I’ve been sitting on this for a month, but the conversation is more relevant now than ever! As vibe coding enables the creation of orders of magnitude more apps and media, the question becomes: how do I sort through this embarrassment of riches to find what I actually need? One option is to trust centralized entities like companies or governments. Franzap, however, has another idea. Using Nostr’s global identity, data commons, and micropayments, he’s designing a new kind of app store powered by a decentralized web of trust. I hope you enjoy! Here are a few topics we discuss:
Fran’s vision for an open, permissionless alternative to Apple and Android app stores
How Zapstore could help fund open source development
Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) have limited path to adoption
Is it time to build an App Store for AI agents to use?! An open MCP registry could be a good starting point
IA (Intelligence Amplification) vs. AI (Artificial Intelligence)
The future of AI and app development
Why a decentralized Web of Trust matters in sorting information, apps, accounts and anything else
How to build and use a decentralized Web of Trust
