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So my friends think I'm a nerd now
Can we talk about this for a second?
Last time I hit the pub with my mates? Three months ago. Three. Months.
They text me: "Drinks tonight?"
Me: "Can't, working on Context Sync."
Them: "Drinks this weekend?"
Me: "Context Sync."
Them: "Mate, you've become a NERD."
And you know what? They're right. And I don't even care.
Because three months ago, we had 10 stars on GitHub.
Last week? We hit 56 stars. And our downloads went from 550 to 1,500 in a single release.
First star comes in. I screenshot it. Send it to everyone I know.
Second star. I'm hyperventilating.
Third star. I'm texting people: "IT'S HAPPENING."
By the end of week one? 10 stars.
Ten. Whole. Stars.
And some people would look at that and think: "That's it? Ten?"
But for me? Those 10 stars were EVERYTHING.
Because those 10 people? They didn't know if Context Sync would work. They didn't know if we'd still be here in three months. They didn't wait for social proof or Product Hunt launches or tech influencer endorsements.
They just believed.
The First 10 - The Real MVPs
I wish GitHub made it easier to track early adopters. I really do. Because these people deserve more than just a star icon next to their name.
So I did what any obsessed founder would do: I dug through my entire feed to find them.
Here they are. The Original 10:
You. Are. Legends.
You didn't just star a repo. You validated an idea. You gave a solo developer the confidence to keep going.
And honestly? I owe you a beer. All of you. Seriously. DM me. We'll make it happen.
But wait, there's a BIGGER legend
Not a bug report. Not a complaint. A REAL issue. A contribution. A "hey, what if we could make this better?"
Jo, you're going down in history.
Not just Context Sync history. Context engineering history. AI personalization history.
Because here's what you did: You helped shape how we think about AI memory. Not as a data collection tool. Not as another way for tech companies to harvest user behavior.
But as infrastructure for developers.
You contributed to the future of AI engineering. You made it more user-oriented. More accessible. Less marketing BS, more actual utility.
That's legacy stuff right there.
Here's what we're actually doing (and why it matters)
Every AI agent tells you: "Don't add personal info!" "Use responsibly!" "We're not liable!"
Cool. Great. Thanks for the warning.
But nobody's actually SOLVING the problem.
Enter projects like mem0 - well-funded, ambitious, collecting your preferences, building databases of what you like and don't like.
And look, respect to them. They're doing their thing.
But that's not OUR thing.
We're not trying to collect as much info as possible. We're not building a database of your preferences to sell to advertisers or train models or whatever comes next.
We're building infrastructure.
Infrastructure that:
We're trying to be the Git of AI context.
Not the surveillance tool. Not the data harvester. The INFRASTRUCTURE.
The numbers that make me lose sleep (in a good way)
Let's talk about what happened last week.
Previous release downloads: 550
Last release downloads: 1,500
We launched 3 months ago. THREE MONTHS. And we're already seeing this kind of traction.
You know what that tells me?
People are TIRED of AI tools that don't remember.
They're tired of re-explaining their projects.
They're tired of context-switching tax.
They're tired of AI that forgets everything overnight.
They want infrastructure. And we're building it.
What actually keeps me up at night
It's not the tech. The tech is solvable. Always is.
It's this:
How do we make onboarding easier for the NEXT user?
How do we get specs from managers to developers seamlessly?
How do we accommodate every developer's preferred AI tool?
Those are the questions I obsess over.
Because here's my philosophy: User-first means user experience > backend architecture.
Yeah, the backend needs to work. Obviously. But if your CLI sounds like a robot wrote it? If onboarding takes 30 steps? If developers need to read 40 pages of docs to understand your tool?
You've already lost.
So that's what I focus on. Listen. Question. Speculate. Implement.
Over and over and over.
The real talk about 2026
And here's what I'm thinking about as we head into 2026:
The Goal: 10,000 stars by end of 2026.
I know what you're thinking. "Ntina, that's insane. You're at 56."
I KNOW.
From a developer POV, it seems easy. "Just build good stuff, people will come."
But from a marketing POV? I know how HARD this is.
Building is the easy part. Getting people to NOTICE? That's the battle.
This is where YOU come in
If you've made it this far, you clearly care about Context Sync.
So here's what I'm asking:
Help us hit 10K stars in 2026.
I'm not asking you to code (though PRs are always welcome).
I'm not asking you to donate (we're open source, always will be).
Tell your friends over a beer.
Tell your family over Christmas dinner.
Tell your coworkers at that after-work event.
Hell, tell ME over a video call (my email's on my profile - seriously, reach out).
Tell them about:
When your friends say "Instagram's algorithm knows me SO well, it's like it's watching me" - tell them:
"Yeah, it is. But what if YOU could build that kind of personalization for YOUR tools? What if you controlled it? What if it was infrastructure, not surveillance?"
That's the conversation we're trying to start.
You've been my motivation.
You've been my sleepless nights.
You've been my reason to skip the pub (sorry, mates).
You've been the proof that this matters.
Every star. Every fork. Every issue. Every PR. Every discussion comment.
It all matters.
We're building something real here. Something that could change how developers interact with AI forever.
And you're part of it.
Before I go
Christmas is coming. New Year's coming. 2026 is coming.
And I just want to say:
Thank you.
Thank you for believing in Context Sync when it was just an idea.
Thank you for starring when we had nothing to show.
Thank you for filing issues when you could've just moved on.
Thank you for telling your friends when you could've kept it to yourself.
You're not just users. You're co-builders.
And in 2026, we're going to show the world what context engineering can be.
Let's make some noise. 🚀
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or just... have a good December.
— Ntina
Maintainer, Context Sync
Email on profile - seriously, say hi
P.S. - The Challenge
10,000 stars by end of 2026.
Screenshot this post. Set a reminder. Let's see if we can do it.
If we hit 10K, I'm throwing a virtual party and everyone's invited.
Beer's on me. (Virtually. You know what I mean.)
P.P.S. - For the Contributors
To jbcrane13, ArtMin96, thinking-bzf, thamam, wking1986, magisph, DayByDayBy, CMD73, KylerCondran, wise141, manijeh-a, and especially aakaashjois:
You're the reason this exists.
Not the code. Not the tech. YOU.
Never forget that.
P.P.P.S. - One More Thing
If you're reading this and thinking "I should contribute" or "I should tell people" or "I should get involved"...
DO IT.
File an issue. Submit a PR. Star the repo. Tell a friend.
Every single action matters.
We're building the future of AI infrastructure.
And you're invited.
⭐ Star Context Sync | 💬 Join Discussions | 🐛 File an Issue | 📧 Email Ntina
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