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My Name is Russell. I'm a Software Engineer, single father, gamer, dog trainer, DIYer, tinkerer, and Web3/AI/ML/UX/FOSS enthusiast

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SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Aug 20

Anyone looking to adopt a battle-tested TypeScript polyglot? 🐙
Ex-PayPal, Amazon, Protocol Labs — raised the bar at Amazon, led OSS with ~60k–100k+ MAU, and helped shape IPFS & libp2p.
Looking for a fun, high-impact project to code, mentor, and keep pushing systems (and people) forward.

#adoptMe

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · 14d

Also a really cool alternative: github.com/Dhruv-Varshn...

GitHub - Dhruv-Varshney-developer/Docusign-storacha: Docusign built on top of storacha to showcase the UCAN capabilities.

Docusign built on top of storacha to showcase the UCAN capabilities. - Dhruv-Varshney-developer/Docusign-storacha

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · 16d

I love seeing projects like these

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Sep 10

Hack incoming. It's rare to get a heads-up!

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Sep 9

Im still not comfortable enough to post all my derangement on here.. i’ve got walls to talk to

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Sep 8

oh yea, here it is:

screencap of bluesky jobs listing page, with the "Trust & Safety" part of the "Fullstack Typescript Developer - Trust & Safety" relplaced with "Sgt & Pooki"

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Sep 6

You replaced the one that says “Sgt-est of the Pooki”… i cant remember which

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Sep 6

The real issue? People expect free content forever, but don’t want to run nodes. Crypto folks understand you pay gas. Same rule applies here: the world isn’t free, and FOSS at scale doesn’t maintain itself unless someone’s funding(has funded) the devs. Fund or fail

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Sep 6

To be fair: Brave has partial support for both BitTorrent (via WebTorrent) and Tor (private tabs). Brave even ran a full IPFS node (kubo) for a while.

(Go-verified-fetch is sorely needed)

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Sep 6

on X: “which browser can i paste a CID into”

Wild how IPFS gets flak for not being “built into browsers,” while BitTorrent needs a client and Tor needs its own browser. UX is about the same; easier, even, with ipfs-companion or gateways. The tech isn’t the problem 😬, the expectations are. #ipfs

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Sep 6

Definitely applying

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Sep 5

Another great writeup by Daniel. @ipshipyard.com has been working to improve the story for direct retrieval for browser clients. The direct retrieval experience is much better than it was 2 years ago

Daniel Norman 🎗️ @norman.life · Sep 5

Faster Peer-to-Peer Retrieval in Browsers With Caching in the Delegated Routing HTTP Server

blog.ipfs.tech/2025-delegat...

Faster Peer-to-Peer Retrieval in Browsers With Caching in the Delegated Routing HTTP Server

How caching and active peer probing in the Someguy, the Delegated Routing server accelerates peer-to-peer content retrieval in browsers and mobile applications.

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Sep 3

"i'm shippable" -- my new dating profile tagline.

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Sep 3

Oddly enough, Firefox in Playwright behaves differently on a hard refresh compared to the actual browser.

Or maybe the hack I had to do in Playwright to simulate a hard refresh is insufficient. Has anyone had to deal with this with service workers?

Reposted by SgtPooki

Interplanetary Shipyard @ipshipyard.com · Aug 22

An Update about Shipyard and Libp2p: ipshipyard.com/blog/2025-li...

An update about Libp2p maintenance at Shipyard

Shipyard will conclude maintenance of go-libp2p and js-libp2p on September 30, 2025, and is working to transition stewardship to the community.

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Aug 29

Bsky needs a buddy bench

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Aug 29

Uh... Im in but no ones doing anything. Seems like everyone is frozen.

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Aug 21

Maaan.. how do i search through my likes in bluesky to find an old post i liked?

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Aug 20

I was really hoping ML and AI would be so much more but it’s turned into such a cash grab. It makes sense, but I don’t have to like it. Hopefully we’ll course correct or something.

Thanks for the kind words 🥹

a man in a suit and tie is smiling and looking at the camera .

Alt: Dwight Schrute from the office, in a suit and tie is smiling and looking at the camera, saying thank you.

media.tenor.com

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Aug 20

I have done some work with ML and AI, but that was before all the AI girlfriends.

I appreciate the well wishes.. If nothing pops up, I might just hire myself.

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Aug 20

Anyone looking to adopt a battle-tested TypeScript polyglot? 🐙
Ex-PayPal, Amazon, Protocol Labs — raised the bar at Amazon, led OSS with ~60k–100k+ MAU, and helped shape IPFS & libp2p.
Looking for a fun, high-impact project to code, mentor, and keep pushing systems (and people) forward.

#adoptMe

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Aug 19

@spacecowboy17.bsky.social hmmm

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Aug 14

Helia WG for the day is done. We will be meeting again at the same time next week.

@ipfs.tech

github.com/ipfs/helia/d...

2025-08-14 Helia WG · ipfs helia · Discussion #841

Meeting event link: https://lu.ma/8z4i7zhg Attendees @SgtPooki @achingbrain Quick FYIs Making progress on streams migration in js-libp2p: libp2p/js-libp2p#3226 (comment) Agenda Demos? N/A js-stores...

Reposted by SgtPooki

IPFS @ipfs.tech · Aug 12

"Ethereum needs more apps", they said. Nice, über simple publishing tool from longtime builder @jthor 👀

Joel Thorstensson @jthor.bsky.social · Aug 12

Exited to finally share more about this passion project I've been working on for a while:

Simple Page is a tool for publishing on Ethereum!

Reposted by SgtPooki

IPFS @ipfs.tech · Aug 12

From the fine folks at @hypha.coop: "Our new CAR Content Locator solves the challenge of tracking individual files in large archives across Filecoin and IPFS networks." dispatch.starlinglab.org/p/finding-yo...

Finding Your Files in Decentralized Storage Just Got Easier

Our new CAR Content Locator solves the challenge of tracking individual files in large archives across Filecoin and IPFS networks.

dispatch.starlinglab.org

SgtPooki @sgtpooki.com · Jul 29

Is anyone interested in getting better IPFS support in HTML and browsers? The state of HTML survey is open.. we could probably mention IPFS a few times in here.. survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey...

@ipfs.tech @ipshipyard.com

State of HTML 2025

Take the State of HTML survey

survey.devographics.com