Full disclosure time! I'm extremely excited to announce that I'm doing Developer Relations for @Soapbox. π₯π₯π₯
So, what the hell does that mean? It means I'm going to continue to do community building. It means I'm going to continue to market and talk about apps and services that I use and that I'm passionate about. It means I'm going to continue to create guides and tutorials, and provide technical support for this community.
It's what I've been doing for the past two and a half years.
What's changed? Not much. I'm just going to get paid for projects that I work on now.
I'll still be shilling all of your apps and services, everything across the Nostr ecosystem. Maybe with a little more directed focus.
I guess I'm officially a paid shill now. Feel free to make memes. ππ
But if I'm being honest, and I always am, I would talk about #mkstack even if it wasn't part of my job. I talk about Primal, Olas, Notedeck, and a dozen other apps all of the time.
Thanks all. Without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks for all of your support the last two and a half years. π€π»π«π
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Congrats brother
Thatβll awesome. Congrats, Derek.
We are so lucky to have you - both at @Soapbox and on Nostr in general! π π₯ π
Very kind. Thanks. π«π€π»π
This is super-exciting! Congratulations!
Team Soapbox is growing!
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Congrats!! Did you ditch the previous fiat job using ServiceNow? π€£
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Still doing that. This is part time for now.
Congrats man! Thatβs amazing
Nice π
May as well get paid for the shilling! π€£
Well played.
congrats!!
We need more shilling
Wen rewrite? I needs me some Vitor shilling.
LFG DEREK. ME LATELY AFTER WATCHING YOUR TUTORIAL. π€


Turns out you can vibe code yourself into a sweet gig
Hell yeah, POW π₯ π Congrats brotha! π€
Congrats man! π«π
this is awesome! love to see you being rewarded for your previous and future contributions π«
Excelente amigo π€ go go go
Congrats and maybe you'll have time to start that podcast...
Thanks... And I thought about that π¬
We don't need more podcasts, we need more Dereks ποΈπποΈ
no more Fiat Job?
I'll be doing this part time. For now π
One step at a time. Congrats!
Congrats and DESERVED!!!!! π₯π―π
Congrats sir!
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Full disclosure time! I'm extremely excited to announce that I'm doing Developer Relations for @Soapbox. π₯π₯π₯
So, what the hell does that mean? It means I'm going to continue to do community building. It means I'm going to continue to market and talk about apps and services that I use and that I'm passionate about. It means I'm going to continue to create guides and tutorials, and provide technical support for this community.
It's what I've been doing for the past two and a half years.
What's changed? Not much. I'm just going to get paid for projects that I work on now.
I'll still be shilling all of your apps and services, everything across the Nostr ecosystem. Maybe with a little more directed focus.
I guess I'm officially a paid shill now. Feel free to make memes. ππ
But if I'm being honest, and I always am, I would talk about #mkstack even if it wasn't part of my job. I talk about Primal, Olas, Notedeck, and a dozen other apps all of the time.
Thanks all. Without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks for all of your support the last two and a half years. π€π»π«π
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Super cool!
Congratulations π
Congratulations π₯
Interesting stuff is happening. I am here for it.
I've self hosted an instance of Ditto on a VM from @Soapbox myself. It worked great, except it didn't resolve npubs into names for me.
Maybe I should try again π€
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CONGRATULATIONS Derek !!!!
Congratz you deserve it.π Does this mean you loose the role as CEO of #nostr !?ππ€£π€£π€£
If @heatherlarson has her way, I'll never lose that title π‘
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If we're being honest though, it's all @Avi Burra's fault. He said that back in like January 2023 as a joke and it kind of stuck.
I do usually get my wayβ¦ π
If the Jacks can be the CEO of two companies, you can be CEO of the nostr protocol and work in Developer Relations at Soapbox. π
π― Hey, I have 14 projects going, fractional marketing director in the morning, broadcast journalist in the afternoon, and a yoga teacher, so just change our names to Jack.
Okay, Jeather.
π€£ Ok, Jerek
Derek represents the best of us on Nostr. If not CEO, then certainly Ambassador.
i appreciate the kind words but im just a guy that's passionate about nostr!
Itβs true π«
The Honorable Derek Ross. If at dinner parties, His Excellency would be polite.
Nice one π
Congrats! ππππ
Always knew you were a big corporate sell-out!
Just kiddinβ, this is awesome. I love what @Soapbox is building and youβre the perfect shill for the job! πβ‘οΈπ€
Thank you sir ππ€π»π«
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I can't believe we get to work together and get paid to do this crazy thing for #Nostr!
I can't ask for a better DevRel than you. Humbled, tbh. Let's make magic!
we have a good dymanic together, so this should be fun. thank you :)
we dragged the energy of the Nostr Lounge in Vegas with us for sure!
We snagged the best at @Soapbox in @Derek Ross!
Full disclosure time for me as well, I'm the Marketing Director at Soapbox. After years of agency marketing "the big boys" in tech, I'm thrilled to work with this team. Not just because of Derek, but it's loaded with rock stars like @Alex Gleason, who built #MKStack. Now, you can all vibe code #Nostr apps. π LFG!
MKStack isn't our only product, but it's the one that can change <<waves arms>> all this.
Imagine how many #Nostr apps are coming... I'm not talking about "let's make it for the heck of it and abandon it." The cream will rise...
Someone here has an idea for this space. The one that will take flight and won't be abandoned like "just another project." Perhaps there are dozens of these. The end goal always being to bring more people π here. To Nostr.
Now imagine the speed at which these will all come... π€―
No one is ready. This is gonna be a blast! π₯ The dream team is forming. I'm so glad to be here!
Here's our chance to show the rest of the world what a fun time we're having here on Nostr, just building. Create, iterate, ship. Repeat. Lean back. Let go. Let the vibe coding renaissance take hold. π₯
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Amazing congrats!
Thank you sir. It's part time for now. Hopefully that can change in the future.
Congrats! @Derek Ross Now we can do even more vibe coding! π
Awe yay! ππ»βΊοΈπ₯³π
How exciting!! π