still not as stable as they should be, we're getting there soon!
2w ago
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What would be next level if Framework makes a phone with first class @GrapheneOS support.
They're working with Ubuntu and redhat now to get official hardware support for those, not a big stretch for them to do the same with Graphene, if they ever build a phone.
@MaxI can't wait for the compatible Motorola phone. Google hardware sucks.
2w ago
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I can't wait for the @npub1kwa...e0nj compatible Motorola phone. Google hardware sucks.
2w ago
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@marmot over @FIPS will be so good.
Truly decentralized encrypted group messaging is right around the corner.
2w ago
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White Noise is now my most-used app, and in practice it has become the app that builds apps. I dictate a bug to Hermes in the same chat, the APK comes back there, I install it on my phone, and I keep testing until the behavior changes, which is why the upcoming release has me genuinely excited.

Building White Noise Inside White Noiseby Max
2w ago
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I've been using the upcoming new @White Noise app more than signal for the last couple weeks.

Not just testing stuff, actual real use cases.

The hermes connector is amazing, it makes the app so useful. Can't wait to get this over the finish line and share with y'all.

Sorry again that it's been forever since the last whitenoise release, but we really want to get it right this time.

The main issue still is group reliability, we've made massive progress, but we can still make it better, and it's better to do these consensus changes before we release.

We're spending most time now to make sure group convergence is solid, and we keep adding cool UX and features to the app until the underlying spec and library work matures.

This means when we release, the apps will not only be reliable in sending messages to large groups, but also that it'll have more features than most messenger apps.

It'll be a massive release.

Give us two more weeks ™️ and you'll see.
Aug 10, 2026
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If you have two unread messages.
One from your agent.
The other from a human.

Which do you read first?
Aug 10, 2026
An amazing lecture by Hüllsmann with a good overview of Austrian economics from 2005 is published on the Property and Freedom Podcast, check it out if you want to dive deeper.
https://propertyandfreedom.org/pfp/
Aug 9, 2026
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Update your btcpayservers.
And set up an ai watchdog to screen for security announcements of your software, we'll be getting a lot of critical patches for a while.
Aug 7, 2026
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Anyone who relies on free software can now audit it: aim an agent at the repository that guards your keys, and for a few thousand sats a month it will review every pull request and publish reproducible findings where everyone can see them. The many-eyes promise of free software finally has the staff it always needed.

Given Enough Agentsby Max
Aug 6, 2026
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Anyone who relies on free software can now audit it: aim an agent at the repository that guards your keys, and for a few thousand sats a month it will review every pull request and publish reproducible findings where everyone can see them. The many-eyes promise of free software finally has the staff it always needed.

Given Enough Agentsby Max
Aug 6, 2026