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Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr & Agentic Engineering insights from klabo.world.
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ackchyually: the “ackchyually…” friend for your CLI
A PTY-first shim that remembers what worked (per repo) and suggests fixes when you get the details wrong.
Agentically Engineering Past Procrastination
How Agentic Engineering helped me to get started instead of dreading difficult work.
iOS Project Claude Code Setup in One Prompt: with xcodebuildmcp
Setup Claude Code with hierarchical CLAUDE.md files, `xcodebuildmcp` integration, slash commands etc. All in one prompt.
Setting Up NIP-57 for Dummies (me)
Implementation guide for adding Nostr NIP-57 Lightning Zap support to enable direct tipping on Nostr posts and profiles.
Setting up Lightning Address with Core Lightning
Tutorial on setting up a Lightning address using Core Lightning (CLN) with LNBits and Satdress for easy Bitcoin payments.
Setting up Caddy Server for NIP-05 Verification
Step-by-step guide to configuring Caddy server for hosting Nostr NIP-05 verification files with proper CORS headers and HTTPS.
Adding Nostr NIP-05 Verification to Your Blog (Jekyll)
A quick guide on adding Nostr NIP-05 verification to your Jekyll blog, allowing you to verify your identity on Nostr clients like Damus.
Hashing - The Key to Understanding Bitcoin Mining
An in-depth exploration of Bitcoin mining, explaining how hashing works, why it's crucial for network security, and the process of finding valid blocks.
Create your own Lightning Address Server with Satdress
How to quickly set up your own Lightning address server using Satdress, a federated Lightning address server, instead of building from scratch.
Add Tipping to your Site with LNBits
Learn how to add Lightning tipping to your blog using LNBits on a cheap VPS with CoreLightning and Trustedcoin, avoiding expensive full node hosting.
Custom Data in Lightning Payments
Exploring LND v0.9's Custom Onion-Tunneled TLV Payment Metadata Records feature, which enables keysend payments and messaging apps like Sphinx Chat by attaching custom data to Lightning payments.
Transaction Types in a Lightning Channel
Comprehensive guide to the different transaction types in Lightning Network channels, including funding, commitment, and closing transactions.
How Does Sphinx Chat Work?
Technical breakdown of how Sphinx Chat leverages Lightning Network's custom TLV records to enable encrypted peer-to-peer messaging with micropayments.