Sergey Shandar
@sergey-shandar.bsky.social
Decentralized networks with trusted connections
Determinism in programming languages
Cryptography
Quantum information
Sociology
Human rights
Economics
🇺🇦
https://github.com/sergey-shandar/public
Determinism in programming languages
Cryptography
Quantum information
Sociology
Human rights
Economics
🇺🇦
https://github.com/sergey-shandar/public
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What's a risk you'd be more comfortable taking if Universal Basic Income (UBI) provided a floor of income you could never fall below?
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
What's a risk you'd be more comfortable taking if Universal Basic Income (UBI) provided a floor of income you could never fall below?
I wish TypeScript would apply `readonly` to all types by default. I'm tired of typing `readonly` in my code. PS: Yes, I know about `Readonly` helpers.
November 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I wish TypeScript would apply `readonly` to all types by default. I'm tired of typing `readonly` in my code. PS: Yes, I know about `Readonly` helpers.
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I am looking for a full-time job.
Being independent in open source for 3.5+ years has been wonderful. I've gotten done most of the high-level goals I wanted to, and miss having people & structure around me.
If you know of a role for a staff-level TypeScript+web developer, let me know! 🙂
Being independent in open source for 3.5+ years has been wonderful. I've gotten done most of the high-level goals I wanted to, and miss having people & structure around me.
If you know of a role for a staff-level TypeScript+web developer, let me know! 🙂
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I am looking for a full-time job.
Being independent in open source for 3.5+ years has been wonderful. I've gotten done most of the high-level goals I wanted to, and miss having people & structure around me.
If you know of a role for a staff-level TypeScript+web developer, let me know! 🙂
Being independent in open source for 3.5+ years has been wonderful. I've gotten done most of the high-level goals I wanted to, and miss having people & structure around me.
If you know of a role for a staff-level TypeScript+web developer, let me know! 🙂
How private health insurance works in the USA: You pay for it when you have income, work, and are healthy. And you lose it when you are sick, lose your job, and income. It doesn't make any sense, none, zero. It's absolutely anti-human.
October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
How private health insurance works in the USA: You pay for it when you have income, work, and are healthy. And you lose it when you are sick, lose your job, and income. It doesn't make any sense, none, zero. It's absolutely anti-human.
Just an idea: if we have digital, decentralized, trusted networks for communities, these communities can exchange promises internally (e.g., one human hour) w/o relying on expensive, external, trustless blockchains. No need to mine promises. Transactions are incredibly cheap and can work offline.
October 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just an idea: if we have digital, decentralized, trusted networks for communities, these communities can exchange promises internally (e.g., one human hour) w/o relying on expensive, external, trustless blockchains. No need to mine promises. Transactions are incredibly cheap and can work offline.
Reposted by Sergey Shandar
🚨 #NuGet Malware: Our research team uncovered malicious NuGet packages impersonating Nethereum via a Cyrillic “e” (homoglyph). The packages XOR-decoded a C2 and exfiltrated mnemonics, private keys, and keystore data.
Read more: socket.dev/blog/malicio...
Read more: socket.dev/blog/malicio...
Malicious NuGet Packages Typosquat Nethereum to Exfiltrate W...
The Socket Threat Research Team uncovered malicious NuGet packages typosquatting the popular Nethereum project to steal wallet keys.
socket.dev
October 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
🚨 #NuGet Malware: Our research team uncovered malicious NuGet packages impersonating Nethereum via a Cyrillic “e” (homoglyph). The packages XOR-decoded a C2 and exfiltrated mnemonics, private keys, and keystore data.
Read more: socket.dev/blog/malicio...
Read more: socket.dev/blog/malicio...
Internet: failing because of dependencies on centralized data centers with vendor lockins.
VCs: let's invest more money into bigger centralized data centers for AI.
VCs: let's invest more money into bigger centralized data centers for AI.
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Internet: failing because of dependencies on centralized data centers with vendor lockins.
VCs: let's invest more money into bigger centralized data centers for AI.
VCs: let's invest more money into bigger centralized data centers for AI.
