Soapbox at Bitcoin 2026: Nostr Became Infrastructure
How Bitcoin Conference Week 2026 played out for Soapbox: five panels, NosVegas 2.0, V4V music payouts, and Nostr finally landing as infrastructure.
Team Soapbox
Soapbox creates tools that put the power back in your hands. Build your own platforms, communities, and applications with our open-source toolkit for Nostr.
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MK Fain
The Chameleon Method: Three Skills That Future-Proof You in the Age of AI
The three C's: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Communication, are durable in a way that technical skills aren't. They transfer across tools, industries, roles, and eras. They're what made humans valuable before AI, and they're what will make humans valuable after AI becomes ubiquitous.
Communities, Flowers in Bloom
A brief flow of thought on the nature of communities and how they relate to flowers.
Small Business Owners Don't Fear AI -- They're Hungry for It
What I learned teaching a two-part AI seminar to local entrepreneurs.
Coding Doesn't Die. It Evolves.
Elon Musk says coding dies by December. He's right about the direction. He's wrong about the conclusion. The future belongs to people who can think.
Building Onyx: Why I'm Creating an Open Source Alternative to Big Tech's AI Productivity Tools
Big Tech wants to lock your productivity into their AI platforms and mine your data. I'm building the alternative. Onyx: encrypted notes, Nostr sync, open source, AI skills library. Your data stays yours.
Vibe Coding at One: From Meme to Movement
One year ago, Andrej Karpathy coined 'vibe coding.' It became a dictionary word. At Soapbox, we've spent that year building the tools to make it work—not just for throwaway projects, but for real applications that matter.
Building Pathos: From Hackathon to Real-World Activism
We built a censorship-resistant platform for activists in 48 hours. Within hours, Venezuelan activists were using it to organize against authoritarianism.
AI-First Development on Mobile: Shakespeare Changes the Game
Unlike dedicated mobile coding apps that have failed to gain traction, Shakespeare is a Progressive Web App that delivers a full development experience on mobile with Nostr Git sync.
Announcing the Shakespeare Community: Connect and Learn
Join the Shakespeare Community to connect with builders, attend workshops and events, become an ambassador, and get help with your AI-powered web development projects.
Inkwell: A Writing App Born in Walmart
I built a Nostr blog publishing tool while waiting for new tires. When existing apps failed me, Shakespeare helped me solve my own problem for about $3.
Nostr Predictions for 2026: The Year Everything Clicks
2026 is the year Nostr clicks—“Other Stuff” goes mainstream, diVine brings in millions, Shakespeare turns conversations into apps, and NIP-17 finally fixes DMs. Zapstore and ngit mature for the open source ecosystem, and as Nostr gains wider attention, the focus shifts toward privacy-forward messaging—setting the stage for 2027 as the year of WhiteNoise and NIP-EE.
MKStack: Vibe Coding for Everyone
A comprehensive guide to building Nostr apps without coding experience using Stacks, MKStack, and AI-powered vibe coding with Dork.
Revive Your Legacy Website with MKStack
Transform your old website from a static archive into a dynamic, Nostr-powered hub. Breathe new life into legacy content with AI-powered modernization and live decentralized feeds.
How to Prompt Better Projects
A comprehensive guide to prompting AI effectively in Shakespeare. Learn the techniques to build better projects through clear, purposeful prompts.
Debugging in Shakespeare
Learn systematic debugging approaches for Shakespeare that go beyond basic prompting. Identify issues, gather evidence, and communicate problems effectively.
How to Export Your Nostr Keys from diVine
Learn how to export your Nostr private key from diVine mobile app and diVine Login to use with other Nostr applications and signers.
Which AI Model Should I Use with Shakespeare?
Choosing the right AI model can transform your development experience in Shakespeare. With access to 40+ models across multiple providers, you have the flexibility to match the perfect AI to your project type.
How to Configure AI Providers in Shakespeare
Shakespeare's flexible AI provider system gives you maximum flexibility to choose from dozens of AI providers. With support for 40+ models across cloud providers, local installations, and custom APIs, you're never locked into a single vendor.
How to Use Local AI Models with Shakespeare
Want complete control over your AI-powered website building? Local AI models offer enhanced privacy, faster responses, and dramatically reduced costs in your development workflow.
