Open source it all. Literally every last piece of the fucking stack.

There are evil companies who are locking in devs under the veil of pretty marketing and “vibes”. They should be considered as much a threat if not more than every legacy institution we aim to replace.

They’re a disease in our industry spreading like wildfire, turning the new internet into a mirror image of the old internet.

Open source every last line of code.

opensource warpcast or it's just twitter with wallets

Full-stack digital product consultant @ BoundCorp.net - Regenfrogs.xyz - goldmongers.xyz - Reno NV

Creator of /sands-of-sumaii - the Farcaster MMORPG | Game Designer

"build your own client" is merkle gaslighting, it's a fools errand in an ecosystem where the protocol is issued by a majority client vendor that has private features, entrenched lock-in, a cabal of sycophant loyalists, and a history of protecting their moat by using their $200m warchest to obliterate competition - too many cases to cite in one post. merkle has recently promised to change this, which is lipservice and admission, without any action behind it.

nobody can compete fairly with Dan in his own sandbox. ive talked to a dozen builders this week burned by Merkle, and 0 who disagreed with the premise.

i love FC for having a vibrant and amazing community, the kind that makes it hard for me to just leave, it's the best online community ive been a part of in a decade or more. but i think regularly about how my continued existence here is perpetuating and enabling this anti-crypto-ethos decentralization larping to flourish, and imho the least i can do is to shout it until im hoarser than @samuellhuber.eth

But all of FC is open to use, no?

Like the classic build-your-own-client response?