Reposted by Sergey Shandar
“CO2 growth rates accelerated significantly from an
average of 0.8 ppm per year in the 1960s to 2.4 ppm per
year in the decade from 2011 to 2020… From 2023 to
2024, CO2 in the global surface atmosphere increased
by 3.5 ppm; this was the largest one-year increase in the
1/2
average of 0.8 ppm per year in the 1960s to 2.4 ppm per
year in the decade from 2011 to 2020… From 2023 to
2024, CO2 in the global surface atmosphere increased
by 3.5 ppm; this was the largest one-year increase in the
1/2
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“CO2 growth rates accelerated significantly from an
average of 0.8 ppm per year in the 1960s to 2.4 ppm per
year in the decade from 2011 to 2020… From 2023 to
2024, CO2 in the global surface atmosphere increased
by 3.5 ppm; this was the largest one-year increase in the
1/2
average of 0.8 ppm per year in the 1960s to 2.4 ppm per
year in the decade from 2011 to 2020… From 2023 to
2024, CO2 in the global surface atmosphere increased
by 3.5 ppm; this was the largest one-year increase in the
1/2
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Did I just spend almost 3 hours watching a video on post-quantum cryptography? This video is so well made and unfortunately the algorithm won't push it to people because of its length.
youtu.be/aw6J1JV_5Ec
#cryptography #postquantumcrypto #postquantumcryptography
youtu.be/aw6J1JV_5Ec
#cryptography #postquantumcrypto #postquantumcryptography
The 8-Year Battle Royale that Saved Encryption
YouTube video by Another Roof
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Did I just spend almost 3 hours watching a video on post-quantum cryptography? This video is so well made and unfortunately the algorithm won't push it to people because of its length.
youtu.be/aw6J1JV_5Ec
#cryptography #postquantumcrypto #postquantumcryptography
youtu.be/aw6J1JV_5Ec
#cryptography #postquantumcrypto #postquantumcryptography
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Switching back to the more permissive license. 0.8.0 is published under MIT. www.npmjs.com/package/func...
www.npmjs.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Switching back to the more permissive license. 0.8.0 is published under MIT. www.npmjs.com/package/func...
One interesting consequence of #UBI is that it eliminates the need for a minimum wage. That could make small and local businesses competitive in the age of automation and AI.
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
One interesting consequence of #UBI is that it eliminates the need for a minimum wage. That could make small and local businesses competitive in the age of automation and AI.
A question for developers who work on the future decentralized web/internet/systems: Why did we forget about protocol-agnostic content-addressable URLs? www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6920....
RFC 6920: Naming Things with Hashes
www.rfc-editor.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A question for developers who work on the future decentralized web/internet/systems: Why did we forget about protocol-agnostic content-addressable URLs? www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6920....
Reposted by Sergey Shandar
This was a great read. No idea how to get on top of this, perhaps pulling random people away from keyboards? Who knows!
techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-...
techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-...
The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe
The Apple Calculator leaked 32GB of RAM.
techtrenches.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This was a great read. No idea how to get on top of this, perhaps pulling random people away from keyboards? Who knows!
techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-...
techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-...
The future of the Web should be global-addressable, local-first, protocol-agnostic, free-format data. This data should be the primary source of truth. Applications and services should constantly evolve to parse and interpret the data.
October 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The future of the Web should be global-addressable, local-first, protocol-agnostic, free-format data. This data should be the primary source of truth. Applications and services should constantly evolve to parse and interpret the data.
Decentralized trusted networks can collectively verify that an account belongs to a real person, so some communities can issue digital/crypto UBI every day w/o burning energy like most blockchain do. These tokens can be used inside the community to boost its economy.
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Decentralized trusted networks can collectively verify that an account belongs to a real person, so some communities can issue digital/crypto UBI every day w/o burning energy like most blockchain do. These tokens can be used inside the community to boost its economy.
Reposted by Sergey Shandar
Still waiting for it to trickle down...
October 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Still waiting for it to trickle down...
Reposted by Sergey Shandar
Hey digital freedom supporters in Seattle 👋 We're hosting an EFF meet up at Stoup Brewing! Learn more and RSVP today: eff.org/speakeasy-s...
EFF Members' Speakeasy: Seattle 2025
Join EFF staff and local online rights supporters for a Speakeasy meet up on Wednesday, October 15 in Seattle!Raise a glass and discover EFF's latest work defending digital freedoms online. This
www.eff.org
October 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hey digital freedom supporters in Seattle 👋 We're hosting an EFF meet up at Stoup Brewing! Learn more and RSVP today: eff.org/speakeasy-s...
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I care about poverty, mainly alleviating it..
When I discovered this one piece of research it changed my whole approach to understanding poverty.
"Why People in Poverty make Poor Decisions" explores this research which points to a simple solution. Listen or read at:
nonzerosum.games/poverty.html
When I discovered this one piece of research it changed my whole approach to understanding poverty.
"Why People in Poverty make Poor Decisions" explores this research which points to a simple solution. Listen or read at:
nonzerosum.games/poverty.html
WHY POOR PEOPLE MAKE POOR DECISIONS
A case for giving more money to those who are bad with money.
nonzerosum.games
September 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I care about poverty, mainly alleviating it..
