Julien Genestoux
@ouvre-boite.com
VP of Engineering at @relayProtocol!
Previously, founder @unlock-protocol.com (aqui-hired by Relay in 2025), founder @superfeedr (RSS, websub), sold to @medium.com in 2016!
Also goes by julien51 on the Internet!
https://ouvre-boite.com
Previously, founder @unlock-protocol.com (aqui-hired by Relay in 2025), founder @superfeedr (RSS, websub), sold to @medium.com in 2016!
Also goes by julien51 on the Internet!
https://ouvre-boite.com
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Julien Genestoux
@ouvre-boite.com
· Feb 18
If there was a way to tip folks on @bsky.app, what would you use for?
Is there freedom of speech without economic independence?
Or is that the other way around?
Or is that the other way around?
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Is there freedom of speech without economic independence?
Or is that the other way around?
Or is that the other way around?
Lots of privacy programming here at @ethereum.foundation's #devconnect and it's refreshing.
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Lots of privacy programming here at @ethereum.foundation's #devconnect and it's refreshing.
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The International Association for Cryptologic Research has used heliosvoting.org – my online voting system – for a number of years.
This year, a trustee lost their secret key. The election has to be re-run.
Below, a few thoughts that didn't fit in the NYT piece.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
This year, a trustee lost their secret key. The election has to be re-run.
Below, a few thoughts that didn't fit in the NYT piece.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Cryptographers Held an Election. They Can’t Decrypt the Results.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The International Association for Cryptologic Research has used heliosvoting.org – my online voting system – for a number of years.
This year, a trustee lost their secret key. The election has to be re-run.
Below, a few thoughts that didn't fit in the NYT piece.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
This year, a trustee lost their secret key. The election has to be re-run.
Below, a few thoughts that didn't fit in the NYT piece.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Ok, flying tu Buenos Aires in 72 hours and I'll be there for a full week!
Who else is there? Who should I meet? What should I eat? What should I visit?
(Last time there was in '99, for about 12 hours ...!)
Who else is there? Who should I meet? What should I eat? What should I visit?
(Last time there was in '99, for about 12 hours ...!)
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Ok, flying tu Buenos Aires in 72 hours and I'll be there for a full week!
Who else is there? Who should I meet? What should I eat? What should I visit?
(Last time there was in '99, for about 12 hours ...!)
Who else is there? Who should I meet? What should I eat? What should I visit?
(Last time there was in '99, for about 12 hours ...!)
Would the #atproto community get behind this? trustlessness.eth.limo/general/2025...
The Trustless Manifesto
trustlessness.eth.limo
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Would the #atproto community get behind this? trustlessness.eth.limo/general/2025...
Reposted by Julien Genestoux
apropos of whatever
some numberwang:
if the avg S&P 500 company gave 0.15% [1] of annual revenue to the OSS it used
*even taking out the top 10 companies b/c market absurdity*
it'd be ~$250 MILLION PER COMPANY PER YEAR 😮
(1. avg annual IT/sw % for large companies is 3% revenue, so 5% of that, verrry conservative.)
if the avg S&P 500 company gave 0.15% [1] of annual revenue to the OSS it used
*even taking out the top 10 companies b/c market absurdity*
it'd be ~$250 MILLION PER COMPANY PER YEAR 😮
(1. avg annual IT/sw % for large companies is 3% revenue, so 5% of that, verrry conservative.)
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
apropos of whatever
Is it me or managing coding agents is not really easy from mobile devices? I tried the Github app but Claude keeps making mistakes and does not seem to follow the guidelines as well as when using the cli.
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Is it me or managing coding agents is not really easy from mobile devices? I tried the Github app but Claude keeps making mistakes and does not seem to follow the guidelines as well as when using the cli.
