What else could we host within DNS? https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/get-the-location-of-the-iss-using-dns/

With DIDs and DKIM and Nostr we already have identities.

What else?

https://toot.aquilenet.fr/@yunohost is a friendlier cPanel for the modern web and non-technical people. Very refreshing!

Hosts should start offering pre-installed VPSes. Learn more: https://yunohost.org

Today I learned that Docker on Ubuntu doesn't have log rotation enabled by default. I just cleaned out 20GB of logs 😅

Responded to @kasparsd:

Another opportunity is around WordPress package distribution and signing. The public-private key identities would allow for a system similar to FAIR. In fact, there is a proposal to get a DID added for Nostr keys.

Responded to @kasparsd:

The biggest opportunity I see is around micropayments. Imagine one-tap micropayments for content, plugins, themes and other items that we're currently just giving away for free. Heck, even AI crawlers could use that to pay for access to content.

Unfortunately, the Lightning payments are still very complicated to set up unless you used a paid solution like https://albyhub.com ($13/month).

Responded to @kasparsd:

Here is how WordPress already integrates with this network:

– WordPress sites can publish to the Nostr network and have an identity there so that others can follow it similar to RSS (see https://wordpress.org/plugins/postr-for-nostr/ plugin).

– WordPress sites can provide an email-like identity to any existing Nostr accounts (see https://wordpress.org/plugins/nostr-verify/ plugin).

– WordPress sites can enable paywalls and serve as Lightning addresses for micropayments (see https://wordpress.org/plugins/bitcoin-lightning-publisher/ plugin).

Over the weekend I researched the Nostr protocol and the community. It is a Twitter/ActivityPub/AT alternative (but so much more) that relies on public-private keys for identity and message signing, and decentralized relays for distribution.

It allows extending the protocol through NIPs (Nostr implementation possibilities). There are now email-like identities for easier addressing and micropayments through Bitcoin Lightning network, for example.

@jeremy Thanks for the Nostr Verify plugin! Are you still posting to Nostr? Looks like the NIP-05 endpoint is no longer active on any of your domains.

Who here is on Nostr? Would love to follow you there, too! Please share your address or NIP-05 domain.

I'm npub1s56tpp9rlprtcqeucazfqj76avqvfzfgvz5qkud74ekk8zpdx9hss09rt7 or kaspars@damb.is

Responded to @kasparsd:

Here is the fix: https://github.com/longxinH/xhprof/pull/91/files

Over the weekend I vibe-coded a fix for the #xhprof PHP profiler extension which was SEGFAULTING due to a memory issue on shutdown.

You can now safely exclude function names from profiling! I hope this gets merged and released with the PHP 8.4 support fixes that have landed already.

Responded to @kasparsd:

Here is the interview (15 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5C9EL3C82Y

Responded to @kasparsd:

Publishers need to create a system where all crawlers must pay for access instead of making deals with just a select few. Share the updside in a sustainable long-term way. Cloudflare is working on a system to enable this launching next month. They are not looking to make money with it.

Cloudflare business is built on the web. If we don't protect the business model of the web, there will be no incentives for the web platform to exist in the current form.

Responded to @kasparsd:

This won't change until there is scarcity of content. The current free-for-all crawler access doesn't give any incentive for AI companies to engage with publishers and compensate them for original content. AI models can't exist without original content.

Making money with ads and consumer subscriptions will no longer work.

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is saying that publishers have to start creating scarcity for their original content and get AI bots to pay for access.

Users are no longer reading the original content. Instead, they're relying on AI summaries and chat tools. He didn't think it is actually serious until they did the numbers:

– 10 years ago Google crawled 2 pages per visitor
– 6 months ago Google 6:1, OpenAI 250:1, Anthropic 6000:1
– Now: Google 18:1, OpenAI 1500:1, Anthropic 60000:1

The new Containerization framework that Apple announced during WWDC is huge!

TLDR: No more port conflicts!

1. All containers run in isolated VM networks so you don't need to map any ports. Just connect to the assigned IP and you're good.

2. It has a built-in DNS service so you can publish human readable domains for any of the containers.

Here is a great video overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvQtvbhtXmo and you can install it today from Homebrew https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/container

I can't believe I missed the ActivityPub plugin documentation in the Help tab of the plugin settings. I wonder if these help tabs should be open by default when users visit the settings for the first time.

Interestingly, none of this information is available in the plugin README… I feel like it should be there.

Responded to @:

Testing replies to WP federated content. This should show up in the comments of the post.

WordPress comments are missing critical functionality to really embrace engagement and community — there are no notifications when your comment is approved or gets a reply, which prevents any kind of continued discussion.

Could we rely on email to solve this or is Fediverse a better option? https://kaspars.net/blog/wordpress-comments-potential

Windows devs — do you use a package manager like Chocolatey or Scoop to install your tools and software?

Many students of the Modern WordPress Fast Track course are on Windows and I want to make sure my recommendations work across all OSes.