When I discovered this one piece of research it changed my whole approach to understanding poverty.
"Why People in Poverty make Poor Decisions" explores this research which points to a simple solution. Listen or read at:
nonzerosum.games/poverty.html
When I discovered this one piece of research it changed my whole approach to understanding poverty.
"Why People in Poverty make Poor Decisions" explores this research which points to a simple solution. Listen or read at:
nonzerosum.games/poverty.html
That confirms that networks with trusted connections work as a positive sum game, while networks where anonymous users and bots can be louder than your friend destroy the game. Most social networks have this problem. We @nolock-social.bsky.social are working on a foundation for trusted networks.
October 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
That confirms that networks with trusted connections work as a positive sum game, while networks where anonymous users and bots can be louder than your friend destroy the game. Most social networks have this problem. We @nolock-social.bsky.social are working on a foundation for trusted networks.
Reposted by Sergey Shandar
Our next DWeb Virtual Meetup is in one week:
Tues Sep 30 10am PT / 2pm ET / 19 CET
"The Present and Future of Funding Open Source" — featuring Brian Behlendorf, Zenna Fiscella, & Alexander Sander
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetu...
Tues Sep 30 10am PT / 2pm ET / 19 CET
"The Present and Future of Funding Open Source" — featuring Brian Behlendorf, Zenna Fiscella, & Alexander Sander
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetu...
September 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Our next DWeb Virtual Meetup is in one week:
Tues Sep 30 10am PT / 2pm ET / 19 CET
"The Present and Future of Funding Open Source" — featuring Brian Behlendorf, Zenna Fiscella, & Alexander Sander
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetu...
Tues Sep 30 10am PT / 2pm ET / 19 CET
"The Present and Future of Funding Open Source" — featuring Brian Behlendorf, Zenna Fiscella, & Alexander Sander
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetu...
I love the @cascadiajs.com 2025 conf! Excellent speakers cover a lot of subjects related to JS, Web, and LLMs. I hope that at next year's conference we will also hear more about decentralization and security.
September 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I love the @cascadiajs.com 2025 conf! Excellent speakers cover a lot of subjects related to JS, Web, and LLMs. I hope that at next year's conference we will also hear more about decentralization and security.
A JS puzzle:
How to create a function that accepts `name: string` as an argument and returns a function with this name.
```
const withName = (name: string): () => undefined => ???
// test
const f = withName("#2x")
if (f.name !== "#2x") { throw "error" }
```
No mutations are allowed.
How to create a function that accepts `name: string` as an argument and returns a function with this name.
```
const withName = (name: string): () => undefined => ???
// test
const f = withName("#2x")
if (f.name !== "#2x") { throw "error" }
```
No mutations are allowed.
September 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A JS puzzle:
How to create a function that accepts `name: string` as an argument and returns a function with this name.
```
const withName = (name: string): () => undefined => ???
// test
const f = withName("#2x")
if (f.name !== "#2x") { throw "error" }
```
No mutations are allowed.
How to create a function that accepts `name: string` as an argument and returns a function with this name.
```
const withName = (name: string): () => undefined => ???
// test
const f = withName("#2x")
if (f.name !== "#2x") { throw "error" }
```
No mutations are allowed.
The biggest power is control of information. Honestly, at this point, the only instrument that can give this power back to the people is decentralized trusted networks. I can't see other options.
I'm working on the tech, but the progress is very slow since I have to work on other jobs.
I'm working on the tech, but the progress is very slow since I have to work on other jobs.
September 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The biggest power is control of information. Honestly, at this point, the only instrument that can give this power back to the people is decentralized trusted networks. I can't see other options.
I'm working on the tech, but the progress is very slow since I have to work on other jobs.
I'm working on the tech, but the progress is very slow since I have to work on other jobs.
Reposted by Sergey Shandar
I'm working on a report on the causes of burnout in open source software. If you're a part of the OSS community, I would love to hear your thoughts, either here on Bluesky, or privately via email (see post). Thanks 😊
mirandaheath.website/report-on-bu...
mirandaheath.website/report-on-bu...
Report on Burnout in Open Source Software
I am currently working on a report on the causes of burnout in open source software, and am inviting the OSS community to share their thoughts!
mirandaheath.website
September 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I'm working on a report on the causes of burnout in open source software. If you're a part of the OSS community, I would love to hear your thoughts, either here on Bluesky, or privately via email (see post). Thanks 😊
mirandaheath.website/report-on-bu...
mirandaheath.website/report-on-bu...