Is AI a bubble? Yes, and that's to be expected when we have a winner takes all market structure :)
The Dollar Auction & Economic Bubbles
The dollar auction is a simple game that shows how perfectly rational decisions can lead to absurd outcomes. It also explains why we're seeing billions poured into AI, even when the math doesn't add u...
ouvre-boite.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Is AI a bubble? Yes, and that's to be expected when we have a winner takes all market structure :)
For example I recently wanted to create a simple static website with about 10 content pages... and I decided to let #claude do it. it did it without a CMS, which suprised me initially but then I realized the CMS is in fact an "interface" that is not needed if I used prompts as the actual interface.
I'm pretty sure LLMs will be the end of many many "interfaces".
November 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
For example I recently wanted to create a simple static website with about 10 content pages... and I decided to let #claude do it. it did it without a CMS, which suprised me initially but then I realized the CMS is in fact an "interface" that is not needed if I used prompts as the actual interface.
Reposted by Julien Genestoux
But we can make it clear that said delusion isn't welcome in polite, adult, responsible, democracy-loving company. They can stay amongst themselves in the little kids sandbox if they will, but that's it.
Right now, they still get respect from web devs who only look at features.
Right now, they still get respect from web devs who only look at features.
October 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
But we can make it clear that said delusion isn't welcome in polite, adult, responsible, democracy-loving company. They can stay amongst themselves in the little kids sandbox if they will, but that's it.
Right now, they still get respect from web devs who only look at features.
Right now, they still get respect from web devs who only look at features.
I'm pretty sure LLMs will be the end of many many "interfaces".
October 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I'm pretty sure LLMs will be the end of many many "interfaces".
October 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Internet bubble gave us 'free' fiber optics that enabled web2.0.
If AI companies go bankrupt I really hope their trained models will fall into the public space.
If AI companies go bankrupt I really hope their trained models will fall into the public space.
October 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The Internet bubble gave us 'free' fiber optics that enabled web2.0.
If AI companies go bankrupt I really hope their trained models will fall into the public space.
If AI companies go bankrupt I really hope their trained models will fall into the public space.
This feels personal.
October 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This feels personal.
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i think the only way for atproto to succeed is for us to show what apps can do when every app sees every other app's public data, and they share an identity system. no technical or sociological argument is as convincing as seeing seamless interop and the lighthearted competitive landscape it unlocks
October 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
i think the only way for atproto to succeed is for us to show what apps can do when every app sees every other app's public data, and they share an identity system. no technical or sociological argument is as convincing as seeing seamless interop and the lighthearted competitive landscape it unlocks
You don’t need a Nobel laureate in literature to see that calling the Secretary of Defense the Secretary of War isn’t exactly the best strategy for winning a Nobel Peace Prize.
October 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
You don’t need a Nobel laureate in literature to see that calling the Secretary of Defense the Secretary of War isn’t exactly the best strategy for winning a Nobel Peace Prize.
I really wish the android speech to text was much better. Also I want it to work even when I whisper so I don't look so weird!
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I really wish the android speech to text was much better. Also I want it to work even when I whisper so I don't look so weird!
Reposted by Julien Genestoux
Reposted by Julien Genestoux
I don't think we can pitch decentralization as a solution to people who want a bad account banned because they're not trying to fix what they see in their own feeds, they're trying to control what I see in mine.
Fixing their own feeds is already accomplished by blocking and going on with your day
Fixing their own feeds is already accomplished by blocking and going on with your day
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I don't think we can pitch decentralization as a solution to people who want a bad account banned because they're not trying to fix what they see in their own feeds, they're trying to control what I see in mine.
Fixing their own feeds is already accomplished by blocking and going on with your day
Fixing their own feeds is already accomplished by blocking and going on with your day
Maybe the root cause of all issues is our willingness to have someone in charge.
October 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Maybe the root cause of all issues is our willingness to have someone in charge.
The solution to Twitter's problems was never to have a CEO you liked!
October 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The solution to Twitter's problems was never to have a CEO you liked!
People would rather hate a dictator than take responsibility for controlling their own destiny.
October 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
People would rather hate a dictator than take responsibility for controlling their own destiny.