Colton Wolkins
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Colton Wolkins
@colton.wolkins.net
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Expert in Decentralized Identity and DIDComm protocols
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I'm glad to live in a world where, with only a few lines of code, you can send end to end encrypted messages to someone's mobile device.

Effectively 9 lines of code! Formatted for readability.

Written in #Python and using a #Rust library under the hood.
A computer application window displaying about 9 lines of Python code using a DIDComm library to send end to end encrypted messages. The 9 lines of code have been split into 19 to make it easier to read and understand what's going on.
September 11, 2024 at 12:02 AM
I am of the firm believe that paywalled specifications do not promote interoperability in practice. Even if the specs promote interoperability themselves, the fact that they require payment to access the specs deters would-be adopters/hobbyists/enthusiasts from using the spec.
July 11, 2024 at 6:16 PM
I was just poking around and... can someone explain to me how it's possible to reinforce hiring practices if it's not associated with the application? This makes absolutely no sense to me.
A form on a job application about diversity and inclusion that says "In an effort to promote equal opportunities and reinforce hiring practices at our organization we have included below some optional demographic questions. Your responses, or your choice not to respond, is entirely anonymous and will not be associated with your application." The question being raised is: if it's anonymous, then how does the information help reinforce hiring practices?
June 2, 2024 at 2:21 PM
The ability to mute words is such a useful feature that allows me to keep my sanity and not lose myself to depression
June 1, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Does anyone know of any good #ui #ux resources that I can take a look at to learn how to make a good web app (for mobile and desktop)? And maybe some place to figure out how to make decent looking color schemes?

I'm primarily a backend engineer, so all this UI stuff is kind of difficult for me...
May 31, 2024 at 12:27 PM
#SoftwareEngineering Tip:

If you need to run tests on an open source piece of software, but can't find the commands, check the GitHub action history (or GitLab pipelines)

If the tests are automated, they kind of need to run the commands...
May 30, 2024 at 11:37 PM
One of my favorite things that I've done recently has been making #IoT devices accessible over the web in a secure and authenticated manner. All while using a small amount of code on a #RasberryPi computer
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Better Interoperability and Security for IoT Through DIDComm with Colton Wolkins
Indicio Senior Software Engineer Colton Wolkins joins Identity Insights to discuss recent breakthroughs in connecting to IoT devices through DIDComm. He brea...
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May 29, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Turns out, building the software I want is easy. Building services with DIDComm makes things so much easier with the libraries that we've been able to build up
May 29, 2024 at 7:09 AM
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February 15, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Found it quite interesting that there's already been some discussion here about DIDComm Messaging. 😊
burabura.bsky.social burabura @burabura.bsky.social · Nov 1
そうなんですよね。DID界隈のメッセージングって結構みんな悩んでまして…私も人づてに教えてもらったのですが、DIDComm MessagingはDMグループのような複数人同士のメッセージ交換用途で使おうとした際にパフォーマンス上の問題が指摘され、その解決に手間取っているのか仕様策定が2年ぐらい止まっているようです。エンプラの用途ですらATProtocolやNostrなんかが候補に上がってくる始末（さすがに新しすぎて様子見されてますが）なのでなかなか混沌としていますが、Blueskyには期待したいですね。
February 15, 2024 at 6:08 PM